Fraser McHarg: Signs that You Might Be Thinking of Essen Just a Little Too Much
o Prior to the media day you are constantly checking boardgamegeek, boardgamenews, Frank’s site and other places for the first snippets of information and complaining when there isn’t any there
o Planning to SMS “Ready, Set, Go!” to people who are at Essen at the exact time the doors open to the public.
o Posting to blogs, BGG and mailing lists about Essen envy
o Knowing the airfare to Essen
o Knowing which hotels at Essen still have vacancies
o Know that if you take the child who has a passport that your luggage allowance will be doubled
o Searching out German rules for new games on the internet, emailing your partner/spouse/friend with access to a printer to print them out so you can determine whether or not to place an order with your Essen “personal shopper”
o Wanting to go to the airport and ask for a ticket “on the next flight to Germany”
o Being prepared to ditch a local community event that you have put at least 100 hours work into to go to Essen instead
o Knowing what time the doors at Essen close, factoring in time for the Essen correspondents to type up their reports and then you start checking
o Having Aldie say “You are jonesin’ for some Essen”
o When ringing your spouse on the phone you say “I’m not at home, but I am not at the airport”
If many of the above apply to you then, to quote Aldie, “You are jonesin’ for some Essen”
© 2007 Fraser McHarg
