SPIEL Essen 2026

SPIEL Essen 2026 is over and (as always) I was there. Before, I went through all 1410 games in the GeekPreview and selected a mix of family games and gamer’s games. This year, I played more games than EVER before - this happens when you stay at the same booth for a longer time and just switch to a different table with a different game when you’re finished with the previous one. That happened a lot on day one, where we visited most booths with one specific game in mind, and then just stayed to play a few others. (and also, kid’s games usually play in a shorter time than gamer’s games) So especially for the family games: I will not write about all of them, only about those we actually actively picked, and/or really liked. (some of the games we played were not even published this year)

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