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Pledge: get to work on all the stuff I bought at UKGE.

I’ve never been to Essen Spiel. This year I decided I wanted to go to one of the “big three,” choosing between Essen, UKGE, or Gen Con, none of which I’ve been to before.

Even though it’s the closest to me, Gen Con just seems too big, I feel like fighting the crowds might take some of the fun out of it. I have a friend who works a booth at Essen every year so I had a bit of an inside track there, but I judged that UKGE would have more stuff I’m interested in — non-GW skirmish games and hobby just aren’t nearly as well represented in the US. Plus the chance to meet the OTT team in person (along with a few vendors who I’ve been ordering stuff from for years, like Karl from Crooked Dice) was a deciding factor.

Even with the expense of travel from the US, it was totally worth it. I had a great time, and it’s going to be difficult to avoid trying to go every year…