Essen Spiel 2023
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Altered TCG will let you print as many copies of a card as you like.
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Feature: The Halloween board game is much better – and scarier – than you think
Escaping Haddonfield is murder.
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Feature: Sunrise Lane is like a Ticket to Ride board game but with real-estate instead of trains
Perhaps the only way I’ll ever buy property.
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5 best hidden gem board games we played at Essen Spiel 2023
Size isn’t everything.
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Around the world in 80 plays.
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Planet Unknown and Mysterium Kids clinch wins at German Deutscher Spiele Preis board game awards
Dorfromantik and Heat: Pedal to the Medal take second and thorp place, respectively.
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Essen Spiel 2024 dates will see the world’s largest board game event return next October
Remains in slot at beginning of the month.
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Almost 200,000 people flocked to the world’s largest tabletop event.
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You’ll soon be able to finally play Twilight Imperium online
Committing your friends to a months-long campaign is easier from the comfort of their own homes.
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‘If our fans are happy, then we'll talk about doing something else.’
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Place colourful tiles to brings animals to your reef.
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Semi-co-op board game Fall of Fafnir pits your 3D defences against a marble-spitting dragon
Great marbles of fire!
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Feature: Two players, five minutes, 16 cards, one of the most compelling card games I’ve ever played
Sengoku Ji-buy this now.
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Dixit and Mysterium makers’ new board game will take Azul fans to the next level - literally
Create an island sanctuary for animals.
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Saw: The Jigsaw Trials will bring the gory horror franchise to board game night via Kickstarter
Here’s hoping for a Billy the Puppet miniature.
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Reiner Knizia’s Italian trading title will sport new artwork, but the gameplay remains untouched.
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Newly created mascot Meeps is nowhere to be seen.
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Join us at Essen Spiel 2023 for four days full of LIVE board game news, reveals and previews!
We’re trying something new for this year’s German board game extravaganza.
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It's the last day of Essen, but there are always more games to be played!
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We roll into a weekend of gaming at the massive Germany tabletop event.
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Get that Friday feeling as we return to Germany's enormous board game fair.
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Join us on the show floor as we give our thoughts on this year's must-see releases.
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Guess Who-ish co-op card game gem Similo is headed to Middle-earth with a Lord of the Rings edition
One clue to find them all.
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10 board games to play at Essen Spiel 2023
Don’t miss out on these great tabletop titles.
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Challengers followup opts for beach-themed name for standalone competitive deckbuilder
Sand, surf and sequels
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Magic: The Gathering creator’s most underrated game - in his own opinion - is getting a re-release
SpyNet returns as Shadow Blades.
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Co-op party game I Felt... is like Codenames with emotions instead of words
Guess how I’m feeling.
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Standalone game will also work as an expansion for the original, with over 70 new characters.
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Essen Spiel keeps its early October slot for 2023 tabletop trade show
Don’t expect the COVID-19 vaccine entry requirement to return.
