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ICO: the game whose strength relies on restraint. It relies on a sense of mystery, ambiguity, a disciplined minimalism, your interactivity, physical communication as opposed to heavy use of dialogue, an immersion within a carefully crafted world, and a very personal connection with its characters that only gameplay can bring about. Yeah, well let’s make that a book.... (more...)

In short: the campaign logs will continue in another blog titled Noppakoura, which is a blog about roleplaying games in Finnish. The reason why I’m doing this is because I want to serve such content that the majority of my readers want to read. In this blog, the majority of readers enjoy all sorts of reviews about different kind of games. Considering where the traffic... (more...)

The year is 1092 in the Age of Itania. King Girart of Mirensa, villified as the killer of children, schemes to bring the Nine Kingdoms under his crown while Safiro of Tivonna engages magi and spies to thwart Girart’s ambition. Mad King Bertrant of Ossirenza bears the burden to defend the lands of Men against marauding Krek even as his galleys war on Tivonnan ships... (more...)

R.A. Salvatore | Gauntlgrym Haven’t read a book from R. A. Salvatore for a while, but wouldn’t spare some time to get back together with friends of old: Drizzt and Bruenor (Especially if you got the book as gift from your wife). It was time to return to Forgotten Realms with R.A Salvatores Gauntlgrym: A first book in new Neverwinter trilogy. Here is the review of R.A.... (more...)

The last board game review was about the two-player game Lord Of The Rings: The Confrontation. Since the game was a big success at our home, I decided that there is always room for more board games in my cupboard. The lates additions are Odin’s Table and A Touch of Evil. Today we concentrate on Odin’s Table. In Odin’s Table, you join the Gods of Asgard... (more...)

Good board games sure are a good way to spend some time, but sometimes it just takes too much effort to make arrangements to actually sit down with your friends. Luckily, there are few good board games designed especially for two people, so if you and you’re wife cannot think ANYTHING ELSE to do; you can try these games. Few days ago, I bought Reiner Knizia’s... (more...)

I know that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel to create a good game. That is why we tend to see games copying each other’s ideas resulting in a flop or a success. But when a game combines different game genress together, it is risky business, but sometimes the risk is worth it; such is the case with Gearbox‘s Borderlands. Following a story of four... (more...)

I heard so much good of this book from my friends and the reviews I’ve seen about the book has been almost nothing but praise. So I finally took my time to read The Lies of Locke Lamora and see how my expectations from book were fullfilled. “The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a ghost that walks through walls. Half the... (more...)

Every roleplayer sooner or later finds him/herself in a situation that he wants to create his own fantasy map. Some of us are talented with the pencil while others are not. Endless Bag Of Games shows you a simple way to create fantasy maps with Photoshop and brushes. This tutorial is for the ones who are not so very talented. Now then, there are some preparations before... (more...)

I have not written book review in ages, but when I finished Joe Abercrombie‘s Best Served Cold, I knew that I have to say a word or two, just to encourage people to familiarize themselves with Abercrombie’s work. Without further ado, here is my two cents. The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie has earned notions being fast paced, gritty and full of interesting... (more...)