Spiel


Internationale Spieltage SPIEL, often called the Essen Game Fair after the city where it is held, is an annual four-day boardgame trade fair which is also open to the public held in October at the Messe Essen exhibition centre in Essen, Germany. With 1,021 exhibitors from 50 nations SPIEL is the worldwide biggest fair for board games. Many new games are released at the fair each year, especially European-style board games.
At SPIEL board games are offered which are hard to find in retail because a lot of international and small exhibitors present their products. While the prices for buying the games at the fair do not tend to be significantly lower than those in retail, the games are typically available sooner than in regular board game shops, come with promotional materials and it is an occasion where passionate board gamers can meet and chat with game designers, illustrators, and famous game reviewers.
The fair began in 1983.
yearattendancesource
2011147 000
2012149 000
2013156 000
2014158 000
2015162 000
2016174 000
2017182 000
2018190 000
2019209 000