Meeple Mountain News Updates

My Vital Lacerda game nights have been on the upswing. After uneven experiences with games like Weather Machine and Escape Plan—the latter of which I liked a bit more than most people in my network—I thought Inventions: Evolution of Ideas was strong. Now, mind you, it is a hell of… Read more »

Opening Overture I recently took a holiday in Salzburg, Austria, where my wife and I roamed the historic streets nestled in the Alps. Everywhere we looked was the pride of Salzburg, Wolfgang Mozart. We saw his birthplace, his residence and, to the delight of my ears, even attended a string… Read more »

Do-you-think-he-saurus Rex If we’ve learned anything from the Jurassic Park movies, it’s that humans can’t control dinosaurs, let alone nature. Luckily, we’ve found a way to complete John Hammond’s vision of a dinosaur theme park with no visitor deaths. I feel like dinosaurs will always speak to the inner child… Read more »

In lieu of a traditional starter set for Starfinder Second Edition, Paizo released a Deluxe Adventure called Murder in Metal City. Unlike the Pathfinder Beginner Box, this adventure box isn't designed to be a complete introduction to the game without external resources; it lacks a standard set of dice and… Read more »

Pathfinder Second Edition is generally focused on small-scale combats—your party against a small group of enemies or maybe even a single boss. But sometimes you want to tell a story on a grander stage. Maybe the party has been coordinating a huge defensive effort in an upcoming siege, or maybe… Read more »

Players in my network like to ask me how many times I play a game before I write a review. It does depend on the game, but it often depends on how the first play goes. If the game is bad, I usually try to play it twice, in part… Read more »

Across three plays, there were a number of moments when I felt joy while playing designer Roberto Panetta’s luxurious 2025 release Gems of Iridescia. Published by Canada’s Rock, Stone & Dice, Gems of Iridescia comes in a deluxe edition that has all the fixins, from a linen-finished handbook to a… Read more »

Well-illustrated, quick-playing, easy-to-teach filler games? I will take a look at every single one, especially if it is from a team whose games I have enjoyed in the past. The Creeps: The Monster-Trapping Game is the latest release from the team at Off the Page Games. Designer Jay Cormier, the… Read more »

What is gaming without games? What is life without memories? In Gaming Memories Volume 01, our team shares happy, sorrowful, or deeply impactful memories of their lives, seen through the lens of tabletop gaming. Please join us for Gaming Memories, and if you have one you'd like to share, drop… Read more »

Aeon’s End is a wonderful game. A cooperative deck-builder in which you do not shuffle, it’s built around the fact that you have perfect control of your cards. Every game centers on a battle between your Mages and the Nameless, monsters who terrorize your home city of Gravehold, and they… Read more »