I never had seen so many people coming at Rose & Poison booth to play... and more, I've seen many family playing...it's so good to see families playing together... it's so unusual for italy...
I met one of my favourite musicians: Nobuo Uematsu, he's really great! (you can see me with him in the picture)
I spent the days with great people like Roberto Grassi (take a look at Levity, his game, it' great!), Gilbert Gallo, Filippo Gasperi, Pè (sorry friend but I prefer to call you like this, it's more fun) Cristan Pellegrini and Sergio Giovannini, discussing about good games, good food and good music (don't forget Pé's suggestion about Richard Cheese).
TAKE A LOOK AT THE GALLERY HERE!

It's not that I won't have my dinner... it's just that I will not be in Essen...
so bad... so very bad.. so sad... so really sad...
it's just that I've got some problem to solve at home and I can't move away from Sanremo...
let's wait for Lucca...

Finally I visited Ireland. It has been my dream destination for years and finally I did it
Ireland is a wonderful country, good people, wonderful places, rain sun mist wind and more rain and more sun every day... an everchanging sky... that confuse your feelings in a new sensation... WOW!!!
and what a salmon! I think I prefer Irish salmon to scottish salmon...
and beers beers beers and more beers!
"I've been a wild rover for many a year and I spent all my money on whiskey and beer"
but it's really worth it! oh yes, it worth it...
I love Smithwick's... why can't we have Smithwick's in Italy? I mean eveywhere in Italy...
and People! Irish people are wonderful!
and Music! music! music!
" musha ring dumma do damma da
whack for the daddy 'ol
whack for the daddy 'ol
there's whiskey in the jar!"

ok, to tell the truth I'm still not properly sober...

TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHOTO GALLERY HERE!

WOW ! ! !
Dragons Exists!*LOL*
as usual the Spielwarenmesse has been something incredible... all the meetings, all the contacts, all the beers and the sausages! I shared a room with my friend Walt Castagno (keep an eye on the games by this guy) and we spent every dinner with Sergio Giovannini, the other guy from R&P, and some with my friends from NEXUS (Roberto, Francesco and Marco) and with friends from Stupor Mundi staff (Giovanni, Massimo and Pino).

The best news from the fair are the following: there's an important german publisher interested in Delenda Carthago; a company asked me to send the prototype of a card game I never mentioned here and they're really interested in it; I resubmitted a game to an american company that was intersted, but due to an email problem never received the prototype before; someone with big experience is taking care again of "The Lords and the land" (as I modified it).

My company (Rose & Poison) shared the booth with Scribabs, the company of my friend Paolo Vallerga that was showing Hystericoach (a party game for real fun by Walter Obert), and it has been real fun working beside Paolo.

One of the best things of the fair has been the chance to spend some of my time with Niek Neuwahl, who I consider a real master for his unique ability of making really simple games. Every time I have the chance to talk with him I learn something. (Thanks Niek!)

At the SAZ party, saturday night, I had the chance to meet and talk with a wonderful person that for me is a colleague under 2 differen sides: Stefan Risthaus, lawyer and Game Designer (Ostia).

Last, but not least, I spent the first part of my flight back (Nürnberg-Zürich) with Hicham of the french publisher Matagot with whom I spoke of italian and french market situation and on the chances to start a cohoperation between R&P and Matagot.

After months of playtesting, my new card game "Delenda Carthago" will be released on the first days of March by Rose & Poison.
In "Delenda Carthago" you have to bet on the winner of the Third Punic War, playing Roman and Carthaginians soldiers on both cities.