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The G*M*S Magazine Podcast Episode 64–More Spiel with Dr Mike Reddy

With so many interviews from Spiel and so many episodes to come, including the ones for the RPG section of the podcast, it felt only right to record one episode with Dr Reddy to ask and answer questions about Spiel and the state of games at the show.

The G*M*S Magazine Podcast Episode 63–Spiel report and Chronicles of Skin

I couldn’t help myself! Should have waited for Dr Reddy to be around, but I had to give you my report on Spiel 2012.

The show was quite amazing this year. Children were on holidays so, unlike other years, they were able to attend the show before Saturday. This made the first two days a lot busier than they’d normally be. Usually they are a lot quieter and Saturday goes mental with number of people.

The G*M*S Magazine Podcast Boardgames Edition – Episode 53: Spiel 2012 with Dominique Metzler

Again that time for a new episode of the G*M*S Magazine podcast Boardgame Edition with another interview.

This episode is really excellent because I had the pleasure of interviewing Dominique Metzler, one of the two amazing people who organise Spiel in Essen every year and for the last 15 years.

Unboxing: Air Show

By Paco Garcia Jaen Last year, at Spiel, this game took the Boardgame Geek ranks by storm to the point that the publishers, Gen X, run out of copies to sell two days before the show ended. Quite a nice problem to have! I managed to get my hands on one copy at last on…
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Alcatraz unboxing video

Kuznia Gier is one of the companies I got to meet with at Spiel and they were kind enough to give me a copy of their game Alcatraz for review. Apart from looking gorgeous, the game has some interesting mechanics.