|
Hilinski Brothers Tribute
|
|
|
After reading so much about Crokinole on BoardGameGeek, I finally decided that I had to have it. I read countless threads to research where to purchase a high quality board, and came up with a list of four possibilities. There's Wayne Kelly's (a.k.a. Mr. Crokinole) boards available at http://www.crokinole.com/. There's Willard's boards available at http://www.crokinolegame.ca/. There's Miracle Venture's boards available at http://www.miracleventures.ca/. Finally, there's Carl and Stan Hilinski's boards available at http://www.crokinoleworld.com/. While all four retailers had received high praise on BGG, I finally settled on a Hilinski board because the idea of owning a unique one-of-a-kind board was just too great too pass up. I not only really liked the slideshow of past boards created by the Hilinski brothers, but I also liked the attitude of their website, about how they make boards for fun. I decided that I really wanted to patronize their business, and am glad that I did. I opened my new Hilinski board on Christmas morning, and despite my exceedingly high expectations, it has surpassed everything I hoped for. I've played it an astounding 42 times in the 20 days since I got it, and absolutely everyone I've introduced to the game has loved it. The Hilinski boards truly are works of art, rather than merely a game, and I'm currently figuring out where to hang my board on the wall. Here is a list of all of the photographs from the BGG image gallery that are identified as Hilinski boards in their captions, including the photo of the board, name of the board, and the owner. Please feel free to add any that I may have missed. 
|
|
|
|
|
Posted On: 2007-01-13 01:51:33
Edited On: 2007-01-13 01:51:33
|
|
|
|
|
Cimarron
(Thommy8)
I obviously really like my board. It's American cherry stain on birch, with a black cherry stained ditch, and a chrome center. I had trouble deciding if I would rather have a dark playing surface with a lighter ditch, or a light playing surface with a darker ditch, and ended up deciding on the latter as you can see. I also like the relatively plain center. While I think some of the pieces that the Hilinski brothers use for centers are really innovative and interesting, I'm glad to have something clean and simple. I'm now in the process of figuring out where to hang my board on the wall so it can serve as both a great game and nice decoration in one.
|
|
|
|
0 Comments
|
Posted On: 2007-01-13 01:48:15
Comment
|
|
|
|
|
Adulation
(Favre4MVP)
Favre's Adulation is walnut burl on an oak ditch. I think the playing surface of Adulation may be the most gorgeous Crokinole board I've ever seen personally. I know that everyone has different tastes, and this board is obviously the inverse of mine so it's strange that I like both so much, but I can imagine just staring at this board for hours, getting lost in it.
|
|
|
|
1 Comment []
|
Posted On: 2007-01-13 01:48:15
Comment
|
|
|
|
|
Almost Home
(gtatters)
In contrast the dark and textured surface of Adulation, I'm also really fond of the really clean look of Almost Home. The surface might look plain to some, but I think of it more as pure. It looks very slick, and I think the very dark ditch really complements the board very well.
|
|
|
|
1 Comment []
|
Posted On: 2007-01-13 01:48:15
Comment
|
|
|
|
|
Northstar
(Joe Casadonte)
Ahh, Northstar! The image of this board is burned into my brain after seeing it on here so many times. It's got to the ideal that other boards are compared to in many ways. I'm not sure how distracting the star would be to actually play on, but I do know that it sure does look fantastic. It does also look very functional, as if it would work well for gameplay too, but even if this had to just sit on my wall, I know I'd be happy (as long as I had another board to actually play on).
|
|
|
|
2 Comments []
|
Posted On: 2007-01-13 01:48:15
Comment
|
|
|
|
|
Raindrop
(Joe Casadonte)
Raindrop is the only three-player board I've ever seen. It's natural maple with a blue ditch, and only 6 pegs instead of the usual 8. While all of the Hilinski boards are unique, Raindrop is truly unique, as far as I've seen. I do enjoy playing 3-player on my board, just having 2 on a team against the other one, but this board would make 3-player even more fun. I can't believe that on person (Joe Casadonte) actually owns two of the best looking and most unique Crokinole boards I've ever seen photos of.
|
|
|
|
3 Comments []
|
Posted On: 2007-01-13 01:48:15
Comment
|
|
|
Posted On: 2007-03-27 14:06:44
