Justin and Andrew Go to SPIEL Essen 2025!

There comes a point in every person’s life when they recognize their calling. And, it is pretty clear that two of our writers, Justin Bell and Andrew Lynch, love spending time in Essen, Germany for the SPIEL Essen tabletop convention each fall.

For the first time since COVID, the show (which we will refer to as “SPIEL” for the rest of this article) reverted back to its pre-COVID date routine of a late October start, with this year’s show taking place October 23-26 at the Messe Essen exhibit halls south of the Essen city center.

Here’s how big the show is now: this year, Hall 7 was included in the show’s layout, expanding beyond the first six halls to become a signature area for some of the world’s biggest publishers, including Asmodee and Ravensburger. SPIEL has gotten so big that there are roughly two halls dedicated only to RPGs, CCG/TCGs, artists avenues, and clothing shops. This place is massive, people!

That was great news for our team, in part because that allowed us to narrow our focus to just Halls 2-6. With dozens of meetings to hit and thousands—hundreds of thousands—of fans in the building, that made it a little bit easier to focus.

So, how was it?

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