Essen 2016 - kicking off the research

I have just started to cast thoughts ahead to the annual pilgrimage to the Ruhr and have started listing the games I hope to bring back from Germany in October. The list will grow over the conning months and as I am able to confirm stock will turn into pre-orders,

Two games have caught my eye already

'Sola Fide : The Reformation in Europe' is a 2 player Catolic v Protestant reformation battle from Jason Matthews and Christian Leonhard

and

'Fabled Fruit' (Friedemann Friese) has a mechanic akin to the Legacy system but without the game parts being altered. Both of these games are being published by Stronghold who have a most impressive 2nd half line up of games including 'Great Western Trail', 'Fuji Flush', 'Fog of War', 'Jorvik' and 'The Pursuit of Happiness'