Game design from yet another corner of the world (although I believe that Urs Hostetler, well known for his creation of Tichu, Kremlin, and other games, is Swiss).  We keep finding new hotbeds of gaming.  I think it’s great.  And the fact that Switzerland has its own Museum of Games makes me intensely jealous!

I highly recommend a visit there.  The museum is an old castle on the banks of Lake Geneva with a gorgeous view of the snow-capped Alps on the other side.  It’s in Vevey, Sebastien Pauschon’s hometown, and he organizes an annual Swiss Game Designer’s Meeting similar to the one in Goettingen, Germany.

And yes, Urs Hostetler is also Swiss--it was actually outside his fabulous game store in Bern that Sebastien and I first met.