Convention Preview News: Play Container with the Co-Designer - or with Miss Canada?!

Sadly, Franz-Benno Delonge has passed away, but his creations live on, including Container, which will be released at Spiel 07 by Valley Games. Thomas Ewert, co-designer of Container, will be at the Valley Games booth from 1-2pm each day autographing copies of the game. Ewert will also participate in a teaching game of Container from 2-4pm daily, and with only four available slots each day, you’re advised to sign up early if you want to face off against someone who really knows the game.

On the other hand, you might want to wait around until 4-5pm when Miss Canada International 2008, Alesia Fieldberg, will be holding an autograph session. What’s more, Fieldberg will participate in a game of Container each day from 5-7pm. As with the games against Ewert, you should sign up early if you want to put the beatdown on a beauty queen.

How did Valley Games swing this special event? Apparently Rik Falch, co-owner of Valley Games, knew Fielding before she even won the title of Miss Calgary. “After she won Miss Calgary, we agreed to sponsor her trip to Toronto to compete for Miss Canada International,” says Kevin Nesbitt. “At that time, we asked her to travel to Essen with us, and she agreed. You can imagine our joy when she won Miss Canada International!”

Adds Nesbitt, “Hopefully her new title will help to bring more people into boardgaming, and give Valley Games an added boost in publicity. She’s an avid volunteer, so I’m sure there are many ways she can introduce people to boardgames.” Now that’s a charity you don’t hear too many beauty pageant contestants talk about!

Source: Valley Games

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