Essen Spiel 2023: Plenty of gaming novelties

Essen Spiel 2023

The world's largest board game convention took place in Essen, Germany, from October 5th to 8th.

This 40th edition was remarkable, with the presence of 193,000 visitors, over 900 exhibitors, and no less than 1,700 new releases to the delight of both young and old.

The ÎLO team was on-site once again to meet with its publishers and discover the highly anticipated upcoming releases.

To give you a glimpse, here's a brief list of the upcoming games in 2023 and 2024 from ÎLO:

• "After Us" and "Mind Up!" by Catch Up Games
• "Ancient Knowledge" and "Château blanc" by Iello
• "Barcelona" and "Book of time" by Pixie
• "Dino Picnic" and "À la folie" by Bioviva
• "Donuts" and "Binding of Isaac" by FunForge
• "Everdel: Farshore" by Matagot
• "Humanity" and "Sea Salt & Paper: Extra Salt" by Bombyx
• "Hygge" and "Crazy Pilot" by Helvetiq
• "Kronologic" and "Ark Nova: Mondes marins" by Super Meeple
• "Moon River," "Score 5," "Costu’ Monsters," "Doctor Rat," and "Puerto Banana" by Blue orange
• "Nucleum," "Hybris: Twilight in Olympus," "Anunnaki," and "les Rats de Wistar" by Intrafin
• "Oxono" by Cosmoludo
• "Rock Band" by Djeco
• "Sire Sire" by Oya