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Convention Report: Essen 2007: Links to Other Spiel ‘07 Reports
By W. Eric Martin
Updated: October 29, 2007
Scott, Dale and I have reported on our Spiel ‘07 happenings, and so have plenty of others around the gaming community. Check out the following reports for more on the show:
- Trond Meistad has a multi-day Spiel report on Brettspill.no.
- Mike Siggins has posted his standard thorough yet concise report on Spiel ‘07 on Funagain.com.
- Bruno Faidutti has published a juicy Spiel report on his website that includes this awesome paragraph:
Games can be ugly in many ways. Many are ugly in a minimalistic way, as if the publisher simply published the prototype, like Moai or Im Jahre der Drachen. Some, like Kingsburg, or Battue, have simply bad graphics, reminding of the worse RPGs, like Kingsburg or Battue. Others are graphically overloaded, like Cuba or El Capitan, who look luxurious but not elegant. Even Tzaar, Kris Burm’s last opus, doesn’t have the classy look of its predecessors. Some games have really nice looking boxes, like Container or Gipsy King, but the components inside look much blander. And I list here only games which, from all I’ve heard, are really good! There are probably other ones which are both ugly and bad. - Frank Schulte-Kulkmann has once again turned out a fantastic Spiel report on Kulkmann’s G@mebox.
- Game designer Angelo Porazzi has published a photo essay of Spiel on his website.
- Richard van Vugt has included a video report of Spiel ‘07 on the front page of Gamepack.nl. (Quicktime required)
- Andreas Resch has posted a Flash gallery of nearly 400 images on his personal website; make some coffee before you start the slideshow because it’s a long one!
- Fairplay Magazine has posted the top 10 rated games as voted upon by Spiel ‘07 attendees. You can also view the complete Spiel ‘07 game list alphabetically if you want to see how the more obscure titles (i.e. those with few votes) rated.
- William Bussick has posted a summary of his Essen experience on BoardGameGeek.
Posted by W. Eric Martin on Oct 24, 2007 at 09:00 PM in Columnists, Articles, Etc., Convention Reports, Convention Report: Essen 2007 / 2094
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Well, I know what I’ll be doing for the next few days! Thanks Eric, looking forward to the read. :-) Posted by Jason Adams on Oct 24, 2007 at 10:07 PM | #
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It takes a Frenchman to talk that kind of trash to his fellow designers and publishers. :-) Posted by Phil Schwarzmann on Oct 24, 2007 at 11:05 PM | #
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You can also check out this day-by-day summary - unfortunately in Polish:
And the bonus material:
Posted by Artur Jedlinski on Nov 5, 2007 at 03:27 PM | #
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