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Father in the Messe 2018: Day 2+

Posted on October 29, 2018 by

This year was the 8th in a row I’m attending Essen in the role of Father (actually my main role/position all along the year. I’m a father as first job, a car driver as second job – bringing kids here … Continue reading →

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Father in the Messe 2018: day 1

Posted on October 25, 2018 by

Here we are, again in the Messe! This year Caterina, my daugheter, isn’t attending the Spiel (first time in the last 7 years) so me and Francesco are free to play ad many sci-fi games as we want and also … Continue reading →

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Father in the Messe 2017: Day 3

Posted on October 29, 2017 by

We are finally arrived at the Friday. Just after a single day of games we really want to try something good. Mauro di Marco (editor in chief of ILSA Magazine , the best Italian boardgame magazine, and, like me, committee member … Continue reading →

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Father in the Messe 2017: day 1

Posted on October 28, 2017 by

Every year is really amazing to be back in Spiele. Entering the main hall me and the kids were stunned by the colors and the sounds. Thousands of games just waiting to be played with a crew of devoted demonstrators … Continue reading →

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Father in the Messe 2017: Day 0

Posted on October 25, 2017 by

We are here again, a Father in the Messe, with two kids. Every year they grow better and I become older. As usual the trip from Modena is something special: car, plain, train and metro! We start to have problem … Continue reading →

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Father in the Messe: day 2 – morning

Posted on October 16, 2016 by

I’m quite sure this post will get a lot of hits: Dale Yu, Potatos and a well known designer in the first page (he is Vlaada Chvatil of course!) is something gamers are not used to resist (something like video … Continue reading →

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Father in thE Messe 2016: day 1

Posted on October 13, 2016 by

The first time you enter in the Messe is something you can’t forget. Something you know will change your life for ever like the first day of school, the first kiss or the first time you eat Tortellini (for people … Continue reading →

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Father in the Messe 2016: Day 0

Posted on October 12, 2016 by

This is the usual travel day. Car from Modena to Bologna than an airplane from Bologna to Koln, a train from Koln to Essen and finally the metro to the Jung Hotel … I was wondering how to insert a … Continue reading →

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Father in the Messe 2016: a Chain Reaction

Posted on October 12, 2016 by

Dear opinionated readers, here I’m, again, with my report from Essen. This year, for the first time, also Francesco, my 9 years old kid, will join me and Caterina in the Messe. What does that means ? We are now … Continue reading →

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Father in the Messe 2015: lowering the curtain

Posted on October 11, 2015 by

Another year has passed and we are going home. Caterina point me out that this was here 5th or 6th Essen’s edition … something not all seasoned gamers can be proud of. Of course I miss my travels into Haba … Continue reading →

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