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Johanna

Quick touch with Pentago

October 13, 2006

I played Pentago, the Finnish game of the year, yesterday with Johanna. My darling wife was amazed when she heard that was the winner. She may not be a hardcore gamer, but she isn’t clueless either! The game sucks, simply put. It’s your typical naughts-and-crosses on six by six board; one board quadrant is rotated [...]

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Celtica

October 12, 2006

I got a review copy of Celtica, the much-dismissed game from Kramer and Kiesling. I don’t get the really bad ratings; the game has an average of 5.2 now, I’d expect something above 6 (like the 6.4 for That’s Life! — I think the games are on pretty equal level). We played with Johanna, and [...]

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Nacht der Magier

August 3, 2006

I played a game of Nacht der Magier with Johanna yesterday. We played in light; it was nice to see the game worked well without the darkness effect. It’s better in the dark, but fine in light. Thus, a review in Finnish. Nacht der Magier, Magician’s Night, has a rare gimmick. The game is played [...]

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Mice and a cat

August 2, 2006

I got this year’s Marektoy children’s games lineup. It’s a nice bunch of games from Drei Magier and Selecta, mostly. Selecta games impressed me: like Haba, Selecta is a producer of wooden toys and the games have great components. I played two rounds of Viva Topo! with Johanna yesterday. The game is the Kinderspiel des [...]

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Ghost Olympics

May 23, 2006

I finally got around and played Schloss Schlotterstein with Johanna. We dove straight in for the Ghost Olympics, a spooky five-event competition. First up was Haunting Balls, where you must collect mysterious metal balls. I won that event, with a six-second margin. It’s a tricky event, as the balls react to the ghost very strongly. [...]

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A new favourite

April 13, 2006

Verflixxt is the new household favourite around here. I played it yesterday with Johanna and it was already our fourth game in a relatively short time. She won — I think she’s won three out of four or so, she’s pretty good. It’s an ideal game to play every now and then, really: it plays [...]

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Entering Blue Moon

November 16, 2005

I got my first taste of Blue Moon yesterday. I got my set, and just had to give it a go. I’ve been somewhat interested in the game for a while now, and when I saw it sold at the Board Game Society forum, I bought it right away. The set included also few expansions [...]

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Phantom Rummy with Johanna

November 12, 2005

I wanted to see how Johanna liked Phantom Rummy, so we played a game. It wasn’t quite a success — we aborted after three rounds when Johanna was leading 8-4. I wasn’t quite sure she’d like the game to begin with… She likes Mhing, but is Phantom Rummy similar enough? Or too similar? As it [...]

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Antike and Heckmeck

October 24, 2005

I tried Antike with Johanna. It’s certainly not the best two-player game, but it was fun and I got some practise with the mechanics so it’ll be easier for me to teach in Helcon this weekend. So, yeah, it was fun. We played on the Middle-East side, Johanna played Arabs and the Greeks against my [...]

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Two-player Caylus

October 20, 2005

Last night Johanna, in celebration of her birthday, wanted to play something. Something new, that wasn’t too quick or too long — now that’s a task! I chose Caylus, as I thought she could like it. It should also be pretty quick with just two and I was keen to play it. Well, off we [...]

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