Essen SPIEL ’18 Live Blog – Thursday

Crazy Pawn Games are ready to unleash Xenomorphs upon Essen, as they show off their game Aliens: Hadley’s Hope.

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The game seeks to recreate the tense, claustrophobic feel that made the Alien movies so good and bring many iconic elements of the films to the table.

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We have stopped in with CMON and are talking to the one and only Eric Lang about one of his new games, Death May Die, which has you delving into a world of Cthulhu madness and more. The game, as you might imagine, looks superb and comes with brilliant miniatures and a stunning level of art direction.

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We also stop in to talk about another of their new games, Wacky Races, which I’m sure will be a favourite with many of you who enjoyed the cartoon back in the day.

Hot off the success of their Kinderspiele des Jahres winner Dragon’s Breath, HABA are at Essen Spiel showing off their game Luxantis.

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Luxantis is an interesting family game, utilising LEDs built into the board to send your players on a fantasy adventure.

At Essen Spiel, lots of new games are on display. Some are brand new versions of old favourites, while others are hitting the table for the first time.

What games are you keeping an eye out for?

Essen Spiel has tons of activities going on, including loads aimed at kids and families.

We might have seen that we’ve been talking about Valhalla on the website over the last couple of weeks. This is a game by Go On Board which is showing off here at the convention whilst they run a Kickstarter for an English version of the main game and the expansion.

You can check out the Kickstarter HERE and get stuck into the game now you know a little more about it!

Essen SPIEL ’18 is a massive convention that not only attracts folks who like their board games but also those that want to expand beyond the tabletop and cover their homes in wonderful geeky artefacts too.

That means wonderful toys, accessories and even pieces to adorn your house including decorations and more.

It sounds quirky and it very much is! Come and explore Ludi Creations’ Mr Cabbagehead’s Garden which is a wonderful game for 1-2 Players which has been re-balanced and tweaked from its early days as a single player print-and-play game.

It has gone through Kickstarter since then, expanding to garner support online and proving to be a fantastically eccentric puzzle which is easy to learn and hard to master.

Matt Leacock has a new family game showing at Essen Spiel. We stopped off with him to find out more about Space Escape.

We wrap up our coverage of Day One of Essen Spiel 2018. It’s been a day chock full of interesting games, from wargames and board games, to role playing games and family-friendly activities.

The event has been filling up as the day went on and there promises to be even more on the horizon for the next three to come.