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When you hear "Dungeons & Dragons," you expect tales of scrappy adventurers delving into dark dungeons and earning their fortune through perilous quests. Builders of Baldur's Gate throws that entire fantasy out the window. Instead of playing humble heroes rising from nothing, you're wealthy nobles and powerful families who already… Read more »

Book or Box? Once in a while, there are games whose production stops you in your tracks and makes you do a double-take. Sometimes it’s the table presence, sometimes it’s the box art, and the best looks are the ones that have both. The moment I saw the box of… Read more »

Getting something off my Chess-t Chess sucks. It’s a bad design, a miserable experience and not the cerebral pinnacle that its fans seem to believe. Here are our Top 6 reasons why Chess is a bad game. 1. We won the battle but lost ourselves What’s the best moment in… Read more »

I think that I have finally found my favorite Matagot game. The French publishing conglomerate distributes both in-house products as well as games licensed from other publishers. Their in-house stuff has mostly been average. The effort is always there, but the final product never seems to blow me away. With… Read more »

This is a preview article showcasing new releases for Marvel: Crisis Protocol. Want to learn more about the game? Check out our Marvel: Crisis Protocol Beginner’s Guide instead! Excelsior, heroes, and welcome to another Meeple Mountain preview for Marvel: Crisis Protocol! Last time, we took a peek at the newest Defenders box.… Read more »

This one’s on me. The Four Doors (2025, Happy Camper) was one of my most anticipated games of Gen Con 2025. The reasoning was simple: any game designed by Matt Leacock is getting to the table and deserves pre-release celebration. I’ve never really played a bad Leacock game. The Four… Read more »

This is a preview article showcasing new releases for Marvel: Crisis Protocol. Want to learn more about the game? Check out our Marvel: Crisis Protocol Beginner's Guide instead! Excelsior, heroes, and welcome to a Meeple Mountain preview for Marvel: Crisis Protocol! Recently, Atomic Mass Games has pivoted to a model… Read more »

I consider my year a failure if I don't watch The Emperor's Groove at least once. Luckily, the kids have really been digging that movie until recently (shoutout Monsters Inc), so I've been fortunate to get my fill of llama-based hijinks for the foreseeable future. And then Allplay releases Llama… Read more »

The first board game review I ever wrote was a review of Star Realms, and I published it to BoardGameGeek with the breathless enthusiasm of someone who had just returned to hobby board gaming. I knew so little; yet, I still possessed the unshakeable certainty that my opinions were undoubtedly… 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 »