Meeple Mountain Newsletter Issue 008

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June 27, 2024

Greetings

If the seasons were a board game, Summer's asymmetrical power would be it's ability to play a dangerous Heat Wave card. Meeple would use up turns to dash into the nearest air conditioned buildings or suffer increasing amounts of negative points for heat exhaustion.

Be sure to use your Keep Hydrated Action—and don't forget the sunscreen.

June 26th, 2024

Pax Penning Game Review

Swede dreams are made of Pax Penning, the new game from the designer of Turncoats. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review.

June 25th, 2024

Kingdom Death: Monster Game Review

Do you have a love for dark settings, tactical combat, strategic planning, and the overcoming of impossible odds? It may not be for everyone, but read our review, and see if Kingdom Death: Monster just may be the game you’ve been looking for.

Last Week's Puzzle

Congratulations to Cay, Scott Payne, Clint Wilder, and our own K. David Ladage for correctly identifying the 3D printed meeple above the wooden cubes they replaced as being from Lords of Waterdeep!

Look out for next week's newsletter for another puzzle.

Board Game News

What's going on in the tabletop industry?

Date	Headline
June 27th	Harmonies surges to top spot for most new owners in May, Sky Team continues to soar \| BGG Stats
June 25th	Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich, Red Strike dominate with three wins each at new-look Charles S Roberts Awards
June 20th	“You can run a $1.5m campaign and end up with a net loss of $1m”: Why math, math, math has been key to Dux Somnium’s blossoming board game Kickstarters
June 19th	Digging In: How a four-person UK board game design studio turned 58 million-selling video game Terraria into a tabletop crowdfunding hit
June 19th	Hegemony, Nucleum and Evacuation are among five games fighting for Portugal’s game of the year award

News courtesy of BoardGameWire

The Wayback Machine

Meeple Mountain has been publishing content since 2015. Take a look at what we released 5 years ago this week!

June 28th, 2019

Silver & Gold Game Review

Grab yer dry erase pens and join us as we review Silver & Gold. Ya’rr mateys, it’s treasure we’re after!

July 1st, 2019

Good Dog, Bad Zombie Game Review

If you like dogs, zombies, or both, come give your dog a zombie bone and read our review of Good Dog, Bad Zombie.

July 3rd, 2019

Magic Arena: The Best Way to Play the Worst Magic

Magic Arena is Wizard of the Coast’s attempt to enter into the free-to-play electronic card games market, and they’ve done a really good job of it. But is playing Arena worth the time and effort if you can only play Standard Magic?

Board Game Conventions

We maintain a comprehensive list of board game conventions all over the world. Here's what's coming up in the next 2 weeks.

Jul. 6-7, 2024 Hamilton, New Zealand Boardgames By The Bay Jul. 10-21, 2024 Deux_Sevres, France FLIP Jul. 10-13, 2024 Chicago, IL, USA Autumn Wars Jul. 11-14, 2024 Jonesboro, AR, USA NEA Game Fest 2024 Jul. 12, 2024 Sydney, Australia Play Con	Jul. 12-20, 2024 Tempe, AZ, USA Consim World Expo Jul. 12-14, 2024 Clovis , CA, USA Veterans Game Fest Jul. 12-14, 2024 Lansing, MI, USA Capital City Comic Con 2024 Jul. 12-14, 2024 Greensboro, NC, USA Con-Gregate Jul. 12-14, 2024 Midwest City, OK, USA Twisted Lords Con 2024
You can find more upcoming conventions on our Guide To Board Game Conventions.

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Crowdfunding Roundup

Check out our extensive list of tabletop related Crowdfunding campaigns.

End Date	Campaign
June 27th	Bunny Boom
June 27th	VOID: The Frontier
June 27th	Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II
June 27th	A Collection of Fantasy Maps II
June 28th	Cysmic
June 28th	Micro Moonshine
June 28th	Wastelandia: A Co-op & Solo Boss Battler
June 28th	🧁 Apothebakery – The Culinary Alchemists
June 30th	Tales of Realms and Ruins
July 3rd	Unstoppable! A Card-Crafting Game by John D Clair

You can find more campaigns on our Crowdfunding Roundup.

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