Internationale Spieltage SPIEL, often called the Essen Game Fair after the city where it is held, is an annual four-day public boardgame trade fair held in October[1] (Thursday to the following Sunday) at the Messe Essen exhibition centre in Essen, Germany.

[2] With 1,021 exhibitors from 50 nations in 2016, SPIEL is the biggest fair for board games in the world.

At SPIEL, board games that are often hard to find in retail are offered by international and small exhibitors.

While the prices for buying these games at the fair do not tend to be significantly lower than in retail, games are typically available sooner than in regular board game shops and may come with promotional materials (mostly extra cards or tokens with a few more game mechanics, but also T-shirts and similar merchandise).

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