The International Game Days (SPIEL) in Essen will take place from October 6th to 9th in the exhibition halls. Fans can look forward to numerous new releases this year. The exhibition area has grown significantly compared to the previous year, as the organizing Friedhelm Merz Verlag recently announced.
For the GAME in Essen This year it will be a premiere - for the first time the world's largest trade fair for board games is taking place under the Spielwarenmesse eG umbrella. Otherwise, at least nothing will change: the team at Friedhelm Merz Verlag led by Dominique Metzler takes care of everything that needs to be taken care of. The organizers have already reported 75 percent growth in terms of exhibition space. The line-up of exhibitors is also more international again: for some it is a debut. Various publishers from Vietnam, Armenia, Kuwait and Qatar are present in Essen for the first time.
What the publishers present ranges from children's games and board games for families to heavyweights for experts.
Per Glöde has one on BoardgameGeek - there's one there too Preview with all titles for SPIEL'22 – created a ranking of the top titles based on geek ratings. It looks comparatively quiet there for the past year. It shouldn't be difficult for SPIEL'22 to beat last year when it comes to the absolute milestones of the season.
Innovations at the SPIEL in Essen
Publishers that are missing from the list can send their new releases in list form by email to: redaktion@spielpunkt.net
A
Agie Games
Violet and the Grumpy Nisse
Aegir Games
Europa Universalis: The Price of Power
Albi
Ballad
Fish Tank
Hollow Trail
Ship Ahoy
trouble
All Or None Games
Betwixt and Between: Forces of Nature
Goons: The Junkyard Expansion
Write the Future
FRIEND
dice heroes
super sharp
Bohnanza - the dice game
Saboteur - The Dark Cave
Unsolved - The Hunting Accident
Armadillo
Wizard Deluxe Edition
Aporta Games
Revive
Ares Games
Last Aurora: Frozen Steel
Orconomics
Artana
First in flight
Power failure
Artipia Games
Rush MD: ICU
Rush MD: Maternity & Dental Clinics
WordCraft
ATOMO GAMES
Dedalo's
Story Colors
B
Baroque Games
Axon Protocol
Bezier Games
Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition
Sync or Swim
BLAM!
Splito
Blue Orange
Bubble Stories Holidays
Disc cover
rubber land
Mech A Dream
Pengo Jump
Potion House
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza: On The Flip Side
Wonder Woods
Board game box
Arkeis
Arkeis: Meema Expansion
Arkeis: Sand Worm Expansion
Arkeis: Sphinx Expansion
Kamigami Battles: River of Souls
The LOOP: The Revenge of Fauxzilla
Oltree
Board & Dice
Founders of Teotihuacan
Loot Box #1
Mandala Stones: Harmony
Origins: Ancient Wonders
Tawantinsuyu: The Golden Age
Terracotta army
Board cubator
Kingdom Come: Deliverance - The Board Game
box of games
dinosaur world
Inquiries at Los Angeles: Nouveaux Crimes
From the Moon
Nimalia
Pearladora
Riftforce: Beyond
Super plushies
Tribes of the Wind
Whistle stop
Bright Eye Games
CoraQuest
C
Capstone Games
Fire & Stone: Siege of Vienna 1683
Terra Nova
CardsLab
zookeepers
Catch Up Games
Orichalcum
Chili Island
Soulmates
Top ten quizzes
Chili Fox Games
Come Together
cosmoludo
Yoxii
Czech Games Edition
Galaxy Trucker: Keep on Trucking
Starship Captains
D
Days of Wonder
Heat: Pedal to the Metal
Delicious Games
woodcraft
Devir
Home Sweet Home (or Not)
Lacrimosa
Mazescape Cryo-C
Mazescape Hipnos
The Red Cathedral: Contractors
Regine
Winter
dlp games
Catherine: The Cities of the Tsarina
Joan of Arc: Orleans Draw & Write
DMZ Games
Phraya
Dolphin Hat Games
Gimme That!
doublethink games
Plutocracy
Double combo games
mage noir
Mage Noir: The Lone Mage
Mage Noir: Way of the Time Bender
Mage Noir: Way of the Warrior Mage
Dragon Dawn Productions
Beyond the Rift: A Perdition's Mouth Card Game
Factory 42
White Hat
dV Games
Deckscape: In Wonderland
Decktective: You Can't Cheat Death
Edition playground
MicroMacro: Crime City – All In
Full on the 18
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Edition playground
MicroMacro: Crime City – All In
Full on the 18
Eggert games
Great Western Trail: Argentina
explore8
Federation
F
Floodgate Games
Decorum
Fog of Love: Love on Lockdown
Kites
Sagrada: The Great Facades- Glory
Forbidden Games
Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
Formula Games
All Star Playlist
Fractal games
Alakablast
Amazon
Corruptia: Segunda Vuelta
crop circles
Sanssouci
cheeky publisher
Chaos in the museum: the answer is on the table
crazy donut party
Crime Files Advent Calendar: The Northpole Gang
Cyber Crime Files: The Hacker's Secret
Dawn Under
Kunterpunkt: The bustling dice game
The Scroll of Secrets: Shadows over Lysharia
Guilty!?: The crash
Guilty!?: Explosive Mixture
Guilty!?: Full throttle
Yut Nori
funnyfox
Hiroba
Rainforest
Secret Identity
fun tails
Caral
Feed the octopus
Feed the Kraken (Deluxe)
Fyrnwest Games
Midhalla
G
galacta
The Shadow Planet: The Board Game
Game brewer
amygdala
Hippocrates
Oak
The Palaces of Carrara (Second Edition)
Paris: l'Etoile
Rulenders
Stroganov
Game factory
Journey to the Center of the Earth
GDM Games
Festival
Insecta: The Ladies of Entomology
Time
Games Workshop
Blitz Bowl: Ultimate Edition
Combat Arena: Clash of Champions
Warhammer Quest: Lost Relics
GDM Games
Festival
Insecta: The Ladies of Entomology
Time
Genius games
Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game
Cytosis: A Cell Biology Board Game
Ecosystem
Ecosystem: Coral Reef
Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game
Periodic: A Game of the Elements
gigamic
Acropolis
Critical: Foundation—Season 1
Godot Games
Among Cultists
Human Punishment: The Beginning
Gotha Games
Race! Formula 90: 2nd edition
Race! Formula 90: Expansion #3
Great Gamers Guild
Aldabas: Doors of Cartagena
Endangered: Monarch Butterfly Scenario
Greyridge Games
Weirdwood Manor
H
Helvetiq
Barrakuda
Hodari games
Roll for Cthulhu
Grab the boobs
Catch the Boobs: Rainbow Wars Expansion
Grab those boobs: Ultimate Edition
Wutaki
Horrible Guild
Evergreen
Sound box
I
IELLO
The Animals of Baker Street
Infernal Wagon
King of Monster Island
King of Tokyo: Even More Wicked!
igari
need need
in Patience
Stellarion
inventories
Dracula: Walpurgis Night
longboat
Iron Games
Discord
J
Jolly Thinkers
Bye-Bye Black Sheep: 2022 Promo card – Cheese Thief
Bye-Bye Black Sheep: 2022 Promo card – Heidelbaer
Cheese Thief
Deception/CS Files: Greek Promo Pack
Deception/CS Files: Thai Promo Pack
Jumbo
Split
K
Keen Bean Studio
Roll Camera!: The B-Movie Expansion
The Adventures of Robin Hood: Brother Tuck in Peril
Andor Junior: The Danger From the Shadows
Cartaventura: Oklahoma
CATAN: 3D Expansions - Seafarers + Cities & Knights
CATAN: Dawn of Humankind
Death Valley
EXIT: The Game - The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes
EXIT: The Game – Kids: Puzzle fun in the jungle
EXIT: The Game + Puzzle - The Pirates' Gold
The Lord of the Rings: Together to Mount Doom
Inside Job
Karak: Regent
Kids Chronicles: Quest for the Moon Stones
The Legends of Andor: Big Box
The Legends of Andor: The Cold Eternal
Machi Koro 2
MyIsland
Targi: The bonus box
Terra Nova
Ubongo Mini
L
Le Scorpion Masque
Turing machine
LOKI
Carla Caramel
Cosmic Race
Farm & Furious
Happy Families
tentacolor
Lonny Games
18Mag: Hungarian Railway History
Lookout Games
18: Chinese
Ativa
Stack'n Stuff: A Patchwork Game
Loosey Goosey Games
lucky tails
Lucky Duck Games
Flamecraft
Turtle Splash
Ludically
Rise & Fall
LudiCreations
So, you've Been Eaten
Ludonova Location
Air Mail
sabika
Ludopolis
15 Dice of Civilization
Chocolate Battle
Ludus Magnus Studio
Dungeonology: Leonardo's Workshop
Dungeonology: Triple Threat
Dungeonology: Unusual Students
La Mame Games
Rankster
M
MEBO Games
Évora
Hercules
Mindclash games
Seventh
void fall
Mojito Studios
Cleopatra and the Society of Architects
The LostCode
Pueblo
N
Next move games
Azul: Master Chocolatier
Maui
Nice Game Publishing
hump!
Phraya
Tough Calls: Dystopia
Nori's games
One word
Nuts! Publishing
Fitna: The Global War in the Middle East
This War Without an Enemy
O
Oink games
Order Overload: Cafe
town 66
Osprey Games
Crescent Moon
Cryptid: Urban Legends
Undaunted: Stalingrad
Village Rails
OSTIA games
mountain goats
One Card Wonder
P
Pearl Games
Lofoten
Time of Empires
Pendragon Game Studio
The Thing: Norwegian Outpost
The Thing: The Board Game
Phalanx games
41: Race to Moscow
Successors (Fourth Edition)
Phase Shift Games
Dungeon Drop: Dropped Too Deep
Dungeon Drop: Wizards and Spells
Tavern Tales: Legends of Dungeon Drop
piano
Split It
Turtle Bay
Pile Up Games
Dom Pierre
Pleasant Company Games
Ancient Terrible Things: Reawakened
The Dead Eye
Pretzel Games
Camel Up: Off Season – Show Off!
Primal
Flowar
Kingdom Defenders
Q
Queen Games
Helsinki
R
R&D Games
Keydom's Dragons
R & R Games
Dom Pierre
Rebel Studio
Chronicles of Avel
Meadow: downstream
San Francisco
Restoration Games
Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume Two
Unmatched: Hell's Kitchen
Unmatched: Jurassic Park - Dr. Saddler vs. T.Rex
Unmatched: Jurassic Park - InGen vs Raptors
Unmatched: Redemption Row
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Salt & Pepper Games
Films
Resist!
Take a seat
Schmidt games
Clever 4Ever
Fully planned: Japan
Second Gate Games
Cactus Town
Cactus Town: Stampede
Cactus Town: The Lone Ranger
Cactus Town: The Lost Chief
Shadowborne Games
Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
Sit down!
fairy lights
gardeners
tiwanaku
Topic
Skellig Games
Chocolate Factory: Deluxe Edition
Coffee Traders
Fall of the Mountain King
dwarf village
Sorry we are French
Galileo Project
PLAY THAT! Publisher
AEOLOS
play instinct
restart
gameworxx
London Necropolis Railway
Oranienburg Canal
Oranienburg Canal: Extension/Expansion I
Oranienburg Canal: Extension/Expansion II
Spiral Editions
Throne and the Grail
Studio H
vivarium
U
Udo Grebe game design
The Longest Trench
The Longest Trench: Expansion
W
Woodpecker Games
nanolith
X
XOLLOX Games
The Fog: Escape from Paradise
Rest
2F games
Fancy Feathers
Findorff
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