Meeple Mountain News Updates

The grim darkness of the far future is full of choices, and one of the most exciting (and daunting) decisions for any new Warhammer 40,000 player is picking an army faction. With dozens of armies, each with unique lore, aesthetics, and play styles, where do you start? My aim with… Read more »

At the Bell compound, it’s really no contest: the most played family game we have received from a publisher since I started writing for Meeple Mountain in 2021 is The Quest Kids, a dungeon quest game with handsome standees, cute monsters, loads of treasure, and the best score-tracking sheet the… Read more »

The year 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of Dr Reiner Knizia’s career as a board game designer – his first published game, Complica, was released in a magazine in 1985 (although he’d self-published games before then as well). Since then, Knizia has designed and published over 800 games and expansions,… Read more »

Truth be told, I wish I had more friends who liked to play tactical miniatures games. In the meantime, I love having two children living here in the house with me. Halo: Flashpoint (2024, Mantic Games) is a reimplementation of the core ruleset used for the Deadzone series, except now,… Read more »

Right from the moment I fired up my first play of Tenby (2025, Mighty Boards) with fellow contributor Kev Brantley, the word I kept muttering to myself was “delightful.” I opened the box and found a small promo sheet, using a QR code to point to a Spotify playlist curated… Read more »

Even old Scrooge - or Scroggie - would have a difficult time finding fault with the latest project from Humble Bard Games. Charles Dicken’s popular novella, A Christmas Carol, about a miserly, old moneylender in Industrial Age London, has been the source material for at least a half dozen board… Read more »

I’m a fan of small box games, especially ones that punch above their literal weight. In Alpina, from HELVETIQ, players cooperatively build a tableau in the Swiss Alps, and earn points along the way. Let me tell you about Alpina! Alpina Overview Alpina is a tableau building game for 2-4… Read more »

My wife and I are always on the hunt for new one-shot crime/escape room/mystery games; I have reviewed so many that I’ve lost count. But after my experience with the first game in the Masters of Crime series, Masters of Crime: Vendetta, I was so impressed with the system, the… Read more »

I first played The Grizzled about ten years ago with the guys that make up my Wednesday night gaming group. I remember feeling a real sense of grief each time it hit the table—the game’s setting is World War I, and the playable characters are all drawn with a look… Read more »

A to Zenith Playpunk is a new publisher, small but mighty. Coming off the massive success of Captain Flip, Zenith has come into the fold as their sophomore title. I had my first chance to check out Zenith at GAMA (Game and Manufacturers Association) Expo earlier this year, and I’ll… Read more »