18RoyalGorge, Burned, Cascadia: Alpine Lakes
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| In a week where archivists at Cambridge University are extracting and preserving data from floppy disks retrieved from the collection of physicist Steven Hawking, where a giant piece of NASA hardware crash-landed on a farm in West Texas, and where a California grower's 2,346-pound pumpkin won a prize at the Safeway World Championship, we're still talking board games here on Meeple Mountain. |
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| We publish new articles, reviews, and lists over a dozen times a week. Here's some of the things we've been talking about recently. |
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18RoyalGorge: The Rails of Fremont County and the Royal Gorge Wars Game Review |
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Justin signed on the line the moment he heard the term 18xx. Find out what he thinks about the debut title from 18Wood, 18RoyalGorge!! Read More... |
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The Reiner Knizia Alphabet – The Letter ‘U’ |
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Meeple Mountain celebrates Dr Reiner Knizia’s 40 year board game career by journeying through his game portfolio, from A to Z. Join us as we uncover ‘U’! Read More... |
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Cascadia: Alpine Lakes Game Review |
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Cascadia was a runaway hit, and now it’s back with a standalone version. Cascadia: Alpine Lakes adds stacking, lakes, and all new scoring options. Check out Andy’s review Read More... |
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Burned reduces hidden movement into a tight, tense, twenty-minute experience for two players. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review. Read More... |
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And here's a few other articles that were published earlier in the week. |
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| What's going on in the tabletop industry? |
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| Meeple Mountain has been publishing content since 2015. Take a look at what we released 5 years ago this week! |
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Founding Fathers Game Review |
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Discover the intersection of politics and play in Rick Heli’s negotiation board game Founding Fathers. Read More... |
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Project L Video Game Review |
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Project L is the closest Boardgame Brody has come to playing Tetris in board game form. Check out our video review as he explains how to play Project L and why he loves it. Read More... |
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Top 6 Perfectly Pausable Games |
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Ever walked away from a board game and forgotten whose turn it is when you got back? Well, not anymore. Check out our list of the Top 6 Perfectly Pausable games! Read More... |
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| We maintain a comprehensive list of board game conventions all over the world. Here's what's coming up in the next 2 weeks. |
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Oct. 25-26, 2025
Peterborough, ON, Canada
Phantasm
Oct. 25-26, 2025
Mountain View, CA, USA
Epic ACG Fest
Oct. 30 - Nov. 2, 2025
Detroit, MI, USA
YouMaCon
| Oct. 31 - Nov. 2, 2025
Mickleover, England
MidCon
Oct. 31 - Nov. 2, 2025
Mickleover, Derby, England
Midcon
Oct. 31 - Nov. 2, 2025
Denver, CO, USA
MileHiCon
| | You can find more upcoming conventions on our Guide To Board Game Conventions. |
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| Check out our extensive list of tabletop related Crowdfunding campaigns. |
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| Coming Up This Week at Meeple Mountain |
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Here's what's on the calendar for the next seven days at Meeple Mountain. |
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| October 17th | Bombastic - Andrew Lynch | | October 18th | Please Don't Burn My Village! - Tyler Williams | | October 19th | Waddle - Thomas Wells | | October 20th | Lunar Skyline - Justin Bell | | October 20th | Rollie - Justin Bell |
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| Interested in writing for Meeple Mountain? |
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We’re looking for anyone who loves board gaming, tabletop gaming, or just about anything gaming related. That also includes traditional board games, party games, Dungeons & Dragons and other RPGs, wargaming, tabletop miniature games, and everything in between. We’re even looking for people interested in things like gaming news, short stories, art & illustration, crafting, and even non-traditional topics like how board gaming can contribute to an improved quality of life. |
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