Fantastic read which points out the myriad flaws in the current usage and development of AI.

The first major Earthborne expansion, Legacy of the Ancestors from EarthBorneGames, takes players beneath the surface of the Valley. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/eart... #BoardGames 4/5 ★

Slide tiles and build up your player board in this review of Tulikko from Studio H. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/tuli... #BoardGames 2.5/5 ★

The Stormlamp Rituals from @postcurious.bsky.social is a narrative puzzle adventure packed in an attractive hardcover book, but will it illuminate your puzzle-loving brain? Check out Jennifer's review to find out. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/the-... #BoardGames #Puzzles 3.5/5 ★

Jennifer was out of the gaming hobby for five years! Follow along as she shares six games that brought her back into the hobby and explains why they mean so much to her. www.meeplemountain.com/top-six/top-... #BoardGames #GamingLife #PersonalStories

Mark puts Diplomacy: The Golden Blade from @renegadegamestudios.com to the table to find out if a card game spinoff of one of JFK's favorite games can live up to the weight of that name. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/dipl... #BoardGames #Diplomacy 3/5 ★

More Shackleton Base? Justin is all the way in. Find out what he thinks about the game’s new expansion, Below. Within. Above., published in the US by Pandasaurus Games! www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/shac... #BoardGames 4/5 ★

Got Five! from Blue Orange Games and designer Yoann Levet packs a joyous deductive punch in less than 15 minutes. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/got-... #BoardGames #DeductionGame 4/5 ★

Mark explores whether Monopoly No Mercy is just a cash grab dressed in chaos, or if cruelty was the missing ingredient all along. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/mono... #BoardGames #CardGame #Monopoly 3/5 ★

Run up microtracks in this review of Fabled: The Spirit Lands from CrowD Games and designer Anatoly Okhapkin. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/fabl... #BoardGames 3/5 ★

St. Louis may be the gateway to the West, but is the Geekway board game convention the gateway to gaming? Join Andy as he finds out! www.meeplemountain.com/articles/and... #BoardGames #BoardGameConvention #GeekwaytotheWest

Check out our newest giveaway, partnering with @BoardAndDice. We're giving away 2 prize packages, each containing Thebai & Tianxia, the newest entries in the "T game" series. Open to anyone in the continental US, and ends on 6/22. www.meeplemountain.com/board-game-g... #BoardGames #Giveaway

Despite pulling from terrific sources, Solarion: Foundation of Empires, from Phantom Horizon and Tahsin Shamma, falls flat. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/sola... #BoardGames 2.5/5 ★

Counterpoint from Square Cactus Games and Ted Mann Schaller takes some big improvisational risks. Find out if they pay off in this Meeple Mountain review. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/coun... #BoardGames 2/5 ★

Joseph and Kevin head north to Minnesota for a charity gaming convention! Join them as they share their experiences at Gaming Hoopla 2026 in Milwaukee. www.meeplemountain.com/articles/kev... #BoardGames #BoardGameConvention #GamingHoopla

What do you do when you look around one day and all of your gaming buddies have moved on to other hobbies or phases of life? You get back out there and try to find some new gaming buddies. (Even if it isn't easy.) www.meeplemountain.com/top-six/top-... #BoardGames #Community #GamingLife

Eurogame lover Justin is spending more time exploring older titles with friends. Join him for his hot take of the 2007 title Thebes, designed by Peter Prinz and published by Queen Games! www.meeplemountain.com/articles/the... #BoardGames #TheDustyEuro

Join Justin for his review of the Halloween-themed family title Tricky Treats, published by Cranio Creations and designer Pedro Ometto. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/tric... #BoardGames 4/5 ★

Huge congratulations to all the nominees and recommendations for this year’s Spiel Des Jahres awards! www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/bestof2026/ #SpielDesJahres

You know that Justin will always get a Stonemaier game to the table. Find out what he thinks about the new “trickbuilding” game Origin Story, designed by Jamey Stegmaier and Pete Wissinger! www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/orig... #BoardGames #TrickTaking #CardGame 4/5 ★

High Society offers a premier auction experience in a tiny little box. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/high... #BoardGames #AuctionGame 4.5/5 ★

Work together to forge a path through the canopy in this cooperative polyomino tile-laying game. Join Kevin as he reviews Last Lantern from Wonderful World Board Games! www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/last... #BoardGames 3.5/5 ★

Join Andy Matthews and K. David Ladage as they share moments of their lives in Gaming Memories: Volume 02. www.meeplemountain.com/articles/gam... #BoardGames #GamingMemories

Torchlit from AllPlayHQ is an exceptionally excellent addition to the trick-taking canon. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/torc... #BoardGames #CardGame #TrickTakingGame 4.5/5 ★

Justin continues his goal of mining the entire Ion Game Design catalog with his review of Pax Illuminaten, designed by Oliver Kiley! www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/pax-... #BoardGames 4/5 ★

If you're looking for a 5★ exploration game, look no further than Earthborne Rangers, from Earthborne Games. Check out Andrew's review for the details. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/eart... #BoardGames

Our friends at CMYK Games have published two great racing games. Which one's the best? We think they're both great. Check our reviews of Hot Streak and Magical Athlete and see for yourself! www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/hot-... www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/magi... #BoardGames #RacingGame

The new small box title Symbiosis from Hachette Games really packs in the game play. Check our Andy's review! www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/symb... #BoardGames #CardGame #NatureGame 4/5 ★

Threaded is a brain-bending worker placement/resource conversion game about making beautiful tapestries. Is it fun, or just a sew-sew time? Find out in Jennifer's review of Threaded from OspreyGames. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/thre... #BoardGames #NeedlePoint 5/5 ★

In Quick Peaks we offer hot takes on games that are new to us. This week we have games from @ThamesAndKosmos, @AllplayHQ, @Devir, @AEG, and @GrailGames www.meeplemountain.com/articles/qui... #BoardGames #QuickPeaks

Board gaming, like any skill, can atrophy with disuse. But with these 6 tips, you can rebuild that skillset and be back to dominating the tabletop in no time. www.meeplemountain.com/top-six/top-... #BoardGames #Community #GamingLife

When you're playing a game, does your tabletop feel constrained? Unleash it's true potential with the Relic gaming table from TabletopTable. Check out our review to find out more. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/reli... #BoardGames #BoardGameAccessories #GamingTable #Furniture

Justin is a massive movie junkie…and he loves a good trick-taking game. Find out if the game Movie Tricks, published by Chilifox, is up his alley or not! www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/movi... #BoardGames #Movies 3/5 ★

Five Days, Thousands of Minis, and One Slightly Overwhelmed First-Timer. Join David as he braves the battlefields of Milwaukee to attend AdeptiCon. www.meeplemountain.com/articles/i-w... #BoardGames #AdeptiCon #BoardGameConvention

In Quick Peaks we offer hot takes on games that are new to us. This week we have games from VanRyderGames, FantasyFlight, BoardAndDice, and others. www.meeplemountain.com/articles/qui... #BoardGames #QuickPeaks

Place tiles, activate dragons, and match patterns in the adorable world of Flamecraft. Check out our review of Flamecraft Duals from Cardboard Alchemy. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/flam... #BoardGames #Dragons #Flamecraft 4.5/5 ★

Mark reviews A Familiar Find, Darrington Press's family card game of gathering ingredients and friendly sabotage. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/a-fa... #BoardGames 3.5/5 ★

Board game upgrades are big business, turning cardboard into gold (or acrylic!). Join the Meeple Mountain team as we review Buy The Same Token’s gaming upgrades. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/buy-... #BoardGames #BoardGameAccessories

The Battle of the Divas takes an uncertain step into the spotlight with this Meeple Mountain review. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/the-... #BoardGames #Opera 3/5 ★

Yes, it’s Ticket to Ride--but with Tunnels and Train Stations. Join Tom for his review of Ticket to Ride: Europe from Days of Wonder. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/tick... #BoardGames #TicketToRide 4/5 ★

Join Justin for his spoiler-free review of the new narrative title Winnie the Pooh: Serious Detective, published by CrowD Games! www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/winn... #BoardGames #WinnieThePooh 3/5 ★

At last, Dark Pact from Trick or Treat Studios is a deck-builder for the sweaty try-hard in all of us. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/dark... #BoardGames #CardGame 4.5/5 ★

Investigate the mysteries and horrors of Arkham in this cooperative card game. Join Kevin as he reviews Arkham Horror: The Card Game Core Set from Fantasy Flight Games! www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/arkh... #BoardGames #CardGame #Arkham 4.5/5 ★

One of SPIEL 2025’s buzziest titles has hit US shores. Find out what Justin thinks of the medium-weight Euro Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock, published by @DevirGames. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/orlo... #BoardGames #Prague 4/5 ★

Nashville table top day is officially here! Started off the day with my main crew. And now over 100 people are already gaming from our play to win library.

Our friends at D.V.C. takes a break from in-house game design to bring us Pacts. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/pacts/ #BoardGames 5/5 ★

Silver sponsor Grand Gamer's Guild publishes tabletop games as diverse as the people who love them. Which one of their games will you pick first? grandgamersguild.com www.nashvilletabletopday.com #NTD2026 #BoardGames #Nashville #NashvilleGaming

A one-hour wargame? Justin’s available. Check out his review of Wunderwaffen, published by Ares Games! www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/wund... #BoardGames #Wargame 3/5 ★

Silver sponsor Ravensburger publishes toys, puzzles and more. But you can play some of their games at Nashville Tabletop Day www.ravensburger.us/en-US/produc... www.nashvilletabletopday.com #NTD2026 #BoardGames #Nashville #NashvilleGaming

Nashville Tabletop Day Silver sponsor Hachette publishes games that will please experienced gamers as much as first-timers and casual players. Come play their games this coming Saturday. www.hachetteboardgames.com www.nashvilletabletopday.com #NTD2026 #BoardGames #Nashville #NashvilleGaming