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New halls and new games at Spiel 2013

Joke — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:38:16 +0000

Autumn time = Spiel time! But this year in new halls, so finding our way was a game all in itself! A nice mixture of old and new, as were all our appointments. Meeting up with old friends and meeting new ones and learning even more about the wishes for the future games. And in between the meetings we have already stocked up on game components for our prototypes and just as well! Now we are done with playtesting and pitching, we need to build all those prototypes that have been requested!

All worries disappear in Nürnberg

Joke — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:51:43 +0000

Though Nürnberg is cold, inside the fair buildings the heat is on! We have spent a few hectic days, going from one appointment to the next and trying to scout the innovations in-between. Among the toys, we have seen pluche Buddhas, several Lego-adaptations, and loads of quadrocopters.

Some game trends: learning games for under 2 years, and many toys and games with App companions or App integration. Most of those are still based on very familiar concepts; the real innovation is rather technical than playwise.

One of our favourites is Schmidt’s ‘Sorgenfresser’ line: pluche toys with a zipper as mouth, happy to eat up al your worries.

Making videos full of fun

Joke — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:50:01 +0000

With a few weeks to go, we are preparing the materials to show our business partners at the Nürnberg Toy Fair. Editing the videos of all the play-testing with children is a fun but time-consuming activity. We’re quite happy with the way some of the games have evolved in a few rounds of testing and improving – lots of happy faces in our videos. We wished we could share them on our website… but you’ll have to wait until the games are in the toy store.

SPIEL: celebration of games

els — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:37:12 +0000

Last weekend we visited the SPIEL fair in Essen again, meeting old acquaintances and making new contacts. This year, there were contracts to sign, too. Though our schedule was quite full, we also got a chance to see some of the new releases. Action games are still hot, cooperative games a must for almost each publisher, and snack games too.

And with a large crowd assembling at the fair to play all these games, SPIEL is a true celebration of games!

Getting ready for SPIEL

els — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:33:21 +0000

The SPIEL fair is Essen is approaching; we will visit it on Saturday, October 20. With a calendar full of appointments, we are currently in fast-forward mode to finish the presentations and edit the videos of our tests with children. While editing, it is fun to see again and again how children appreciate the game concepts. We’re confident this will bring smiles to the faces of game publishers!

Nurnberg Toy Fair

Joke — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:29:37 +0000

We just got back from our first visit to the Nurnberg Toy Fair, which was really, really impressive. Quite different from Essen, much larger, more toys of course and essentially no players. That last one is a bit weird at the start, but it also means you get to see everything quite well. There’s two big halls for game publishers and the focus is more on children’s games and family games and less on expert games. Which is interesting for us, as we always have a lot of child game concepts. The rest of the halls was also inspiring to see, there were even more game publishers to be found beside a lot of exciting ideas, game components and mechanics. And who wouldn’t want to see a life-size pluche dinosaur?