Ludica – the Games and Videogames Festival for games of all ages – was also besieged by players of all ages, who put themselves to the test in riveting games and championships.
15 exhibitors, 22 self publishers, 9 associations, clubs, play clubs and playgroups engrossed the public and enriched the play area.
In this renewed edition, Ludica fully reconfirmed its mission: to be a games festival not just for fans in the sector, but for neophytes and the simply curious as well, who want to spend a few minutes of their time having some clean, healthy fun while sitting in front of a chess board or a board game.

An infinite array of premiers and novelties were also presented: Huntik Secrets & Seekers, the Collectable Card game by Upperdeck – the Italian edition of Dominion by Stupor Mundi – Age of Conan by Nexus Editrice - Giro d’Italia by Ghenos Game - Kaleidos, Tokyo Train and Eclipse distributed by Oliphante – Galloping Pigs by Red Glove. Many authors also attended the Fair and presented their latest creations.

A tournament of Sfida Diamagic’s Wizards of Mickey was held, as was the National Warangel Tournament and a simultaneous multi-game event by Project Abstrakta, sponsored by Focus Brain Trainer. Traditional games such as Scrabble and Subbuteo also registered an unexpected success, and their respective associations saw affluence triple compared to the previous year.

The Self Publishing Area once again proved itself to be fully up to the situation, with 222 game authors, 5 associations and an infinite array of new games compared to the previous edition.

Ludicarena - the space dedicated to videogames - was also a rip-roaring success and was chock-a-block with new features this year. In fact, it played host to the World Cyber Games Italia, the so-called “Videogame Olympics,” for the first time this year. The event was organised and promoted by Progaming Italia and officially sponsored at an international level by Samsung. The area gave videogame players the chance to challenge each other to exciting contests and tournaments, such as Starcraft, Guitar Hero, PES09 and Asphalt 4, helping the best players qualify for the national championships.

A great success with the public that pleased the over 200 exhibitors present – 20% more than the previous edition - and laid a solid base for Cartoomics-Ludica 2010, which will be held at Fieramilanocty on March 26-28.

We would like to say a warm thank you all the exhibitors, partners, associations, authors and self publishers for their participation and the support provided for the event.