Meeple Mountain Talks GenCon 2024!

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July 18, 2024

Greetings

In a week where a new British Prime Minister is settling into No. 10 Downing Street, France is preparing for the Olympics, and Marshall Mathers 'killed' his alter ego, Slim Shady, we have your weekly dose of Meeple Mountain reviews—including our team's Most Anticipated Games of Gen Con and a new puzzle! Take a break from it all and read on!.

July 16th, 2024

The Dusty Euros Series: Edel, Stein & Reich

Justin is spending more time exploring older Eurogame designs with friends. Join him for his hot take of the 2003 auction game Edel, Stein & Reich!

July 15th, 2024

5 Towers Game Review

Reach for the sky in 5 Towers, a card-drafting game about building skyscraping wonders. How high can you go?

Board Art Puzzle

I'm always fascinated by the small details a game's artist puts into their work. Here are three details from games we've reviewed on Meeple Mountain. If you know what they are, send in your answers to [email protected]. Readers with all three correct answers will have their names published in next week's newsletter!

Board Game News

What's going on in the tabletop industry?

Date	Headline
July 12th	“The ride here wasn’t without its bumps:” Heat: Pedal to the Metal co-designer Asger Harding Granerud on his journey from board game distributor and retailer to BGG Top 40 designer
July 12th	Board game research projects in line for up to €20,000 each through Asmodee-backed Game In Lab programme
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

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 17th, 2019

On Tour Game Review

Being a rock star is glamorous, but booking the shows isn’t! Read our review of On Tour to learn about the wonders (and horrors) of tour scheduling.

July 18th, 2019

“Settlers of Catan” Spiel des Jahres Award Revoked After Area Gamer Deems Game “Broken”

In an unprecedented decision from the Spiel des Jahres jury, 1994 prize winner The Settlers of Catan was stripped of its “Game of the Year” award after the release of gamer Hoffman “Hoff” Cexley’s findings that the classic board game is “totally broken.” The Spiel des Jahres – known as “the Academy Award of boardgames” […]

July 19th, 2019

Roll Player Game Review

Roll Player takes the concept of creating a role-playing character and makes a game out of it. Read our review of Roll Player to find out how.

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. 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	Aug. 2-5, 2024 Arlington, TX, USA Geek Game Days 2024 Aug. 3, 2024 Ilminster, England The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon UK 2023 Aug. 8-11, 2024 St. Augustine, FL, USA Game & Party Con 2024 Aug. 9-11, 2024 Maidenhead, England HandyCon Aug. 9-11, 2024 Milton Keynes, England HandyCon
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 18th	Piri Piri Summoners: A Shifty Handcrafted Wooden Strategy Game
July 18th	Flowers of the Philippines
July 19th	Yield – Battle for Oshra and Artbook
July 19th	Casual Game Insider – Board Game Magazine (13th Year)
July 20th	Abstract Strategy Games New Collection Started!
July 20th	Imperial Borders
July 21st	Oh Crab!
July 21st	Word Ravel
July 21st	Submachine \| card game for 1-4 players
July 22nd	Brink

You can find more campaigns on our Crowdfunding Roundup.

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