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Die Dolmengötter

Thursday session: Thief of Baghdad, Strohmann-Tarock

May 8, 2008

I arrived in a bad time this week: two games had just started. I sat watching and discussing playing cards with Hannu (he had bought a rather entertaining German pack of cards, it’s a reproduction of 19th century Saxony pack or something like that, very funny). It turned out their Arkadia was moving slowly, so [...]

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Thursday session: Eketorp

April 30, 2008

Another Thursday session, this time on Tuesday because the Vappu festivities on Thursday mean the university is closed. After a quick round of Coloretto we bit into Eketorp. Whether to play this or not was a bit of a question, since from reading the rules I knew I would not enjoy the game. However, I [...]

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Thursday session: Shogun, Dolmengötter

April 18, 2008

Yesterday’s game session was mostly about Shogun, the Dirk Henn game of warring Japanese daimyos in the 16th century. It’s a redevelopment of Wallenstein, which I’ve played once as play-by-web (and I didn’t like it). Now most complex games are better learnt by the board, so I was willing to give Shogun a go. Shogun [...]

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Thursday session: Airships, Dolmengötter, Vegas Showdown

April 11, 2008

We were planning to play cards this time to celebrate my book, which was finally released last Friday. Well, that didn’t happen, thanks to rather diminished number of players (four), including one particular person who doesn’t fancy traditional card games. So, card games were restricted to Flix Mix. So, we started with Airships (aka Giganten [...]

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Thursday session: Dolmengötter, Vegas Showdown, Tarot

February 29, 2008

Die Dolmengötter is an ugly game. The theme is also silly: the game is abstract as heck, and while I understand that theming it must’ve been a real struggle, one wonders if this is a game that should simply be an abstract without any attempt at theme. Thomas Odenhoven’s other game, Portobello Market, works better [...]

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