Flooding the world with board games – Spiel 2015!

In one week from now, hundreds (if not thousands) of new board games, card games, party games, dice games, and pretty much any kind of game you can think of are going to descend upon the world.

Why?

Because it’s that time of year again – time for the biggest convention for board games in the world: Internationalen Spieltage SPIEL!

Otherwise know as as “Spiel Essen” where over 160,000 people converge on Essen, Germany for games galore.

Here’s the intro straight from Spiel itself: Four days of fun, meeting friends, playing and testing thousands of games and novelties together with gamers from all over the world. Make up your own mind about the quality of the international gaming market and feel free to buy your favorite ones!

So for anyone looking for a new game, you’ll have thousands more to choose from by the end of next week.

If you’re going, don’t look for us because we won’t be there. Oh, how we wish we could!

Maybe we’ll have to do a Kickstarter campaign next year to raise funds to make our way over there so we can report straight from the source…

Of course, we will be keeping an eye on things to see what games become the talk of the show.

And if you do go (or have been in the past), we’d love to hear about your experience. After all, it doesn’t start until Oct 8th (Thursday) so you still have time to get there.

If you want to find out more, check out these sites:

Official Site – Internationalen Spieltage

Spiel Essen FAQ on BoardGameGeek.com

Over on BoardGameGeek.com you can also check out a list of games that will be demoed at the show.

Happy gaming!

 

But if instead, you’re interested in board games you can get for your family now, check out a few of our lists for fun game ideas:

• Family Favorites
• Board Game Gift Guide 2014
• Mom’s Top 12 Games (list from 2012 – to be updated next month)
• Dad’s Top 14 Games (list from 2012 – to be updated next month)