From High Atop Meeple Mountain We Can See Tea Garden, Garden Rush, and Endeavor: Deep Sea

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July 17, 2025

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In a week where engineers at MIT developed an atmospheric water harvester that can produce fresh water anywhere — even Death Valley, California, where ground squirrels are taking over the North Dakota city of Minot, where librarians at a medieval abbey in Hungary are battling a beetle infestation that is threatening to ruin over 100,000 ancient books, where a semi truck hauling a load of milk overturned in New York's Columbia County and caused what the local sheriff's office described as a "significant spill.", we're still talking games here on Meeple Mountain.

July 16th, 2025

Garden Rush Game Review

Flying vegetables? Gnomes with green thumbs? What kind of garden is this? Come find out for yourself in our review of Garden Rush.

July 16th, 2025

Sniper Elite: Operation Kraken Game Review

Joseph hops into an armored car and onto some new terrain to review the latest expansion for Sniper Elite: The Board Game. Find out if a change of scenery does any good in our review of Sniper Elite: Operation Kraken.

July 15th, 2025

Endeavor: Deep Sea Game Review

Endeavor: Deep Sea has plenty of buzz as it rides the high of its recent Kennerspiel des Jahres nomination. Find out if Justin feels the energy in his review.

Board Game News

What's going on in the tabletop industry?

Date	Headline
July 16th	Board game industry professionals from Asmodee, Brotherwise Games, The Op among nominees in this year’s Wonder Women Awards
July 15th	Board game maker Panda to stick with new Brazilian expansion deal, despite Trump threatening country with 50% tariff rate
July 15th	Lucky Duck brings in former Quartermaster Logistics sales director Matt Goldrick to boosts B2B localisation, licensing arm
July 14th	“I’m rather worried about the restriction of liberties of all sorts in the US”: Spiel des Jahres chairman takes aim at Trump policies, tariffs during awards ceremony
July 14th	Co-op designs continue to dominate board gaming’s biggest prize as Bomb Busters seals Spiel des Jahres win
July 8th	Flat River Group downsizes again as veteran trio leave to relaunch Luma Imports under ACD Distribution; ACD also buys Flat River’s Synapses Games
July 7th	“We’re like a Tiny Epic Asmodee”: Tycoon Games CEO Dan Yarrington on the company’s ongoing acquisition spree, future plans and criticism of his past business practices

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!

July 17th, 2020

Black Hole Council Game Review

A game that tries to do so much while providing so little. Read our Black Hole Council review.

July 17th, 2020

Focused on Feld: The Castles of Burgundy (The Dice Game) Game Review

What happens when a designer turns one of their most well known works into a dice game? Find out in our review of The Castles of Burgundy (The Dice Game)!

July 20th, 2020

The City Video Review & Unboxing

Boardgame Brody keeps building cities 20 minutes at a time in his video review of The City, a quick tableau building game by Eagle-Gryphon Games.

July 22nd, 2020

Air, Land, & Sea Game Review

Sun Tzu famously said: “Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.” Find out how you can hone your warcraft in our review of Air, Land, & Sea.

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.

Jul. 26 - Aug. 3, 2025 Seven Springs, PA, USA World Boardgaming Championships Jul. 27, 2025 Lyneham, Australia GammaCon - Canberra Jul. 31 - Aug. 3, 2025 Indianapolis, IN, USA Gen Con Aug. 1-3, 2025 Vancouver, BC, Canada Anirevo Aug. 1-3, 2025 Montreal, QC, Canada Otakuthon Aug. 1-3, 2025 Berlin, Germany Berlin Brettspiel Con	Aug. 1-3, 2025 Arlington, TX, USA Geek Game Days Aug. 2-3, 2025 Palmerston, New Zealand Armageddon Expo Aug. 2, 2025 Joplin, MO, USA JoMoCon Aug. 2, 2025 Amarillo, TX, USA Ama-Con Aug. 7-11, 2025 Henlow, England Tokonatsu Aug. 8-10, 2025 Uncasville, CT, USA Terrificon
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
July 17th	Forsaken Souls Print & Play Escapes
July 17th	Even Deeper Regrets: An Unfortunate Fishing Game Expansion
July 17th	Cozy Cat Cafe
July 18th	The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Playing Cards
July 18th	Your Village People: Card Game
July 20th	Plakks Basketball
July 22nd	Unmatched: Storage and Accessories
July 23rd	Realm of Reckoning
July 24th	Kingswood $749 Game Table + GamePillar Storage Towers
July 24th	Astraios: Starlight
July 24th	Red Tides: A Tale of New Caribbea
July 24th	Sail Legacy

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
July 17th	Halloween II The Board Game - Clayton Schoonover
July 18th	Dominion: Plunder - Andrew Holmes
July 18th	The Quest for El Dorado - Joseph Buszek
July 19th	Space Base - K. David Ladage
July 19th	TRND - Andy Matthews
July 20th	Australis - Justin Bell
July 20th	House of Fado - Justin Bell
July 21st	Most Anticipated Games of Gen Con 2025 - Meeple Mountain Team
July 21st	Scream Park - Andrew Lynch
July 22nd	Blockers - Justin Bell
July 22nd	The Dusty Euro Series: Pfeffersӓcke - Justin Bell

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