Tag: board games
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Rummikub – is it all up to chance?
Rummikub is an old game that is based on skill, luck, and tiles. Is it possible to win without any luck?
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Solo board gaming: An analysis of player motivations
An article by Dale Leorke, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies at Tampere University, Finland, discussing the motivations people have to play board games alone as opposed to enjoying them with friends.
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Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game – Survive and Conspire
Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse is a topic that has always been interesting but hard to transform into a game. Dead of Winter does a great job with this.
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Mexican Train – A quality family game
Mexican Train is an incredibly fun board game best enjoyed with family or friends. The unique rules make it exciting and competitive, brutal even. The game can certainly invoke bitter feelings towards your foes – in a playful context of course.
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Café Boardgame – come for the games, stay for the atmosphere
Located in the heart of central Helsinki Café Boardgame offers a relaxed environment to play the games you love and maybe try something new.
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Inkan Aarre – The Unneeded Little Sister of Afrikan Tähti
Afrikan tähti is one of the biggest and well-known board games in Finland. So why there exists an almost identical version of it in the form of Inkan Aarre and does it really bring something new to the table?
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Bang! – Authentic Wild West Adventure
In the fast-playing card interaction game Bang!, you take a part in an authentic Old West combat. Will you manage to accomplish your role’s task and, most importantly, survive the wild gunfight?
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Dostihy a Sázky
Dostihy a Sázky is a board game that came out for the first time in 1984, before the Velvet Revolution. The author of the game was Ladislav Mareš, who did not deny his inspiration in the foreign board game Monopoly.
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The Mole in the Hole – Like chess but for adults
Make your childhood great again. Find again or for the first time your favorite board game the Mole in the Hole. Read all about this tactical and fun masterpiece.
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Fighting the Unknowable – Arkham Horror 3rd Edition
Arkham Horror is a great experience when it strikes the elusive balance between punishing difficulty and successful, rewarding progression.
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The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls – Gross Enemies and Death Penalties
The Binding of Isaac is a modern cult classic roguelike. Does the card game based on it measure up to its squicky source material?
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7 Wonders Duel – Duel through the ages
7 Wonders Duel is a battle where two players fight to get enough resources for themselves and blocking resources from the opponent.
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Dark Souls: The Board Game – Balancing Challenge
The Dark Souls Board Game challenges players to join together and take down bosses. The challenge is unbalanced causing boredom and intense engagement to waver back and forth throughout gameplay. The game is recommended with conditions.
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The Game of Evolution and Natural Selection
Evolution is not something tacked on – the co-evolutionary competition drives play, making the dynamics and theme neatly integrated.
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“Yes, my Gatekeeper”. A Review of Atmosfear: The Gatekeeper
Atmosfear: The Gatekeeper is a DVD board game where its main attraction is also its biggest flaw.
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“Battle of the Reds and the Whites in Finland in 1918” Review
A century-old boardgame with unbalanced gameplay makes for a good conversation piece
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At a Loss for Words: Boggle review
Simple yet challenging, this game boggles the mind in a good way
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TaDaa/Top That! board game review
#simple but #effective: Top That! #boardgame #review
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Don’t Let The Spirits Free!
An overview of a boardgame with developer #Q&A “Hautausmaan Henget” (eng. Spirits of the Graveyard) is a board game in development, and currently it is designed for 3 to 4 players. For now all the game text is in Finnish, but as the development process nears its end there are plans to translate the game…
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COSMIC ENCOUNTER, A BOARD GAME OF COSMIC PROPORTIONS
Take part in interplanetary colonization with, or against, your friends using your alien powers in #CosmicEncounter