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September 19, 2024

Greetings

In a week where the first private citizen walked in space, a statue of Diana of Versailles that sank with the Titanic has been found on the ocean floor, an 85-year-old Welsh great grandfather raced against his great-grandson and lost by only 7 minutes, and singer Jon Bon Jovi helped talk a woman out of jumping off a Nashville bridge, we're still talking board games here on Meeple Mountain.

September 18th, 2024

People Power: Insurgency in the Philippines, 1981-1986 Game Review

Does the COIN series have a new “best entry point” challenger? Find out in our review of People Power: Insurgency in the Philippines from GMT Games.

September 17th, 2024

Parks: Roll & Hike Game Review

Justin takes a casual stroll through the new Parks roll-and-write game from Keymaster, designed by Henry Audobon and Mattox Shuler!

The Answer to Last Week's Puzzle

Last week we asked if you could identify the letter "A" from the font used on their respective game boxes. Here are your answers. How many did you get right?

Board Game News

What's going on in the tabletop industry?

Date	Headline
September 19th	Root, Arcs maker Leder Games in talks for video game of ‘one of its IPs’, comics also potentially in the works
September 19th	CMON’s COO David Preti is resigning after eight years at the company
September 18th	WizKids rehires Vee Mus’e as senior marketing and communications manager
September 12th	Board Game Arena boost has helped Splendor games surge to three million sales
September 11th	Dice Tower production manager Roy Cannaday leaves after success of Last Light design “opens up new opportunities”

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!

September 18th, 2019

Board Game Cafe Frenzy Game Review

Open the board game cafe of your dreams in this clever trick-taking card game. Check out our review of Board Game Cafe Frenzy, now on Kickstarter!

September 18th, 2019

District 9 Game Review

District 9 is a madcap human/prawn three-day race to the finish! Check out our District 9 review to find out just what we’re talking about!

September 23rd, 2019

Time of Legends: Destinies Game Review

What if you combined the world of Joan of Arc with the technology from Chronicles of Crime? Read our review of Time of Legends: Destinies to find out more!

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.

Sep. 27-29, 2024 Southampton, England Stabcon South Sep. 27-29, 2024 North Canaan, CT, USA ShireCon 2024 Sep. 27-28, 2024 Bowling Green, KY, USA TableToppers Sep. 27-29, 2024 Havre de Grace, MD, USA Barrage 2024 Sep. 27-29, 2024 Plymouth, MN, USA SkålCon	Sep. 27-29, 2024 Kansas City, MO, USA Meeple-a-thon 2024 Sep. 27-29, 2024 The Dalles, OR, USA Camp WagonCon 2024 Sep. 27-29, 2024 Sioux Falls, SD, USA SiouxperCon Sep. 28-29, 2024 Katowice, Poland Planszówki w Spodku Sep. 28-30, 2024 Newberg, OR, USA Newberg Game Con 2024, Fall Edition
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
September 18th	Omni 4 – Modular Miniature Storage
September 18th	Lepra
September 18th	The Quest Kids: Realms of the Kingdom
September 19th	The Fisherman
September 19th	Miami 86 RPG
September 20th	RA Pharaoh Edition Reprint and More!
September 20th	Cyberpunk 2077 – The Board Game
September 23rd	Minecart Town
September 24th	Sky Painters
September 25th	Moon Bunny

You can find more campaigns on our Crowdfunding Roundup.

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Coming Up This Week at Meeple Mountain

Here's what's on the calendar for the next seven days at Meeple Mountain.

Our Annual Most Anticipated Games of Essen Spiel
Gnome Hollow
Pirates of Maracaibo
Nature
Star Trek Away Missions
Maps of Misterra

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