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r_ikiri on Board Game Arena · since March 2020 · 930 games
My father taught me chess when I was eight or nine. I left it early and never went back.
At IIT Madras a close friend brought Die Siedler von Catan to the dorm, and we queued to play the four-player game. In graduate school I built a position around the 6s and 8s and watched seven 5s come up in a row. I stopped playing Catan.
Terra Mystica has no dice and no card luck, and each faction plays by its own rules. I learned it from faction guides and recorded tournament games.
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Most of my games are online. Terra Mystica is close to half of them. Lately it is mostly Age of Innovation and Ark Nova.
| game | ranked games | victories |
|---|---|---|
| Terra Mystica | 408 | 185 |
| 7 Wonders | 60 | 15 |
| Gaia Project | 50 | 15 |
| Age of Innovation | 46 | 16 |
| Ark Nova | 30 | 6 |
| Splendor | 24 | 10 |
| Puerto Rico | 20 | 7 |
| Teotihuacan | 19 | 9 |
| Kingdomino | 17 | 9 |
| 7 Wonders Duel | 12 | 4 |
games with ten or more ranked plays · training games not counted · read 9 Nov 2026
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Terra Mystica
In November 2020 I played the round of 24 of the Fire Two Open Season 2, a live Terra Mystica tournament streamed on Twitch. My group match, against ChristopherHo, jesseg and firexed, is on YouTube with commentary. In Gaia Project, its successor, I usually play the Geodens.
At the table
My advisor, Prof. Gautam Dasarathy, played Terra Mystica with the lab and enjoyed it. Aniket, a PhD colleague, learned Great Western Trail from me; in that game I once held a hand of four value-1 Jersey cows. In one Teotihuacan game I scored 163 points. My wife’s games are Splendor and Viticulture. After a long day we play Ghost Stories at home, which is cooperative.
