Naturelich Games

As I have pointed out several times on this blog, I like little goodies for my favorite games. Maybe it is the collector inside me, the hunter, the gatherer. Who knows? It does not have to be a big thing, I may even want to pay (or donate) a few Euros for it.
For example: During Essen 2004, Kosmos was promoting Candamir in a unique way: People could walk up to their booth and have a picture taken. An hour later, they had used this photo to create a special Candamir character card for you. How cool! You could just take out this card and surprise players who may not have had the chance to be in Essen. Actually, now that I write this the whole topic seems a little bit embarassing, but what the hell. It's probably something which survived from my short phase of playing CCGs.

Now, I just had a similar idea for the upcoming Ticket to Ride Märklin Edition. Apparently, every train card in this TtR edition shows a different image of a special Märklin waggon or train. The game also contains a rather abstract passenger card. And, yes, you might already have guessed it (and I feel even more embarrassed now): why not offer a personalized passenger card as a little goodie at the 2006 Essen booth? Days of Wonder do you read this?

Now, that would be something, wouldn't it? :D

PS: Oh, yeah. Can I ask a favor? Please leave a comment if you think I have totally geeked out. Sometimes it just helps to get feedback from normal people... :-D

PPS: Maybe this post is also just a pretense to use the essen2006-tag for the first time ;)