Writing reviews on games using Twitter during Spiel09 was fun but had a couple of inherent difficulties.  First, giving a fair impression of a game in one tweet is almost impossible.  Getting across all the points in around 120 characters (140, minus #tag, minus game name) is crazily hard.  In fact, it’s much harder than writing a short blog entry.  Rather than quick to write, every tweet becomes a mad challenge of summarisation – I even had to throw in a couple of deliberate typos to save precious characters (deliberate, honest).  Second, the time it takes to do the ultra condensed writing meant it was hard to write them between games.  As a reult, many tweets were written in a batch rather than ‘live’.  I think in future, I’d post short blog entries and use Twitter to notify people of the new item (all possible from the iPhone).

As a result, I shall be writing longer reviews on the games I played to give the full view on each.  Plus, I can add reviews of other games I play, general entries about gaming, as well as my journey to create my own board game (wish me luck on that) which I am aiming to have ready for Spiel 2010. 

So, whilst Essen may be finished, my thoughts and discussions about the games played, plus all the games still to be played over the coming weeks, are still to be aired.

If you have any specific items you’d like covered, post a comment and let me know.  Also, if you have any feedback on my tweets from Spiel09, let me know too.

Final day of the show for me.  Found Carolus Magnus and Vineta for just 10 euros each – which was a bargain as I wanted to get them anyway.
(Check Twitter for my initial thoughts on games – Username: @MetaGames)
(Links below will take you to my fuller review)

Games bought but not yet played:
Carolus Magnus
Vienta
Caligula
Tarantula Tango
Robot Master
Cheese
Letters of Marque

Bought and played:
Fits (twice)
Jaipur

Played:
Albion
Peloponnes (correct rules) (bought day two)
Sator …. Rotas
Colonia (bought day one)

Another day full of gaming. The days seeming but still never enough time to play enough.  Met some great gamers in the hotel who joined us for a game too.
(Check Twitter for my initial thoughts on games – Username: @MetaGames)
(Links below will take you to my fuller review)

Games bought but not yet played:
Alcazar
Board Game Geek Game
Atlantis
El Paso
Bunny Bumny Moose Moose
Cardcassonne

Bought and played:
Samurai Card Game
Peloponnes
Strada Romana
Abandon Ship
Langfinger
Tobago (played day one)

Played:
Havanah
Day & Night
Krysis
Assyria

It’s been a very long day but, at Spiel, that’s a good thing.
(Check Twitter for my initial thoughts on games – Username: @MetaGames)
(Links below will take you to my fuller review)

Games bought but not yet played:
Colonia
Peloponnes
Carson City
Savannah Tales
Letters of Marque
Plus expansions for Sumeria, Powerboats and Krakow

Bought and played:
Stronghold
Nostra City
Kingpin
Pony Express

Played:
Priests of Ra
Cheese
Experiment
Tobago