Spiel 2015: Hall 1 Walkthrough

Time for another overview of one of the four halls used in the Messe Essen for Spiel 2015, the annual game convention in Essen, Germany that attracts tens of thousands of gamers who want to check out the hundreds of new games on display.

In this video, Doug and Shelley, who host the Garrett's Games and Geekiness podcast, lead you through hall 1 at a blistering pace before it opens and becomes filled with far too many people to move about easily.

Spiel 2015: Hall 2 Walkthrough

Oct 10, 2015

Each morning at Spiel 2015 we arrive roughly an hour before the doors open so that we have time to set up our equipment, buy games, breathe comfortably, etc., and during that time each day we've...

Designer Diary: The Golden Ages, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Civilization Games

Oct 08, 2015

When I started thinking about the game now called The Golden Ages, it was February 2010. For a long time, I was mumbling about civilization games, a kind of game that I have loved since the first...

Spiel 2015: Pre-Preshow Non-Report

Oct 07, 2015

Spiel 2015 opens on Thursday, October 8, which means that many exhibitors have already spent a day or longer on the construction of their booths, especially the larger publishers that create more...

Designer Diary: The Big Book of Madness, or Through Designing Vagaries and Multiple Themes

Oct 06, 2015

Every time I start working on a new idea, I always ask myself the same question: "What would I like to play?" This time I thought: "I like the feeling of cooperative games; I love the dynamics in...

Spiel 2015: A Pre-Event Lament

Oct 05, 2015

Spiel — more completely, Internationale Spieltage — is an annual game convention in Essen, Germany for which I create a huge preview highlighting hundreds of new games that will debut there...