A parcel with early presents for ourselves arrived yesterday, extending our small collection of board games with Takenoko and Codenames. I was happy to note that they come in Swedish versions, which in the case of Takenoko only matters for the manual, while Codenames is much more language-specific.

Both games are already well-known and luckily I still know a few game-enthusiasts back in Germany with whom I had the chance to test-play earlier this year. Codenames got the prestigeous award "Spiel des Jahres" in the meantime, guaranteeing even greater success.