Fearless, Pulp Romance, and Justin's Highs & Lows
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| In a week where a huge colony of flying foxes (fruit bats) descended on the Australian city of Gympie, where over $400,000 worth of oysters, crab, and lobster were stolen from a city in New England, and where hundreds of Victorian era shoes washed up on a beach in Wales, we're still talking board games. |
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| Meeple Mountain is partnering with Weird Giraffe Games to give away a copy of Logic & Lore 2nd Edition, shipped to anywhere in North America. |
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| We publish new articles, reviews, and lists every day. Here's some of the things we've been talking about recently. |
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Justin is looking over his shoulder to make sure you read his review of Fearless, the new trick-taker from Friedemann Friese! Read More... |
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Pulp Romance asks if you will always have Paris, is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship, or is this just a case of someone showing up in the wrong gin joint? Check out our review of the new title from Todd Sanders. Read More... |
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Justin’s Highs and Lows for 2025! |
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Justin wrote 175 articles last year and logged more than 540 plays. Let’s see where he lands in our traditional Diamond Climber categories, plus a few categories he crafted just for this article! Read More... |
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Mountain Goats Game Review |
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Roll some dice and climb that hill. Mountain Goats from Allplay pits players in a race to butt heads and earn points. Check out Andy’s 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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Meeple Land Game Video Review |
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It’s time to take these meeples to the adventure park in Brody’s video review of Meeple Land by Blue Orange Games. Read More... |
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Meeple Mountain Year in Review – 2020 |
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Happy Birthday to us: we’re five years old! 2020 was a hard year, but join us as we celebrate our accomplishments! Read More... |
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Scribbletown Game Video Review & Unboxing |
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Roll and write while you plan your city and try to scribble on others in Scribbletown by Desultory. Watch Brody’s video review & unboxing to learn more. 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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Jan. 24-26, 2026
Canberra, Australia
CanCon
Jan. 27-31, 2026
Nuremburg, Germany
Nuremberg International Toy Fair / Spielwarenmesse
Jan. 28 - Feb. 4, 2026
Hunstanton, England
ConTingency
Jan. 29 - Feb. 2, 2026
Torquay, England
Full Board Gaming: Torquay
| Jan. 29-30, 2026
Taipei City, Taiwan
Taipei Game Show
Jan. 30, 2026
Nuremberg, Germany
International Game Inventors Convention
Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2026
Champaign, IL, USA
Winter War
Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2026
Dearborn, MI, USA
ConFusion
| | 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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| January 16th | Quick Peaks - Meeple Mountain Team | | January 17th | DroPolter - Bob Pazehoski, Jr. | | January 18th | Tango - Andrew Lynch | | January 19th | Deep Dreams - Justin Bell | | January 20th | Stellar Ventures - Kevin Brantley | | January 21st | Twilight Imperium: Thunder's Edge - Will Hare | | January 22nd | Kingdom Crossing - Justin Bell | | January 23rd | Ichor - Andrew Lynch | | January 23rd | Iliad - Andrew Lynch | | January 24th | 12 Rivers - Justin Bell | | January 25th | Flow - David McMillan |
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