This year’s SPIEL ESSEN is right around the corner and we wanted to share with you the things that we’ve been preparing!
Hall 3, Booth 3V400
At booth 3V400 you can find and shop our catalog of the newest games and promos, both in English and German. All our new releases together with other titles will be available for sale, demo or preview at this location:
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance – The Board Game (only in English)
- Drillers
- Codenames: Critical Role Adventures
- Codenames: Expansion Packs (Sci-Fi, Cute Critters, and Fairy Tales)
- Lost Ruins of Arnak: Surprise Shipment + whole Arnak series
- Upgraded Components for Drillers, Arnak, SETI and KCD
- Card Guard Essentials - Mini Euro and Standard Card sleeves
- SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence & SETI: Space Agencies
- Galaxy Trucker and all it’s expansions
What to expect at this booth:
- Demo tables: Sit down and learn how to play our newest releases with the help of our amazing CGE imp staff.
- Medieval inn atmosphere: The entire booth is designed in medieval style, making you feel like you’ve stepped right into a medieval tavern.
- New KCD artwork: One of the coolest things about the booth is a new illustration by Jiří Mikovec covering a whole wall right at the KCD demo tables! We can’t wait to see it in person.
- Meet & greet with designers: Chat with the designers behind the new titles (see details below)
- Pre-order pick-ups: If you pre-ordered games for Essen pick-up or planning to, there will be a dedicated line at this booth.
Hall 7, Booth 7E100
On Hall 7, booth 7E100, you can look forward to our full catalogue of CGE games–new releases and older titles like Last Will, Through the Ages, Space Alert, and more. We will share the full catalogue together with price later.
What to expect at this booth:
- Demo tables: Sit down and learn how to play our newest releases with the help of our amazing CGE imp staff.
- Relax and play Codenames Party: Take a break with your friends on cozy sofas and try our new Codenames Party, exclusively on the Netflix Games platform.
- Photo with Critical Role characters: Snap a photo with Dorian (cosplay) or wall art of Grog and Vex from Critical Role.
- Livestreams: Watch our live broadcast right from the booth (more info below).
- Meet & greet with designers: Chat with the designers behind our new titles (see details below).
- Interactive Wispwood wall demo: We’re bringing our big Wispwood wall demo.
Special SPIEL deals
You can enjoy our exclusive deals (both of our booths):
- Base game + expansion: Buy a base game. Get €5 off each expansion or accessory for it.
- Expansion deal: Buy any 2 expansions or accessories of one game, get a 3rd for €5 off.
- 3+1 promo: Buy 3 promos, get a 4th for FREE.
- KCD + sleeves combo: Buy Kingdom Come: Deliverance – The Board Game with the complete card sleeve set (6 Mini Euro + 6 Standard) and get a FREE 3D-printed card stand.
Meet the game designers
As in previous years, you can stop by and meet our game designers of this year’s releases and chat with them :).
- Vlaada Chvátil & Tomáš Holek (Kingdom Come: Deliverance – The Board Game)
- Felix Podlesny (Codenames: Critical Role Adventures)
- Adam Španěl & Říman (Drillers)
Livestream collaboration with The Dice Tower
We’re doing something totally different this year! We’ve partnered with The Dice Tower to livestream from our booth on Hall 7–Tom Vasel will be joining us live together with designers to talk about the games we're bringing to the show and chat with them about the gameplay and anything else you’d like to know really. You can ask your questions on live chat and be part of the discussion!
If you’re attending SPIEL, you can watch the livestream together with us at our booth on Hall 7.
We will share the schedule later.
Experience SPIEL from home
Our videographer, Eleni, will be making daily SPIEL vlogs–Day 1, Day 2 and one big weekend video on our YouTube channel. She will share the atmosphere, how the booths are looking, and what is happening at Spiel, so even though you won’t be participating you can enjoy the event with us!
You can already watch her Essen Exclusive Preview video where you can find out more info for Kingdom Come: Deliverance – The Board Game together with video-call with Vlaada Chvátil discussing solo and information we’ve never shared before.
Pre-order games for Essen pick-up
If you’d like to secure copies of the newest CGE titles, head to our CGE e-shop and pre-order the game you like for the SPIEL pick-up. You can then pick-up your order at Hall 3, booth 3V400 until 12pm on Sunday, 25 October.
Please have your confirmation email’s QR code ready at the booth 3V400, along with the full name listed on the order.
There’s so much to experience this year, plus a few extra things we’ll leave for you to discover on the site. Enjoy this year’s SPIEL Essen and we look forward to seeing you there! :)
