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.
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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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