One week has passed since our return from Spiel Essen and besides one day of full rest and another one dedicated entirely to gaming the follow-up was more intense than the fair itself. We had to do it because the memories of all the meeting are slowly fading away and our mind starts to focus only on the biggest things.
I guess that the biggest thing in Essen 2013 was a larger booth with more people visiting us than in the previous two years together.
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| A view from the top with NSKN and Ventonuovo together |
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| Exodus demo and lots of people watching |
The other big thing is that we had this games giveaway contest which attracted a larger crowed with every passing day. I have personally seen someone wearing 6 (six) NSKN pins to be more visible to our guys with the freebies. I do not know whether he won or not, but I sure think that he deserved to win.
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| Wild Fun West winners |
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| Exodus Revised Edition winners |
Unlike in 2011 and 2012, in Spiel '13 we had our full team of NSKN people in Essen and four extra guys who were the best addition to our teamm better that I could have hoped for (thanks guys!). We no longer had a problem to present games in German, which is a big sign of respect for the people hosting the fair.
It was also the first time for NSKN to show not only published game, but also prototypes. Our focus was on Praetor - the game we plan to publish next, but Perfect Storm and W - The Board Game have also had a good audience, nice feedback and many people asking if they can buy them on the spot or sign up for preorders.
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| In the middle of Perfect Storm |
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| Surrounded while playing Praetor |
We have also had partners this year. I am talking about Ventonuovo Games, very nice Italian guys with a passion for war games. They've displayed two impressive games and it was a perfect combination between our strategy and euros and they heavy war games.
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| Ventonuovo's Blocks in the West and Blocks in the East |
I guess that there's a lot more to say about Spiel 2013, but these are the most striking memories, the images that I have very fresh in mind today.
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