SPIEL'25 at Essen, from October 23rd - 26th
Celebrate 25 years of Lookout with us
2025 is a very special year for Lookout as we celebrate our 25th anniversary. And after we have already celebrated on a smaller scale at Tabletop Day and on a somewhat larger scale on social media in recent months, the big celebration is now taking place at Spiel'25 in Essen, Germany!
For the anniversary, there will be two booths this year!
Hall 3, 3V300 – Our anniversary booth
What better way to celebrate a birthday than with a get-together at Spiel? We can’t think of much, which is why we’re hosting an anniversary booth in Hall 3 this year. There’s a lot happening here, and this is what you can look forward to:
- A Forest Shuffle - Dartmoor promo card with every purchase of Forest Shuffle - Dartmoor (also available in the Asmodee shop in hall 7)!
- Fun on the demo tables with Forest Shuffle - Dartmoor and MARVEL: Skirmish! In New York. Get to know our exciting new releases in English (German demo tables are available at our booth in hall 7 - see below)!
- Our shop with English copies of Forest Shuffle - Dartmoor and MARVEL: Skirmish! In New York, German copies of Eppi Teil 2 - Der Schokoladenschmuggel, stylish Forest Shuffle t-shirts, and adorable plushies from Eppi and a few friends from the Forest Shuffle universe (German copies are available at the Asmodee shop in hall 7).
- A cozy meeting place: Join us here for signing sessions and meet-and-greets with various authors. Or swing by to chat with the Lookout team, grab a bottle of “Moorwasser,” and ask us your questions. “Moorwasser”?! Yes, you read that right! This limited-edition cola mix (cola & orange) will be given away during the fair in exchange for voluntary donations. All proceeds will go toward supporting the Biological Station Osterholz e.V. in Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Thursday, starting at 14:00 / 2pm: Meet & Greet with Felicitas Pommering (Eppi Teil 2 - Der Schokoladenschmuggel)
- Thursday, starting at 17:00 / 5pm: Meet & Greet with Matthias Cramer (MARVEL: Skirmish! In New York)
- Friday, starting at 11:00 / 11am: Meet & Greet with Uwe Rosenberg (Patchwork (Revised Edition))
- Friday, starting at 16:00 / 4pm: Meet & Greet with Kosch (Forest Shuffle - Dartmoor)
- Saturday, starting at 14:00 / 2pm: Meet & Greet with Kosch (Forest Shuffle - Dartmoor)
- Great prizes at the Lookout Wheel of Fortune! We’re bringing the gifts to this birthday party! We don’t want to give everything away, but here’s a hint: If the Forest Shuffle T-shirts or plush Eppis in the shop caught your eye, stop by the Wheel of Fortune first. These, along with many other fun prizes, are waiting for you! Every spin is a win!
- Our exclusive 25th-Anniversary Lookout promo card for Forest Shuffle. You can get this card by doing various things at our booth, e. g. spin the Wheel of Fortune, test a novelty at a demo table, donate to a good cause (and get a "Moorwasser" additionally) or post an image in front of our Anniversary wall on your social media.
Hall 7, 7C111 – Our booth in the Asmodee area
You are very welcome at our phalanx of demo tables in the Asmodee area, too! Try out our latest releases: On the demo tables, you'll find Forest Shuffle - Dartmoor (DE & EN), MARVEL: Skirmish! In New York (DE & EN) and Great Western Trail - El Paso (DE only). Or take a look at Eppi Teil 2 - Der Schokoladenschmuggel (DE only).
We are looking forward to a cheerful and playful Spiel'25 with you!
The Lookout team
Summer of events and our autumn releases
Go on a new journey with Forest Shuffle
In the last two years, Forest Shuffle from Kosch has taken you to the mixed forests of Europe. Now it's time to discover more of this beautiful planet. In Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor, the new stand-alone of the beloved card game, we take you with us to the moor and heathland landscape of the British Dartmoor National Park.
We have remained true to the core of the game. So you can look forward to beautiful illustrations by Toni Llobet and Judit Piella again this time. And it is still your goal to create an ecological balanced habitat for flora and fauna. But with the new landscape comes not only new species, but also a new twist .
In contrast to the familiar trees and shrubs, the new terrains are played horizontally and thus offer even more variation. These and other changes bring a breath of fresh air to the forest and let you discover many new strategies.
Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor will be released this October at Spiel 2025, Essen. Even before that, you can make your first excursions into the atmospheric moorland at various events.
An epic duell on the streets of New York
In MARVEL: Skirmish! In New York, old friends and enemies meet for an epic battle of good versus evil. Who will prevail? Doctor Strange and Hulk, or Ultron and Loki? Take the side of the Heroes or Villains and claim control of the city.
In the latest entry in our Games for Two series, Matthias Cramer reinterpreted this eternal battle. The asymmetrical decks of cards offer strategic depth and high replayability. With your decision for either heroes or villains you also decide for the strengths and weaknesses of the various characters. They look fantastic, by the way, thanks to the original comic artwork.
In stores this October
Will you seize control of the streets of New York? Will you take advantage of valuable artefacts and strategically important locations? Find out in October 2025, when MARVEL: Skirmish! In New York is released at Spiel in Essen !
Summer events
During the summer, will be some opportunities to exchange your swimwear for cards and dice and to try out our novelties at events. Here you can find us in the next months:
- July 31st to August 2nd: Gen Con, Indianapolis
- August 1st to 3rd: Berlin Con
Gen Con is always a highlight, but for all Forest Shuffle fans, it could be even more so this year. At Gen Con, there will be an exclusive pre-release of Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor Get your copy before the official release date in October.
We’re looking forward to a playful summer with you!
The Lookout team
From digital to multimedial
Play Sir Ocelot’s Cave online on Board Game Arena
You want to shorten the waiting time for our autumn novelties? We’ve got you covered! Our spring releases Great Western Trail: El Paso and Sir Ocelot’s Cave have already arrived at your FLGS and also in some of your shelves. And while you can already play the former online on Board Game Arena , we’ve good news for Sir Ocelot’s Cave:
You can now play Sir Ocelot’s Cave online on Board Game Arena !
Happy gaming!
Cooperation with the German Architecture Museum
What could the urban district of the future look like? What do its residents need? What are the effects of climate protection, mobility, social integration and demographic change? These are not questions that usually occupy us as a small board game publisher. But when the German Architecture Museum (DAM) in Frankfurt asked us in spring 2024 whether we wanted to work through these and other questions together with them in a board game, we were thrilled.
The occasion for this is the exhibition „Stadt Bauen Heute?“ , which can be seen at the DAM from 28 June to 2 November 2025. Instead of an exhibition catalogue, you can slip into the role of the city administration, investors or environmentalists thanks to the accompanying board game „Plan.Spiel.Stadt“.
Plan.Spiel.Stadt, published by the German Architecture Museum, was created in cooperation between the Department of Education and Lookout. It complements the exhibition and offers an insight into the complex process of modern district planning and its challenges. The game is only available in German in the course of the exhibition at the DAM.
The Lookout team
Forest Shuffle: Card replacement service ends
As announced in January on the Forest Shuffle card replacement page, the replacement service for the color mismatched cards has ended today. We thank you all for your patience and understanding.
The Lookout team
What’s new in May?
Explore some new paths with Forest Shuffle: Exploration
Forest Shuffle continues to bring joy to the board game community, and we couldn't be happier to hear all the stories that you have shared with us. Soon it will be time for even more of them! With the latest expansion, Forest Shuffle: Exploration, we're sending you down new forest paths. They are made to be enjoyed:
- alone in Solo Mode,
- from different starting points with asymmetrical caves,
- or in different parts of the world with 15 new and rare cards.
Forest Shuffle: Exploration will hit the markets at the end of May!
Sir Ocelot's or Professor Penguin's Cave?
Explore a newly discovered cave system as Sir Ocelot or Professor Penguin and compete for precious gemstones found inside. The prize for this little friendly competition is nothing less than the right to name this newly discovered location.
On your side are your tools and your trusty companion. Place them around the perimeter of the caves. Once the visual axis of three different tools 'encircles' a valuable item, you can retrieve the treasure. Who will gather the most valuable collection of gemstones and win the game?
Sir Ocelot's Cave is the latest entry in our series of Games for Two. The game, designed by Chis Dahlmann and illustrated by Marion Sonet, will send you on an adventure at the end of May.
The Lookout team