Essen

If you like boardgames and don't know about the world's largest game show in Essen, Germany, you apparently should. Here's a report from an attendee. He writes:

"A much better impression of the state of the fair - lots of tables that are almost constantly occupied. The big companies (this is the Amigo booth) all had similar set ups in which you could request a game and have it taught to you by one of their legions of instructors (notice all those red shirts?) It was a little more difficult getting English instruction but, in general, this was not a problem."