From High Atop Meeple Mountain We Can See Mindclash Games, Trial of the Gods, and Galactic Cruise

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April 24, 2025

Greetings

In a week where a new color, Olo—a highly saturated blue green—was defined by scientists, where teens won a prize for a refrigerator that runs on salt, where $64M later an old prision was converted into a sunny apartment complex, and where the Perseverance Mars Rover has found the rock bonanza NASA had been hoping for, we're still talking games here on Meeple Mountain.

April 22nd, 2025

Trial of the Gods Game Review

Trip over your own fleece in this review of Trial of the Gods from Ludus Magnus Studio.

April 21st, 2025

Galactic Cruise: First Take

Justin has a friend who recently showed him their copy of the new strategy game Galactic Cruise. Find out what he thinks after his first two plays!

This Week's Puzzle

This week's puzzle looks at board games that share a name with a song. Below are seven snippets of song lyrics from songs whose names are also board games. Send your answers in to [email protected] and I'll announce the winners next week.

1. She ought to think twice

2. Skip the airstrip to the sunset

3. I think I need a lear jet

4. The only one my arms will ever hold

5. Throw roses in the rain

6. And then you're hunted by the prey

7. There's fever in the funk house now

Newsletter Survey Winner!

Congratulations to John R. who was selected at random from everyone who offered their insights into helping improve Meeple Mountain’s newsletter, The Mountaineer.

Board Game News

What's going on in the tabletop industry?

Date	Headline
April 23rd	Online board game seller Boardlandia shuts down after tariffs add “unsustainable burden” to company’s existing challenges
April 22nd	Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games is suing President Trump after China tariffs threaten tabletop industry
April 17th	Steve Jackson Games CEO Meredith Placko resigns after two years in role
April 15th	Final Frontier Games shuts down with three unfulfilled crowdfunding projects worth almost $1.4m, says CMON failing to pay for localisation was “final nail”
April 14th	CMON’s David Preti steps down as non-executive director, seven months after resigning as Chief Operating Officer
April 11th	“Toxic leadership. Rampant gatekeeping”: GAMA marketing and comms head blasts organisation in resignation announcement
April 9th	America’s answer to the Spiel des Jahres, the American Tabletop Awards, unveils 2025 winners

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!

April 24th, 2020

Minecraft: Builders & Biomes Game Review

Can a board game capture the magic of Minecraft? Read our review of Minecraft: Builders & Biomes to see if it’s an unearthed diamond or just another piece of cobblestone.

April 27th, 2020

Representation in Board Games Matters

There are many areas of life where women aren’t treated equally to men, and sadly this extends into the world of board games. Read Representation in Board Games Matters to learn about the little ways women are excluded from the hobby.

April 28th, 2020

Marshmallow Test Video Review

Boardgame Brody does a modified Stanford experiment on his kids and then performs the real marshmallow test in his video review of Marshmallow Test by Gamewright.

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.

May. 3-4, 2025 Savannah, GA, USA Game Houndz May. 8-11, 2025 Atlanta, GA, USA Furry Weekend Atlanta May. 8-11, 2025 Boston, MA, USA PAX East May. 10-11, 2025 Sheffield, England North Star May. 10, 2025 Sarasota, FL, USA SiestaCon May. 15-18, 2025 St. Louis, MO, USA Geekway to the West May. 16-18, 2025 _Online, _Online Protospiel Online May	May. 16-18, 2025 Serravalle, San Marino San Marino Game Convention May. 16-18, 2025 Hartford, CT, USA SCG Con Hartford May. 16-18, 2025 Novi, MI, USA Motor City Comic Con May. 17, 2025 Merelbeke, Belgium Zomerspel May. 22-25, 2025 Atlanta, GA, USA MomoCon May. 22-26, 2025 Dallas, TX, USA BGG.Spring 2024
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
April 24th	Lily Hop
April 24th	Starline Hill
April 25th	Dragons of Etchinstone
April 25th	Jack
April 26th	Grimmy Fairy Tales: Unbound
April 27th	Urban Battle
April 28th	Cute & Aggressive: Capybaras
April 29th	Pulp Romance
April 29th	Rogue Dungeon: A Rogue’s Tale
April 30th	Get Stacked
April 30th	Grave Trigger
May 2nd	Ashes Ascendancy
May 2nd	Vesta

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
April 24th	Cat Blues - Andrew Lynch
April 25th	Combo - Andy Matthews
April 26th	A Beginner’s Guide to Warhammer Tabletop Gaming - Lee Richards
April 27th	Finspan - Justin Bell
April 28th	Comanchería - Andrew Lynch
April 29th	Burum: The Journey from Family Tradition to Card Game Innovation - Kevin Brantley
April 30th	Knizia I - Andrew Holmes
May 1st	La Fleur - K. David Ladage
May 2nd	Super Boss Monster - Thomas Wells
May 3rd	Compounded: The Peer-Reviewed Edition - Bob Pazehoski, Jr.
May 4th	Ivion: The Sun and Stars - Kevin Brantley
May 5th	Tapestry - Thomas Wells
May 6th	Six Perfected Game Mechanics (Volume 2) - K. David Ladage

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