Pics and Tweets from Spielwarenmesse 2018

A short note for those who might be interested in following the 2018 Spielwarenmesse toy and game fair from home: I posted ~15 pics and short descriptions from the fair on BGG's Twitter account, and while I had intended to round them up for a post here, I instead slept, which is probably the better choice when heading into a day with eight hours of interviews.

Go check out the pics if you're curious, and I'll post more throughout Thursday as time allows between interviews. For now, here's a teaser of what I've been doing:

Ice Cool 2 (@BrainGames_int) is a standalone game & an expansion that lets you play on 4 tracks w/up to 8 players. Team race mode, too. —WEM pic.twitter.com/8a8WnNSGYW
— BoardGameGeek (@BoardGameGeek) January 31, 2018

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