The Spiel Videos - Convention Coverage Podcast
1) Essen 2012 - Freidemann Friese
Noted designer Friedemann Friese chats about the development of his latest title Copycat, a game that "steals" its mechanics from several other well known games.
2) Essen 2012 - Andreas Pelikan
Game designer Andreas Pelikan walks us through the basics of his new card game Meins (co-designed with Alexander Pfister). Meins is a game about crazy collectors gathering obscure and quirky artifacts...Show More
3) Essen 2012 - Martin Wallace
Game designer Martin Wallace discusses P.I., Doctor Who: The Card Game, and his new venture into Kickstarter with Moongha Invaders.
4) Essen 2012 - Fryx Games
Swedish publisher Enoch Fryexlius shows us mass market versions of two previous titles: Wilderness and Space Station. Then, we discuss Brawling Barons, a strategy card game where players must build, u...Show More
5) Essen 2012 - Kosmonauts
Gil d'Orey introduces Kosmonauts, the latest title from Mesa Board Games. Kosmonauts is a rocket race around the solar system with players programming their rocket to visit each planet.
6) Essen 2012 - Ted Alspach
Game designer Ted Alspach chats about three new releases from Bezier Games: Mutant Meeples, Suburbia, and Enter The Passage.
7) Essen 2012 - Amigo
Bernd Keller gives us an in-depth look at On the Nuts (a press-your-luck dice game with wooden squirrels) and Bohn to Be Wild (a 15th anniversary special edition of the bean trading classic Bohnanza).
8) Essen 2012 - Jactalea
Timothee Leroy discusses three games: Mana, an abstract strategy game with leather pieces. Docker, a puzzle game about manuevering shipping containers. And Blue Lion, a pattern building tile laying ga...Show More
9) Essen 2012 - Artipia Games - Briefcase
Designers Nikolas and Sotirios talk about the development of their game Briefcase, a deck-building resource management game where players create their own business empire.
10) Essen 2012 - Andreas Steiger
Andreas Steiger talks about the development process behind his first game: Targi, a 2012 Kennerspiel des Jahres nominee.