Report / live coverage from SPIEL 2025 - Kulkmann's Gamebox (boardgame.de) / Germany

Incredibly enough, this will be our 29th year at the show, so next year we will actually celebrate a big anniversary. However, If you are here to learn more about the SPIEL, follow these links for all our previous reports. But you should bring along some time, especially if you want to read the newer reports...

The "SPIEL 24": Back in Black again!
The "SPIEL 23": Ralf in the halls - Frank SPIEL@home
The "SPIEL 22": More games, more fun (?)
The "SPIEL 21": Online was yesterday - Back in Essen to celebrate 25th Anniversary!
The "SPIEL.digital": The pandemic (Covid) year - SPIEL goes digital
The "SPIEL 19": Another year and still more games
The "SPIEL 18": Bigger team - more games
The "SPIEL 17": Shift change at the Gamebox!
The "SPIEL 16": The Gamebox celebrates its 20th Anniversary!!!
The "SPIEL 15": M.U.L.E.s in sight!!!
The "SPIEL 14": The dicerollers strike back!
The "SPIEL 13": New halls - same show?
The "SPIEL 12": Beware of The Maya Calendar - the last SPIEL before Armageddon?
The "SPIEL 11": 7 Wonders - but only one SPIEL!
The "SPIEL 10": The Polish landslide!
The "SPIEL 09": One convention to rule them all!
The "SPIEL 08": Bigger than ever!
The "SPIEL 07": Meeting lots of friends at the SPIEL 2007.
The "SPIEL 06": Still growing! An even longer report from all convention days.
The "SPIEL 05": Back at home! Once again living 500 meters from the convention.
The "SPIEL 04": A shortened stay at Essen, but still all essential coverage.
The "SPIEL 03": No excuses in 2003! Full coverage on all convention days.
The "SPIEL 02": Bejing city traffic and late planes. I barely made it to the SPIEL in 2002.
The "SPIEL 01": our report from 2001 - 5 days at the con...
The "SPIEL 00": Once again, you will get daily reports from the SPIEL in Essen !
The "SPIEL 99": The missing year! Frank was studying in Newcastle and missed the SPIEL.
The "SPIEL 98": Images, stories and more from Essen '98. For the first time with daily updates!
The "SPIEL 97": our report on the 1997 convention.

The SPIEL '25 Games Convention
at Essen / Germany

23rd to 26th October 2025

Our SPIEL 25 reports will start soon!




Copyright © 2025 Frank Schulte-Kulkmann and Ralf Togler, Essen, Germany

The SPIEL '25 Games Conventionat Essen / Germany

23rd to 26th October 2025

Our SPIEL 25 reports will start soon!

The SPIEL '25 Games Convention
at Essen / Germany