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January 9, 2025

Greetings

In a week where we learned all of Chicago's city buildings are running on renewable energy, where an east Indian farmer found two diamonds worth $46,000, where 8-year-old boy survived 5 days in a lion-inhabited game park, where a Brazilian man who left his car windows down overnight came out to find a sloth hanging from his steering wheel, and where a man helping his parents remodel their house found a Christmas present with his name on it that was hidden away 47 years ago, we're still talking board games here on Meeple Mountain.

January 6th, 2025

War Story: Occupied France Game Review

War Story: Occupied France won’t be for everyone, but it’s a terrific narrative experience for those who don’t mind a little reading. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review.

January 4th, 2025

WaldMeister Game Review

A woodland abstract with hints of Root? Read Tom’s review of Waldmeister from Gerhards Spiel und Design to find out more!

The Answer to Last Week's Puzzle

Our thanks to all of you who wrote in with guesses on the main color pallet for the box art. It seems SETI stumped everyone, including our founder an editor-in-chief, Andy Matthews!

Board Game News

What's going on in the tabletop industry?

Date	Headline
January 7th	Cardboard Edison revamps award process after admitting judging ‘blind spot’ over last year’s colonialism-themed winner
December 20th	Shut Up & Sit Down continues push into game development through tie-up with publisher Play to Z, says deal will “not compromise on our core values”
December 19th	Reflecting on 2024, preparing for 2025: All About Games Consulting looks at opportunities and challenges in the board game industry
December 18th	Expert-level eurogame award Diamant d’Or unveils Civolution, SETI among 2025 finalists
December 18th	Capstone Games seals first team-up with Japanese publisher, will bring eurogame Falling to Kickstarter in February
December 17th	Liz Davidson’s Beyond Solitaire podcast wins debut Bobby Nunes Memorial Award, celebrating exceptional media coverage of historical gaming cultural issues
December 16th	GAMA hunts for tabletop gaming’s best brick-and-mortar stores in latest Power Retail Awards

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!

January 9th, 2020

Games We Love: My Love of Mysterium

Out of all the games I’ve played, I love Mysterium just a little more than most. Let me tell you why.

January 10th, 2020

Cities: Skylines Board Game Video Review

Join Board Game Brody as he takes a look at analog version of the smash hit video game. Check out our video review of Cities: Skylines and see what he has to say about this city building sim game.

January 14th, 2020

Villages of Valeria Video Review

Villages of Valeria is a “big” tableau building game that comes in a small box. Make your city the capital city and attract all the adventurers your city desires.

January 15th, 2020

Retrospective: 2019’s Most Anticipated Games

Over the course of the year, we picked our most anticipated games releasing in 2019. Join us as we revisit our picks to see if these games met our high expectations.

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.

Jan. 18, 2025 Amersfoort, Netherlands Ducosim Jan. 23-26, 2025 Grimsby, ON, Canada Niagara Boardgaming Weekend Jan. 23-26, 2025 Taipei City, Taiwan Taipei Game Show Jan. 23-26, 2025 Bowie, MD, USA Winter Offensive Jan. 23-26, 2025 National Harbor, MD, USA Magfest Jan. 23-26, 2025 National Harbor, MD, USA Super Magfest	Jan. 23-26, 2025 Charlotte, NC, USA TantrumCon Jan. 23-26, 2025 Durham, NC, USA Whose Turn Is It Anyway? Jan. 23-25, 2025 Schertz, TX, USA Fling Con Jan. 24-26, 2025 Winnipeg, MB, Canada Game-iToba Jan. 24-26, 2025 Juneau, AK, USA Platypus-Con Jan. 24-26, 2025 Colorado Springs, CO, USA COsine
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
January 8th	The Kingdom of Cuteopia: The Expansion
January 9th	Death & the Rosa Theatre: A double murder mystery game
January 12th	Sky Totems/スカイトーテム
January 12th	PNW Playing Cards + Six Modern Card Games
January 20th	Of Popes & Plagues
January 25th	Memory Quest for Kids
January 27th	RUSTPUNK: A Solo TTRPG
January 30th	⚡ MICRO HERO: Hercules
February 5th	Lost Lumina
February 14th	Foxpaw

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.

Date	Title
January 9th	Star Trek Captain's Chair - Mark Iradian
January 10th	Quick Peaks - Meeple Mountain Team
January 11th	Yomi 2 - Mark Iradian
January 13th	1920 Wall Street - Bob Pazehoski, Jr.
January 14th	Things in Rings - Kevin Brantley
January 14th	3,000 Posts: Meeple Mountain by the Numbers - Andy Matthews
January 15th	Pathfinder Remastered Spell Cards - Abram Towle
January 16th	Every Single Game Needs a Player Aid - Justin Bell
January 17th	Tower of Doubt - Bob Pazehoski, Jr.
January 18th	7 Empires - Andrew Lynch
January 19th	The White Castle: Matcha! - Justin Bell
January 20th	Arkham Horror RPG Starter Set - Abram Towle

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