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May 1, 2025

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Greetings

In a week where a runaway Kangaroo shut down a stretch of Interstate 85 in Macon County, Alabama, where Petaluma, California's city-wide experiment with local restaurants to create a city-wide return-and-reuse beverage cup program was considered a huge success, where, after 50 years, the trout population of Lake Champlain (New York) has returned to historic numbers, and where Barby Keel, a 90-year-old woman in Sussex, UK who has rescued over 10,000 animals in her 12-acre santuary, has said she's not stopping anytime soon, we're still talking games here at Meeple Mountain.

Recent Posts

We publish new articles, reviews, and lists almost a dozen times a week. Here's some of the things we've been talking about in the past week.

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May 1st, 2025

Cyclades: Legendary Edition Game Review

Cyclades is back from the underworld, and still charging you gold to do anything. Check out our review of Cyclades: Legendary Edition.

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April 30th, 2025

The Reiner Knizia Alphabet – The Letter ‘I’

Join Meeple Mountain to celebrate Dr Reiner Knizia’s 40 year board game career by journeying through his game portfolio, from A to Z. This time it’s ‘I’!

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April 29th, 2025

Burum: The Journey from Family Tradition to Card Game Innovation

Burum is a heartfelt, fast-paced card game born from family tradition, blending tactical play and shared experiences into a homegrown success story that’s sweeping its way into the board game world.

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April 28th, 2025

Comanchería: The Rise and Fall of the Comanche Empire Game Review

Few board games match the sweep and the intensity of Comanchería: The Rise and Fall of the Comanche Empire. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review.

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This Week's Puzzle

Last week I asked you to identify some board game names from lyrics to a song that shares the same name as the game. How many did you guess correctly?

1. She ought to think twice

The Beatles: Ticket to Ride

2. Skip the airstrip to the sunset: 

The B52s, Roam

3. I think I need a lear jet 

Pink Floyd: Money

4. The only one my arms will ever hold

The Marcels (and 60+ other recording artists): Blue Moon

5. Throw roses in the rain

Bruce Springsteen: Thunder Road

6. And then you're hunted by the prey

Scorpions: The Game of Life

7. There's fever in the funk house now 

Rolling Stones: Tumblin' Dice

The Wayback Machine

Meeple Mountain has been publishing content since 2015. Take a look at what we released 5 years ago this week!

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May 1st, 2020

Blood on the Clocktower Game Review

It’s expensive. It’s big. It’s also very late on Kickstarter. Don’t care, still a solid social deduction game.

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May 1st, 2020

Dale of Merchants 3 Game Review

The Dale of Merchants series is back! Check out Meeple Mountain’s review of Dale of Merchants 3 to find out how this latest edition of the animal-themed deck-building and dismantling series stacks up!

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May 4th, 2020

Traintopia Game Review

Become the greatest conductor in the land in the drafting and tile-laying game Traintopia. Read our review to see if you have what it takes to create an efficient and fun public transportation system.

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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. 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

May. 23-25, 2025
Brandon, MB, Canada
PrairieCon

May. 23, 2025
Vilnius, Lithuania
Comic Con Baltics

May. 23-26, 2025
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Gamex

You can find more upcoming conventions on our Guide To Board Game Conventions.
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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.

DateTitle
May 1stCyclades: Legendary Edition - Mark Iradian
May 2ndQuick Peaks - Meeple Mountain Team
May 2ndHubworld: Aidalon – First Take - Kevin Brantley
May 3rdLa Fleur - K. David Ladage
May 4thSuper Boss Monster - Thomas Wells
May 5thCompounded: The Peer-Reviewed Edition - Bob Pazehoski, Jr.
May 6thShallow Regrets - Abram Towle
May 7thTapestry - Thomas Wells
May 8thPergola - Will Hare
May 9thIvion: The Sun and Stars - Kevin Brantley
May 9thQuick Peaks - Meeple Mountain Team
May 10thSpectacular - Kevin Brantley
May 11thMega Empires - Justin Bell
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