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Essen SPIEL ’18 Live Blog – Friday

Essen SPIEL ’18 Live Blog – Friday

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Welcome back to Day Two of the awesomeness that is Essen SPIEL '18. We have plenty more prizes and goodies for you to snap up today AND of course plenty of videos of new and awesome games too.

Find Out More About Essen

Check Out Day One & Win Prizes

Decrypto - Aliens: Hadley's Hope - Witless Wizards - Gizmos - Dragon's Breath - Escape Tales: The Awakening - WWX Forlorn Hope Posse - 8BitBox - The Walking Dead: Here's Negan - Magnificent Flying Machines - PlastCraft Crashed Plane Terrain

Check Out Day Two & Win Prizes

Vault Of Dragons + 2x D&D Paint Sets (Heroes & Monsters) - Aristeia Walls Terrain Set - Lincoln - Don't Get Got - Holding On: The Troubled Life Of Billy Kerr - Dicium - Mountains - Fog Of Love (Choice Of Cover) - Swordcrafters - Silk - V-Commandos - 3x Tainted Grail Artbooks + Exclusive Coin - Pyramid Of Pengqueen

Check Out Day Three & Win Prizes

Talisman: Legendary Tales - Venus Next (Terraforming Mars Expansion) - Battlestar Galactica: Starship Battles - Tsukuyumi - War Chest & Scorpius Freighters - FAITH RPG Core Book - Dungeon Terrain Set - Magnate Resin Buildings - Lightseekers Playmat, Deck Box & Folio (Of Your Choice)

Check Out Day Four & Win Prizes

Age Of Sigmar Champions Playmat & Deck Box (Of Your Choice) - 2x KeyForge Decks - Mistfall: Chronicles Of Frost & All That Burns - Contract - Doomseekers - Dinosaur Island - Blood Red Skies Core Box Organiser - 4x4 Gaslands Mat - Trapwords - 10x Harry Potter Ford Anglia Puzzles - Village Attacks - Dark Souls The Card Game - Hero Realms - Goblout

Make sure to comment on all of the Live Blog posts today and see if you could be in with a chance to win goodies for yourself.

Also, tell us what you'd like to see tabletop-wise here at the event!

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Everybody Gets Their Gaming On At Spiel '18

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One of the best things about Essen Spiel is the sheer variety of games there are for people to play.

Lots of people like to try out games they’ve had there eye on, or just relax with their friends and take the chance to play some of the award winners from the year.

Which games do you wish you could play?

Everybody Gets Their Gaming On At Spiel '18
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Food For Hundreds Of Hungry Gamers

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Lunchtime is approaching and there are loads of options for Essen Spiel attendees to feed their hunger.

There’s plenty of German food available, as well as selections of pastries, fruit, sweet stands and everything you need to fuel up for a day of gaming.

Food For Hundreds Of Hungry Gamers
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Classic Board Games Collection

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One of the neat things to go and see here at Essen SPIEL ’18 is their collection of classic board games which have been put together into an awesome showcase here at the event.

I’m sure some of us have games like this hidden away in attics and the like and maybe now is the time to crack them open once more, find out if they still hold up mechanically…and see how much has changed between the old generation and the new.

Classic Board Games Collection
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Four Games In One Box With Dicium + WIN The Game

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We stop in with the folks from Dicim to talk about their game and learn about how they managed to fit four distinctly interesting concepts within one box. If this game sounds good to you then you’re in luck as we have a copy to give away!

Win A Copy of Dicium

Dicium from Geek Attitude Games runs from between 1-4 players and provides you with four games that each try something different. You have Crazy Cup, Dungeon, Civilization and Shogun all of which you can find out more about in the video below.

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Seb Shows Off His Painting Prowess

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Seb has been here over the last couple of days showing off his painting prowess. If you hadn’t guessed, he is the one behind the painting of all of the wonderful miniatures you see as part of Solomon Kane, Joan Of Arc and of course now Reichbusters.

You can see more of Seb’s work HERE.

So, if you’re here at Essen SPIEL ’18 or you bump into Mythic Games at any conventions see if Seb is about so he can teach you about some painting!

Seb Shows Off His Painting Prowess
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Players Take A Stroll Through Tang Garden

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Thundrgryph has brought their upcoming board game Tang Garden to SPIEL ’18, giving players a chance to try out and pre-order it.

Tang Garden is a beautiful game where players wander through a beautiful Asian garden and bring it to life with plantlife, ornaments and more which are then used to impress visitors who have travelled from afar.

As you can see there are plenty of people delving into this game and giving it a go here.

Players Take A Stroll Through Tang Garden

Teddy Is Ready For The Crowds

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Pokemon Cards, I Choose You!

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Spiel ’18 caters to all ages of gamers, so of course there is plenty of the Pokemon Trading Card Game getting played.

It’s really encouraging to see just how many people there are getting into the game, with both longtime fans and new players coming to the ever-evolving (haha) collectable card game.

Which Pokemon would you choose to let loose in Essen Spiel?

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Klask Scores A Goal At Spiel '18

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One of the most popular stands at Spiel ’18 has been Klask’s, a fast-paced dexterity game using magnets!

The game plays out a bit like table football. The aim is to use magnets under the table to guide the ball into your opponent’s goal. However, you have to be careful.

Get too keen and you could find yourself swarmed with magnetic, white obstacles.

Klask Scores A Goal At Spiel '18

Actual Size Sylvanian Families

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Devir Talk New Games; Silk & More + Win A Game!

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Devir Games are here at Essen SPIEL ’18 talking about some of their new games. One, in particular, is called Silk and involves you farming silk from large creatures and trying to make the best machine out of this board game.

Win A Copy Of Silk

As well as this Devir talk about Papua and of course you’ll remember them for their work on Gretchinz which is based in the world of Warhammer 40,000.

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Gaming Across Epic Tables

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Loads of companies have brought some truly stunning tables with them to show off their games and draw you into the games’ world.

To my mind, the best has to be the Dwarf table for Para Bellum’s conquest. Seeing those doughty warriors marching out of their subterranean home makes for an incredibly cinematic diorama.

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Fancy A Drink?

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As if the gaming wasn’t enough, there’s also a couple of freckin’ bars! You can come and have a lovely drink here at Essen SPIEL ’18 if you need a break from the cardboard.

Well, in saying that you could also have a drink AND play some board games. That ALSO sounds utterly epic! We need these at more conventions I say.

Fancy A Drink?

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gobbo
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PLEASE!!! PLEASE! Check out the Shadowfist stand for me!!!!! 2D-148

passimalo
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The stuff from Micro Art Studio looks very impressive… And yes, cant wait for buying the new Tanks: Modern Age ????

recon63
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Waiting for the team to find Colin from Battle Systems and out the latest news regarding Core Space!!!

silverfox8
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Great to see the guys today. Great coverage!

zorg
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the displays look fantastic.

alasdair
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Great Coverage. Keep up the good work!
World like to see Everrain from grimlord games and more from mythic (Solomon kane)

orlandothetechnicoloured
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cheers folks

redsarge
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Don’t forget to eat at ‘Essen’ 😛

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Green Whiskey and Fudge? I’ll have a double!

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