From High Atop Meeple Mountain We Can See For Sale, Tsuro, and Heredity: The Book of Swan

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August 14, 2025

Greetings

In a week where a mysterious spiraling light was spotted in the night sky over the eastern United States—sparking UFO speculation, where a North Carolina woman set a Guinness World Record with a Coca-Cola memorabilia collection of 5,623 unique items, and where a venemous brown snake snuck into a Queensland Australia home and had a lie down in a model train set tunnel, we're still talking games here on Meeple Mountain.

August 13th, 2025

Heredity: The Book of Swan Game Review

Explore and survive in this cooperative, narrative post-apocalyptic game. Join Kevin as he reviews Heredity: The Book of Swan from Darucat!

August 12th, 2025

Tsuro Game Review

Be the last person standing in this Meeple Mountain review of Tsuro.

Board Game News

What's going on in the tabletop industry?

Date	Headline
August 8th	Devir to recall all copies of new release Ace of Spades after backlash over slavery depictions in artwork, apologises for causing harm
August 7th	CMON’s long-serving chief financial officer, company secretary latest to resign from financially-troubled business
August 5th	Zatu Games boosts growing distribution operation by agreeing Maestro Media, Steamforged Games tie-ups
August 5th	Gen Con exhibitor numbers rebound to record levels despite tariffs uncertainty, biggest-ever attendance reaches almost 72,000
August 4th	“We felt like we’d made a profit. But we hadn’t. Not really”: Chroma Arcana creator Mo Shawwa on the financial wrinkles behind even a target-smashing crowdfund, and what tariffs mean for his next project
August 1st	Financially-troubled Elf Creek Games brings in Genius Games founder to restructure business, says fulfilling overdue Kickstarters is ‘top priority’
July 31st	Africa’s longest-running board game convention hoping to double attendance this year after ongoing Kickstarter passes goal

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!

August 14th, 2020

Civilization: A New Dawn Review

It’s an oddball civilization game that abstracts almost everything. It works but could’ve been much better. Read our Civilization: A New Dawn Review to find out more.

August 14th, 2020

Board Game Haiku: Tabletop Games in Seventeen Syllables

Join us as we explore some amazing board games in just seventeen syllables with our first collection of board game haiku!

August 17th, 2020

Deckscape Mega Review

Read our spoiler-free mega review of Deckscape, a series of pocket escape room games, to learn more about each individual release and how to play.

August 18th, 2020

Kingswood Game Review & How to Play

Boardgame Brody knows the best route through the forest to find the best monsters. Using his skills, you should take a look at Kingswood by 25th Century Games.

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.

Aug. 23, 2025 Norwich , England Norwich Games Convention Aug. 23-24, 2025 Northfields, England Shadowcon UK Aug. 23-24, 2025 Singapore, Singapore TableCon Quest 2025 Aug. 23-24, 2025 Columbia , SC, USA Soda City Comic Con Aug. 23, 2025 Springfield, VT, USA MEGA Spring Meltdown Aug. 23, 2025 Vergennes, VT, USA Hot Game Summer	Aug. 27-28, 2025 Tel Aviv, Israel Draconicon Aug. 27-31, 2025 Washington, DC, USA NOVA Open Aug. 27-31, 2025 Denton, TX, USA ReaperCon Aug. 28 - Sep. 1, 2025 Atlanta, GA, USA Dragon Con 🐉 Aug. 29-31, 2025 Brussels, Belgium Brussels Game Festival Aug. 29 - Sep. 1, 2025 Phoenix, AZ, USA Saboten Con
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
August 14th	Gambit: The Co-Op Video Game Where Tabletop Worlds Unite
August 14th	Synchro Horizon : JRPG Roguelike Board Game
August 14th	Slice – A Pizza Game of Speed and Laughter
August 14th	RISK G.I. JOE: Special Missions
August 14th	Compania: English Edition
August 14th	Synchro Horizon : JRPG Roguelike Board Game
August 14th	Emerald Echoes
August 15th	Tadoba \| Sinauli \| Muziris \| 3-in-1 PNP Games by IBGDC
August 15th	Brushstroke Mayhem
August 15th	Ghostland: The Game
August 19th	Pixply
August 19th	TEKKEN – The Board Game
August 19th	Vine

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
August 15th	Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers - Bob Pazehoski, Jr.
August 16th	Red Carpet - Justin Bell
August 16th	Tiletum: Prospect for Silver - Justin Bell
August 17th	Frank West of City of Games - K. David Ladage
August 17th	Race to the Raft - K. David Ladage
August 18th	Clank! Legacy 2: Acquisitions Inc--Darkest Magic! - Justin Bell
August 18th	Dusty Euro: Pastiche - Justin Bell
August 19th	Lone Wolves - Kevin Brantley
August 19th	Focused on Feld: The Name of the Rose - David McMillan
August 20th	Knizia Q - Andrew Holmes

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