Internationale Spieltage SPIEL, often called the Essen Game Fair after the city where it is held, is an annual four-day boardgame trade fair which is also open to the public held in October at the Messe Essen exhibition centre in Essen, Germany. With 1,021 exhibitors from 50 nations SPIEL is the worldwide biggest fair for board games. Many new games are released at the fair each year, especially European-style board games.
