![Spiel 2015 XIX: Food Chain Magnate, Poseidon's Kingdom, Area 1851, Crabz, Dr. Eureka, Poulettes & King's Forge: Apprentices](https://cf.geekdo-images.com/Wtxml94LAXsIWQCxGPS63Q__thumb/img/LKU2KoMev222qUIKyNqaCF_ZLPY=/fit-in/200x150/filters:strip_icc()/pic2649434.png)
Turns out that Splotter delivered to Essen, and as usual Splotter sold out well before the end of Spiel, leaving plenty of gamers still hungry to try out their latest release.
• The Lamont brothers produce a single print run of their titles under the Fragor Games brand, then they let them die unless someone wants to bring them back to life in a new edition, as is the case with their 2011 release Poseidon's Kingdom, which Game Salute ran a crowdfunding campaign for in the latter half of 2014.
• I'm probably wrong, but I can imagine Area 1851 from Justin Blaske and Game Salute originating from a conversation taking place far too late at night at a doughnut shop, everyone tired from the concert they just attended — too tired to go home really but not so tired they can't engage in wordplay and bantering — and someone starts mashing together game titles with whatever comes to mind and after running through Barcassonne and Croissantinole and many other creations lost to time, Blaske paused to wipe the cruller crumbs from his face, then said, "Area 1851".
Like I said, I'm probably wrong.
• Game Salute also unveiled King's Forge: Apprentices from Nick Sibicky, an expansion that mirrors the nature of many expansions these days in that it includes multiple modules (apprentices you can hire, new crafts, components for a fifth player) that can be added in whole or part.
• Dr. Eureka is another interactive Roberto Fraga experience from Blue Orange Games, with players racing to complete formulas first in order to score.
• Henri Kermarrec's Crab Stack from BOG is a quick-playing strategy game reminiscent of DVONN in the way that the game board shrinks and a player's movement options vanish over time.
• Poulettes from Lionel Borg and Blue Orange (EU) is a real-time competition for earthworms