What to Run For at SPIEL 2026 …?

Good morning everyone! I’m heading to Essen today, which feels strangely surreal this year. Like if I wouldn’t see the new suit case I bought just yesterday half-packed on the floor in front of me, SPIEL might still be out a month or two. Somehow my excitement level is different than last year, more chill. I think part of it is the routine that seems to have set in by now. I booked the same hotel I’ve stayed in before pretty much a year ago, I have my packing lists I can check off, same audio and camera equipment I’ll bring, etc. Part of it is also that I already have some great games at home I’m looking froward to play. My group of friends and me have already set up a first date for that new copy of Stationfall I picked up on the flee market the other week, The Glasgow Train Robbery is still very much on my brain, Carl von Linné and Forestry: Growing Further still have more plays in them, I want to progress more in my campaign of Founders, my copy of 3rd edition Indonesia is still…