Essen Spiel 2026 Haul: Are These the Best Board Games of the Year?

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My board games haul from Essen Spiel, some of the things I saw and people I met. If you were there hope you had a good time! Thanks for watching and have a great day🙏 We really appreciate if you can leave a comment for us, if you find this video useful, or if you have any feedback. Thank you very much🙏 Essen Spiel 2026 Anticipated Board Games - https://youtu.be/WljohOI_esk Essen Spiel 2026 Recommended Board Games - https://youtu.be/dZ0sbFFBFHQ Join Meeple University Discord Channel where we chat about board games, where to meet at board game conventions, organise BoardGameArena and more - https://discord.gg/JUNsVty I (Stella) have a fortnightly Friday podcast now, our podcast titled Life Beyond Board Games 😀 . It's about life around board games, with my friends Candice (BoardGameGeek), Eric (What's Eric Playing) and Melissa. It really means a lot of you can listen and give ratings/review (apparently this is how it grows, especially the first episode) https://www.youtube.com/@LifeBeyondBoardGames Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5X1Ay6nFcKU7DWFHLyiCQN?si=yqdUEbPZRr-P3rghB8zfPw&pi=aUeOme9wSs2K6 Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/life-beyond-board-games/id1791071879 Find out how you can be part of Meeple University member to get access to exclusive perks and badge when commenting : https://www.youtube.com/meepleuniversity/join Merch by Meeple University - https://meepleuniversity.creator-spring.com/ We have board game meetups in Melbourne, Australia. Details in Meetup site, of in our Melbourne board game Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/WePlayBoardGames 00:00 What's gonna be in this video 02:34 The slideshow of Cologne 04:44 The slideshow of Essen Spiel 2026 05:00 Czech Games Edition 06:15 DV Games 06:37 Adam's Apple Games / The Jailbreak 07:13 Zombie Paella 07:23 Explore8 07:43 No Loading Games 07:53 Zombie Paella 08:35 Met Essen Spiel 2026 Organisers 09:06 Paverson Games - Class of 89 09:35 Tabletopping 10:00 Feureland Spiele 10:35 Legends of Kadmon 10:50 Horrible Guild 11:23 Studio H / Sunfield Farm 11:40 Content Creators dinner 12:40 Geek Attitude Games - Not Alone 13:33 Rebirth 2 12:43 Inside Up Games 14:45 Ice Makes 15:47 Cranio Creations 16:00 Mercenaries Wanted 16:17 Boardova 16:55 David Turczi 17:04 Laserox 17:25 Avatar The Last Airbender 17:52 Rumian 18:23 Studio Midhall - Beast & Hollow Pact 18:33 Era of Pioneer - Steinbock Brettspiele 19:22 A famous designer I met for the first time (Bruno F.) 20:24 Matt Leacock 21:43 Other encounters (Zee Garcia, Martin Wallace, Luke Laurie, etc) 22:38 Rocket Rollout 22:57 7 Wonders Duel Middle Earth expansions 23:10 Concept Stories 23:59 Fantasy Tiles 24:15 Melodies 24:40 Time Walkers 25:44 Atrah 25:52 Kavango & Scavengers 26:25 Kinsokuchi 26:35 Terminator 2 the Board Game 26:55 Mark & JP 27:15 Invocaster 27:25 Power Punch 27:55 Sunfield Farm 28:07 Oddball (Scorpion Masque) 29:36 Eldertide 30:19 Kaiju 30:38 Joel and Dobbe bakery 30:50 Lavandula, Vine and Flowers 31:03 Cena (Batusaki) 31:45 Hidden Gems of Essen Spiel 2026 Vlog coming 32:05 Cole Wherle 32:20 Reinzer Knizia 32:46 Heroes 2 (Hobby World) 33:38 Sobakistan 33:58 Ipso 34:30 Little Soltiers, Break Word, Pina Coladice expansion, Bunny Kingdom Town, Fragmenrs, Tokyo Bay 35:00 National Economy 35:25 Like Vendetta but lighter 35:31 Z Heroes First Draft 35:54 Got Five 36:01 Check It If You Can 36:40 Meet & Play event 37:22 Human Falls Flat 37:34 Accidental Heroes 37:40 Skalvenia 37:51 Elysium Pantheon Edition & Blade Runner 2099 & Oakspire 38:10 Dice & Mystics event 39:00 Go West 39:43 A Life 39:54 Daryl Andrews & Eric Lang 39:57 Bologna 40:22 Dyorle 40:44 Marco Polo Deluxe Master Set 41:24 Syncanite Foundation 41:46 Spark Riders 3000, Erune, Salami 42:34 Kryptothera The Cryptid Pursuit 42:47 Tanglung 43:08 Diablo Unbound the Board Game 44:40 Catapult Feud 44:52 Knights of the Round Table 45:06 Cole and Liz 45:16 Essen city on Sunday night 46:20 Board games haul 52:04 False stop, board games haul continues Connect with Stella & Tarrant: YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/meepleuniversity?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/meeple_university/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MeepleU TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@meepleuniversity Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/meepleuniversity Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/meepleuniversity/ Meeple University Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/meepleuniversitycommunity/ Website - https://www.meepleuniversity.com By Meeple University - Tarrant Falcke and Stella Jahja Many thanks for your support. Love from Down Under 🥰🙏🦘 If you want your board games to be featured in Meeple University channel, email us with the rulebook at meeple.uni@gmail.com - or go here for more information - https://www.meepleuniversity.com/work-with-us/ #meepleuniversity #boardgame #EssenSpiel2026