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Father in the Messe 2018: Day 2+
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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Play – The Games Festival
From 6th to 8th of April, in Modena, will took place the 10th edition of Play – The Games Festival, Italian greatest event with hundreds of games events and all the Italian games publishers attending it. 4 booth, more than … Continue reading
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Father in the Messe 2017: Day 3
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
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
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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Play – The Games Festival
Modena, once again, will be the Italian Gamers Capital. The 31st of March will start the ninth edition of Play – The Games Festival, the greatest games event in Italy with more than 80 exhibitors and more than 2000 tables … Continue reading
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Father in the Messe: day 2 – morning
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
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
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
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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