This year the Board Game Studies Colloquium will be held in Chemnitz (Saxony, Germany), which is the actual European Capital of Culture, in cooperation with the Europäische Spielesammler Gilde (European Game Collectors Guild). Its members, who own valuable private collections of games, board games, and playing cards, have been taking part in the Board Game Studies for decades, and their network includes the major associations, museums, and archives of Austria and Germany devoted to the preserva