Adventures in Gaming

Before I get into day 2 proper, there were a couple of things I forgot to mention about day 1. When I went to Essen I had no plan to write about it when I got back. As such I am going of memory and the few photos I took. If I had known I was going to write a blog post I would have taken way more photos and kept better notes. Saturday and Sunday I took hardly any photos, this was because I was enjoying the experience of it I never thought to interrupt that experience to take photos. The other reason was the chocolate kebab.... I come back to that later. So most of the photos you will see are what I was able to find on the web. There were  2 other games we tried. The very first game we actually played, and I can't believe I forgot it was table top curling. It was a load fun and put smiles on our faces. It basically does what it says on the tin. I think it is a great party/ group game. A game to play between games sort of thing. Also this is the type of game that all...

This was my first time to Essen Spiel and it was fantastic. Below is an account of my time at the convention and my thoughts  on it as well as things I learnt about it. I will also do some brief descriptions of the demos I took part in, and the games I bought. Just a warning that this my go off on tangents or jump around on subjects I talk about. I'll try to keep it focused but no promises. I went with my friends Garry and Andy, going by car and sharing a hotel room which was a short drive from the convention centre. Traveling through 5 countries in one day was a pretty epic start to the gaming adventure. During the journey we discussed what we wanted to see and try there, turned out my list was way longer then theirs. I had done some internet searching and come up with a list of games I was interested in owning or trying. I didn't know much about them other then what I had read on the internet. Below is the list with the information I had going into Essen. Some of the in...