Our fair report is different this year a little from those of previous years because this time we even on the level of Mayday Games were active in Hall 4 and the inner workings of the show have experienced. This meant that logistics stress, little sleep much gaming Explain interesting nobles and many great impressions.

Mayday Games is at its premiere at the show the following games on the stand.

• King's Vineyard - A card game about the competition for the best vineyard
• Crokinole - a brand new tournament - the North American edition of the classic
• Hagoth, Builder of Ships - The race for the erection of vessels and a race across the ocean
• Getbit - a nimble game around small robots that try to escape the evil shark.
• Space Junkyard - in plenty of messy universe, trying to find components in order to ship back on track to bring the own

In addition, the state covers the full range of maps for various sizes were presented, as well as different playing pieces compilations, including the "wooden train token" which were also distributed free of charge at the booth.

Day 1

The product range met because of a major jam in the afternoon on a first-level after by sea and in the Hamburg port delays were already occurred. So had to be contested by the first day we brought the safety card boxes and game pieces and a few games from the hand luggage of the Mayday Games.

Later the hall was then already well attended, but it took until the evening, was fully prepared to the stand. A real eye-catcher was the Crokinole this board, at which time and again small group spontaneously came together to test

Day 2

After it was announced at the press conference the game that to 45% foreign exhibitors are represented at the fair, is clear on Friday that this is the case with the visitors. In addition to German is spoken mainly in English on the stand, and sometimes Portuguese or Dutch. from almost all European countries, many Asian countries and some American visitors at the stand

Crokinole and King's Vineyard are quickly becoming the most sought after games, followed by Space Junkyard, Hagoth Builder of Ships and Get Bit. King's Vineyard is one of the 4 games with wine theme, all of the next smallest Vinhos, Grand Cru, Toscana.

Some visitors have list this in order to fit the wooden play blocks with the size of their game. others bring their games to new level to the same used to buy the best card sleeves. Of course, we have listed many of the games and the card sizes.

To be mentioned is a nice evening in Essen Sailors pub in a blogger meeting of the page Zuspieler.de. This will bring some well-known gaming sites such as "Empire of the Games," were "playing kreaktiv", "Westpark Gamers" and "Play is always" to be found.

T ag 3

Saturday is devoted to explaining the game. King's Vineyard reveals itself as quite profound, after some visitors have had immersed myself in more detail in the game and want to understand the somewhat inaccessible standings. For Crokinole interested in addition to many children and youth workers, and even the employee of a nursing home. No doubt the game is suitable for all ages.

On Saturday it is noticeable that the visitors take a total of more time on the stand and allude the games correctly. Personal Highlight: A round of King's Vineyard for three former Magic players who understand quickly the importance of the drag-and-drop added phase to the library and thus influence the timing of the standings.

The Ludoversum team dinner was next to "Ludoversum", "Game Academy" and "Mayday Games," the Polish "Luzodajnia" and representatives of H @ LL9000 Internetional busy busy.

Day 4:

Two groups of visitors to fall. The families and the bargain hunters, we use the day to make some interesting contacts with publishers from Poland, Italy, Spain, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, France, the Czech Republic and many more.

King's Vineyard is sold in the afternoon. The Crokinole Demo Board is a Dutch buyer. From Space Junkyard remain only two specimens that we insert ourselves . Of these three games will also video of ideas of the clique evening, the camera team to the state paid a visit.

Have a nice visual impression of the game show has collected by Sebastian Zuspieler.de while pictures of us, the realm of games, Ludoversum, eingeaut H @ ll in 9000 and world view einDiashow video. Have fun:

The games:

We can not all take the news in more than 650 appearances, but many interesting games that we mention below. We were particularly rare in the halls 11 unnd 12 because of the way there from Hall 4 was from very far. We have found in Halls 4, 5 and 6, some real gems. Here's a quick run of the sighted or purchased from us games that we are about to present on the page.

7 Wonders

The Repos stake has long been an insider tip on our watch list and succeeds in winning the Fair Play Scout action to be. In 7 Wonders of the seven wonders of the world are represented as cards. The game has rules and catchy does not that long.

Fresco

Fresco by Queen Games was probably the most acclaimed game, the winner of the German awarded it about? Games Award 2010. At the fair

Dixit and Dixit 2

We are not fans of Dixit and observed that dotz where Dixit was played, if it is not a lot of laughter, as we had expected. For the Game of the Year has been around for quite some time extending Dixit 2, the nut is also new maps. Who wants to save money, would the Zähltafel and the pieces themselves and also tinker buy only the almost half as expensive Dixit 2 ....

Troyes

At our Belgian neighbors as a lot was going on because it spread quickly, Troyes is a fine game and play on the charts at the top would. In Troyes is about the completion of the cathedral of the same French town.

Jerusalem

This game was also on our wish list, we find the subject Crusades and the conquest of Jerusalem interesting. In Abacusspiele there was still an extension for this monument, Valdor and be one of our favorite games, Zooloretto, another animal, namely, how could it be otherwise, the animal of the year: Paul of the octopus.

City of Thieves

This game has been announced in the previews for various publishers. We found it at the fair in Ulysses games and got it together with the last set of limited-color figures that make not only better in the game but also on the upcoming photos.

Grand Cru

We have long hesitated whether wr to buy the precious wood output, but the wooden box that fits in a game with wine theme very well, we could soften us by our collectors. And of course we wanted in the game have included special plates.

Toscana

Italian wine game seemed somehow too colorful. We are missing the right atmosphere, the other of the three games in each wine its own form is broadcast. We leave it for now.

Vinhos

Vinhos was not there. The production is not ready in time. Remarkably, this happened to such an experienced player in the industry. Hutter Trade had put up a notice on the stand that the game will be available from about mid November and the preorder will be notified.

Verona

A game in the Italian city of romance, made by a Czech publishing house. Whether that is good? The match for commerce, culture and corruption in any case we get a chance after the publisher CBG with Insulation in the last year has brought out a different game interesting

Civilization: The Board Game

The game was already on the second day to get no more early morning. Too bad. The game remains on our wish list, because we already have one of the rare examples of the very first Civilization game.

Ascension

This Dominion - clone was among others by former Magic Pro Touur players Gary Player and Brian Kibler developed and played out a little faster than the well constructed as Deckbauspiel Thunder Stone. But the latter is built more complex.

Target Earth

A dark science fiction game with an interesting mechanism: It can either be played cooperatively and competitively. Players will defend our Mother Earth in an alliance against attacking alien invaders. "The Day After Tomorrow" would approve.

1655 - Habemus Papam

We are the Pope and in times of a German pope, the publisher DDD makes a small but beautiful match for the papal election. This is in itself interesting and we look forward to beautiful parts of this game.

Expedition Sumatra

The first night game of the small publishing house "Igramoon" outside look a little crazy in the maze that is the jungle camp. The game mechanism but it reveals some peculiarities that make the game much more complex than the classic.

The Great Fire of London 1666

The players have to house and farm from the flames of the great fire - save inferno of 1666 and get victory points for all the houses that remain verschint before the fire. The pieces that embody the fire, are small cap, which is covered with other fighting game pieces can be. We know this from somewhere else ....

Forbidden Island

Here too, our collector's heart beat faster, as long with Gamewright Forbidden Iceland "in a beautifully designed box. Anyway, this game would be with us a "blind purchase" was, as it is played by none other than cooperative and geringeeen pandemic Author Matt Leacock was gesschrieben.

Loch Ness

A game with this name is one of the novelties of "Lucky Jack", about which was little known before the show. Our sample is a name-same issue of the Red Glove publisher, who has just converted if the topic in a eKinderspiel. Both games have nothing in common but

Le Marché de Samarkand

The name of this is already known by the oriental-style game by Queen Games, the Queen an extension has to offer. The French game of Krok Nik Douil editions is much smaller and implemented as a merchant's game around the bazaar of Samarkand.

20. Century

We are big fans of the Games of CGE. 20. Century is one of several economic games that there was to see this year at the fair.

N-TV The Stock Market Game

A co-production of Huch & Friends and the news channel N-TV h at nothing to do with the same classic Ravendburger and is next to "Black Friday" the economic game with the theme of exchanges and shares.

the great wonders of the world trivia game

The State of the World Wide Web knowledge game appeared in the international hall 4 occupied a little out of place, but a lot was going on around the first in a specially produced TV show was promoting game to evaluate live.

Settlers of Catan anniversary edition

In the run up to the quality of the output was 15 - year anniversary has been much discussed. Our copy is perfect and looks really great. We had a conversation with participants at the stand of the Settlers of Catan World Championships, which told us that it was not that vergekommen graphics or wood components were in order. Kosmos has already announced the non-bureaucratic exchange of parts.

Strauss ahead

The game is our own because of its magnificent graphics at the top of the list and is the clear choice for the next Geheimtippfür Graf Ludo.

The Godfather

but the theme of the cosmos - the game is legendary, so the game gets, not only because of the author Michael Rieneck a proper pre-bonus from us.

Hacker

This game from France is a party card game for breaking into the bank accounts of the Mirspieler. Actually, an electronic issue, it has been implemented here with original graphics and interesting Meachnismus.

Rotterdam

The port-logistics-game has been launched 2010 new. We received a French edition.

Agricola Gamers deck and tree cover

As big fans Agricola we could not let these two extensions, of course, escape, and they assured us early in order not to risk that expenses are out of print later.

Offrandes

Lured us here at the very nice graphical representation of the game. With the theme of ancient Greece, we can also do something and give the game a chance.

Kings and Things

This game is one of the many re-runs at the fair. It shines with rich play materials, however, is getting into the game play is not trivial. Insesamt it is a conquest game with some quirks in Sacxhen Charakterfäigkeiten.

Thunderstone

Another game that consists of cards and inspired by the Deck building mechanism of Dominion. Thunderstone is not without, as is not thematically to the game as a popular medieval theme, but the fight monsters from the fantasy world.

Key West

Author Martin Schlegel personally was on the stand and explained to us how the designers could make by small but subtle changes to the board such that some problems existed in the well to the wall hanging prototype game plan was dissolved.

Olympus

When we learned that this is a work of the Kingsburg-authors Andrea and Luca Chiarvesi Iennaco, we were on fire, because Kingsburg is one of our favorite games. In Olympus is about Greek gods, ancient culture and conflict. A game with great potential. However, it was not clear in what appears to publishing the game in Germany.

Age of Industries

The game of the British publisher Treefrog Games describes as an economic simulation, the industrial age. The game had several years of development time, which seems to have paid off, as it creates a front rank in the Scout Fair Play campaign.

Ordeal

We are proud because in the cover of our copy of the 2 - player card game is a graphic illustrator Cyril Leroy, the booth in Hall 5 was present in person.

Pirates 2ed

a pirate game for our private collection. Pirates are one of our favorite topics for board games. The game is the Polish publishing house Knuzia greed beautifully designed and is about the kidnapping of the governor's daughter. Now if that is not promising.

X610Z

A strange name for a hybrid game to a Sammelkartenspel and a game plan, with great effort in Hall 6 presents was starting from praying. Since we are skeptical that the interaction function alternates between the board and not really popular trading cards.

Alchemicus Noctis

The game of the Polish publishing house is equipped with huge Sinonis alchemist figures. That is in itself interesting whether the figures also provide for fun, we shall soon see.

Abetto

Another Polish game and a further hybrid game diemal between a normal board game and roulette. Basically, it is interesting to attack the luck factor of roulette and reducing it with classic board game elements. We are watching very closely.

Conclusion

The Game 2010 was an adventure, was fun, has great games produced and is the winter months to keep entertaining. The mix of exhibition, event and sales exhibition is the special attraction of the game. The international character is to feel more evident and enriches the German gaming scene. The gaming market is not just from the game of the year, but from a lot of games and collectible board games. That will come in sustainable bestätigt.Wir näcsten year definitely be back for food.