Thoughts on Innovation Ultimate, Fellowship of the Ring: The Trick-taking Game, Faraway and Black Forest.| Gameblog
Short comments on the best new games I've played in the later half of 2024.| Gameblog
Setting up an 1825 game with all the Units has been an arduous task. I hoped to make it a yearly tradition in 2019, but then Covid-19 happened. After that, every attempt has failed somehow. Today, one of our players got stranded in Berlin, but as we had four players present, we made it. This […]| Gameblog
After much work, the 2024 edition of my top 100 list is now available on BoardGameGeek. It takes some time to compile, but I find it interesting and useful, and since this is already the 11th edition of the list, there’s interesting long-term data in there. The top 100 list is long and has some […]| Gameblog
Ropecon 2024 was a great experience for games. We played lots of good games, demoed Asian games and met nice people.| Gameblog
Mikko updated his "best years of games" geeklist. The top spots remain unchanged with significant years being 2015 and 2016. Changes in methodology significantly impacted the ranks, with 2017 leaping forward.| Gameblog
A decade after buying 1829 Mainline to support its creator, I played the game. It offers unique features in the 18xx genre, like an open tile selection from the start and trains that don't rust. The game concluded with close final scores and a victory for me!| Gameblog
A review of my gaming year 2023: the best, the worst, the long-standing favourites and the missing games.| Gameblog
I’m currently at 27 plays of Forest Shuffle. The short version: it’s great.| Gameblog
18XX. This has been a year of 18XX games. Things started slowly in the Spring, but then 18 India hit us by a storm. I ended up playing various 18XX titles over 20 times this year; that’s more than a third of my all-time 18XX plays since 2006.| Gameblog