Meeple Mountain Newsletter Issue 010

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July 11, 2024

Greetings

The weather outside in the northern hemisphere remains hot and humid. We hope you're all staying safe and cool. It's much easier to strategize in air conditioned comfort than when the heat index is well over 100° (And if you're in the Houston, TX area, we hope your power is restored quickly.

July 11th, 2024

Jambo Game Review

Buy and sell wares, hire people to help, watch out for the predators (in this case, animals) that lurk in the jungle. Can you amass your fortune in time? Read our review of Jambo and find out!

July 10th, 2024

Clash of Galliformes Game Review

Who’s the biggest baddest bird of them all? Find out in our review of Clash of Galliformes from Todys Games.

Answers to Last Week's Puzzle

Last week's puzzle featured pixelated versions of the box art for four board games. How many did you guess correctly?

Congratulations to Gene Spears and Scott Payne who each correctly identified the four images. Come back next week for another puzzle!

Board Game News

What's going on in the tabletop industry?

Date	Headline
July 11th	Small is beautiful: Fight in a Box’s Seppy Yoon on succeeding with small-scale crowdfunds, managing convention maths, and keeping up with the competition
July 10th	Origins seals record post-Covid attendance, hopes to attract back larger publishers for 50th anniversary next year
July 8th	Struggling Cthulhu Wars maker Petersen Games has been bailed out by newly-launched US board game maker Quimbley’s Toys & Games
July 8th	Multiple board game publishers fall prey to scammers impersonating 80,000 member board game Facebook group
July 2nd	Spinning plates: How a one-person publisher is bringing Imperial Borders, the latest giant game from legendary Axis & Allies designer Larry Harris, to the table [sponsored]

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!

July 12th, 2019

Complexcity Game Review

Complexcity is a tile-laying game with a sci-fi twist–solitary puzzly experience. Read more in our review of Complexcity.

July 15th, 2019

Pax Pamir 2nd Edition Game Review

Pax Pamir Second Edition is some damn fine art. Read more in our review.

July 16th, 2019

Campy Creatures Game Review

Will you be the maddest of the mad scientists? Read our Campy Creatures review to see how your well-placed monsters and timely mortal abductions can crown you the most diabolical and dastardly researcher!

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. 20, 2024 Joplin, MO, USA JoMoCon Jul. 20-28, 2024 Seven Springs, PA, USA World Boardgaming Championships Jul. 20, 2024 Vergennes, VT, USA Hot Game Summer Jul. 25-28, 2024 San Diego, CA, USA San Diego Comic-Con Jul. 25-28, 2024 Knoxville, TN, USA Board Game Days	Jul. 26-28, 2024 Seattle, WA, USA Go Play NW Jul. 26-28, 2024 Lake Geneva, WI, USA EGG Con I Jul. 27-28, 2024 Windsor Locks, CT, USA HBG-CON VI Jul. 31 - Aug. 4, 2024 Star Island, NH, USA StarCon Aug. 1-4, 2024 Indianapolis, IN, USA Gen Con
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
July 11th	Legends of Olympus: Tartarus
July 11th	Rogue Seas
July 11th	Jomsvikings
July 11th	Phantom Ink: Arcana
July 11th	Iliad and Ichor \| 2-player Strategy Games
July 11th	Sovereign: Fall of Wormwood
July 11th	Bubble Net
July 11th	The Last Command
July 11th	Rise of the Wastelands
July 11th	Phantom Ink: Arcana

You can find more campaigns on our Crowdfunding Roundup.

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