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February 27, 2025

Greetings

In a week where a new Robert Frost poem was discovered, where a seal pup was found wandering the streets of New Haven, CT, where the Wu-Tang Clan has announced their farewell tour, where thieves in Paris used a stolen credit card to purchase a winning lottery ticket (worth €500,000 or $523,00 or £414,726) but they can't claim any of the winnings without facing jail time for theft, and where we said goodbye to singer Roberta Flack, we're still talking board games here on Meeple Mountain.

February 26th, 2025

Fromage Game Review

Come live the life of a 20th century cheesemonger in our review of Fromage.

February 26th, 2025

Beach Day Game Review

Build the best beach in this seaside family set collection game. Join Kevin as he reviews Beach Day from Cakepie Games!

February 25th, 2025

Captain Flip Game Review

Can you put together a better pirate crew than your opponents? Come sail the 7 Seas and find out. Check out our review of Captain Flip.

This Week's Puzzle

Can you find the 23 four-letter game names in the letters below?

Clue Bang Gipf Risk

Thud Tayu Trax Java

Maya Bali Vino Kage

Dune Ploy Root Hive

Scan Rage Heat Sand

Roam Arcs Oath

Board Game News

What's going on in the tabletop industry?

Date	Headline
February 21st	“Board games are about to get more expensive”: Arcane Wonders president Robert Geistlinger on tariffs, razor-thin margins and the math of producing games
February 20th	Retailers step in to help Dutch publisher Splotter after US distributor GTS cancels ‘large order’ over tariff uncertainty
February 18th	HABA signs distribution deal with Asmodee France, a year after shuttering its French operation amid financial woes
February 17th	Harmonies, Captain Flip triumph in this year’s Swiss Gamers Award, Castle Combo seals two finalist spots
February 13th	More than half of board game giant Asmodee’s net sales come from just five product lines – and two of those are Magic and Pokemon
February 11th	Kickstarter unveils “tools creators have been asking for” for 2025 as it looks to fight off rising Gamefound challenge
February 7th	Flipping the script on How to Play videos: How To Teach’s creator on the trials and tribulations of launching a new board game YouTube channel

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!

February 29th, 2020

Runika and the Six-sided Spellbooks Unboxing Video

Join Boardgame Brody in his unboxing of the recently fulfilled Kickstarter game, Runika and the Six-sided Spellbooks.

February 29th, 2020

Space Explorers Video Review & Unboxing

Boardgame Brody decides to go on space missions in his video review of Space Explorers by 25th Century Games.

March 1st, 2020

The Champion of the Wild Video Review

Boardgame Brody chooses the wildest and best animal to compete in 3 different competitions in The Champion of the Wild video review.

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.

Mar. 8, 2025 Bristol, England Bristol Animal and Gaming Convention Mar. 8-9, 2025 Exeter, England Exeter Comic Con and Gaming Festival Mar. 8-9, 2025 Bremen, Germany Bremer Spieletage Mar. 8-9, 2025 Lafayette, IN, USA Lafayette Comic Con Mar. 12-16, 2025 Orlando, FL, USA Escape Winter Con ❄️ Mar. 13-16, 2025 Harrogate, England AireCon Harrogate	Mar. 13-16, 2025 Dallas, TX, USA ALL-CON Mar. 14-16, 2025 Aldergrove, BC, Canada Terminal City Tabletop Convention Mar. 14-16, 2025 Toronto, ON, Canada Breakout Con Mar. 14-16, 2025 Toronto, ON, Canada Toronto Comicon Mar. 14-16, 2025 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Ludesco Mar. 14-15, 2025 Marietta, GA, USA KennyCon
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. Here's a list of campaigns ending in the next 7 days.

End Date	Campaign
February 27th	Monster Rock
February 27th	Legends of Gadia – A New Fantasy Card Game
February 27th	Adventure Time Card Wars 2025
February 27th	Bullet Cubed: New Expansions & Storage Box
February 27th	Shadows Deep
February 28th	HEROPOLIS
February 28th	Oddities: A Peculiar Card Game
February 28th	Beast Slayers
March 2nd	Suit and Tie: Where Style Meets Strategy
March 4th	Storm Weavers: Stronghold
March 5th	Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan – New Expansion & Second Print
March 6th	Pizza Roles!
March 6th	RUSTPUNK: A Solo TTRPG

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
February 28th	Quick Peaks - Meeple Mountain Team
February 28th	Cascadia - Steam - Tom Franklin
March 1st	Scales of Fate - Tyler Williams
March 1st	Cafe Baras - Bob Pazehoski, Jr.
March 2nd	Alibis - Justin Bell
March 2nd	Rajas of the Ganges: Cards & Karma - Justin Bell
March 3rd	Top 6 Habits for Board Game Designers - Gary Chavez
March 3rd	Djinn - Justin Bell
March 4th	Azul Duel - Tyler Williams
March 5th	Knizia E - Andrew Holmes
March 5th	Meridians - Tom Franklin
March 6th	Phantom Ink - Justin Bell

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