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Winning 1856

August 3, 2011

We just finished a six-player game of 1856, played with Rails. It was interesting and not least because I won the game. I had to do some analysis to figure out why I won… Here’s a spreadsheet of player net worth throughout the game. I was steadily in the competition throughout the game, I never [...]

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18xx map and tile generator

July 15, 2011

I’ve been thinking about doing a new 18xx map and tile generator to assist in playing PBEM games. There are currently two good solutions I know of, but both have flaws. Rails Rails is a popular and easy to use program, that handles everything: map, tiles, shares, money. Rails also knows the rules and can [...]

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Harzbahn 1873 summary

July 15, 2011

I studied the rules of 1873 Harzbahn. Here’s a summary I created. It’s based on the July 5th 2011 version of the rules available at the Geek. Start Auction Round first bid for first purchase right high bidder goes first, rest in the reverse order of passing high bid is Start Premium first bidder must [...]

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Leaders of Cornucopia

June 12, 2011

Last Wednesday saw the first tests of two hot new expansions, Dominion: Cornucopia and 7 Wonders: Leaders. We played two games of Dominion, both with lots of Cornucopia cards. These seem fine to me. Tournament is apparently one of the strongest cards in the set and one of the strongest cards in the whole game, [...]

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Expansions: Finca and Agricola

May 28, 2011

Yesterday’s games were about expansions to familiar games. First up was a two-player game of Finca with the El Razul expansion. It’s a bunch of elements that make small changes in the game: Wildcard tile on windmill gives you any fruit you want. Makes things easier and the game a bit faster, perhaps. El Razul [...]

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Finnish Players’ Picks 2010

May 27, 2011

Again it took me about six months to get to it, but: Finnish Players’ Picks 2010 geeklist is up. Check it out to see what were the favourites of Finnish gamers in 2009–2010 season.

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Children’s games update

May 6, 2011

I haven’t been blogging about playing games with Nooa, but that’s a fairly big part of my gaming (and counting games played, the majority of what I play). Here’s some recent highlights. Kids of Carcassonne. Nooa loves this one these days and suggests it a lot. The box says 20 minutes, which is far off [...]

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Through the Ages and 18xx

April 22, 2011

I’ve been playing some Through the Ages recently on Boardgaming Online. Turns out it’s one of those games I like less the more I play. The way the civilizations are built and everything is abstracted I still consider brilliant, but I’m getting more and more frustrated in the military aspects of the game. It’s the [...]

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Games with kids

March 2, 2011

I missed Wednesday games last week, so it’s been a bit quiet. However, I’ve been playing lots of games with Nooa, I’m just lazy blogging about them. Here’s a bit of catch-up on that front: Mouse Carousel. Nine games in couple of days. Nooa is pretty good in this now he’s a bit older. When [...]

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Notes on 7 Wonders

December 19, 2010

We played seven games of 7 Wonders this weekend, all with four or three players. Less is better, what comes to players. There’s more control, more cards come back to you and you can more easily focus on your opponents as well. The game plays fast with experience. It does feel a bit samey. Seven [...]

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