In a week where research has shown that moderate coffee/caffeine use may help prevent heart disease and strokes, where a woman from China became the first person to have their Type 1 diabetes reversed by stem cell therapy, where a 32,000-year-old wooly rhino was found intact, and where communities across the US southern states are coming together to help with relief efforts after the devastation of Hurricane Helene, we’re offering a Tip o’ the Hat to our friends gaming in Germany.
From Atop Meeple Mountain We Can See Essen!
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About the author
Andy Matthews
Founder and editor in chief of Meeple Mountain, software engineer, Father of 4, husband to 1, lover of games, books, and movies, and all around nice guy. I also run Nashville Tabletop Day.
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