Game Previews from Spielwarenmesse I: Gentes and The King's Will

• BGG sent a small crew to the Spielwarenmesse 2017 trade fair in Nürnberg, Germany this past week, and given that I'm also headed to shows in New York and Cannes this month, I aim to publish all 90+ videos that we recorded before the middle of February. Need to clear the docks before more material arrives for publication!

To start, here are overviews of two games overseen by developer Uli Blennemann, with Gentes from designer Stefan Risthaus coming from Spielworxx in mid-2017. Blennemann notes that Gentes is lighter than the previous Risthaus/Spielworxx title Arkwright, which was released in 2014, but do not mistake "lighter" as meaning "light".

• The King's Will from designer Hans-Peter Stoll and publisher ADC Blackfire Entertainment challenges players to figure out what the king wants or gives them the opportunity to wing it and just hope that their efforts end up looking good in the king's eye.

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Game Previews from Spielwarenmesse I: Gentes and The King&#039;s Will

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