Well, the SPIEL fair is about to start – while it officially doesn’t open until tomorrow morning; there is much to do here on Wednesday.  The organizers have a nice reception to welcome the press, and there is a special display room where publishers can show off their newest releases.  (More on this event in a later post…)

We’ve certainly been busy ourselves researching games and trying to get them played.  While the BGG preview by fellow OG writer Eric Martin is not exhaustive nor definitive; it is one of the best known resources for games coming out at the show.  When I last checked it, it had nearly 1200 games listed for SPIEL 2022…  (This year’s list seems a little wonky though because of the COVID pandemic; there are a lot of games that are making their “SPIEL debut” this year, but the game is actually older…)

Going back through our files here, it appears that we’ve played/reviewed about 5% of the games so far – below is a chart of the 60ish games which we have previously featured here on the blog.  You cal click on the game name to see the full review – and if you want to see more about the game, the booth location is listed to the right.