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Essen 2006 - Photo show

tags: Cleopatra - Essen 2006 - Imperial - Kampf um Rom - Säulen der Erde - Settlers of Catan - Shear Panic - Space Dealer - Taluva

Some first visual impressions from Thursday and Friday at Essen. More to follow after the show together with some longer comments...

I will start with the motto of all Essen visits. People playing a game on the floor at the Kosmos booth wearing some interesting T-Shirts...

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Nein, dieser TISCH wird nach dem Spiel nicht frei
(No this *TABLE* will not be available after this game)


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Battlelore hype at the Days of Wonder booth


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Playing Battlelore (Yes, we did it!). And yes, it's totally worth the hype. Unfortuntaley the game was only available for pre-order

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We also got to play Cleopatra and the Society of Architects


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Taluva by Hans im Glück - My personal favorite so far

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Taluva works great as a two-player game

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Over-sized game of Haste Bock (Shear Panic)


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Teuber's Kampf um Rom at the Kosmos booth


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Kampf um Rom - Pretty close to a Euro-Wargame hybrid?! Although there is no combat, it has some contfrontation. But whether it will be successful?


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Details of the Kampf um Rom board

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Another popular title: Kosmos' Die Säulen der Erde with about 2 hours of playing time (at the show)


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Space Dealer - Real-time gaming at the extremely crowded Eggertspiele booth. Most innovative game we have seen. Maybe the next Geheimtip?


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Space Dealer sessions - A game lasts exactly 30 minutes but people were willing to wait at the booth for 60-90 minutes just to get a table...


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Space Dealer details (at home)


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Imperial designed by Mac Gerdts and published by Eggertspiele. Similarities with Antike are intentional

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Comments

Nice pics. I'd like to see more info on Taluva and your thoughts on the game play of Space Dealer.

Posted by: ekted | October 21, 2006 2:08 AM

Beautiful pictures. Thanks.

I'm glad to hear that BattleLore meets expectations and I can't wait to hear about Taluva since I love the look of it.

Posted by: Mary (Sodak Lady) | October 21, 2006 2:59 PM

The full Essen 2006 report is postponed to give you additional information on Taluva. Space Dealer will also be covered in a longer post in the near future.

Posted by: Naturelich [TypeKey Profile Page] | October 23, 2006 12:00 AM

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