Essen

Location:

The largest annual boardgame exhibit "Spiel" takes place in Essen Germany each autumn. Tens of thousands of visitors come from around the world to see newly published games, buy older games, and play games over a 4-day period (Thursday-Sunday).

Messe Essen
Norbertstrasse
D - 45131 Essen
Telefon: +49.(0)201.7244.0
Telefax: +49.(0)201.7244.248
Web: www.messeessen.de

When:

2006: October 19-22
2007: October 18-21
2008: October 23-26
2009: October 22-25
2010: October 21-24
2011: October 20-23
2012: October 18-21
2013: October 24-27
2014: October 16-19
2015: October 08-11
2016: October 13-16
2017: October 26-29
2018: October 25-28
2019: October 24-27
2020: October 22-25 (digital only)
2021: October 14-17
2022: October 06-09

# of Attendees:

~ 148,000 attendees (2007)
~ 154.000 attendees, 786 exhibitors from 32 countries (2011, data from the Spiel webpage),

Online:

The Spiel website in German or English and the Messe Essen website. Also see the Essen FAQ on BGG by Jon Power.

Microbadge:

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