Essen 2006 - Photoshow,. Part 2
More photos from this year's Spiel in Essen...
The fair always holds some fun moments. Some of them I dare not posting to the internet. However, I just cannot resist here... ;)

While some Essen participants enjoy playing games and take *a lot* of notes...

...others enjoy the silence and the quietness of a Gogol game. Oh, yeah, and maybe they harm the marketing message. Maybe Gogol is not as exciting and fast-paced as the commercials wants us to think...

Nothing to add to this message - Discover what is really important - More time for kids

3D-Chess did not spike much interest

...and the same might be true for Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod

Gemblo - Having heard all the praise from Korea we wanted to try this game

A session of Hermagor at the Mind The Move booth

Ravensburger celebrates the 20th anniversary of Das Verrückte Labyrinth...

... with a golden game board

A game of Blue Moon City

The nice scoring track for Blue Moon City

Dschingis Khan poster at the Winning Moves booth

Ave Caesar at the Pro Ludo booth

Ave Caesar session

Die Säulen von Venedig session at the Goldsieber booth

Alhambra - The Dice Game

Queen Games poster to announce Revolte in Rom II - Coming in 2007 - Let the games begin

Essen also holds oportunities for new game designers to present their prototypes to established publishers...

...and for players to test these prototypes...