The international game fair starts today in Essen with around 1000 innovations in board and parlor games.
Cooperative games and offers for crime and mystery fans are particularly popular.
According to industry information, two-person games are also increasingly being offered.
"Educational" learning games for children are in demand, but also the classics that have been popular for years.
Essen - Around 600 suppliers from 42 countries are expected at the four-day “Spiel'21” trade fair.
After the boom for analog board games in the pandemic year 2020, the sales figures are climbing again this year, according to the industry association of game publishers.
After delivery bottlenecks in 2020, the shelves are well filled again.
dpa
