THINK: Designer game heaven

2009/10/30

EDWIN WONG

Last week saw the 27th edition of SPIEL, the world’s largest and most popular designer games convention held in Essen, Germany. EDWIN WONG tells us more.

ONCE again, the latest edition succeeded in breaking records: 763 publishers presented their games at the show, 20 publishers on the waiting list could not get a stall, some 44 per cent of exhibitors were foreign publishers, over 600 new games were presented to visitors and more than 200,000 visited the convention over four days.

It’s all well and good if you have the spare cash to actually fly to Essen to try those games for yourself, but what about the rest of us poorer enthusiasts? Are we destined to only read about these games and how the rest of the world enjoys them? Well, fret not, for that’s what the recently launched Games Meetup is for! Playing every Sunday from 2-6pm at a Borders/Starbucks near you, it’s a great way to try the hottest games with your family and friends, and meet other enthusiasts.

Where to meet Log on to gamesmeetup.blogspot.com to find out what games are on and to register, or just drop by at these times: Every 1st Sunday (2-6pm)Borders Bookstore & Starbucks Coffee Borders Store, The Curve Every 2nd Sunday (2-6pm) Borders Bookstore & Starbucks Coffee Store, Tropicana City Mall Every 3rd Sunday (2-6pm) Borders Bookstore & Starbucks Coffee Borders Store, The Gardens Mall Every 4th Sunday (2-6pm) Borders Bookstore & Starbucks Coffee Borders Store, Berjaya Times Square Every 4th Sunday (2-6pm) Borders Bookstore & Starbucks Coffee Borders Store, Queensbay Mall, Penang For details, email imagine.games@mac.com or log on to gamesmeetup.blogspot.com to register.