Dave joins Stephen in the padded cell for a behind-the scenes look at The Spiel's 2013 Essen adventure. Lots of questions and reflections on the trip and experience at this year's International Game Fair.

Matthias Wagner discusses the success of Hanabi since winning the Spiel des Jahres (Germany's Game of the Year) for 2013. We also talk about a new edition of the modern classic puzzle game Ricochet Robots.

Konstantinos Kokkinis discusses two fictional settings: one scifi and one fantasy. Each world serves as the backdrop and backstory for a series of new games from Artipia: Archon, Shadows Over The Empire, Among The Stars: The Ambassadors and New Dawn.

Ted Alspach discusses the development and evolution of One Night Ultimate Werewolf, a new version of the mob mentality party game that plays in less than 10 minutes.

Andreas Preiss gives a tour of 4 new games: Geistesblitz 5 to Noon, a crazy fun logic game; Polterfass, a press your luck game with beer barrel dice; Schmatz Spatz, a co-op game about feeding baby birds & an anniversary edition of Chicken Cha Cha Cha.

Spiel des Jahres winner Antoine Bauza talks about the inspiration and development of his crazy dexterity game Rampage. We also talk about the influence of Japan on his life and games and get a sneak peek at some games in the works.

Frank Heeren discusses Glass Road, a game from noted designer Uwe Rosenberg, that celebrates the 700 year old tradition of glassmaking in Bavaria.

John Lopez gives us an overview of Dutch publisher Quantuum Magic including their two latest titles: Two Crowns: a quick medieval battle card game and Hubbly Bubbly Brew, a kid's game about brewing potions.

Stephen Buonocore discusses Space Sheep: a co-op puzzle solving game with amazing bits, plus Going Going, GONE!: a real-time auction game designed by Scott Nicholson.

Fraser Lamont talks about Mush! Mush!, a sequel to their beloved sled dog race game, Snow Tails. We also discuss the history and philosophy of Fragor Games.