You can now pre-order your copy of Tea & Rum and pick it up directly at the Captain Games booth (H3Q600) during ESSEN 2026, from October 22 to 25! 🎲

Pre-order here: https://preorder.captain.games

#teaandrum #captaingames #essen #spielessen #spielessenpreorder

Forest Shuffle: Smoky Mountains Adds Rivers and Bears

#BoardGames #ForestShuffle #SPIELEssen #CardGames #BackseatGamer

Dartmoor or the original Forest Shuffle, which won you over?

Carcassonne's 25th Anniversary Edition Goes Pixel Art

#BoardGames #Carcassonne #SPIELEssen #TileLaying #BackseatGamer

Pixel meeples: charming, or leave the farmers alone?

Awaken Realms Is Making a 219 Euro Deluxe Agricola

#BoardGames #Agricola #AwakenRealms #SPIELEssen #BackseatGamer

Would you pay 219 euros for a game you already own?

Alice has been through the looking-glass before. This time, however, Wonderland has a staffing problem. #roadToSpiel #boardGames #essenSpiel #spielEssen #comboGames #queenAlice #aliceInWonderland https://l.d20.ninja/KKsZq8

Werewolves Gets a Live Stage Show at SPIEL Essen 2026

#BoardGames #Werewolves #SPIELEssen #SocialDeduction #BackseatGamer

Would you play werewolf in front of a live audience?

Paleo's Path of the Elders Lets the Tribe Plan Ahead

#BoardGames #Paleo #SPIELEssen #CoopGames #BackseatGamer

Has your group ever actually survived a Paleo module?

Braided Skies Opens Andrew Bosley's Smoking Bones World

#BoardGames #BraidedSkies #Stonemaier #SPIELEssen #BackseatGamer

Buying Braided Skies at Essen or waiting for retail?

Day 2 of our 30 Days to SPIEL Essen 2026. Our second game under the spotlight is Alexander Pfister and Peter Prinz' -60° (60 Below), set in a timeline where a meteorite crashed in Antarctica on 23rd September 1971 #roadToSpiel #boardGames #nanoxGames #dlpGames #spielEssen https://l.d20.ninja/y3ydqB

It's exactly one month until the doors open on SPIEL Essen 2026, so we're starting a daily countdown with a game attempting something fairly ambitious: squeezing the entire sweep of human civilisation into around 90 minutes. #roadToSpiel #boardGames #spielEssen https://l.d20.ninja/pF2W7s

Lumibricks-Ausstellung auf der SPIEL Essen: Eure Unterstützung ist gefragt

www.steine-kanal.de/lumibricks-a...

#lumibricks #spielessen #aufbauen #unterstützung #klemmbausteine #steinekanal

Warhammer 40k Laser Tag Comes to SPIEL Essen in October

#BoardGames #Warhammer40k #KillTeam #SPIELEssen #BackseatGamer

Would you pay 25 euros to play Kill Team for real?

Golden Demon Returns to SPIEL Essen With a Noon Deadline

#BoardGames #GoldenDemon #Warhammer #SPIELEssen #MiniaturePainting #BackseatGamer

Entering Golden Demon this year, or just admiring the cabinets?

SPIEL Essen Opens All Eight Halls for the First Time

#BoardGames #SPIELEssen #Essen2026 #TabletopGaming #BackseatGamer

Which halls are you prioritising at Essen this year?

Boss Fighters QR Adds Jungle Bosses at SPIEL Essen

#BoardGames #BossFightersQR #SPIELEssen #Essen2026 #PegasusSpiele #BackseatGamer

Should the app track your health, or should you?

Buried Memories Turns Its Own Game Box Into a Dig Site

#BoardGames #BuriedMemories #SPIELEssen #Essen #PushYourLuck #BackseatGamer

How far do you push your luck before you bank the points?

Match My Beat Pairs Hit Songs With Awkward Situations

#BoardGames #MatchMyBeat #SpielEssen #Hitster #BackseatGamer

Which song does your group always point at the same person for?

Cubaneo Rebuilds Cuba for Essen With El Presidente Baked In

#BoardGames #Cubaneo #DeepPrintGames #SpielEssen #Eurogames #BackseatGamer

Did you ever get a copy of the original Cuba?

Friedemann Friese's Familiar Feat Is a Solo Deck-Builder

#BoardGames #FamiliarFeat #SoloBoardGames #FriedemannFriese #SpielEssen #BackseatGamer

Is Friday still your go-to solo deck-builder?

Rooms & Roomies Is a Flat-Share Puzzle From a Debut Designer

#BoardGames #RoomsAndRoomies #DeepPrintGames #SpielEssen #BackseatGamer

Tile puzzles or people puzzles, which would you rather solve?