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| | In a week when The Strong Museum in Rochester, NY announced the nominees for the 2026 National Toy Hall of Fame including Mouse Trap, Care Bears, and Tickle Me Elmo, when Florida police responded to a call reporting a large male deer who had locked itself in a residential bathroom and was not happy about it, when scientists examining a 1600-year-old mummy found part of the physical embalming material used was a fragment of Homer's Iliad.
Special Bonus Anniversaries This Week: PeeWee's Playhouse and The Golden Girls both turned 40 years old; both Charlie's Angels and The Muppet Show turned 50 years old, and both The Monkees, Family Affair, and Star Trek (TOS) have turned 60 years old. |
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| | Join Meeple Mountain as we partner with Mega Moth Studios to give 3 copies of X: Seekers of Fortune - Deluxe First Edition. |
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| | 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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Taking advantage of some free marketing, Justin ventures into the wild to discover what Gigamic gives us with Odysseus, a new game designed by Johannes Goupy and Matthieu Verdier! Read More... |
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The 2003 area control game Bridges of Shangri-La might not be much to look at, but the 2026 refresh from Play for Keeps put a snazzy new skin on this venerable game. Find out more in our review. Read More... |
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Another day, another word game. Find out if Justin thinks the new Allplay release Jibber Jabble stands out in his review! Read More... |
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Join Justin for his review of the new Snakes & Ladders-adjacent race game Trails & Tails! 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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| | Check out our review of Jinja, a worker placement game about building shrines in medieval Japan. Read More... |
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Read our Dunaïa review and find out whether this dice-selecting game of ancient robots, mysterious artefacts and lush forests is worth activating or recycling. Read More... |
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Bribing the gods & visiting celestial islands in the name of becoming a demigod – wait a minute, are those removable faces on the dice?!? Check out our review of Dice Forge! Read More... |
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Join Justin as he braves Gen Con 2021, the largest board game convention in North America, during COVID, and comes out unscathed and happy. 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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Sep. 26-27, 2026
Etterbeek, Belgium
Brulib
Sep. 26, 2026
Limerick, Ireland
Knavecon
Sep. 26-27, 2026
Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich Pop Con
Sep. 26, 2026
Livonia, MI, USA
Pro or Con
| Sep. 26, 2026
Uniondale, NY, USA
Northeast TCG Show
Sep. 30 - Oct. 4, 2026
Telford, England
ACWest Telford
Oct. 1-4, 2026
London, England
Unthirl Your Banners
Oct. 1-4, 2026
Rome, Italy
Romics
| | 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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