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To start with, KOSMOS' Arnd Fischer gave me an overview of Klaus Teuber's Norderwind, a three-dimensional game due out March 2014 that superficially resembles Zoch's Riff Raff, but in practice the ship is an evocative action-tracking and resource-holding device, not part of a dexterity challenge.
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Ravensburger had not included Inka and Markus Brand's Burgenland in its initial display of early 2014 releases, but perhaps the artwork wasn't quite ready at that time. No matter, though, because we recorded an overview at the fair.
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Matchball doesn't have much to it, resembling Duchamp's Fountain in terms of complexity, but the Lawsons thought of it first and sold it, so kudos to them. (Actually, this is only one of two "bounce balls into targets" games that we saw at Spielwarenmesse. I'll get to the other one once I finally step away from the videos and do a few write-ups.)
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I received a press copy of AbluXXen at Spielwarenmesse, and I've already played it thirty times, mostly as a two-player game thanks to an exchange student who's a glutton for punishment and a fine guinea pig for an eager gamer. I'll record a more detailed preview in the near future as Philippe covers the basics in the video below, but doesn't do justice to the spirit of the game.
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