We Now Pause For Station Identification

Apologies for the silence of the past few days, but I've been felled by the quad-headed fog hydra of:

• Jet lag
• A profound lack of sleep both prior to and during Spiel 2011
• Illness (which started late at Spiel 2011 – apologies to all I've infected)
• An adorable nearly three-year-old boy who has developed the less-than-adorable habit of getting out of bed at 3 a.m.

Back to normal soon, I hope...

Spiel 2011: Mid-Friday Update

Oct 21, 2011

A few notes from the middle of Friday:• Reiner Stockhausen from dlp games says that U.S. distribution is in the works for Siberia, which keeps bobbing near the top of the GeekBuzz and Fairplay...

Spiel 2011: The Games Have Arrived – Well, Some of Them Anyway

Oct 21, 2011

The first day of Spiel 2011 is over, and many publishers were delighted to discover that they actually had games for sale when the doors opened. Krok Dil Nouil's Vanuata arrived ten minutes...

Spiel 2011: Press Day and a Weird Aunt

Oct 19, 2011

Press day at Spiel 2011 was more frantic than in years past, mostly because many publishers are still waiting for their games – whether they're coming from the printer or from trucks on German...

Game Preview: Master Merchant

Oct 19, 2011

Each year at Spiel, Japon Brand features a number of €10-ish card games that serve as POP pick-ups for the curious. You hmm and haw and think that maybe the game sounds interesting yet you're...

Spiel 2011: Report from the Road

Oct 18, 2011

I'm in mid-journey to Essen, Germany for a few days at Spiel 2011 and will possibly spend a little time with games, publishers and designers in between trips to the banana-nutella crêpe stands...