Gilbert - Spellenspektakel - Part 1

 

On November 5th my owner had me get up very early, because we were going on a trip!

Together with a friend of my owner we took the train to Utrecht to go to Spellenspektakel for two days. 

Spellenspektakel is a big games fair where you can see games, play games, get information about games, and of course buy them if you like them.

Once in Utrecht we walked to the building where the fair was. It was rainy, so my owner didn't get a picture of the building.

The first game I saw was Bar Pig!

We already got it as a present for our birthday, so no need to buy it again. I did pose with the bar pig though!

Next we were invited to take part in the White Goblin Experience. It was a room with all kinds of stuff related to White Goblin Games. You could find letters that if put in the right order were the name of a Flamecraft dragon. It was fun, even if this plague doctor wouldn't tell me where all the letters were.

Next we tried a game: Tiny Towns.

We had to collect building materials and build all kinds of buildings to score points.

I won!

We got an orange token as a price. If we could win 3 tokens we could spin a wheel of fortune, so we went in search of more games to play.

I won again with Railroad Ink. 

Here we had to draw railroads and normal roads to score points

Next we wanted to try another game, but nobody could explain it to us, so they gave us a third token as a consolation.

So I immediately went to the wheel of fortune of course!

I won a goblin plushie named Gobby. How cool!

We walked around and looked at all the available games. There was a stand that sold Murder Mysteries. My owner's friend bought one, and we get to organize it with her in a couple of months. 

We spotted a cool looking dragon game and had to try it out.

We had to collect dragons and the person who got the best combinations won the most points. It was a nice game.

I spotted a dinosaur game at one of the shop stands,but it was very expensive.

Another dinosaur game!

We couldn't play it, but it looked absolutely beautiful!

The goal of the game is to build an ecosystem that can support dinosaurs. I really wanted it, but my owner said we should wait with spending our money in case we saw something we liked more.  

This one looked cool as well, but not as cool as the dinosaur game in my opinion.

This one was very tempting as well, but I think it might be a game for children.

We tried another game: My Shelfie.

We had to create a bookcase full of pictures and other stuff in a certain order to gain points. It was a fun game.

Next we wanted to try Woodcraft, but once again there wasn't anyone who could explain it to us.

We tried figuring it out ourselves, but it was a very complicated game with lots of options. We were told there would be someone the next day who could explain it to us, so we decided to try again the next day.

The hours really flew by while we played games and walked around. Before we knew it it was almost closing time. Even though we had pizza for lunch we were getting hungry as well. So we got our luggage and went in search for dinner.

Next: Games and more

More Games

 

We had a busy week playing games

On Tuesday we played Meadow.

We tried it earlier this month at Asmodee, but it turned out they explained it wrong to us that time. 

With the right rules the game was even more fun than we already thought.

I also got a baked Meeple to snack on while playing.

Next we played The Isle of Cats, which is my favorite game at the moment.

It was a really fun evening.

On Thursday we played Party & Co.

It's a really silly, but fun party game, we laughed a lot.

And we got a very very early birthday present.

Friends got it for us at a game fair and they were afraid we'd buy it ourselves if we would see it before our birthday.

Barpig?! I confess: we might indeed buy something called Barpig if we saw it.

In the bag there was a game, a piggy, a bottle opener, a die and swag!

We haven't  played the game yet, but it sounds like a really fun and silly party game. We will try to get enough people together to play it soon. 

Yesterday we played Flamecraft.

It's a game where you have to manage dragons, put them to work in shops, and build you reputation as a dragon handler.

The artwork of this game is so beautiful!

I lost to Sullivan, but we had lots of fun playing.

In a few weeks there will be more gaming adventures!

Lots of Games and More

 

With all the new games we played recently we decided to look at some of the games in our games cupboard that we hadn't played in a long time and try them again.

The first one we tried was Pig Panic.

It's a game where you have to get rid of your cards by doing math. Not only are the cards cool because of the piggies on them, it's a fun game as well.

Next we tried Piggy Poker.

This one turned out to be kind of Meh. And some of the pigs on the cards were evil! I didn't take a picture of those, but one of them was eating a sausage!

We received Beanie mail!

We won in Beanie's Bus Bingo,which we didn't even know as our owner hadn't been checking our numbers! Hopefully she will catch up soon now that we have new cards.

Thanks, Beanie!

On September 24th it was time for Noorderspel.

This is why we played so many new games: so my owner could explain them to people who would be demonstrating them here at Noorderspel, a really fun games fair. 

My owner was supposed to be selling games all day, but at the last moment she was asked to help demonstrate games in the afternoon.)

There were lots of games and people. It was fun to look around the fair.

I spotted a fun sign!

This game looked interesting, but we didn't have time to try it out.

Oh, I know this game! 

It's called SOS Dino, and you have to save dinosaurs from a scary volcano island. My owner explained it to a couple of people, but mostly she spent the afternoon explaining the game Poetry for Neanderthals, which is a fun party game.

We also bought a Funko Pop!

My owner used to have this My Little Pony as a kid, but gave it away when she was 14. She bought this Funko Pop out of nostalgia.

After the fair we went out for dinner with other people who were at the fair. We got Chinese food, which was very yummy.

Some more pictures of the Funko Pop.

We got a fun piggy brush from Hammie!

Thanks, Hammie.

I also went to another Bingo Night.

I wasn't lucky this time, so didn't win anything, but it was a fun evening.

On October 2nd we went on a long train ride to visit one of the suppliers of the games store where my owner works. Asmodee had a special store owner/employee day where you could see and try games they can supply to games stores.

I'm definitely going to get my trotters on this game! 

It looks awesome.

There would also be an auction at the end of the afternoon. I convinced my owner to try to bid on these cool posters.

We tried out a flip & write game called Get on Board. 

It was really fun.

Lunch was delicious. There was soup and all kinds of yummy sandwiches. I got one with fig chutney.

We also tried a game called Yak. 

It looked cool, and was fun as well.

The game Meadow looked so beautiful I might have played certain cards just because of how they looked instead of how many points they gave me.

The auction was fun, but very competitive. We didn't get the posters I wanted, but finally won a game near the end of the auction.

I didn't totally agree with my owner's dinner choices, but the potatoes were tasty.

We got a game for free as well!

My owner told me she played Battletech a long time ago, but she hadn't seen it for years. When we were looking at the stand of the makers Battletech they gave us this beginner box. How cool!

Finally we went back home, which was another very long train ride. It was a really fun day! 

My owner tells me there will be even more games in a few weeks, so keep an eye out for my next post.