From: trick77 <at> gmx <dot> de
Date: 13 oct 2007
Subject: RE: SPIEL 07 in Essen



Hello Manabu,

I don=92t know who will be exhibiting this year, but judging from the past=
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years, almost all kinds of boardgames were presented, ranging from games=
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for children to family games (Settlers of Catan and the like) to war=20
games or complex simulations. While the focus is clearly on family games=
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with a theme, you can also find a lot of two player abstract strategy=20
games (mainly new designs, most notably Kris Burm=92s Gipf Project, which=
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was clearly inspired by classics like checkers, Reversi, Hex, etc.)  One=
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reason for this might be the fact that it=92s a huge commercial event,=20
where you cannot only try but also buy the upcoming releases for the=20
first time.=20

Nonetheless, you will almost certainly find booths dedicated entirely to=
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classic boardgames like Western Chess or Go/Igo, primarily with the=20
intention to promote and popularize these games. While I=92ve seen games=
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like chess and Go being promoted regularly in the last couple of  years,=
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I can=92t remember seeing a booth that showed games like Xiangqi or Shogi=
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(which I regret). The closest game to Shogi (apart from chess) I have=20
ever seen there was Navia Dratp by Bandai. I don=92t know if it can be=20
regarded as a Shogi variant (it varies a lot), but it=92s pretty obvious=
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that Shogi and not Western Chess served as an example.
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Especially Shogi is almost totally unknown in Germany. Since over=20
150.000 visitors come from countries as far away as Australia, USA, and=20
Japan every year, a Shogi booth might be a good way to promote it not=20
only in Germany but also worldwide.

Regards,
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Patrick





manabu.terao <at> mx3 <dot> ttcn <dot> ne <dot> jp wrote:
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> I would like to know if there will be any stands which exhibit and/or=20
> teach classic boardgames such as chess, igo, xiangqi, checkers etc.., in=
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> SPIEL 07 in Essen to be held on Oct 18-21.
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> Just for your information, Japon brand at stand #4-27 will exhibit=20
> various Japanese games including the two games such as Goita and
> Nishiki inspired by shogi to some extent. For more information of
> these games, please refer to the following pages in English.
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> Goita info
> http://japonbrand.gamers-jp.com/games/goita.html
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> Nishiki info
> http://japonbrand.gamers-jp.com/games/nishiki.htm
> http://japonbrand.gamers-jp.com/games/nishikis.html


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