Hello my name is dirkb. Yakshemash !

When I was bored for a while last night I watched instructional poker videos from around the web. For the first time ever. And man, are they entertaining ! These people suck ! No, really, most of them are just bad at poker. I wonder at which point you start thinking 'Hey, I really should shoot some instructional videos and put them up on my own website'...If you're winning a lot you seems like you can't be bothered. If you're losing it seems like you'd have the decency to not pass your expertise on to others. I guess you'd have to be a marginally winning or break-even middle limits player ? Whatever.

I'm continuing my shopping spree. I played some of my favorite old board games again last night, Focus and Manhattan. Focus (by Sid Sackson, if you're a gamer that should mean something to you) especially is probably the best designed board game. Ever. Well, at least the best design that is not a classic (by which I really just mean Scrabble is probably better and games like Go are obviously better).
So yea, anyway, buying a bunch of old favorites now. Most of them are of course german since we make the most awesome board games. We also don't have to paint little miniature figures, and most of our games don't include Orcs or Elves. This is what I have bought so far :

Heimlich & Co
Sankt Petersburg
Caylus - this is a recommendation. Never played it. Looks good though. Even though it's French.
Puerto Rico
6 nimmt
Looping Louie ! - this one is really just a concession to old MtG times :)

If you have any suggestions for other games I should get, drop me a line !