Friday at Essen

So, today, I finally met Emanuele Ornella in person. Great guy. He invited me to dinner with his wife and a whole slew of his friends. We had gamers together from Spain, Italy, and the US. All at one table! To cap off the day, we ate at the Drago restaurant. I had an Ostrich Steak!!!


I also attended the IGA ceremony and met Greg Scholesser and Eric Martin. Both are great guys. And while I roamed the halls with Emanuele, I met Friedemann Friese and Bruno Faidutti. On today's purchase list are:

1. Zero
2. Assyria
3. Mosaix
4. Cordoba
5. Chinatown
6. The Cash and Guns Yakuza Expansion (yes Mike, you can now play with a shotgun and throwing stars)

I was supposed to meet with Paul Lister, but things got messed up. Now I will have to trek across Germany and London with Sorry Sliders. And, here is a game that I didn't buy:

Sorry Mike, you can have Yakuza weaponry, but no hamburger games that are anything close to Slamwich!


The last picture is of some cool(?) graffiti on the way to the subway station.


Oh, and Nate, your wishlist is complete! The Uruk expansion (limited to 50 per day) is now yours!