Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Spiel des Jahres, the board game industry’s most esteemed award body, has announced a new category for this year’s awards: The SdJ Reviewer Prize. The new annual prize is intended to recognise the...
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Area Man Has a Solution For Noise Pollution
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnchorage, AK – Local area man Ishmal Hansi shocked the board game community today with the Kickstarter launch of a product that solves an embarrassing problem that we’ve all experienced but never...
“Edition War” RPG Nearing Release
Reading Time: 2 minutesPopular roleplaying game publisher Nounium is finally set to release their latest title, Edition War, which promises to shake up the modern RPG landscape. You may remember Nounium from 2010’s Drudge, in...
Late Night Game Session Turns Into Early Morning Game Session Before Turning Back Into Late Night Gaming Session
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Friendly Skies – Local area board game enthusiasts Garth Bartlesby and Moncho “Junior” Sanchez are currently making history – in the future. On a recent red-eye flight from Miami...
2019 Fall Call for Contributors
Meeple Mountain needs your help! We’re looking for passionate board gamers to join our team and help us to refine our voice.
Board Game Publisher Declares Bankruptcy After Using “Action Figures” to Describe Miniatures
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMIAMI, FL – Board game publisher Cardboard Creations filed for bankruptcy on Friday following backlash against their use of the term “action figures” in a recent Kickstarter. The publisher’s...
Indianapolis Gaming Club Surprised by 60k New Members
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn Indianapolis area gaming club was taken by surprise this week when their attendance grew from just 16, to over 60,000 in a span of 3 days. The group Indy Gamers Association makes their events open to the...
“Settlers of Catan” Spiel des Jahres Award Revoked After Area Gamer Deems Game “Broken”
Reading Time: 3 minutes In an unprecedented decision from the Spiel des Jahres jury, 1994 prize winner The Settlers of Catan was stripped of its “Game of the Year” award after the release of gamer Hoffman “Hoff”...
Deck Builder Union Strike to Begin Next Week if Agreement Not Reached
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHALIFAX, NS – Local Deck Builder Union 504 has expressed its intention to begin striking next week if its terms are not met. The union is seeking more victory points, larger hand sizes, and less...
Dungeons & Dragons to Receive Name Change
Reading Time: 2 minutes RPG Week 2019 The Beginner’s Guide to Free RPG Day First Impressions: Shadowrun Sixth World Beginner Box Fiasco Review – Praise for Beautiful Catastrophes Top 6 Board Games that Scratch the RPG...
Fantasy Flight Announces “Unique” Boardgame Collections
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHot off the success of their “Unique Games” releases of Discover and KeyForge, Fantasy Flight Games have decided to leverage their new technologies in even bigger ways, helping gamers overcome the...
Local Man Sleeves Cards, Games, Self
Reading Time: 2 minutesNashville, TN – Local man Michael Fishtape has spent a lot of time and money on his board game collection. That much is obvious the moment you step in through his front door. There are shelves full of...
Popular Video Describes Half of Board Games’ Rules
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCALGARY, AB – Released on Wednesday, a video review of the popular board game Merchants of Evalimnia features a white man in glasses explaining half of the rules necessary to play. Howie Jones...