Patrick Korner: The Anticipation is Killing Me…or is it the Typing?

This will be short, shorter than my future at-large articles, but I did want to post a quick set of thoughts about the Blessed Event (tm) which is rapidly approaching.

That’s right, Essen, baby!  I’m getting geared up for massive crowds and even greater sleep deprivation already.  I leave Monday, arrive Tuesday, and will most likely have my usual rough time sleeping on the plane.  So if I’m vaguely zombie-ish when I get there, you’ll know why.

I will (hooray!) have my computer with me and will be putting up my own thoughts of what I see and play - fairly short and sweet, of course, but more than I usually do ‘live from the floor’ - I usually leave that stuff to Rick (who seems to be gradually approaching the RickCam, a 24/7 webcast of all he says and does while at a convention - on second thought, I’m not sure I’d be into that).

I, as with most others, have some games already pre-ordered, including all of the Czech Board Games line-up, Ur from What’s Your Game, Metromania from Spiel-ou-Face, Reef Encounter expansion from R&D, and a few other odds and sods.  Thus far the list of must-buys is short, but as usual it will creep upwards as I play and end up liking far more games than is good for me.  The initial buzz on Die Saulen der Erde is promising, but there is apparently some German text on the cards that (while no problem for me) might put off others I game with.

And speaking of German.  Man are my fingers tired.  This year has been another banner year for the Essen Preview, and big thanks goes to Rick as usual for compiling information from about a zillion sources.  Me, I translated.  And translated.  And translated some more.  I’ve lost count of how much, all I know is that every morning, I’d look at the Spielbox website with somewhat of a mixture of anticipation and sheer terror… But it’s over!  Whee!  Sorry, went a little nuts there.

So to all those I’ll be seeing again, looking forward to seeing you!  To those unable to make it, I’ll try and get in a game, lift a pint (er, liter) and eat a little extra good solid German food for ya!  Gamers know that Christmas comes 2 months early, and I’m nearly there…

See you on the floor!

pk

© 2006 Patrick Korner

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