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Game convention interviews on-location from GenCon, Essen and around the world!
Gil d'Orey introduces Kosmonauts, the latest title from Mesa Board Games. Kosmonauts is a rocket race around the solar system with players p...
Noted game designer Bruno Cathala discusses three new games: Button Up, Okiya, and Shadows Over Camelot: The Card Game.
Stephanie Schulz introduces us to three new titles: Voll ins Schwarze (a wagering trivia game), Nox (a set collecting card game) and Wolf Im...
Game designer Ted Alspach chats about three new releases from Bezier Games: Mutant Meeples, Suburbia, and Enter The Passage.
Swedish publisher Enoch Fryexlius shows us mass market versions of two previous titles: Wilderness and Space Station. Then, we discuss Brawl...
Timothee Leroy discusses three games: Mana, an abstract strategy game with leather pieces. Docker, a puzzle game about manuevering shipping...
Max Michael from Stratamax Games dicusses their latest release: Sheepdogs of Pendleton Hill. Players assemble and move flocks with different...
Game designer Andreas Pelikan walks us through the basics of his new card game Meins (co-designed with Alexander Pfister). Meins is a game a...
Bernd Keller gives us an in-depth look at On the Nuts (a press-your-luck dice game with wooden squirrels) and Bohn to Be Wild (a 15th annive...
Game designer Martin Wallace discusses P.I., Doctor Who: The Card Game, and his new venture into Kickstarter with Moongha Invaders.
Petr Murmak discusses the development and manufacturing challenges behind Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar. In addition, we learn about Another...
Noted designer Friedemann Friese chats about the development of his latest title Copycat, a game that "steals" its mechanics from several ot...
Andreas Steiger talks about the development process behind his first game: Targi, a 2012 Kennerspiel des Jahres nominee.
Designer Vangelis Bagiartakis discusses Among the Stars, a game where players compete to build the best space station.
Designers Nikolas and Sotirios talk about the development of their game Briefcase, a deck-building resource management game where players cr...
Artist Antonis Papantoniou discusses his career in the game industry and the differences between creating artwork for board games and video...
Mattias Wagner chats about Abacusspiele's new edition of Hanabi, a crazy, clue-driven, co-operative card game. We also discuss a fast, fun d...
Stephen Buonocore walks us through a bevvy of new releases from Stronghold including: Crude: The Oil Game, CO2, Space Cadets, Article 27, Co...
AEG's Todd Rowland gives us the scoop on Guildhall, a set collecting game about medieval professions. We also discuss the Tempest series of...
Designer Laurent Escoffier talks about his latest game Columba, a team driven tile laying game about falcons, pigeons, and dovecoats.
Designer Filip Neduk talks about Goblins, Inc. a new game from Czech Games Edition. Teams of goblins scramble to build giant robots battling...
Didier Delhez talks about the new worldwide edition of Plato Magazine. Plato covers the world of board games from a truly international pers...
Tabletop Producer Boyan Radakovich chats about plans for Season 2 and his plans for an international game day coming in 2013.
Designer Tony Cimino from Mage Company walks us through the basics of Wrong Chemistry, a fast, fun game of molecular manipulation. Players m...
Scott Alden ("Aldie") gives us a behind the scenes tour of the technology used to provide Boardgamegeek's live streaming coverage at Essen.
The European Society of Board Game Collectors is an organization devoted to spreading their love of games far and wide. Each year the group...
Jaime Vega and Diego Martin discuss Gen X Games' latest release: Northwest Passage Adventure. Use your ship and your wits to discover the No...
Michaela Magin chats about three new titles from Ravensburger: one for children (Wettstreit im Hexenwald), one for gamers (Saint Malo), and...
Andreas discusses two new releases that draw their inspiration from Asia. From China, we have Qin, an abstract strategy game from Reiner Kni...
There is a Press Event the day before the game fair opens. Publishers large and small display their games to an eager crowd of journalists....
We conclude our Essen coverage with some promos and outtakes.
A walking tour of the Messe exhibit hall "loop." We hope this gives you a sense of the scope and size of the event. Special thanks to friend...
A look at the landscape of the Messe Exhibition Halls from setup to crowds filling the aisles.
A special preview press event gives publishers a chance to show off some of the nearly 800 new titles debuting at the Game Fair. We take you...
Board games meet technology. Michaela Magin introduces 3 new titles with electronic elements.
HABA makes wonderful creative games for kids of all ages. From magnetic cards to stacking animals to giant-sized boards and games with dice...
Wooden games with magnetic appeal. From soccer and hockey to barrel tossing and catapults, Weykick offers tabletop fun for all.
Vintage airplanes, new battles, and a daring escape! Guillermo Soria gives a tour of Air Show, a 2 de Mayo Expansion, and Stalag 17.
So many possibilities with a simple deck of cards. Bernhard Naegele gives a tour of four new titles: Flying Carpet, Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-Bah!,...
Carol Rapp introduces 3 new titles from Kosmos: Rapa Nui, Helvetia, and Ankh Morpork.
Quests, Temples and Uranium! James Mathe discusses Venture Forth and Kingdom of Solomon and previews The Manhattan Project.
Gods, gold, and sandy beaches. Mortiz Brunhoffer introduces three titles: Pantheon, Stone Age: Style is the Goal, and Hawaii.
Keith Blume introduces a full lineup of games from Eagle including 1812: The Invasion of Canada, Dragon Rampage, Mirror Mirror and new editi...
From Discworld to the French & Indian War to orangutan filled forests, Martin discusses the development of his most recent designs: Ankh Mor...
Rafal introduces Pret-a-Porter, a game about the competitive world of high fashion and New Era, the latest game set in the world of Neuroshi...
Bernd Keller gives a tour of four new games from Amigo: The City, Friesmatenten, Rio d'Oro, and Carre.
From Rhino poop to the streets of ancient Rome, Alfredo Berni gives us a tour of Das Is Der Wurm Drin, Fuchs und Fertig, Kalimambo, Schnapp'...
Janko Franke shows us Noris' first board game using the ToyStick pen to enhance gameplay.
Designer and publisher Philippe des Pallieres talks about the anniversary edition off Werewolf, and a new edition of the bluffing game Skull...
Norwegian designer Kristian Ostby talks about Mammut, a stone age game where players must decide how best to divide up the spoils of a great...