Essen 2009
For some reason, Essen this year was a little lackluster. Hard to explain why, maybe it’s just me… I haven’t tried the 20+ games I brought back – so no qualified opinion yet – but at first glance there was a couple of standouts:
- Cyclades (by Bruno Cathala & Ludovic Maublanc) is to board games what AAA is to video games: amazing production values!
- Pony Express (by Bruno Faidutti and Antoine Bauza) is the second game out of Funforge, my friend Philippe Nouhra’s company. A fast and fun little game with lots of character.
Also, lots of buzz around Vlaada Chvátil’s Dungeon Lords and, as usual, the latest Lamont brothers – Savannah Tails – looked super weird.
