# Meople's Magazine > Boardgame talk for Meeple & People ## Posts - [It is not dead what can eternal lie](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2021/10/11/it-is-not-dead-what-can-eternal-lie.md): Hey everyone! Been a while, hasn't it. If you're a regular reader then you may have noticed that we just dropped off the face of the Earth last year. I'm happy... - [Meople News: Journeying the Shadow Roads](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2021/01/16/meople-news-journeying-the-shadow-roads.md): ThunderGryph Games It's not only about having workers, it's about having workers qualified to do the job, and about helping those not yet qualified to get... - [Meople News: The State of the Situation](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/12/05/meople-news-the-state-of-the-situation.md): Renegade Game Studios The Snallygaster Situation(Renegade Game Studios) Renegade Game Studios will release The Snallygaster Situation, an asymmetric... - [Meople News: Reality-bending Heist](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/11/20/meople-news-reality-bending-heist.md): Grail Games Many dexterity games don't have much going on besides the dexterity part. Many, but not all, if you'll excuse the confusing negation there. What I... - [Cartographers](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/11/18/cartographers.md): Welcome to Cartographers, a roll-and-write game - draw-and-draw game, to be entirely accurate - that puts you in the unenviable position of the kingdom's... - [Meople News: Dreadful Humours](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/11/13/meople-news-dreadful-humours.md): Elf Creek Games As if saving the people of Atlantis wasn't tricky enough already! Your goal in Atlantis Rising is to cooperatively build a cosmic gate to help... - [Meople News: Who run Krakentown?](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/10/30/meople-news-who-run-krakentown.md): Ion Game Design / Sierra Madre Games Two new games, one Kickstarter, that's new this week from Ion Game Design. One game is Bios: Mesofauna, a gateway game... - [Essen 2020 – SPIEL.digital](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/10/26/essen-2020-spiel-digital.md): Contact: Signals from Outer Space(Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag) Another Essen fair has come and gone, and to say this year it was different would be an... - [Meople News: Lost Hops, Veiled Cabbage](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/10/16/meople-news-lost-hops-veiled-cabbage.md): Boardcubator Project L by Boardcubator is a fun mix of mechanisms. It's a puzzle game with similarities to Ubungo where you're trying to create a given shape... - [Meople News: Study the High Laws](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/10/09/meople-news-study-the-high-laws.md): Hans im Glück Another classic is about to make a return. Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers was one of the most beloved Carcassonne variants to date. The... - [Meople News: The Last Farm Fighter](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/10/02/meople-news-the-last-farm-fighter.md): Minerva Tabletop Games Fortunately, you don't need to really understand color theory to play Swatch, because no matter how often I try, I can't wrap my head... - [Meople News: Citadel of Frost Spirits](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/09/26/meople-news-citadel-of-frost-spirits.md): Adreama Games Machina Arcana - To Eternity(Adreama Games) Cooperative tactical board game Machina Arcana goes for the next round. The next expansion to the... - [Meople News: Wimmel like an Egyptian](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/09/18/meople-news-wimmel-like-an-egyptian.md): 2F-Spiele Faiyum(2F-Spiele) Friedemann Friese goes to ancient Egypt. His Essen release Faiyum will be a longer game, clocking in around the two hour mark, that... - [Meople News: Sunny Zoo of Lisbon](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/09/04/meople-news-sunny-zoo-of-lisbon.md): Feuerland Spiele Feuerland Spiele will soon release a new tile placement game by Uwe Rosenberg (Patchwork, Cottage Garden,...). In New York Zoo you build ...... - [Meople News: Underwater Undead](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/08/21/meople-news-underwater-undead.md): Capstone Games / dlp games / Nanox Games Well, talk about a dystopian setting. In CloudAge, terrorist group Cloud sabotaged oil wells and started forest fires... - [Meople News: Highland Foxes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/08/14/meople-news-highland-foxes.md): Kolossal Games Kolossal Games' sandbox western adventure Western Legends will soon enter its final chapter. The second expansion Blood Money is now live on... - [Meople News: Arcane Firewolfs](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/08/07/meople-news-arcane-firewolfs.md): Bezier Games Bigger and hairier than ever before, Bezier Games are on Kickstarter with a new Werewolf game. This one isn't a new werewolf-themed spin-off game... - [Meople News: Glass on the Wharf](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/07/31/meople-news-glass-on-the-wharf.md): Lookout Games Lookout Games have announced their new two player game. Glasgow, by new designer Mandela Fernandez-Grandon, is an action rondell game. The player... - [Similo](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/07/28/similo.md): How many different faces are there, really? You get men or women, young or old, blond or brunette, dark-skinned or light, wearing a hat or not - if you want to... - [Meople News: Towers in the Forest](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/07/24/meople-news-towers-in-the-forest.md): Queen Games Stefan Feld fans, listen up! Some of Stefan's older games can be quite tricky to find by now. For two of them, Bruges and Macao, that is about to... - [Meople News: The Dark Bakery](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/07/17/meople-news-the-dark-bakery.md): Grail Games Now that I think about it, it's been quite a while since we talked about a new Reiner Knizia game. Here it is, though: Whale Riders. In this... - [Meople News: Cake and Dinosaurs](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/07/11/meople-news-cake-and-dinosaurs.md): Mindclash Games Between Trickerion and Cerebria we've learned to really pay attention when Mindclash Games have a new game coming. Everything about... - [Futuropia](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/07/09/futuropia.md): Friedemann Friese wants us to build a utopia. Not the kind where we all have jet packs and go to the moon for brunch, but a more achievable kind. The kind of... - [Meople News: Rally the Musicians! Roar to the Gods!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/07/03/meople-news-rally-the-musicians-roar-to-the-gods.md): Galactic Raptor Games New roll-and-write games still keep coming, and to my continuing surprise this new generation of an old genre is mostly fun. Take Roar... - [Meople News: Deep in the Rolling Green](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/06/26/meople-news-deep-in-the-rolling-green.md): Thunderworks Games Roll Player has developed into quite the franchise. It has a line of expansions, it has two spin-offs with Lockup and Cartographers, the... - [Nova Luna](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/06/24/nova-luna.md): The moon has a lot of influence over things down here. It controls the tides. It affects people's feelings. It grows people's teeth and body hair - at least... - [Meople News: Aquaforming the Cosmos](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/06/19/meople-news-aquaforming-the-cosmos.md): Fantasy Flight Games What makes all the Cosmic Encounter editions and expansions fun to play over and over is there large selection of alien species, each with... - [Meople News: Fairy Airships to Prague](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/06/12/meople-news-fairy-airships-to-prague.md): Portal Games Due to the ongoing - and probably for a while still - COVID-19 situation, Portal Games have announced that two games originally planned for this... - [The King’s Dilemma](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/06/09/the-kings-dilemma.md): How far can you get with only yes/no decisions? Pretty damn far, if you ask anyone working with computers. But how about in terms of game design? How far does... - [Meople News: Shining Blood on Martian Sand](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/05/31/meople-news-shining-blood-on-martian-sand.md): The Op Escape from the Overlook Hotel (The Op) I can't find a rulebook for any of the Coded Chronicles games yet, The Op's series of escape rooms in a box, so... - [Meople News: Escape to Tiny Stars](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/05/24/meople-news-escape-to-tiny-stars.md): Lunar Oak Studio The future is often shown dark, but rarely as literally as in Sheol. The moon has been taken over by an alien shadow, and ever since it has... - [Kennerspiel des Jahres 2020](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/05/19/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2020.md): We already talked about the Spiel des Jahres 2020 nominations, now it's time for a look at the Kennerspiel nominations. We're all excited for the expert game... - [Spiel des Jahres 2020](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/05/18/spiel-des-jahres-2020.md): One of the big gaming events of the year has been cancelled, the Spiel 2020 is not going to happen because The Virus™. Another big event fortunately still... - [Samara](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/05/12/samara.md): One thing boardgames usually play quite loosely with is time. One round equals one month? Then using your workers to construct a building takes a month, be it... - [Meople News: Trains, Carts and Spaceships](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/05/10/meople-news-trains-carts-and-spaceships.md): Moaideas Game Design Mini Express, just as the name suggests, is a small train game. It has undeniable parallels with the long line of 18xx games - building... - [Meople News: Winged Trains of Novgorod](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/04/26/meople-news-winged-trains-of-novgorod.md): Synapses Games Còatl (Synapses Games) Constructing giant stone snakes is not what you'd call a common theme for a boardgame. It's not unheard of, either,... - [Silver Amulet / Silver Bullet](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/04/18/silver-amulet-silver-bullet.md): I'm starting to wonder if Ted Alspach had some bad (or maybe very good?) lycaontrophic experiences in his youth. He created Ultimate Werewolf, One Night... - [Meople News: The Peace of Dog Forest](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/04/12/meople-news-the-peace-of-dog-forest.md): Indie Boards & Cards Many times before the Kodama tree spirits have held their competition who could shepherd the more valuable tree. This time, they go... - [Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/04/12/detective-a-modern-crime-board-game.md): Five people. Five decks of cards. One terrible crime. What? No, I'm not talking about poker night. How do you play poker that you need five decks of cards? I'm... - [Meople News: Eternal Alien Winter](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/04/05/meople-news-eternal-alien-winter.md): Queen Games Kingdoms don't shut down for winter. Surprising, I know. They keep going all year round, and some even get started in winter. Those you build in... - [Cerebria: The Inside World](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/03/29/cerebria-the-inside-world.md): Inside every one of us, powerful forces are at work. Forces that form our core personality for better or for worse. Forces of Bliss. Forces of Gloom. Fighting... - [Meople News: Salted French Bread](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/03/22/meople-news-salted-french-bread.md): Game Brewer Paris (Game Brewer) In their latest game Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling let us build the modern city of Paris. In Paris we'll get to deal in... - [Letter Jam](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/03/21/letter-jam.md): Take some words. Pulp them thoroughly into component letters. Mix with sugar and possibly pectin, boil in a jar. Realize that you misunderstood what Letter Jam... - [Meople News: Bomb Squad Cthulhu](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/03/15/meople-news-bomb-squad-cthulhu.md): Iello Even when a Japanese game has English rules included it often remains very difficult to find in Europe and America. It's nice to see western publishers... - [Pandemic: Rising Tide](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/03/14/pandemic-rising-tide.md): In times when a lot of bad things happen, it can be important to remember that we, as a species, have achieved a lot of great things already. We've eradicated... - [Meople News: Forgotten Truffles](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/03/07/meople-news-forgotten-truffles.md): Hurrican There is a game that will be re-implemented this year. Is it Rise of Augustus? Bingo! It's funny because Rise of Augustus is a bingo game where you... - [The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/03/06/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine.md): First of all: the game's title is wrong. In my heart of hearts, Pluto will always be the ninth planet. So what we're looking for in The Crew is planet TEN.... - [Meople News: The Color of a Tumbling Giraffe](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/02/28/meople-news-the-color-of-a-tumbling-giraffe.md): Talon Strikes Studios Of all the problems you imagine a fisherman to have, how to fit the fish into their icebox doesn't make the top of the list. Unless... - [Meople News: Thor and a Squirrel enter a Dwarfish Tavern…](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/02/21/meople-news-thor-and-a-squirrel-enter-a-dwarfish-tavern.md): Eagle-Gryphon Games Do you find yourself with an embarrassing gap in your Vital Lacerda collection? If that gap is about Kanban-sized then you have a chance to... - [Stronghold Second Edition](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/02/20/stronghold-second-edition.md): Ignacy Trzewiczek's Stronghold is an iconic asymmetric game. The attacking player controls the invading monster hordes, the defending player the valiant... - [Meople News: Inspector Mammoth and the Case of the Succulent Farm](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/02/03/meople-news-inspector-mammoth-and-the-case-of-the-succulent-farm.md): Portal Games Portal Games held their yearly house convention PortalCon last weekend, and there were a bunch of very exciting new project announcements. The... - [Azul: Summer Pavilion](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/02/01/azul-summer-pavilion.md): Three years ago began the success story of Michael Kiesling's Portuguese mosaic games. Azul was one of the great successes of 2017, Spiel des Jahres Winner... - [Meople News: Fish of Clay](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/01/25/meople-news-fish-of-clay.md): Winsmith Games 10 Gallon Tank, a Kickstarter by Winsmith Games, is quick game with an unassuming theme: Collect the most valuable fish for your aquarium. The... - [Meople News: Oath to the Cosmos](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/01/17/meople-news-oath-to-the-cosmos.md): Ares Games Vampires are not especially social in most stories. If there is more than one vampire, they are more likely to stab the other in the back than they... - [Meople News: Provosts, Trains, and Caravans](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/01/10/meople-news-provosts-trains-and-caravans.md): Huch! With Daddy Winchester by Sylvain Aublin Huch! will release a quick bluff and auction game this spring. The titular Winchester patriarch has died, and his... - [Decrypto](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2020/01/06/decrypto.md): I've been talking about this game every time we mentioned word games recently. It's about time I told you more about it. I'm talking about Decrypto, a word... - [Meople News: Dogs on the Coral Wall](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/12/20/meople-news-dogs-on-the-coral-wall.md): Grail Games Reiner Knizia's Medici is spawning a new offshot: Medici: The Dice Game. It's still all about loading goods on your ships, and since that is the... - [Crystal Clans](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/11/29/crystal-clans.md): Why would anyone fight for crystals? Maybe because they are shiny. Maybe because of their powerful magic. Or maybe you just can't stand the thought of another... - [Meople News: Legacy of Tokaido](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/11/22/meople-news-legacy-of-tokaido.md): Brookspun Games To avoid confusion lets first talk about what Legacies isn't. It is not a Legacy game. You won't be putting stickers on the game, or ripping... - [Werewords](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/11/06/werewords.md): Werewords is a new game from the ever popular Werewolf franchise. Unsurprisingly, it is a hidden identity game. Equally unsurprisingly, given the name, it's a... - [Meople News: The Hour of Arkham X](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/10/11/meople-news-the-hour-of-arkham-x.md): Dog Might Games Ancient cultures were obsessed with mazes and labyrinths in all shapes and sizes, but at least in Western culture none is as famous as the... - [Meople News: Sovereign of the Bridge](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/09/27/meople-news-sovereign-of-the-bridge.md): Puzzling Pixel Games "Stroll and write game" is a clever pun on the recently reemerging roll-and-write genre of games. The idea of Seven Bridges is just as... - [Meople News: Fake, Silent Stars](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/09/21/meople-news-fake-silent-stars.md): Van Ryder Games Gumshoes get more work in Detective: Smoke and Mirrors, the new expansion to Van Ryder Games' Detective: City of Angels. In three new cases... - [Meople News: The Lying Tiles of Yedo](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/09/13/meople-news-the-lying-tiles-of-yedo.md): Game Brewer Andreas Steding's Gùgong was a fresh breeze in the worker placement genre last year, all through the magic of giving gifts. You see, in Ming... - [Meople News: Caribbean Catacomb Hopping](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/08/30/meople-news-caribbean-catacomb-hopping.md): Elzra Games Elzra Games, makers of dexterity dungeon crawl game Catacombs, are expanding beyond disc flicking games with their new Kickstarter, and they've... - [Meople News: The Slowest Flowers](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/08/23/meople-news-the-slowest-flowers.md): Agie Games Let's start this week's boardgame news with something peaceful, like gardening. In Agie Games' Botanists that's what you'll do. Tend to your small... - [Wingspan](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/08/22/wingspan.md): So, you build engines from shiny, new metal parts? That would make you a mechanic or an engineer. You build them from bits of old engine? A game show... - [Meople News: Silence in Penguin Casino](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/08/16/meople-news-silence-in-penguin-casino.md): Iello King of Tokyo is a game that keeps going, mostly thanks to its great theme of monsters destroying Tokyo. In a new Monster Pack King of Tokyo and its twin... - [Meople News: Very long and not obscure](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/08/09/meople-news-very-long-and-not-obscure.md): Renegade Game Studios / Dire Wolf Digital / Penny Arcade Clank! Legacy - Acquisitions Incorporated (Renegade Game Studios / Dire Wolf Digital / Penny Arcade)... - [Meople News: Delirium Drinks](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/07/26/meople-news-delirium-drinks.md): Flügelschlag (Feuerland Spiele) Just One (Repos Production) The Spiel des Jahres winners have been announced. Spiel des Jahres is the cooperative word game... - [Carpe Diem](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/07/18/carpe-diem.md): Carpe Diem. The fish of the day, as they say in Latin. It's an odd choice of name for Stefan Feld's game, considering that the fishpond is only one of twelve... - [Meople News: Underground Dive Fashion](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/07/12/meople-news-underground-dive-fashion.md): Spielworxx Of all German traditions the Journeyman Years are one of my favorite. Until the early 1900s when a craftsperson finished their apprenticeship they... - [Meople News: Horizon of the Universe](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/06/28/meople-news-horizon-of-the-universe.md): Alderac Thunderstone Quest - New Horizon Thunderstone Quest is on Kickstarter again and ready to take you to New Horizons. What you get in this Kickstarter are... - [L.a.m.a.](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/06/26/l-a-m-a.md): Lama is the German word for llama. No big conceptual leap there. L.a.m.a. is, at least in Reiner Knizia's vocabulary, an abbreviation for "lege alle... - [Just One](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/06/18/just-one.md): It's often one little twist that makes the difference between yet another word game and a Spiel des Jahres nominee. Just One. Actually, I guess that's all I... - [Meople News: Night over Western Sherwood](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/06/14/meople-news-night-over-western-sherwood.md): The OP I wish I could tell you more about this newly announced game by The OP, but there are no details yet. The important bit is, there will be a game based... - [Railroad Ink Blazing Red & Deep Blue](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/06/13/railroad-ink.md): Hardware It's hard to miss, the roll-and-write renaissance is in full swing. Games where you roll dice and then mark something on a score pad were completely... - [Meople News: Train to Watergate](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/06/02/meople-news-train-to-watergate.md): Fantasy Flight Games Let's face it, the combat system is rarely the most interesting part of a boardgame. Fantasy Flight's latest Star Wars game Outer Rim does... - [Kennerspiel des Jahres 2019 – The Nominees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/05/28/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2019-the-nominees.md): Here we go once more. Better a few days late than never, right? The Spiel des Jahres nominations were, at least to me, a bit disappointingly light this year.... - [Spiel des Jahres 2019 – The Nominees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/05/26/spiel-des-jahres-2019-the-nominees.md): Unbelievable! I get sick for a couple of days and the Spiel des Jahres jury inconsiderately publishes this year's nomination in just those days. How's a... - [Meople News: Language of the Mad](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/05/18/meople-news-language-of-the-mad.md): Hobby World Deranged (Hobby World) "Before you can win the game you have to kill another player character" is not usually something that sounds good to us.... - [Meople News: Inheriting a Hostage](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/05/03/meople-news-inheriting-a-hostage.md): Boardcubator Space Race (Boardcubator) In less than two weeks, on May 6th, you can join the space race. Not the new, commercial one. The real deal. Up to four... - [Belratti](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/04/25/belratti.md): I admit, there are wide ranges of modern art I don't get. If you put a piece of butter in a corner you shouldn't complain when the cleaners remove it. And if... - [Meople News: Martian Time Bubbles](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/04/19/meople-news-martian-time-bubbles.md): Renegade Game Studios Renegade Game Studios will make the quick, quirky dice game Bubble Tea, originally by Taiwanese (?) publisher Li-He Studio, easier to get... - [Tsukuyumi & After The Moonfall](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/04/12/tsukuyumi-after-the-moonfall.md): One amazing thing games let us do is explore worlds of imagination. Space ships traveling to distant stars are just as possible as dragons or old gods walking... - [Meople News: The Art of Abomination](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/04/05/meople-news-the-art-of-abomination.md): Blacksea Interactive Blacksea Interactive's Imnia is now on Kickstarter. Imnia is a medieval strategy game where each player builds up their own town to... - [Meople News: Potemkin’s Sprawl](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/03/31/meople-news-potemkins-sprawl.md): Funforge Namiji (Funforge) I've said many times that Tokaido is the prettiest game I know. Now it will finally see some competition for that title... from it's... - [Architects of the West Kingdom](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/03/30/architects-of-the-west-kingdom.md): After three games around the North Sea - Explorers, Raiders, and Shipwrights of the North Sea - designer Shem Phillips wanted a change of direction. Literally.... - [Trapwords](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/03/20/trapwords.md): I never really enjoyed Taboo much. Once you develop an instinct which words are likely to be banned, it's actually pretty easy, there are always some people... - [Meople News: Ghostly Sparks](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/03/16/meople-news-ghostly-sparks.md): Hurrican Theo Riviere and Bruno Cathala have a very interesting two player game coming from Hurrican. Each player in Nagaraja has their own nine-square temple... - [Meople News: Smashing the Chocolate Box](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/02/22/meople-news-smashing-the-chocolate-box.md): Fantasy Flight Games If you know Star Wars only from the movies, then it's all about those big conflicts. Rebels versus Empire. Jedi versus Sith. But there is... - [Pandemic Legacy Season 2](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/02/14/pandemic-legacy-season-2.md): The big question after Pandemic Legacy Season 1 was: How will Season 2 start? Will it assume that we saved the world? That we didn't? How do you start a second... - [Meople News: Revolution Below the Peak](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/02/08/meople-news-revolution-below-the-peak.md): Stonemaier Games It's almost time to return to the best dystopia. No, I don't mean read the news, although I can see why you'd be confused. I mean an expansion... - [My Little Scythe](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/02/04/my-little-scythe.md): Generally, it's a great day for any gamer parent when the offspring say "I want to play this one!" Problems arise when "this one" is a game like Scythe, where... - [Meople News: Babylonian Fast Food Fashion](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/02/01/meople-news-babylonian-fast-food-fashion.md): Rio Grande Games The second expansion for Roll for the Galaxy, the dice game adaptation of Race for the Galaxy, is on its way. As is good manners for... - [Meople News: Curse of the Black Phoenix](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/01/18/meople-news-curse-of-the-black-phoenix.md): Queen Games Now on Kickstarter is the first expansion for last year's Spiel des Jahres nominee Luxor. What makes the pyramid exploration game great is its... - [Meople News: Moonlight on my Dice](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2019/01/11/meople-news-moonlight-on-my-dice.md): Kickstarter LunaTix: Star Trackers, an educational game on Kickstarter, lets you recreate the original moon landing in your own living room, and learn... - [Meople News: Tainted Facades](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2018/12/14/meople-news-tainted-facades.md): Floodgate Games Some things are so good you can't get enough of them. Like coffee. Or Sagrada. 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The Jeweler in the latest preview on Alderac's Facebook page helps... - [Meople News: Great Old Cherry Trees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/07/29/meople-news-great-old-cherry-trees.md): Matagot Captain Sonar is a pretty brilliant brilliant. Two teams, each the crew of a submarine, go head to head and try to sink their opponents with torpedoes.... - [Mysterium](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/07/24/mysterium.md): Many years ago, in Warwick Manor, there occurred a murder most foul. The crime had been carefully planned and so well executed that the police have ruled it an... - [Meople News: The Immortal Diesel Witch](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/07/21/meople-news-immortal-diesel-witch.md): The winners for this year's Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres have been announced this week. The Spiel des Jahres is Kingdomino by Bruno Cathala. The... - [Meople News: The Gloomy Court of Cthulhu](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/07/14/meople-news-gloomy-court-cthulhu.md): Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games have started with detailed preview posts for Star Wars Rebellion expansion Rise of the Empire. This preview shows the... - [Meople News: Canadian Secrets](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/07/07/meople-news-canadian-secrets.md): Libellud Finding out how the ghost of Warwick Manor died is tough. If you don't know Mysterium, it's a murder mystery game with a strong streak of Dixit. The... - [Meople News: The Dragon Cats of Mars](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/06/30/meople-news-dragon-cats-mars.md): Iello Meka-Dog has come to town, and he's the sort of bad dog that isn't impressed by a rolled-up newspaper. Oh no! He's attacking the catnip factory. Iello's... - [Tempel des Schreckens](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/06/29/tempel-des-schreckens.md): A mysterious temple in the jungle, untold treasures inside. But it is pretty darn dark inside here, impossible to see anything. We'll just feel around for the... - [Meople News: Battle for the War of Explosions](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/06/23/meople-news-battle-war-explosions.md): Fireside Games What has the world come to when even a game where you play a giant monster and want to crush a city needs strategy? For the giant monsters in... - [The Grizzled](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/06/21/the-grizzled.md): Boardgames don't really have an equivalent to literature. We gamers don't usually consider the categories of literary fiction versus genre fiction, we think... - [Meople News: An Epoch of 70 Years](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/06/17/meople-news-epoch-70-years.md): Space Cowboys Look at gem trading game Splendor, all grown up after three years. The straightforward - but not simple - game is finally getting an expansion,... - [Kingdomino](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/06/13/kingdomino.md): Bruno Cathala is one of those game designers who aren't married to one genre or one game mechanic they keep coming back to. Games with his name on the box... - [Meople News: The Archmage’s Alien Spies](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/06/09/meople-news-archmages-alien-spies.md): Wizards of the Coast / Avalon Hill We had no idea this was coming when we did the Nostalgia post on Betrayal at House on the Hill recently. No one but the... - [Meople News: The Great Orc Book of Pulsar Customization](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/06/02/meople-news-great-orc-book-pulsar-customization.md): Czech Games Edition The Czech Games Edition newsletter had some new releases for this year, and I think there's something for everyone in there. For fans of... - [The Bird Told Me To Do It](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/05/30/the-bird-told-me-to-do-it.md): When birds start telling you to do things and it's not your pet parrot demanding crackers, that's an indicator you might want to meet with your friendly... - [Meople News: Avenue to the Kitchen](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/05/26/meople-news-avenue-kitchen.md): Indie Boards & Cards / Aporta Games For their new Kickstarter Indie Boards & Cards have teamed up with Aporta Games and created a new, expanded edition... - [Kennerspiel des Jahres 2017](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/05/23/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2017.md): As we mentioned yesterday, it's Spiel des Jahres season. We all know what that means, of course. The three Spiel des Jahres awards are still among the most... - [Spiel des Jahres 2017](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/05/22/spiel-des-jahres-2017.md): Is it really that time of the year again already? I could swear we just had an Essen fair, and suddenly the jury is announcing Spiel des Jahres nominees. Time... - [Meople News: The Smiling Gladiator](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/05/19/meople-news-smiling-gladiator.md): Minion Games Minion Games just can't get away from the power of the atom. After you used it to create energy for peaceful purposes in Manhattan Project: Energy... - [Arkham Horror: The Card Game](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/05/18/arkham-horror-card-game.md): I've been a long-time sufferer from collectible card games, buying way too many booster packs to find that one card I really wanted. I'm out of that now, but... - [Meople News: Fall of the Crystal Thing](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/05/12/meople-news-fall-crystal-thing.md): Project Raygun / Mondo Some things are just meant to be together, and I'm surprised it took this long for someone to put John Carpenter's The Thing together... - [Betrayal at House on the Hill – Widow’s Walk](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/05/10/betrayal-house-hill-widows-walk.md): When we did the nostalgia piece about Betrayal at House on the Hill last week, there was one thing we didn't mention: there is an expansion. The 2016 release... - [Meople News: Between Sultan and Pharaoh](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/05/05/meople-news-sultan-pharaoh.md): Daily Magic Games Pharaoh is dead and without heirs, giving you a chance to succeed him. The way to get there is by using your workers cleverly to build... - [Betrayal at House on the Hill](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/05/04/betrayal-house-hill.md): Why did I want this game so badly? Mainly because I am a huge horror movie geek, especially for haunted house movies, and Betrayal at House on the Hill lets... - [Meople News: Fire in the Vale](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/05/01/meople-news-fire-vale.md): Repos Production A coming Repos Production release is the second cooperation between Bruno Faidutti and Eric Lang. After HMS Dolores their new shared project... - [Clans of Caledonia](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/04/30/clans-of-caledonia.md): Here's another first for us: we're doing a review of a game that doesn't exist yet. At least, not really. Clans of Caledonia only just started it's run on... - [Meople News: Flowery Carnage](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/04/21/meople-news-flowery-carnage.md): Roxley Games Martin Wallace's Brass is one of the best economic boardgames ever created, a deeply strategic game to build your industrial empire during the... - [Mea Culpa](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/04/20/mea-culpa.md): Way too many religions in the world threaten their believers with going to a bad place if they misbehave. Let's call it Hell. Or maybe Purgatory, if there's a... - [Meople News: Evolution of Loneliness](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/04/14/meople-news-evolution-loneliness.md): Horrible Games Last week Horrible Games promised more previews for Alone, this week they make good on that promise with an explanation how the lonely hero will... - [World’s Fair 1893](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/04/11/worlds-fair-1893.md): The World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago has mostly fallen from general awareness. In its day, however, there was a consensus that this event had a... - [Meople News: Sentient and Alone](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/04/08/meople-news-sentient-alone.md): Renegade Game Studios Renegade Game Studios's announcement of Sentient is a masterpiece of not revealing anything about the game mechanics. But the theme of... - [Tokaido](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/04/03/tokaido.md): Wait, I hear you ask in confusion, did I fall through a hole in space-time? Meople's Magazine already did a review of Tokaido. It's true, we did. But don't... - [Meople News: Champion of Wind](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/03/31/meople-news-champion-wind.md): Table Tyrant Games / Rule & Make There are many worker placement games. Smiths of Winterforge is not strictly one of them, but you could call it a worker... - [Bohemian Villages](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/03/28/bohemian-villages.md): Ah, Bohemia, land of the dice, where the fate of whole families hinges on a few rolls of the metaphorical bones. The locals didn't mention anything about that... - [Meople News: Train of the Troll King](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/03/24/meople-news-train-troll-king.md): Nevermore Games / Button Shy We all know roll-and-write games, right? The ones where you roll dice and write your result on a disposable score sheet? I mean,... - [Floris](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/03/22/floris.md): It is the Countess' flower ball, and you are invited. Since the countess kind of digs flowers (not literally, she had gardeners for that...) - you want to... - [Meople News: Happiness Unearthed](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/03/17/meople-news-happiness-unearthed.md): Renegade Game Studios Flip Ships (Renegade Game Studios) Let me make one thing clear: when I'm playing, there is no such thing as a cooperative dexterity game.... - [Burger Up](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/03/15/burger-up.md): Warning! Do not read this review while hungry. You're about to read a many words about burgers, which will make you hungry to play Burger Up, but also to go... - [Meople News: The Fox’s Road](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/03/10/meople-news-foxs-road.md): Grail Games King's Road is not exactly a new game by Reiner Knizia, but it's not exactly not, either. The area majority game was formerly called Imperium and... - [Meople News: Divine Void](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/03/05/meople-news-divine-void.md): Dr. Finn's Games If you're looking for a quick and ruthless filler game, then Dr. Finn's Kickstarter Cosmic Run: Rapid Fire might just be the thing for you.... - [Kanagawa](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/03/03/kanagawa.md): In Kanagawa, all players are disciples of Master Painter Hokusai, trying to learn in his studio of art how to produce visual effects on canvas, capturing the... - [Meople News: Food Trucks vs Killer Robots](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/02/24/meople-news-food-trucks-vs-killer-robots.md): Fantasy Flight Games There was always one thing about Eldritch Horror (and its older brother Arkham Horror) that bothered me: for a world under attack from the... - [Meople News: In the Orchestral Cave](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/02/17/meople-news-orchestral-cave.md): Lookout Games Dwarfs love the number two. At least that's what Lookout Games tell us, and they wouldn't lie to us. Because dwarfs love the number two the... - [Age of Thieves](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/02/14/age-of-thieves.md): Age of Thieves is not a game about collecting victory points or anything mundane like that. It is about nothing less but fleeing a city under a full-fledged... - [Meople News: Cubic Cherries of Time](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/02/10/meople-news-cubic-cherries-time.md): Kickstarter Just because it's cube-shaped and has different faces does not always mean it's a dice. In Quodd Heroes, on Kickstarter, it describes the players'... - [HOP!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/02/09/hop.md): Marie Cardouat's game illustrations have always been in a style fitting for beautiful children's books, and that is still just as true in HOP!. Beyond the... - [Meople News: Heroes of Dreams and Stars](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/02/03/meople-news-heroes-dreams-stars.md): Alderac Here's a look at Thunderstone Quest, the third generation of Alderac's fantasy deck-building game Thunderstone. It seems that everything will be bigger... - [Kilt Castle](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/02/01/kilt-castle.md): From haggis to caber toss, Scotland is full of traditions that seem odd to an outsider. But the oddest tradition has recently been discovered by Günter... - [Small Star Empires](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/01/24/small-star-empires.md): The final frontier… Space. The last remaining adventure, vast and (mostly) unexplored. We could go on about rogues, treks and storm troopers, towels, the... - [Meople News: Martian Moloch](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/01/21/meople-news-martian-moloch.md): Portal Games It's been a long time coming: First Martians was first announced in 2015, now the pre-orders are finally open. We had been hoping for the... - [Oceanos](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/01/17/oceanos.md): Jacques Cousteau awakened the fascination for the submarine world in many of us. His film productions present the wonders hidden under the surface of the... - [Meople News: Elysium Underground](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/01/13/meople-news-elysium-underground.md): Fantasy Flight Games In the Lovecraftian dice game Elder Sign, you always had a safe space to retreat to and recover when the monsters became to much for you.... - [Checkpoint Charlie](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/01/10/checkpoint-charlie.md): The 1960s are upon us. Beatlemania. Marilyn Monroe. Breakfast at Tiffanys. In Berlin, however, a wall not only divides two cities – it separates worlds.... - [Meople News: The Doctor Lives](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/01/07/meople-news-doctor-lives.md): The Captain is Dead (Alderac) Here we are with out first news post of 2017. Happy New Year to you all! Lets hope it will be a good year for everyone. Alderac... - [Undercover](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2017/01/02/undercover.md): The life of a secret agent is tough. We know from James Bond's biographical movies about the large number of people who to kill you while megalomaniac villains... - [Ulm](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/12/06/ulm.md): German cities tend to have a long and eventful history. Germany is also one of the origins of modern boardgames. It comes as little surprise that many German... - [Meople News: A Slice of Madness](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/12/02/meople-news-slice-madness.md): Mountains of Madness (Iello) Iello In a first announcement that doesn't reveal much, Iello have presented a new game scheduled for end of 2017: Mountains of... - [Papà Paolo](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/12/01/papa-paolo.md): Naples, the birthplace of pizza, is being invaded. Local businesses selling pizza are under attack by a foreign product: French Fries. Papà Paolo, the master... - [Meople News: Captain Cthulhu is quite a handful](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/11/25/meople-news-captain-cthulhu-quite-handful.md): Fantasy Flight Games With The Corellian Conflict you'll be able to connect games of Star Wars: Armada into a campaign. But not everything that is new in the... - [Pocket Madness](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/11/23/pocket-madness.md): Many of us gamers have spent countless hours of our lives fighting the Great Old Ones. But do we even know why? Have we done the research on that one? Maybe... - [Meople News: Shadows over Lisbon](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/11/18/meople-news-shadows-lisbon.md): Fantasy Flight Games We don't usually report on the expansions for Living Card Games, mostly because there's a new card pack every other week or so and it... - [Sea of Clouds](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/11/15/sea-of-clouds.md): The right combination of two familiar game mechanics can create something new and fun. Sea of Clouds combines a drafting game with a press-your-luck mechanic.... - [Meople News: Heroes of the Key](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/11/11/meople-news-heroes-key.md): Fantasy Flight Games With the coming new edition of the DOOM board game, you can have a lot of fun tearing through the legions of hell with high end weaponry... - [P.I.](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/11/09/p-i.md): A black-and-white scene. A gloomy office, a frosted glass door. Dusk is falling onto the metropolis outside the windows, police sirens and unidentifiable... - [Odyssey -Wrath of Poseidon](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/11/07/odyssey-wrath-poseidon.md): Nothing is easy when the gods are against you. Especially not getting home across the sea when the god in question is Poseidon. And even less when Poseidon is... - [Meople News: Hounds, Evolved](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/11/04/meople-news-hounds-evolved.md): Cryptozoic Robbing a moving train on horseback, is there any way that couldn't be fun? Well, maybe there is, but Cryptozoic's coming game Train Heist sounds... - [Trickerion: Legends of Illusion](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/11/01/trickerion-legends-illusion.md): There are many boardgames about wizards throwing fireballs at things, but very few about the other kind of magic, the kind where skilled performers go on stage... - [Futschikato / Fuji Flush](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/10/28/futschikato-fuji-flush.md): Our first review of a 2016 Essen game is, by necessity, of a light game. We have to play it a couple of times, after all. Futschikato / Fuji Flush, a card game... - [Meople News: Masters of the Epic Bird](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/10/28/meople-news-masters-epic-bird.md): Fantasy Flight Games One of the big challenges in Fantasy Flight's New Angeles is to keep the peace in the city. Or at least to keep the rioting to an... - [The Gallerist](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/10/25/the-gallerist.md): Once they get into gaming, most people discover their go-to designers at some point, the handful of designers who's name is enough to make them buy a game.... - [Meople News: Cry of the Laser Gods](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/10/21/meople-news-cry-of-the-laser-gods.md): Sit Down! They say that great minds think alike. You better hope that you and your partner both have great minds when playing Goths save the Queen, a light... - [Secret Hitler](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/10/20/secret-hitler.md): Some might find a game where one player is literally Hitler offensive. I'm not one of them, and I'm glad, because that would keep me from a great hidden... - [SPIEL 2016](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/10/17/spiel-2016.md): The SPIEL in Essen is a special event for board gamers all over the world. Especially for us Europeans, of course, but you do meet people from pretty much... - [Meople News: Skyway to Hell](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/10/07/meople-news-skyway-to-hell.md): Queen Games Queen Games will release an unusually constructive post-apocalyptic game. It's not about scavenging, stealing from the other players or holding off... - [Meople News: The Madness of Coal](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/09/30/meople-news-the-madness-of-coal.md): Funforge Keep the Great Old Ones out of our world? What would you do that for? Their power is too useful. So useful, in fact, that you don't want to share it... - [Meople News: Desert Chariots](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/09/23/meople-news-desert-chariots.md): Horrible Games It's a famous movie scene, often repeated: there are goblets of wine on the table, one of which is poisoned. Now everyone around the table keeps... - [Meople News: Age of Dread](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/09/17/meople-news-age-of-dread.md): Cranio Creations Cranio Creations will bring Microworld to Essen, a quick strategy game for two players. One player controls invading germs, the other the... - [Rattle, Battle, Grab the Loot](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/09/16/rattle-battle-grab-the-loot.md): Ignacy Trzewiczek and Portal Games are usually known for heavy games, but with Rattle, Battle, Grab the Loot they ventured into family game territory. Here you... - [Meople News: Alone on a German Tram](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/09/09/meople-news-alone-on-a-german-tram.md): Galakta Stealing the crown jewels is only half the plan, getting out of the city with them afterwards is just as important. Especially when playing Galakta's... - [Tokaido – Collectors’ Edition](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/09/08/tokaido-collectors-edition.md): Usually, when a game is about traveling a road, you win by arriving first at the destination. Of course racing is fun, but it's not the only way to travel.... - [Meople News: Undercover in the sun](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/09/02/meople-news-undercover-in-the-sun.md): Alderac Mystic Vale, Alderac's "card crafting" game - a game where you overlay cards with transparent parts to create the card you want - is barely cold from... - [A Game of Gnomes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/08/27/a-game-of-gnomes.md): Every year Fragor Games releases one game, designed by the Lamont brothers and produced with ridiculously pretty ceramic miniatures. Last year, that game was A... - [Meople News: Carrot Garden Gods](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/08/26/meople-news-carrot-garden-gods.md): Noxford (Image by Capsicum Games) Capsicum Games Capsicum Games will bring a clever, little card laying game named Noxford to Essen. The cards represent... - [Meople News: Hop and Rip](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/08/19/meople-news-hop-and-rip.md): Lautapelit.fi With Dokmus Lautapelit.fi have a very interesting area control game coming. The players explore the island of Dokmus, home of their tribe's... - [Among Nobles](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/08/17/among-nobles.md): Building a dynasty of nobles, how much drier can the concept of a game possibly sound. Have children, marry them to other families, repeat until rich and and... - [Meople News: Gondola to the Universe](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/08/12/meople-news-gondola-to-the-universe.md): Fantasy Flight Games That's another blast from the past: Fantasy Flight Games have announced a new edition of DOOM: The Board Game. In the unlikely case that... - [The Prodigals Club](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/08/09/the-prodigals-club.md): Being rich, influential and groomed for political office, that must be such an incredibly boring life. Why is it that the lower classes get all the fun? Well,... - [Meople News: Mystery of Gods and Angels](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/08/05/meople-news-mystery-of-gods-and-angels.md): Wow. One week of vacation and the whole boardgame world goes crazy posting news. So I hope you have a comfy chair and caffeinated beverage of your choice,... - [Meople News: The Wrecked God Quartet](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/07/22/meople-news-the-wrecked-god-quartet.md): The winners of Spiel and Kennerspiel des Jahres were announced this week, and it's a surprise in both categories. Not an unpleasant one, though. The Spiel des... - [Meople News: Martian Farming Crisis](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/07/15/meople-news-martian-farming-crisis.md): Plaid Hat Games In all the SeaFall previews so far, we heard about Advisors. Who are these Advisors, where did they come from, and where do they go in... - [Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/07/15/isle-of-skye-from-chieftain-to-king.md): I admit, I didn't expect that one day a traditional, competitive eurogame would be in the majority for the Kennerspiel des Jahres selection. But here we are,... - [Meople News: Renaissance City of R’lyeh](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/07/08/meople-news-renaissance-city-of-rlyeh.md): Jutaku (Image by Dark Flight Games) Dark Flight Games A small, quirky puzzle game for for people with good spatial visualization skill is new on Kickstarter by... - [Raid & Trade](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/07/07/raid-trade.md): World War 3 has come and gone, and to everyone's surprise we're not extinct. But the planet is not a great place to live any more, except for those select few... - [Meople News: Watery Scourge](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/06/24/meople-news-watery-scourge.md): Days of Wonder Ticket to Ride is the most successful boardgame about trains out there. But why only trains? You need tickets to ride other forms of... - [Imhotep](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/06/23/imhotep.md): The problems with building pyramids don't start with stacking big stones on top of other big stones. Sure, that's one problem, but when you get to that point... - [Meople News: The Destiny of the House of Kepler](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/06/17/meople-news-the-destiny-of-the-house-of-kepler.md): Alderac Why don't we kick off this weeks news with another preview of Alderac's Guildhall: Fantasy? The latest card we meet is the Monk, a master of moving... - [Meople News: Internal Sorcery](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/06/11/meople-news-internal-sorcery.md): Alderac After we saw the Fighter class of Guildhall: Fantasy last week, this new preview presents the Bard. The Bard is one of the support classes, with the... - [The Game](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/06/07/the-game.md): This is the game you will never find on Google. Because the name of the game is The Game, and that's just not very distinctive. The Game is a cooperative card... - [Meople News: The Russian Roulette Guild](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/05/27/meople-news-the-russian-roulette-guild.md): Here we are again with this week's boardgame news. New announcement, previews, everything your gamer heart desires. But the big news for this week is already... - [Kinderspiel des Jahres 2016 – The Nominees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/05/26/kinderspiel-des-jahres-2016-the-nominees.md): The nominations for Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres 2016 will have given you some new games to keep an eye out for. The third category will... - [Kennerspiel des Jahres 2016 – The Nominees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/05/25/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2016-the-nominees.md): And we're back with the Spiel des Jahres 2016 coverage. Today we'll have a look at the Kennerspiel nominees and recommendation list. The jury really embraced... - [Spiel des Jahres 2016 – The Nominees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/05/24/spiel-des-jahrs-2016-the-nominees.md): Can you smell it? It's that time of the year again, the time when the Spiel des Jahres nominees are announced. Just like previous years, the jury nominated... - [Meople News: Rebellious Guilds at Sea](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/05/20/meople-news-rebellious-guilds-at-sea.md): For most of us, boardgaming is a wonderful hobby, a great diversion to pass the time with friends. But for some it's even more than that. Over at Ars Technica,... - [Sapiens](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/05/18/sapiens.md): The year is god-knows-when BCE. The first people are spreading across the plains and forests looking for two things: food and shelter. Their most important... - [Meople News: Viral Mist](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/05/13/meople-news-viral-mist.md): giochix.it Virus, the newest project by giochix.it and currently funding on Kickstarter and giochistarter, is going to be a new zombie game where the players... - [Potion Explosion](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/05/09/potion-explosion.md): The Horribilorum Sorcery Academy for Witty Witches and Wizards, yet another institute of magical learning that not only ignores safety procedures, it's... - [Meople News: Iberian Sea Charters](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/05/06/meople-news-iberian-sea-charters.md): Days of Wonder Not all expansions are big, sometimes a small expansion can bring significant changes to a game. The Five Tribes mini-expansion The Thieves of... - [Meople News: Mutant Power](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/04/29/meople-news-mutant-power.md): Bombyx Boardgame preview often show the rules of a game but fail at conveying its depth of strategy. Not so the latest preview for Bombyx's Histrio. It shows... - [Meople News: Monsters and Magic](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/04/22/meople-news-monsters-and-magic.md): Evil Hat Productions We told you a fair bit about the Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game already. How you play five characters from the Dresden Files books,... - [Meople News: Dice and Vampires](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/04/15/meople-news-dice-and-vampires.md): Fantasy Flight Games The next expansion for Fantasy Flight's Eldritch Horror will be another small box one, meaning especially that there'll be no new... - [Patchwork](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/04/14/patchwork.md): Uwe Rosenberg is well known for his deep, complex games like Agricola, Glass Road or Fields of Arle. But those are not all he does, he's equally skilled at... - [Meople News: Carrot Submarine](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/04/08/meople-news-carrot-submarine.md): giochix.it Very few people can ever agree what good fantasy is - least of all fantasy authors trying to work together. In Luca Ricci's card game The Vampire,... - [The X-Files](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/04/04/the-x-files.md): It's safe to say that The X-Files was one of the most popular TV series created to date. 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Your... - [Meople News: Energetic Bunny Dystopia](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/03/11/meople-news-energetic-bunny-dystopia.md): Fantasy Flight Games Forget space battles and AT-AT Walkers, most wars aren't really won on the battlefields but in dark alleys and secret meetings.... - [Meople News: Saloon on the Moor](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/03/03/meople-news-saloon-on-the-moor.md): Stonemaier Games There is an unexpected expansion for Stonemaier Games's Viticulture in the making, and the creator of 40 new Visitor cards is Agricola... - [Meople News: The Burgundy Trail](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/02/23/meople-news-the-burgundy-trail.md): eggertspiele / Stronghold Games Stronghold Games and eggertspiele have announced a strategic partnership. That will mean that all eggertspiele games will be... - [Meople News: Sins of the Stone Age](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/02/16/meople-news-sins-of-the-stone-age.md): GMT Games I appreciate when GMT Games makes non-wargames. I enjoyed all games by them I tried, but the whole war thing isn't for me. One coming game in my area... - [Meople News: Icy Aether Legacies](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/02/10/meople-news-icy-aether-legacies.md): Argyle Games With Landed Argyle Games are creating a terraforming tile laying game through Kickstarter. Players create a landscape from scratch with hex tiles... - [Sushi Go!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/02/09/sushi-go.md): Contrary to most places you go to eat now, modern sushi was originally a type of fast food if Wikipedia is to be believed. It's thus very fitting that Sushi... - [Meople News: Cthulhu on Mars](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/02/03/meople-news-cthulhu-on-mars.md): Crouching Tiger, Hidden Meople Some news of our own here today: if you like the Meeple art we post occasionally, created by the amazingly talented Sizinha, we... - [Andromeda](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/02/02/andromeda.md): Anyone who grew up with a sibling will know the situation: there is ice cream, or cake, or something to be had, one of you had to split it and the other one... - [Meople News: I dream of stealing Death Stars](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/01/26/meople-news-i-dream-of-stealing-death-stars.md): Fantasy Flight Games The previews for Star Wars: Rebellion continue, this time with a look at combat. When Empire and Rebels meet, combat takes place on two... - [Meople News: Knitting Fog](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/01/19/meople-news-knitting-fog.md): Minion Games You can now get a quick and easy way to your own nuclear arsenal on Kickstarter. Wait, that sounds wrong and will probably get the wrong sort of... - [T.I.M.E. Stories](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/01/18/t-i-m-e-stories.md): Consumable games, games that you play a number of times and then they are over for you, are a new thing. Pioneered by Risk Legacy, the idea has spread. More... - [Meople News: Tiny Epic Twilight](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/01/12/meople-news-tiny-epic-twilight.md): Alderac Entertainment A struggle sounds like something long and epic. Which is nice when you have the whole night. But sometimes you want something that's over... - [The Big Book of Madness](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/01/08/the-big-book-of-madness.md): You didn't get your Hogwarts letter, did you? Yeah, me neither. I heard good things about the Elementary College, though. They have the Book of Madness in the... - [Meople News: Tempura Railways](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2016/01/05/meople-news-tempura-railways.md): And here we are in 2016. I hope you all transitioned well and had a great holiday season, whichever holiday you celebrate. We're back recharged, with many new... - [Happy Holidays!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/12/23/happy-holidays.md): Hello people and meeple! You have probably noticed that we're on holiday break already. We sincerely hope that you are, too, that you can find some time to... - [Meople News: Conference in the Underdark](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/12/15/meople-news-conference-in-the-underdark.md): Plaid Hat Games From the first time we talked about Plaid Hat Games's dice and card game Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn, we knew there would be expansions.... - [Meople News: Solar Gravity](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/12/08/meople-news-solar-gravity.md): Well, it seems boardgame news are already on holiday break, so this week's post is shorter than we're all used to. Terraforming Mars (Image by FryxGames)... - [Pandemic Legacy](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/12/07/pandemic-legacy.md): Legacy games, games where every time you play you make permanent changes to the game, are the big, new thing. Ever since I heard about Risk Legacy, the founder... - [Meople News: Zombies are your fault](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/12/01/meople-news-zombies-are-your-fault.md): Zombies & Survivors (Image by FryxGames) FryxGames One thing is true about practically everything to do with zombies: there are always more of them, and... - [Welcome to the Dungeon](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/11/30/welcome-to-the-dungeon.md): Some games are huge and take a long time to play. Others are smaller and quicker. And then there are some games that advertise themselves as mini games: small... - [Meople News: The Viking Squad](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/11/24/meople-news-the-viking-squad.md): Salamander Games Salamander Games have relaunched their Kickstarter project All Hands on Deck!, a pirate-y auction game where the things you bid for are also... - [Council of Four](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/11/23/council-of-four.md): Some countries just don't manage to form a stable government, but the unnamed kingdom of Council of Four is ridiculous even by those standards. Influential... - [Meople News: Quantum Perdition](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/11/16/meople-news-quantum-perdition.md): Terraforming Mars (Image by FryxGames) FryxGames If you have been following the previews for FryxGames's Terraforming Mars, then you know by now that cards... - [Meople News: Empire of Goblins](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/11/09/meople-news-empire-of-goblins.md): Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars is full of hostile environments, but the worst of them is probably Hoth, the icy world from The Empire Strikes Back. That's... - [Codenames](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/11/08/codenames.md): I still think Vlaada Chvátil has this little check list on his desk where he goes "Oh, here's a genre I didn't make a game in yet" and then just sets out to... - [Coming Soon: Perdition’s Mouth – Abyssal Rift](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/11/04/coming-soon-perditions-mouth-abyssal-rift.md): Dungeon crawler games have become a staple of modern boardgaming. Brave, sweaty men, women, dwarfs and elves descending into the underground lair of an evil... - [Meople News: Chicago-bound](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/11/02/meople-news-chicago-bound.md): Fantasy Flight Games There are two things that have adventurers in fantasy games pee in their plate armor: dragons and the undead. We learned last week that... - [7 Wonders: Duel](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/11/01/7-wonders-duel.md): Mighty empires are fighting for supremacy over the ancient world. But where once up to seven empires where in contest, now there are only two. 7 Wonders: Duel... - [Meople News: A Zombie Burger Adventure](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/10/26/meople-news-a-zombie-burger-adventure.md): Schmidt Spiele The new Schmidt Spiele game Completto, designed by experienced family game designer Hans Meister, is a light, abstract game where all you have... - [Black Hat](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/10/23/black-hat.md): There have been many different ideas to spice up trick-taking games over the years. Black Hat's way to do that is to add a game board where you move your pawns... - [Meople News: Hostage of the Zombie Trees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/10/16/meople-news-hostage-of-the-zombie-trees.md): APE Games Gamers make a competition out of everything. That's not much of a stretch in war or sports, where there can be only one winner. Other things,... - [Essen 2015 – Internationale Spieltage SPIEL](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/10/11/essen-2015-internationale-spieltage-spiel.md): Another Essen fair has come and gone, and as always we've had a blast. Loads of great new games to try, tons of familiar and new people to meet. But after... - [Meople News: The 7th Vampire of Japan](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/10/05/meople-news-the-7th-vampire-of-japan.md): Fantasy Flight Games If you have been following Fantasy Flight's Runebound previews, then you already know the land you must defend against monsters, and to an... - [Meople News: Insect Taxies](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/09/28/meople-news-6.md): Greater than Games Many games let you invade and settle some remote island, assimilate the natives and drive out the nature spirits. 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This onmyo master had two children, both thinking only they deserve to inherit his... - [Meople News: A Matter of Steel and Feathers](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/08/31/meople-news-a-matter-of-steel-and-feathers.md): Days of Wonder A new map pack expansion for Ticket to Ride will be available from Days of Wonder in Essen and in stores afterwards. Like previous map packs,... - [Attika](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/08/28/attika.md): It's time for some nostalgia. A long time ago, all was still right with the world in ancient Greece. Then, the city states sprang up and started expanding,... - [Meople News: Space and a Witch](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/08/24/meople-news-space-and-a-witch.md): WizKids This news item gives us the geek shivers in a good way: Vlaada Chvátil's fantasy boardgame Mage Knight will produce an offspring with the Star Trek... - [Eldritch Horror](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/08/21/eldritch-horror.md): The stars have aligned again to allow the Great Old Ones, beings of such immense power that we are like insects to them, to stir in their slumber. Their... - [Meople News: Book of Antarctic Pyramids](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/08/16/meople-news-book-of-antarctic-pyramids.md): Iello Admit it, most of you still hope that letter telling you to attend magic school is still coming. Maybe playing Iello's The Big Book of Madness will... - [Illegal](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/08/14/illegal.md): Games let you play different roles and do things that you wouldn't do in real life. At least I assume most people playing necromancers in a fantasy RPG, for... - [Meople News: The Great Vampire Hoax](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/08/07/meople-news-the-great-vampire-hoax.md): Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games has a long list of new after this weekend. It seems they were keeping all their announcements for GenCon, and now the... - [Meople News: The Origins of Fury](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/07/31/meople-news-the-origins-of-fury.md): Fantasy Flight Games Scotland Yard, reimagined for Fantasy Flight Games, that's pretty much the short description of Fury of Dracula. Up to four players chase... - [Meople News: Oktobertrolls](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/07/24/meople-news-oktobertrolls.md): Rio Grande Games Rio Grande Games has a long list of new releases coming up. We have previously talked about Race for the Galaxy: Xeno Invastion and Roll for... - [Machi Koro](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/07/22/machi-koro.md): City building games don't have to be big and complex, Machi Koro proves that. All you need to build your city are two dice, some cards and about half an hour... - [Meople News: A Flock of Turtles](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/07/17/meople-news-a-flock-of-turtles.md): IDW Games Kevin Wilson has been pretty busy recently, and now there's another game he's working on for IDW Games together with Kevin Eastman. Eastman is not a... - [Meople News: Titanic Presidential Tragedies](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/07/10/meople-news-titanic-presidential-tragedies.md): This week was one of the most important weeks of the gaming year: the selection of Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres. I'm happy to tell you that... - [Orleans](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/07/05/orleans.md): Thing-building games are still going strong. Deck-building games are the most popular of the bunch, but dice-building games and bag-building games have lots of... - [Meople News: SPACE VIKINGS – did I really not use that title before?](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/07/04/meople-news-space-vikings-did-i-really-not-use-that-title-before.md): Dice City (Image by Alderac) Alderac / Artipia Games The tour through Dice City, the coming game by Alderac and Artipia Games, continues with a simple card.... - [Broom Service](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/06/29/broom-service.md): Potion delivery is big business. A bit like pizza delivery, only with more magic, and on broomsticks. That is your business in Broom Service, but the... - [Meople News: Garden of Tiny Monsters](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/06/26/meople-news-garden-of-tiny-monsters.md): Gamelyn Games Scott Almes's Tiny Epic Kingdoms are about to become slightly larger and a good deal more epic with Heroes' Call, the first expansion to the... - [Elysium](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/06/21/elysium.md): Usually, when a game tells you to create your own legend, it doesn't mean you should kill the people participating in it. But when the game is named after the... - [Meople News: Clacks to Scotland](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/06/19/meople-news-clacks-to-scotland.md): Smash Up: Munchkin (Image by Alderac) Alderac & Steve Jackson Games What better way to start the week than with a new Smash Up: Munchkin preview? We're... - [Viticulture](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/06/13/viticulture.md): Move to Italy, by a vineyard, grow wine, that's not a plan that appeals to me. But put the same thing in a boardgame and suddenly I'm interested. Viticulture... - [Meople News: Take care, this is a long one, and it has orcs](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/06/12/meople-news-take-care-this-is-a-long-one-and-it-has-orcs.md): Forbidden Stars (Image by Fantasy Flight Games) Fantasy Flight Games The preview posts of the last weeks told us all the basics about Fantasy Flight's new... - [Meople News: The Bridge of Planets](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/05/29/meople-news-the-bridge-of-planets.md): Board & Dice There are plenty of games that let you explore strange stars far away from here. Games that let you create a solar system? I don't know any,... - [Five Tribes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/05/27/five-tribes.md): Bruno Cathala and Days of Wonder take us to Naqala, a magical kingdom straight out of Arabian Nights if Arabian Nights had included meeples. Which it should... - [Meople News: An Epoch of Dragons](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/05/22/meople-news-an-epoch-of-dragons.md): Plaid Hat Games I can tell already that, when playing Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn, I will hate going up against this week's preview character Noah Redmoon.... - [Spiel des Jahres 2015 – Nominees and Recommendations](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/05/20/spiel-des-jahres-2015-nominees-and-recommendations.md): If you're following what's going on in the boardgame world, you will have noticed something is going on. Don't worry, it's not the coming apocalypse, it's the... - [Kennerspiel des Jahres 2015 – Nominees and Recommendations](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/05/18/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2015-nominees-and-recommendations.md): The nominees for this year's Spiel des Jahres awards were announced this morning. Since that seem is what is most interesting to us, and as far as we know most... - [Meople News: The Raptors of Atlantis](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/05/15/meople-news-the-raptors-of-atlantis.md): Z-Man Games Apocalypse Chaos, a new cooperative game by Z-Man Games, certainly opens with a strong title. You just know this isn't going to be a calm trip to... - [The Staufer Dynasty](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/05/14/the-staufer-dynasty.md): A huge Empire without a permanent capital is something that is hard to imagine today. But in medieval Europe, the Staufer emperors had their itinerant court,... - [Meople News: A Profitable Rebellion](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/05/10/meople-news-a-profitable-rebellion.md): FryxGames We've seen many different ways to terraform Mars in FryxGames's Terraforming Mars now. Now we get a little insight who we are and why we do it.... - [Meople News: Harbinger of a Foreign Moon](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/05/02/meople-news-harbinger-of-a-foreign-moon.md): Takenoko Chibi (Image via Antoine Bauza) Bombyx / Asmodee Antoine Bauza and Corentin Lebrat's incredibly cute bamboo and panda game Takenoko is about to be... - [Greenland](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/05/01/greenland.md): Greenland is a pretty hostile environment for human beings, and survival is at stake there every day. Not so much nowadays, but people have been living there... - [Meople News: A Tram in Orbit](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/04/24/meople-news-a-tram-in-orbit.md): Alderac Alderac will release a new edition of an iconic game this summer: Junta. It seems to be a plain new edition, no fancy changes to the rules. If you've... - [Meople News: Vampire Cuisine of Skye](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/04/17/meople-news-vampire-cuisine-of-skye.md): InMotion Food is an underrepresented subject in boardgames. There are a few good food games, but for some reason trains and buildings are still more popular... - [Meople News: 504 Ambitious Phoenixes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/04/11/meople-news-504-ambitious-phoenixes.md): Rio Grande Games Without much information about its contents, we learned last week that Rio Grande Games will release an expansion for Roll for the Galaxy, the... - [AquaSphere](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/04/10/aquasphere.md): Stefan Feld is back, and he's taking us on a trip under the sea this time. Because it's better down where it's wetter. But you won't have time to watch the... - [Meople News: Jolly Trolls](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/04/03/meople-news-jolly-trolls.md): Spielworxx / ADC Blackfire Matthias Cramer's next game Kraftwagen (that's German for automobile) can be preordered from Spielworxx now. The game is set in the... - [Empire Engine](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/04/01/empire-engine.md): Micro games, very small games with few components and few rules, quick to explain and to play, are a minor trend at the moment. They don't usually keep you... - [Meople News: Architect of God’s Secrets](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/03/20/meople-news-architect-of-gods-secrets.md): Alderac This summer will be great for fans of Alderac's Lost Legacy card games. You remember, the one that plays like Love Letter in that play one of your only... - [Alchemists](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/03/16/alchemists.md): Combining boardgames with mobile apps into a game that people actually want to play is the current Philosophers' Stone and Holy Grail rolled into one for game... - [Meople News: The Noble Fries of Mars](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/03/13/meople-news-the-noble-fries-of-mars.md): Ostia Spiele The latest crowdfunding project on the German website Spieleschmiede is Ostia Spiele's Blind Hen, an auction card game with a lot of potential for... - [Meople News: Seven Grand Martians](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/03/09/meople-news-seven-grand-martians.md): Hans im Glück One of the most famous modern boardgames is making a comeback next month. Hans im Glück will release area-control game El Grande, Spiel des... - [Pandemic: The Cure](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/03/06/pandemic-the-cure.md): With the amazing, ongoing success of cooperative game Pandemic, it's no surprise that there are not only a number of expansions but also a few spin-off games... - [Meople News: Between Two Moccas](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/02/27/meople-news-between-two-moccas.md): Kickstarter Miniature space ship games are usually popular on Kickstarter. Everyone likes to channel their inner Han Solo sometimes. The newest game of that... - [Meople News: Fire in Elysium](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/02/20/meople-news-fire-in-elysium.md): Z-Man Games Z-Man Games shows another preview for the coming Pandemic: State of Emergency. One of the three new expansion modules is the Superbug Challenge,... - [La Boca](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/02/19/la-boca.md): The game La Boca takes its name from the neighborhood La Boca in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a uniquely colorful place. Just as uniquely, the game La Boca is a... - [Meople News: Ghost of the Hungry Pharaoh](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/02/13/meople-news-ghost-of-the-hungry-pharaoh.md): Bomba Games Polish publisher Bomba Games are looking for funding on Spieleschmiede to translate two of their games to German. Black & White is a... - [Cargotrain](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/02/12/cargotrain.md): Trains, pick-up-and-deliver mechanic, set collection. All that doesn't sound new, the mechanics have been used and even combined before, and there are more... - [Meople News: The Halls of Mombasa](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/02/06/meople-news-the-halls-of-mombasa.md): Stonemaier Games The latest newsletter from Stonemaier Games contains, next to updates about their other projects, the announcement of an expansion for... - [Fields of Arle](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/02/04/fields-of-arle.md): Fields of Arle is Uwe Rosenberg's love letter to the home of his ancestors, East Frisia and especially the village of Arle. It's a worker placement game that... - [Meople News: Space Moles on Stage](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/01/30/meople-news-space-moles-on-stage.md): Stronghold Games Space Cadets: Away Missions is the third game in Stronghold Games' Space Cadets series. It's a standalone game, not an expansion, and... - [Meople News: Arkham Metropolitan Area](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/01/23/meople-news-arkham-metropolitan-area.md): MAGE Company Anatolia is the first expansion for MAGE Company's tile placement game Höyük. The inhabitants of the early settlements move forward into a new... - [Imperial Settlers](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/01/22/imperial-settlers.md): Egyptians, Romans, the Japanese empire, Barbarians - lets call those last ones huns, they seem to fit best with the illustrations. Four empires that were... - [Meople News: Memories of Adventure and Disease](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/01/16/meople-news-memories-of-adventure-and-disease.md): Attila (Image via Bruno Faidutti) Blue Orange Blue Orange will soon release an abstract two player game by Bruno Faidutti. The game titled Attila gives each... - [7 Wonders: Babel](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/01/14/7-wonders-babel.md): 7 Wonders is still one of the most popular games out there. Simple rules, quick to play even with 7 players, different every time you play. It's no wonder the... - [Meople News: Rice with Tiny Dragons](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/01/09/meople-news-rice-with-tiny-dragons.md): Modiphius Entertainment Kevin Wilson, designer of Arkham Horror and many other great games, has signed to develop a game for Modiphius Entertainment. I... - [ebbes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2015/01/08/ebbes.md): ebbes means "something" in the dialect of the Palatinate area of Germany. Asking to play ebbes there might not immediately make someone get up and get this... - [Meople News: Mountains of Zombies](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/12/19/meople-news-mountains-of-zombies.md): Fantasy Flight Games The focus of Star Wars: Armada is capital ship combat, but it's not a Star Destroyers only event, smaller ships like X-Wings and TIE... - [Meople News: The Viceroy’s Shadowy Artifacts](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/12/05/meople-news-the-viceroys-shadowy-artifacts.md): Pretty Pretty Smash Up (Image by Alderac) Alderac Another preview card from the Mythic Horses faction of Pretty Pretty Smash Up, the coming Smash Up expansion,... - [Höyük](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/12/01/hoyuk.md): The human race has never been peaceful, competition is written into our genes. Even back in the stone age, when we just started abandoning easily movable tents... - [Meople News: Skirmish on the Princess’s Airship](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/11/28/meople-news-skirmish-on-the-princesss-airship.md): Pretty Pretty Smash Up (Image by Alderac) Alderac Entertainment Preview cards for Pretty Pretty Smash Up are showing up on Alderac's Facebook page. I can... - [Meople News: Artifacts of the Old Ones](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/11/24/meople-news-artifacts-of-the-old-ones.md): Sorry for the late and short news post, there were things that prevented me from finishing it last week. On the bright side, one of those things was playing... - [Colt Express](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/11/19/colt-express.md): A train robbery can really ruin your day if you're one of the passengers. Six bandits trying to rob your train at the same time, but working against each... - [Meople News: My Pretty Whale Friends](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/11/14/meople-news-my-pretty-whale-friends.md): Pretty Pretty Smash Up (Image by Alderac) Alderac I didn't see this coming. There will be another Smash Up expansion. Okay, that I did see coming. But I never... - [Simultaneous Action Selection](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/11/12/simultaneous-action-selection.md): Simultaneous Action Selection is another popular game mechanic in modern board games. In games with this mechanic, all players choose an action (or actions) to... - [Meople News: A Tale of Two Diseases](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/11/07/meople-news-a-tale-of-two-diseases.md): MAGE Company MAGE Company's postapocalyptic game Raid & Trade by Charalampos Tsakiris and Malte Kühle is now on Kickstarter. We had a chance to try it in... - [Meople News: Rebels of the Mobile Seas](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/10/31/meople-news-rebels-of-the-mobile-seas.md): Fantasy Flight Games Quests in Fantasy Flight's The Witcher are ... a bit of a letdown, to be honest. They tell epic stories of how you travel the land and... - [La Isla](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/10/30/la-isla.md): A mysterious island has recently been discovered in the middle of the ocean. In its own way, it's a very wealthy island. Not with oil, or gold. The island is... - [Meople News: Submarine Zombies](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/10/24/meople-news-submarine-zombies.md): Fantasy Flight Games Other previews for Star Wars: Armada have explored movement and how commands work. This time, it's time to open fire. Your ships have... - [Essen 2014: Day 3](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/10/19/essen-2014-day-3.md): That thing that I said about Essen seeming emptier than last year? Forget about it. Day 3 was more crowded than everything else I have ever experienced there.... - [Essen 2014: Day 2](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/10/17/essen-2014-day-2.md): The second day in Essen (see here for yesterday's post, but most information is in the Flickr album) and we managed to play an unexpectedly large number of... - [Essen 2014: Day 1](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/10/16/essen-2014-day-1.md): The first day of Essen is already over, and while we did see a lot of games and met some people, I don't know yet how we'll manage to see half the things I... - [Contest: Theomachie – FINISHED](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/10/13/contest-theomachie-finished.md): Our Theomachie contest ended yesterday, and out of numerous entries we have chosen a winner. One copy of Theomachie goes to Oliver, who we have of course... - [Meople News: Lanterns of the North](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/10/10/meople-news-lanterns-of-the-north.md): Foxtrot Games A game doesn't have to be heavy to sound like great fun. Foxtrot Games' second Kickstarter project Lanterns: The Harvest Festival falls in that... - [Green Deal](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/10/08/green-deal.md): In 2050, running a global enterprise isn't an easy job. Profit is still the top priority, of course, but because of government regulation and consumer... - [Meople News: Eat Eldritch Sushi if you dare](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/10/03/meople-news-eat-eldritch-sushi-if-you-dare.md): Spielworxx / Stonemaier Games A German edition of Stonemaier Games dystopic worker placement game Euphoria: Build a better Dystopia is available through... - [Contest: Theomachie](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/10/01/contest-theomachie.md): Hello everyone, and welcome to a premiere here at Meople's Magazine. For the first time ever, we're having ourselves a contest! Our friends at Historical Games... - [Meople News: Dice on a Train](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/09/26/meople-news-dice-on-a-train.md): Ludically Christophe Boelinger, designer of Dungeon Twister, Archipelago and more, has a new game coming these days from Ludically (distributed by Asmodee).... - [Lewis & Clark – The Expedition](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/09/25/lewis-clark-the-expedition.md): In 1804, shortly after president Jefferson purchased half the North American continent from Napoleon, the Lewis and Clark expedition set out to survey just... - [Meople News: An Alien Quilt](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/09/20/meople-news-an-alien-quilt.md): Blackrock Edition French publisher Blackrock Editions is taking preorders for their two Essen releases. The first, Prohis, is a bluffing card game set in the... - [Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/09/17/smash-up-science-fiction-double-feature.md): The stuff of bad science fiction movies, come to live. That's what you get in Science Fiction Double Feature, the third expansion to Smash Up. And they are all... - [Meople News: Dragon Trees of Britannia](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/09/12/meople-news-dragon-trees-of-britannia.md): Days of Wonder It's been quiet around the Small World series lately, players who wanted to kick fantasy creature butt with their own, different fantasy... - [Smash Up: The Obligatory Cthulhu Set](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/09/11/smash-up-the-obligatory-cthulhu-expansion.md): For a game as mired in pop culture as Smash Up, it was unavoidable that the internets favorite Old One would have an appearance at some point. But is The... - [Meople News: The Glass Robots of Orléans](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/09/05/meople-news-the-glass-robots-of-orleans.md): Fantasy Flight Games The third new school of magic in Bestial Forces, the next Wiz-War expansion by Fantasy Flight Games, is Draconic Magic. It deals with all... - [Theseus: The Dark Orbit](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/09/02/theseus-the-dark-orbit.md): In space, no one can hear you scream. Which is a shame, because the frustrated screams of your opponents really are fun. And you'd have plenty of opportunity... - [Meople News: The TV Program of Madness](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/08/22/meople-news-the-tv-program-of-madness.md): Fantasy Flight Games Very few people would consider more Star Wars games a bad thing, even less so when it's a different genre of game, not another space... - [Meople News: The One Before The Summer Break](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/08/15/meople-news-the-one-before-the-summer-break.md): With this week's news post, Meople's Magazine is going on a short summer break. News service will actually sort of continue, but reviews will start again in... - [Meople News: I spy Northmen!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/08/08/meople-news-i-spy-northmen.md): Red Raven Games The ink is barely dry on Eight-Minute Empire: Legends, the fantasy variant of mini-strategy game Eight-Minute Empire, when an expansion appears... - [Meople News: Time-travelling Moles](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/08/01/meople-news-time-travelling-moles.md): Fantasy Flight Games The Woodland from Fantasy Flight's next Talisman expansion is not a place for a Sunday afternoon stroll. It's a primal forest, with all... - [Russian Railroads](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/07/29/russian-railroads.md): Russian Railroads is a European optimization game, subtype worker placement. Every game, you try to do better than the one before, optimize your strategy and... - [Meople News: Five Hidden Titans](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/07/25/meople-news-five-hidden-titans.md): Indie Boards & Cards Fans of the hidden identity game The Resistance will love this Kickstarter campaign. Two expansions in one campaign, and each includes... - [Mai-Star](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/07/23/mai-star.md): Geisha are a fascinating and confusing part of Japanese culture. Women that you pay to be with for their conversational skills, or their talents in the arts,... - [Meople News: Necropolis of the Djinn](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/07/18/meople-news-necropolis-of-the-djinn.md): The big news for this week: Spiel and Kennerspiel des Jahres have been announced. Spiel des Jahres 2014 goes to the camel racing game Camel Up by Steffen Bogen... - [Rococo](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/07/13/rococo.md): Games about making dresses are a tough sell. Between games about conquest, economic success and survival, tailoring just doesn't compare. So to stand out, a... - [Meople News: Menhirs lost in time](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/07/12/meople-news-menhirs-lost-in-time.md): eggertspiele eggertspiele are currently looking for funding for Dolmen, a new edition of Thomas Odenhoven's 2005 strategy game Die Dolmengötter. In this... - [Istanbul](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/07/09/istanbul.md): The second nominee for this year's Kennerspiel des Jahres, Istanbul makes you run around the bazaar district of the titular city in a desperate search for... - [Meople News: Villain’s Legacy](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/07/06/meople-news-villains-legacy.md): Z-Man Games It will be hard to top this announcement by Z-Man Games for this week. They got Matt Leacock, designer of the great cooperative game Pandemic, and... - [Canterbury](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/07/01/canterbury.md): Games where you build cities are not exactly new. But they rarely go into the logistics of it, things like "before you build a theater there, shouldn't you... - [Meople News: Dungeon Arcade](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/06/27/meople-news-dungeon-arcade.md): Rio Grande Games Somewhat unexpectedly, Rio Grande Games has announced a new expansion for Tom Lehmann's Race for the Galaxy that is not a sequel to the most... - [Worker Placement Games](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/06/25/worker-placement-games.md): Worker Placement is a game mechanic used mostly in medium to heavy strategy games. Players start the game with one more workers, and a turn in the game is... - [Meople News: Tragedy, Confusion and Undeath](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/06/21/meople-news-tragedy-confusion-and-undeath.md): Fantasy Flight Games A lot has been written about the new races joining Warhammer: Diskwars with the two coming expansions Hammer and Hold and Legions of... - [Concordia](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/06/18/concordia.md): The Roman Empire has always been a popular setting for games, so Concordia is not innovative in that respect. But it is a game by Mac Gerdts, so you know it... - [Meople News: Blood, contagion and other things fun](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/06/13/meople-news-blood-contagion-and-other-things-fun.md): This week's news are, unfortunately and disappointingly, incomplete because of technical difficulties. Feedly, the online RSS reader of my choice, is suffering... - [Splendor](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/06/11/splendor.md): Collecting gems to buy cards that are worth gems, making it easier to buy more cards. When thus summarized, Spiel des Jahres nominee Splendor doesn't sound... - [Meople News: War and Football](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/06/06/meople-news-war-and-football.md): NSKN Games NSKN Games presents a new approach to civilization building games on Kickstarter with Progress: Evolution of Technology. The game focuses only on... - [Meople News: Frigid Fairy Wrestling](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/05/30/meople-news-frigid-fairy-wrestling.md): Backspindle Games There is a second edition of Backspindle Games' Luchador! on Kickstarter (see our review here), and it's not only all new and shiny, it also... - [SOS Titanic](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/05/26/sos-titanic.md): I imagine that sometimes the pitch for a new board game must sound a lot like the pitch for the weird blockbuster movie of a year. "It's a Patience game, only... - [Meople News: Wizard Pirates in Trouble](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/05/23/meople-news-wizard-pirates-in-trouble.md): Fantasy Flight Game Wiz-War is going to the beasts with its next expansion. Fantasy Flight Games announced Wiz-War: Bestial Forces this week, the second... - [Kennerspiel des Jahres 2014 – The Nominees and Jury’s Picks](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/05/19/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2014-the-nominees-and-jurys-picks.md): Just like previous years, the Spiel des Jahres jury is handing out two awards: the traditional Spiel des Jahres for family games and the Kennerspiel des Jahres... - [Spiel des Jahres 2014 – The Nominees and Jury’s Picks](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/05/19/spiel-des-jahres-2014-the-nominees-and-jurys-picks.md): Today is the day many boardgamers all over the world are waiting for every year. No, it's not the Essen fair yet, that would be a bit early. Today is the day... - [Kickstarter Preview: Maha Yodha](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/05/18/kickstarter-preview-maha-yodha.md): We have recently received an inconspicuous letter in the Meeple Cave that, upon opening, revealed two decks of cards: the preview set of Maha Yodha, a new card... - [Anno Domini](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/05/18/anno-domini.md): Although we do like our deep, strategic games, not all games have to be that to be fun. In fact, when done well, even very simple games involving trivia... - [Meople News: Darkness in the Ice](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/05/16/meople-news-darkness-in-the-ice.md): MAGE Company The Fairy Lands are being threatened again, but with the 12 Realms: Ancestors Legacy expansion, which is currently kickstarting, there are even... - [Meople News: Forest Invasion](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/05/09/meople-news-forest-invasion.md): Fantasy Flight Games The latest Blue Moon Legends preview goes into details about some of the collected peoples in the box and talks about two of the tribes,... - [The Agents](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/05/05/the-agents.md): When a big secret agency shuts down, many shady people suddenly find themselves unemployed. The Agency was the biggest secret agency there was, and dealing... - [Meople News: Eldritch Blue Relics](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/05/02/meople-news-eldritch-blue-relics.md): So this week's new post are a bit Fantasy Flight focused. Oh, who am I kidding, Fantasy Flight is what we have this week, and not much from them, at this. But... - [Thunderstone Advance: Numenera](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/04/28/thunderstone-advance-numenera.md): Fantasy, in board games, often means "inspired by Dungeons & Dragons". Until now, that was true for Thunderstone as well. But the Numenera RPG, and the... - [Meople News: The Lost Fleet to Venus](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/04/25/meople-news-the-lost-fleet-to-venus.md): Aaaand we're back from our brief Easter vacation, much more relaxed and slightly more tanned. Yes, tanned. We went outside. I'm as surprised as you are. But... - [Amerigo](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/04/09/amerigo.md): Stefan Feld is fighting the good fight again: he's out to tame luck in his games. Not remove it from his games, but make them interesting and strategic despite... - [Meople News: Divided Tribes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/04/04/meople-news-divided-tribes.md): Stronghold Games After the recent torrent of announcements from the Space Cadets universe, Stronghold Games are now talking about the future of Core Worlds. It... - [Invaders](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/03/31/invaders.md): The date is December 8 2127, and for exactly a year and a day, Earth has been at war. They came from deep space, no one is sure what their plans with Earth... - [Meople News: Snake God on a Plane](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/03/29/meople-news-snake-god-on-a-plane.md): Hans im Glück One of the most popular, classic eurogames is coming back. Hans im Glück are currently looking for funding for a new release of Sankt... - [Cheaty Mages](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/03/24/cheaty-mages.md): You can trust mages to cheat. Always. Every single time. After all, what would you do with the POWER OF THE COSMOS™ at your fingertips. But using it to... - [Meople News: Conquest of the Mad Dinosaur](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/03/21/meople-news-conquest-of-the-mad-dinosaur.md): Witty Editions Real-time strategy game is not something I usually associate with boardgames, but it's the description Witty Editions use for their... - [Eight-Minute Empire](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/03/18/eight-minute-empire.md): Even the most insane, megalomanic despot will usually plan for a few months of war to conquer the whole world. Eight minutes is optimistic, to say the least.... - [Meople News: The Tuscany-Haitabu-Canal](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/03/14/meople-news-the-tuscany-haitabu-canal.md): MESAboardgames / Stronghold Games Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal opening, MESAboardgames and Stronghold Games will publish Panamax, an... - [Steam Park](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/03/11/steam-park.md): In Roboburg, the robotic inhabitants work every day of the year, without vacations, without weekends. Except for six days every year when the robo fair comes... - [Meople News: Portal to Space](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/03/07/meople-news-portal-to-space.md): Fantasy Flight Games Warhammer: Diskwars hasn't been out long, and already there are two expansions coming. And they are big ones, too. Hammer and Hold offers... - [Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/03/04/tash-kalar-arena-of-legends.md): Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends offers epic fantasy battles in the arena, with wizards, dragons and more. But the battle is fought in a very different way from... - [Meople News: The War of Pairs](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/02/28/meople-news-the-war-of-pairs.md): Cheapass Games This is not the first time that I admit to having a giant man-crush on Pat Rothfuss, author of The Name of the Wind, The Wise Man's Fear and,... - [Concept](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/02/25/concept.md): Do word guessing games all feel the same to you? I can promise you, this one won't. You'll still be guessing words, it wouldn't be a word guessing game... - [Meople News: Primarily Meeples](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/02/21/meople-news-primarily-meeples.md): Fantasy Flight Games I sometimes wonder how they still come up with new player characters for Talisman. I mean, the game isn't that complex, how many different... - [Meople News: Forsaken Tickets](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/02/14/meople-news-forsaken-tickets.md): Fantasy Flight Games Now that didn't take long, did it? The first expansion for Eldritch Horror is on its way. Forsaken Lore is a "small" expansion with tons... - [Blueprints](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/02/09/blueprints.md): "Light dice game" usually implies lots of rolling and very little influence over who wins the game in the end, it's just whoever rolls better. Not so in... - [Meople News: The Sphere of Babel](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/02/07/meople-news-the-sphere-of-babel.md): Repos Production A new expansion for 7 Wonders is coming in the second quarter of this year. 7 Wonders: Babel will come with many new components, as seen on... - [Romance of the Nine Empires](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/02/04/romance-of-the-nine-empires.md): The world of Countermay is an odd place. A multiversal crossroads, people from everywhere wash up here, enigmatic aliens right next to undead Egyptians. In... - [Meople News: Sunny Sheep](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/01/31/meople-news-sunny-sheep.md): Spielworxx German publisher Spielworxx has announced three new games that will probably all be available later this year. The first, La Granja by Michael... - [Rampage](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/01/27/rampage.md): Panic in Meeple City. Giant monsters are converging on the city, and it doesn't look like anyone is going to stop them. Within minutes they start throwing... - [Meople News: Valley of Spicy Myths](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/01/24/meople-news-valley-of-spicy-myths.md): Alderac Yet another edition of Love Letter is on its way, this one themed after Alderac's trading card game Legend of the Five Rings. Love Letter - Legend of... - [Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/01/22/euphoria-build-a-better-dystopia.md): "Build a Better Dystopia" is not a phrase you hear every day. Better for who, you will probably ask. Better for you, that's who! Because who else matters? When... - [Meople News: Northern Wind to Nerekhall](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/01/17/meople-news-northern-wind-to-nerekhall.md): Fantasy Flight Games The city of Nerekhall, the stage for the next Descent expansion Shadow of Nerekhall, is a place full of danger, mystery, unexpected... - [Oss](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/01/14/oss.md): A game as old as bone. It's not an expression I get to use a lot, since we review the newest games we can find. But in the case of Oss, it's not wrong, because... - [Meople News: Romantic Combat Robots](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/01/10/meople-news-romantic-combat-robots.md): Days of Wonder It's only a small expansion, but it manages to make Small World bigger. Are you confused yet? Don't be, it's actually quite simple: you can now... - [Mascarade](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/01/06/mascarade.md): Mascarade is proof that a good game doesn't need many components. With just 13 cards and some paper coins, Bruno Faidutti created an intense game of bluff and... - [Meople News: The Nether Bazaar](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2014/01/04/meople-news-the-nether-bazaar.md): Hello everyone, and welcome to 2014! I hope you had great holidays. On our part, I can say that we are more relaxed and less burned out now, and that is... - [Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/12/25/merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year.md): It's already that time again. Wasn't the Essen fair just yesterday? And now another year is coming to an end. I must apologize for just dropping from the face... - [Luchador – Mexican Wrestling Dice](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/12/10/luchador-mexican-wrestling-dice.md): Lucha Libre, Mexican free style wrestling, is flashy. It has personality. And it's very, very emotional. All that can be side about the dice game Luchador as... - [Meople News: Papercraft Hammers](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/12/06/meople-news-papercraft-hammers.md): It's another slow week for news. Maybe game publishers are hibernating already, who knows. But instead of going through with my threat and just making... - [Meople News: Arcane Pirate Disks](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/11/30/meople-news-arcane-pirate-disks.md): MAGE Company The extra dark and extra creepy horror game The Amityville Project: Phobos has been live on Kickstarter for a bit already - you should still check... - [Primate Fear](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/11/26/primate-fear.md): Ten years ago, you thought spanking the monkey was harmless fun. But you spanked him too hard, too long, too violently and the monkey died. Now, on this night,... - [Meople News: Tom Lehmann Double Feature](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/11/22/meople-news-tom-lehmann-double-feature.md): Gryphon Games Finally, the long awaited sequel to Matt Leacock's Roll Through The Ages: The Bronze Age is here. Well, not quite here yet, it's on Kickstarter... - [Terra Mystica](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/11/19/terra-mystica.md): Terra Mystica was the first game by German publisher Feuerland Spiele last year, and to say that it turned out popular is a bit of an understatement. It's an... - [Meople News: Tales from the Crossfire](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/11/16/meople-news-tales-from-the-crossfire.md): Well, this is definitely one of our shorter news posts. But after Essen, it's always slow news time, so I'm happy we have anything to report at all. Enjoy what... - [Mush! Mush! – Snow Tails 2](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/11/12/mush-mush-snow-tails-2.md): Five years ago, the Lamont Brothers created a racing game with an uncommon setting. Snow Tails wasn't about racing cars, motorcycles, speedboats or spaceships,... - [Meople News: Two Rooms on a Space Station](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/11/08/meople-news-two-rooms-on-a-space-station.md): Flatlined Games Bruno Faidutti announced on his blog that Space Station Argo, a game he and Serge Laget created about 10 years ago, will now finally be... - [Sanssouci](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/11/05/sanssouci.md): Sanssouci, a palace in Potsdam near Berlin, Germany. It's famous for it's beautiful gardens, and those gardens are what Michael Kiesling wants you to recreate... - [Meople News: Insectoid Powerplay](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/11/02/meople-news-insectoid-powerplay.md): Gen 42 After a long time of silence, Gen 42 announced another expansion for their amazing strategy game Hive: the Pillbug is a new type of insect to add to... - [Essen 2013](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/10/28/essen-2013.md): So, that was Essen 2013. The big change this year that you couldn't help but notice was the location: usually the Spiel was housed in the smaller halls four to... - [The Palaces of Carrara](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/10/21/the-palaces-of-carrara.md): The city of Carrara has been famous for its marble since Roman times. It's been used, by people who can afford it, all over the empire. In The Palaces of... - [Meople News: The Doctor’s Wrath](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/10/19/meople-news-the-doctors-wrath.md): Fantasy Flight Games The Diskwars combat system is one of the most quirky I know: your units are all printed on disks that you flip over their edge to move... - [Meople News: Properous Pet Invasion](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/10/11/meople-news-properous-pet-invasion.md): Pandasaurus Games / IDW Games Pandasaurus Games and comic book publisher IDW have partner up to launch IDW Games, a new IDW division to create boardgames based... - [Maximum Throwdown](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/10/07/maximum-throwdown.md): Are you one of those people that throw down their cards in anger when they lose a game? Well, in this one you throw down your cards OR you lose the game. - [Meople News: Theseus and the Cave of Dreaming Horrors](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/10/04/meople-news-theseus-and-the-cave-of-dreaming-horrors.md): Plaid Hat Games Have you run out of adventures for Mice & Mystic? Are you dying to have more rodent adventures, but have run through the original story too... - [Trains](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/09/30/trains.md): Deck-building was a big game genre the last few years. But pure deck-building is exhausted, every major publisher has a couple of deck.-building games already.... - [Meople News: A Comic Book Legacy](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/09/27/meople-news-a-comic-book-legacy.md): After a sick week last week, we're back with a long, long list of news. Skipping a week of news before Essen, they really pile up. Well, lots of news is good... - [Sigismundus Augustus](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/09/23/sigismundus-augustus.md): Long, deep and historical games are not uncommon, but they usually focus on war. Sigismundus Augustus goes a different route, it's all about Polish Politics... - [Meople News: Cappuccinophobia](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/09/13/meople-news-cappuccinophobia.md): Matagot The French publisher will have some new games in Essen this year: a quick abstract game, an interesting thematic one and an expansion. Take your pick,... - [Guildhall: Job Faire](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/09/09/guildhall-job-faire.md): Guildhall was a surprise release by Alderac in 2012, there were no announcements or anything, the game was just there. Now the expansion/sequel Job Faire is... - [Meople News: Malefic Water Safari](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/09/08/meople-news-malefic-water-safari.md): Smash Up, an unnamed expansion (Image by Alderac Entertainment) Alderac Entertainment Alderac's Facebook team are major league expert teases. The newest... - [al-Rashid](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/09/02/al-rashid.md): The empire of Caliph Harun al-Rashid was one of the biggest and most advanced of its time. Exactly the place for you to make a name, and loads of money, for... - [Meople News:](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/08/30/meople-news-5.md): Alderac Entertainment Small, Japanese card games must be going well, Alderac announced another game in their Big in Japan series. In Say Bye the Villains the... - [The Last Banquet](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/08/26/the-last-banquet.md): You don't often have 25 players to fit into one game. But when you do, what are you going to do? Name one single game that fits that many people and doesn't... - [Meople News: The Burning Samurais’ Horses](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/08/23/meople-news-the-burning-samurais-horses.md): Smash Up: Whatever The Next Expansion Is (Image by Alderac Entertainment) Alderac Entertainment This picture is the first and, for now, only teaser for the... - [Love Letter](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/08/21/love-letter.md): Very few board and card games come out of Japan. It's not because they don't exist there, they just don't make it to Europe or the US. Alderac Entertainment is... - [Thunderstone: Starter Set](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/08/19/thunderstone-starter-set.md): How often has this happened to you? You are peacefully tending to your farm, and suddenly a hole in the ground opens up and monsters come streaming out. Next... - [Meople News: Invading Geishas](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/08/15/meople-news-invading-geishas.md): Edge Entertainment I really, really wouldn't like to live in Tokyo. Every other week, something arises from the ocean or comes down from space to destroy the... - [Machine Mind](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/08/12/machine-mind.md): In a near and sinister future, machine minds are taking control. Or is it the present already? Plain, old humans are mere pawns in their battle for world... - [Meople News: 15 Eldritch Minutes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/08/08/meople-news-15-eldritch-minutes.md): ToyVault I have good news, bad news and, bad news about Firefly: Out To The Black for y'all. The good news first, the game is now on Kickstarter and from... - [Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/08/04/smash-up-awesome-level-9000.md): Smash Up is already an over-the-top card game, but with the expansion, it gets even better. Four new factions join the fray: Plants, Ghosts, Steampunks and the... - [Meople News: A Quantum of Gloom](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/08/01/meople-news-a-quantum-of-gloom.md): Hey everymeeple! I just wanted to let you know, this is the last week of the Meeple Summer Break, next week we'll return to our regular awesome program of... - [Meople News: Viking Vampires in Space](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/07/25/meople-news-viking-vampires-in-space.md): Fantasy Flight Games After Space Stations, there's not so much more to say about Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Storm, I guess. That's why the latest preview post... - [Meople News: Blood of the Art Nouveau Gods](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/07/18/meople-news-blood-of-the-art-nouveau-gods.md): Hello and welcome to the Meeple Summer vacation. Don't worry, it's not as bas as it sounds. The news will keep going, but for the next two weeks there will be... - [Meople News: Flaming Daffodils](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/07/11/meople-news-flaming-daffodils.md): No news post this week could be complete without the big news of the gaming world: Spiel and Kennerspiel des Jahres have been announced. I've heard some voices... - [The Great Zimbabwe](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/07/08/the-great-zimbabwe.md): It's not easy becoming king. Especially not when all the craftsmen work for other tribes, without them your monuments don't grow and even your gods make it... - [Meople News: Winter in Orbit](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/07/04/meople-news-winter-in-orbit.md): This week had a real blizzard of news as more publishers have started announcing their Essen 2013 releases. Seriously, you might want to have some spare time... - [CO2](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/07/02/co2.md): A game about global warming and green energy, so many things could potentially go wrong with that. It could be dry and boring. It could be preachy. It could be... - [Meople News: The Glass Twisters’ Guild](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/06/27/meople-news-the-glass-twisters-guild.md): Watchtower Games Over the last weeks we've been talking a lot about Fallen, but if you missed it, here are the basics again: Fallen is a two-player dungeon... - [Bruges](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/06/24/bruges.md): Stefan Feld is at it again, exploring the possibilities to combine luck and strategy in one game. This time, his exploration takes him to Belgium, the city of... - [Meople News: Unexpected Crossroads](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/06/20/meople-news-unexpected-crossroads.md): Cranio Creations What could you possibly add to a game like Dungeon Fighter, the game where you throw dice at a target to kill monsters? It already has... - [Sleuth](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/06/17/sleuth.md): Unusually for a detective game, in Sid Sackson's Sleuth you won't care at all for the whodunnit. Your real focus is the whatismissing. And if you played any... - [Meople News: Bauhaus at the Center of the Earth](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/06/13/meople-news-bauhaus-at-the-center-of-the-earth.md): Fantasy Flight Games Didn't we just have on those? The Trollfens is a new expansion for Descent: Journeys in the Dark, but smaller than the previous ones: only... - [Northwest Passage Adventures](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/06/11/northwest-passage-adventures.md): The way from Europe to the western coast of the US and Canada used to be one of the hardest. You either unloaded everything and travelled by land, or you went... - [Meople News: The Rat Command](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/06/06/meople-news-the-rat-command.md): Seven-Card Slugfest (Image by Level 99 Games) Level 99 Games Here are some more preview cards for the quick-and-dirty free-for-all card brawl Seven-Card... - [Hanabi](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/06/04/hanabi.md): A very unique card game in more than one way. You're not only holding your cards the wrong way around, you'll also be thinking about how you communicate in... - [Qwixx](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/06/03/qwixx.md): The first nominee for this year's Spiel des Jahres award, a light but clever dice game by Steffen Benndorf. While some luck is obviously involved, there are... - [Spiel des Jahres 2013: The Jury Recommends](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/05/31/spiel-des-jahres-2013-the-jury-recommends.md): After we had a look at the nominees for both Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres already last week, and checked the extremely short recommendation list... - [Meople News: Steamy Dungeon Sandbox](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/05/30/meople-news-steamy-dungeon-sandbox.md): Ystari The new game by Caylus designer William Attia will be available at Gen Con from Asmodee. Spyrium - you can tell it's a Ystari game originally by the... - [Elder Sign](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/05/26/elder-sign.md): The city of Arkham just doesn't get a break. When it's not monsters in the street, it's a Great Old One at the museum. And it's the same people that have to... - [Meople News: The Civility of Villains](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/05/24/meople-news-the-civility-of-villains.md): Fantasy Flight Games With Wisdom and Warfare a new expansion is on the way for Sid Meier's Civilization The Board Game. Again it comes with more of everything:... - [Spiel des Jahres 2013: Kennerspiel Nominees and Recommendations](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/05/22/spiel-des-jahres-2013-kennerspiel-nominees-and-recommendations.md): As you already noticed, the Spiel des Jahres nominations are out. It's kinda hard to miss when you frequent the boardgame-affiliated parts of the Internet. Or... - [Spiel des Jahres 2013: The Spiel des Jahres Nominees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/05/21/spiel-des-jahres-2013-the-spiel-des-jahres-nominees.md): Hot damn, it's already that time again. I must admit, I was taken by surprise this year, I wasn't counting on the Spiel des Jahres nominations yet. It's a... - [Small World Underground](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/05/13/small-world-underground.md): "The world is getting smaller" is a quote that gets thrown around a lot these days. The people saying it must have missed the implications of being in a really... - [Meople News: Steamy American Bumblebees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/05/09/meople-news-4.md): Fantasy Flight Games In a first detail preview at Planet Steam, we get a look at the most important part of the game: extracting resources, your way to wealth.... - [Bora Bora](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/05/06/bora-bora.md): Bora Bora, a peaceful place in the pacific ocean. Here men are handsome and elaborately tattooed, women are beautiful and do nothing but collect seashells on... - [Meople News: Euphoria in Cantebury Village](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/05/02/meople-news-euphoria-in-cantebury-village.md): Coup (Image by Indie Boards and Cards) Indie Boards And Cards The newest Kickstarter project by Indie Boards And Cards is a retheme of last year's The Coup by... - [Okiya](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/04/29/okiya.md): Looking through the window into the garden, you see two rivalling gangs of geishas fighting for control. Wait. WHAT? The setting doesn't always have to make... - [Meople News: Shockingly Emerald](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/04/25/meople-news-shockingly-emerald.md): Sometimes it's just everything that goes wrong. With all our test players being quite busy recently - doing university, being pregnant, writing books ... - we... - [Monopoly](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/04/22/monopoly.md): When you mention modern boardgames to people who don't play The Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride or any of the other thousands of games we call our hobby,... - [Meople News: Crossroads in Space](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/04/18/meople-news-crossroads-in-space.md): Treefrog Games If you heard a loud squee sound just now, that was my inner fanboy trying to get out: after Terry Pratchett's Discworld, Martin Wallace is now... - [Kalua](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/04/15/kalua.md): It's not easy being a god. Unless you already established monotheism, then it's all easy sailing. But to get there, some hard work will be necessary. Summoning... - [Meople News: Twin Chapel Safehouse](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/04/11/meople-news-twin-chapel-safehouse.md): Plaid Hat Games Wow, that's a real beauty, a boardgame to go with the third part of the popular and awesome BioShock series of computer games. BioShock... - [Mafia City](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/04/08/mafia-city.md): In a city where the law is nothing but letters in a book, where not only city hall but even the police itself are under the control of rivaling gangs, in a... - [Happy Easter!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/03/30/happy-easter.md): Hey everyone! I don't actually know how many of you are celebrating Easter and how many aren't, but here's a Happy Easter to all of you from the Meeple Cave!... - [Meople News: I veto that Blessing!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/03/29/meople-news-i-veto-that-blessing.md): Kuznia Gier The Polish game forge has revealed their 2013 program in the latest newsletter: two games coming before Essen still and three Essen releases. All... - [Copycat](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/03/24/copycat.md): What comes out when you take two popular games, add some dashes of more games, and then run that mix through a cocktail shaker? That's what Friedemann Friese... - [Meople News: Burning Trains on Fire](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/03/21/meople-news-burning-trains-on-fire.md): Portal Publishing You probably noticed in the review that we really liked Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island, but that it's easy to get rules... - [1984: Animal Farm](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/03/17/1984-animal-farm.md): The new world leaders after the 1984 revolution: Pandas, Eagles, Frogs, Bears and Pigs. You may or may not be surprised to learn that, other than the species,... - [Meople News: Once upon a Coffee](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/03/14/meople-news-once-upon-a-coffee.md): Atlas Games You know you're doing your online boardgame show right when game publishers create expansions with you in it - like the TableTop expansion for... - [Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/03/10/tzolkin-the-mayan-calendar.md): The Maya people had a very sophisticated calendar system, consisting of multiple counts with different lengths. One of these counts is the 260-day tzolk'in.... - [Meople News: Masked Zombie Machine](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/03/06/meople-news-masked-zombie-machine.md): TwoMonkeyStudios A clever little card game called Influence is currently on Kickstarter, and it's worth your time to check out. The goal of the game is to gain... - [Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/03/03/robinson-crusoe-adventure-on-the-cursed-island.md): Beign shipwrecked is bad. Being shipwrecked on a deserted island is worse. Being shipwrecked on the Cursed Island? That sounds like trouble. Enough trouble,... - [Meople News: Talent Phobia](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/02/27/meople-news-talent-phobia.md): Hey everymeeple! Since we're back in the Meeple Cave now, normal posting schedule here and on the social media should resume. At least once I'm awake again... - [Meople News: Copper Galaxy](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/02/20/meople-news-copper-galaxy.md): We're still busy here with a lot of family stuff, so please accept my apologies for not having the daily news you're all waiting for on the social media in a... - [Mississippi Queen](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/02/17/mississippi-queen.md): Mississippi Queen is a game about boats – paddle wheel steamers, to be precise – and their movement. As a matter of fact, that’s pretty much it if all... - [Meople News: Jigsaw Vampires](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/02/13/meople-news-jigsaw-vampires.md): WizKids / NECA This new line of games is either a stroke of genius or a sign that Mike Elliott and his colleagues have abandoned all pretense of sanity. I'm... - [Cooperative and Competitive Games](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/02/12/cooperative-and-competitive-games.md): Cooperative games are a very recent phenomenon: games where all players win or all players lose, no one has to feel slighted by the end of the game. A more... - [Meople News: The Ruined Masks of Bora-Bora](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/02/06/meople-news-the-ruined-masks-of-bora-bora.md): I'm sorry for the lack of any interesting content this weekend, but we were once again stuck in one of those flying sardine cans that people insist are a great... - [Meople News: Alone and Unseen](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/01/30/meople-news-alone-and-unseen.md): Alderac Entertainment In a very evil twist, some of the Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000 previews show up on Facebook while others appear on the game's page. To... - [Keyflower](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/01/27/keyflower.md): In 1620, a ship full of brave meeples set sail to cross the ocean and build a new life in the new world. These meeples who crossed the ocean on the Keyflower... - [Meople News: Exploding Fireflies](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/01/23/meople-news-exploding-fireflies.md): Wizkids Skeptical as I am about movie tie-in games, the Lord of the Rings Dice Building Game by Mike Elliot and Eric Lang does sound pretty cool. It takes the... - [Docker](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/01/20/docker.md): Small and quick games - we don't write about them much just because they are small and quick. But we all play them. Between other games. Before dinner. Sitting... - [Meople News: Elephant Desert Rally](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/01/17/meople-news-elephant-desert-rally.md): Cryptozoic John Kovalic, artist of Munchkin,  Apples to Apples, and the comic Dork Tower has a game all of his own coming: ROFL! I'm not making fun of his... - [Columba](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/01/13/columba.md): Rearing pidgeons is such a peaceful, placid hobby, isn't it. A game about it must be full of zen, a meditation exercise with tiles. Wrong! Columba is a very... - [Meople News: Explore the Loathing](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/01/09/meople-news-explore-the-loathing.md): Hello and welcome to the first news post of 2013 after our extended Christmas break. If nothing goes wrong we'll be back on our regular schedule now, with all... - [Happy 2013!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2013/01/01/happy-2013.md): Hello everyone from the Meeple Cave and the middle of what passes for winter this year in our area. We've been a bit quiet over the holidays, for various... - [Kickstarter Preview: 12 Realms](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/12/16/kickstarter-preview-12-realms.md): Mage Company are currently running a Kickstarter campaign for their coming release of 12 Realms. This is not a completely new title, 12 Realms by Ignazio... - [Meople News: The Bear Cavalry of Venice](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/12/12/meople-news-the-bear-cavalry-of-venice.md): Alderac Entertainment The December newsletter from AEG mentions the new Nightfall expansion Nightfall: Eastern Skies and the new starter pack for Legend of the... - [Codinca](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/12/10/codinca.md): Abstract games don't have to be long and complex to be good, Codinca shows that it's perfectly possible to make am abstract that you can teach in five minutes,... - [Meople News: The Wyrm Detective](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/12/05/meople-news-the-wyrm-detective.md): Cryptozoic Another game based on a TV series, and this one's a series I love, too: Castle, a crime series with Nathan Filion as a bestselling crime author who... - [Escape: The Curse of the Temple](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/12/03/escape-the-curse-of-the-temple.md): The noise is deafening as the floor under our feet collapses. It's almost loud enough to make me forget the fact that I'm falling down together with all the... - [Meople News: Kingdom of the Serene Cow](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/11/29/meople-news-kingdom-of-the-serene-cow.md): Repos Production Visitors to the game festival En Jeu in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, had the chance to see the newest 7 Wonders expansion 7 Wonders: Wonder Pack... - [Spellbound](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/11/26/spellbound.md): The Master Wizards all told you, don't mess with Baba Yaga. But of course you wouldn't listen, she is only one witch, what could she possibly do to you. And... - [Meople News: The Hobbit Wars of Andor](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/11/21/meople-news-the-hobbit-wars-of-andor.md): Cryptozoic Well, what do you know, apparently the criticism that Cryptozoic's deck-builders (like Penny Arcade: Gamers vs. Evil) were lacking deck management... - [Big Badaboom!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/11/19/big-badaboom.md): Goblins no have bombs. That no good. Goblins need bombs. You Goblins will see bombs, will look at bombs, will learn bombs? Why? Because Big Boss Necromancer... - [First Impressions: Spellbound and Kalua](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/11/16/6346.md): Spellbound Disclaimer: This post has no intention to be a review of any of the games mentioned, this is just an overview and report of the first impressions we... - [Meople News: Monstrous Remnants](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/11/13/meople-news-monstrous-remnants.md): Plaid Hat Games City of Remnants by Isaac Vega sounds pretty exciting, and not only because of the heavily armed plastic minis. Set in a dystopian future city,... - [Swordfish](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/11/12/swordfish.md): The swordfish season at the Flemish Cap is seven months long, from April to November. That's the time you have in Swordfish to build up a fishing fleet and go... - [First Impressions: Columba and Keyflower](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/11/09/first-impressions-columba-and-keyflower.md): Disclaimer: This post has no intention to be a review of any of the games mentioned, this is just an overview and report of the first impressions we got at the... - [Meople News: Mystic Monster Wars](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/11/06/meople-news-mystic-monster-wars.md): In gaming news, here's an item of general interest. The Jack Vasel Memorial Fund is a non-for-profit with the goal to help specifically gamers that have fallen... - [Wrong Chemistry](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/11/05/wrong-chemistry.md): Something is wrong with Wrong Chemistry, and it's not the chemistry. It's about mad scientists, and not a single mention of world domination. I think these... - [Meople News: The Legendary Siege of Salem](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/10/30/meople-news-the-legendary-siege-of-salem.md): Queen Games German publisher Queen Games has really taken a shine to Kickstarter, yet another project is currently looking for backers. I can see their... - [First impressions: Swordfish and Big Badaboom](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/10/29/first-impressions-swordfish-and-big-badaboom.md): Disclaimer: This post has no intention to be a review of any of the games mentioned, this is just an overview and report of the first impressions we got at the... - [Milestones](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/10/29/milestones.md): The Plains of Triangles. Undiscovered land. With nothing but a cart full of milestones and a group of builders we set out to bring civilization to the... - [Meople News: The Fairest Fair](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/10/23/meople-news-the-fairest-fair.md): What? It's the Essen week and the volume of game news on the web drops to close to nothing? Inconceivable! That never happened before. Well, I hope no one is... - [Essen 2012: Wrapping it up](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/10/22/essen-2012-wrapping-it-up.md): The last day of Essen was short for us, we arrived late and many booths left early, but we tried to make good use of our time there. For the most part, that... - [Essen 2012: Day 3](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/10/20/essen-2012-day-3.md): Essen is odd this year, for reasons that completely escape me, the Saturday wasn't much fuller than the weekdays - but the weekdays were fuller than last year,... - [Essen 2012: Day 1 and 2](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/10/19/essen-2012-day-1-and-2.md): Although our Essen Saga started yesterday already, we could only start writing down the Chronicles of Essen 2012 today. Yesterday we got back just before... - [Meople News: Dreams of Catan Dwarves](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/10/16/meople-news-dreams-of-catan-dwarves.md): Atlas Games Here's a character preview for the coming Cthulhu Gloom expansion Unpleasant Dreams. Matching the title, the new family has their home in the... - [Confetti](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/10/15/confetti.md): Simple doesn't always mean boring, Some games have very, very simple rules and are still fun to play. So here we have a game that is based on the concept of... - [Meople News: Mr. Panic Mansion](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/10/09/meople-news-mr-panic-mansion.md): Fantasy Flight Games With the newest expansion, Mansions of Madness will turn into Meadows of Madness or something like that, because in Call of the Wild there... - [Meople News: Night falls on the Aztec Lands](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/10/07/meople-news-night-falls-on-the-aztec-lands.md): Better late than never, isn't that what everyone says? We apologize for the delayed Meople News this week, but a horrific case of the meeple flu, or maybe a... - [Battle for Supremacy](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/09/30/battle-for-supremacy.md): Superheroes and Villains are loose in the not-so-peacefull city of Centropolia. We all know how these two types never get along, and so it doesn't take long... - [Meople News: Desperados of Loathing](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/09/26/meople-news-desperados-of-loathing.md): Cryptozoic Mark and Joan Wilkenson's Mod X has little to do with Cryptozoic's usual lineup - no fantasy, no wackyness, no illustrations, just an abstract game.... - [MafiaDollar](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/09/24/mafiadollar.md): Times were hard during the prohibition, and you couldn't even take a drink to make them easier. Except if you were the criminal element, then you had all the... - [Meople News: The Oath of Ginkgo](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/09/19/meople-news-the-oath-of-ginkgo.md): Portal Publishing Are you curious about Winter, the next 51st State expansion? Some card pictures are up on the game's page for your viewing pleasure now.... - [Smash Up](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/09/17/smash-up.md): The ultimate question about life, the universe and everything can finally be answered. Who would win in a fight, Pirates or Ninjas? 42. Sorry, doesn't make... - [Meople News: The Wine Culture of ’84](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/09/11/meople-news-the-wine-culture-of-84.md): Kuznia Gier The polish publisher is really carving out a niche in the "games that make you lose friends, but you still love them" genre of boardgames.... - [Kingdom Builder](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/09/10/kingdom-builder.md): In this year's Spiel des Jahres, the King asks you to construct villages for his Kingdom. But his subjects are not always guided by sanity when they write... - [Meople News: Robinson on Mars](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/09/04/meople-news-robinson-on-mars.md): Cryptozoic Designer Matt Hyra posted his Gen Con experiences with Hot Rod Creeps, his coming card-driven wacky racing game, and in the process revealed more... - [The Kingdoms of Crusaders](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/09/02/the-kingdoms-of-crusaders.md): The Crusades, the attempt to conquer Jerusalem for Christianity, were a bloody period of war. They're a prime setting for wargames - I'm sure a few have been... - [Meople News: Space Dogs in a Cave](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/08/28/meople-news-space-dogs-in-a-cave.md): Cranio Creations Very sad news here:  Steam Park will not make it until October, or even this year. Due to delays in development and production the new... - [7 Wonders: Cities](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/08/27/7-wonders-cities.md): The second expansion for Antoine Bauza's Kennerspiel des Jahres is 7 Wonders: Cities, and it's all about Peace and Money. Or maybe Peace and Theft. With two... - [Ancient Games: Alquerque](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/08/24/ancient-games-alquerque.md): Games are not a new phenomenon by any means, they are as old as civilization itself. See, for example, Alquerque. And even today, we play games that either... - [Meople News: A Maniac of Consequence](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/08/21/meople-news-a-maniac-of-consequence.md): Not the busiest week in news, but that was to be expected with Gen Con happening last weekend, everyone was busy there. Everyone except me, that is. But I'm... - [Disaster on Everest](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/08/19/disaster-on-everest.md): Another trip up the world's highest mountain, this time with a questionable travel ageny. After all, they must have known the storm was coming and could kill... - [Meople News: Legendary Brawls](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/08/14/meople-news-legendary-brawls.md): Clash of Cultures (Image by Z-Man Games) Z-Man Games Games with cards, tokens and wooden discs are nice, I love them. But there is something to be said for... - [The Dwarf King](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/08/12/the-dwarf-king.md): Dwarves, Goblins and Knights are all united in a trick-taking card game that sounds easy and simple, there's not even a trump colour. But The Dwarf King has... - [Meople News: Legendary Vampire Ants](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/08/08/meople-news-legendary-vampire-ants.md): Essen is coming. We still have more than two months to go, but the torrent of announcements has started, and no one is making more announcements this week (and... - [Arkham Horror](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/08/05/arkham-horror.md): Everything is peaceful in the small town in New England. Nothing bad has happened yet this week. But it's only monday, 2:00 am. And there we go, a gate to... - [Meeple’s Adventures: The Game of Meeples](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/08/02/meeples-adventures-the-game-of-meeples.md):   The air beyond the wall was even colder than in the Night Watch's fortress. Much colder. And it was not just the weather, there was something else. Even... - [Meople News: Gloomy Chaos Spectaculum](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/07/31/meople-news-gloomy-chaos-spectaculum.md): Atlas Games It is in the nature of card games to be easily expandable, and transparent card games are no exception. I'm obviously talking about a Gloom... - [Catan Histories: Merchants of Europe](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/07/29/catan-histories-merchants-of-europe.md): The Settlers of Catan have come a long way. From their little fictional island all the way to the USA in Trails to Rails and then all the way back to Europe to... - [Meople News: Hot Rod the Sheepdog](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/07/24/meople-news-hot-rod-the-sheepdog.md): alea Saint Malo, alea's city-building game with pens and erasable game boards is running into some delays and will only be available in fall, certainly in time... - [Loch Ness](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/07/22/loch-ness.md): Fog still lies over the Loch, the early morning was silent a minute ago. Now, the silence is disturbed by a stampede of photographers, running around the lake,... - [Meople News: Steampowered Aztec Abbey](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/07/17/meople-news-steampowered-aztec-abbey.md): Days of Wonder I'm sure this one will make many people happy: Days of Wonder announced a reprint of Mystery of the Abbey, the Bruno Faidutti and Serge Laget... - [Incognito](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/07/16/incognito.md): This week, we're going on another trip to the past, specifically to 1988. Also to Venice. Incognito won the award for most beautiful game at the Spiel des... - [Meople News: Druid Super Hero of the Year](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/07/11/meople-news-druid-super-hero-of-the-year.md): Most of you will have heard it at this point: the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres have been awarded on Monday. Spiel des Jahres went to Queen Games... - [Village](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/07/08/village.md): Village is a medieval countryside life simulator. Only it cuts away the boring 99% of it and lets you make the decisions that shape your fameeply's lives.... - [Final Frontier](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/07/06/final-frontier.md): Expensive game components, the final frontier for board game publisher. These are the games of Victory Point Games. Their continuing mission: to bring you new... - [Meople News: Look out for the Atlantean Ginkgo](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/07/03/meople-news-look-out-for-the-atlantean-ginkgo.md): Z-Man Games Atlantis Rising has been announced quite some time ago, and that it will be released for Gencon this year is also not quite news anymore. But apart... - [K2](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/07/01/k2.md): Mountaineering is not much used as a theme in boardgames. After trying K2, I really wonder why because it's tense, exciting and deadly. There are no empty... - [Meople News: Great Old Zeppelin Scouts](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/06/26/meople-news-great-old-zeppelin-scouts.md): I'm sorry for the lack of a review this weekend - apparently someone drew my city card and then dropped a blue disease cube on my head. At least I felt like... - [Meople News: Rampaging Zombie Monolith](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/06/19/meople-news-rampaging-zombie-monolith.md): Another weekend with lots of gaming has come and gone. We're lucky that basically everyone who comes to our house is into boardgames, even people we knew long... - [Race for the Galaxy](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/06/18/race-for-the-galaxy.md): Not the newest game we reviewed recently, Race for the Galaxy was first published in 2007. It's still a very good and popular game, though and with the new... - [Meople News: The Duke’s Escape to Venice](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/06/12/meople-news-the-dukes-escape-to-venice.md): This week is Kickstarter week in the Meople News - we have other things, of course, but many, many Kickstarter projects as well. And I wouldn't want to hold... - [Targi](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/06/10/targi.md): The Sahara desert. Wide, open spaces. You can travel for days without meeting another soul. So why is it that, when playing Targi, there are always people... - [Meople News: The Fairyist Party of Middle Earth](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/06/05/meople-news-the-fairyist-party-of-middle-earth.md): Ring of Spell Storing (picture by Alderac Entertainment) Alderac Entertainment I've always wondered this about fantasy games: all those monsters we kill carry... - [Eselsbrücke](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/06/03/eselsbrucke.md): Eselsbrücke is one of this year's nominees for the Spiel des Jahres award. It's a memory game with a fun mechanic, and really quite taxing for your memory.... - [Meople News: South American Zombie Sea Monsters](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/05/30/meople-news-south-american-zombie-sea-monsters.md): Portal Publishing Don't you all know that moment? When the rules for a game you're excited about are first revealed? Without further ado I present to you: the... - [Penny Arcade: Gamers vs. Evil](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/05/27/penny-arcade-gamers-vs-evil.md): Penny Arcade is a name that you simply can't get around when looking into computer games on the Internet. It's one of the most famous webcomics ever. After... - [Meople News: Seasonal Geisha Rage](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/05/23/meople-news-seasonal-geisha-rage.md): After yesterday's and the day before's irregular news about Kennerspiel and Spiel des Jahres 2012, we're returning to our weekly news collection today. Of... - [Spiel des Jahres 2012](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/05/22/spiel-des-jahres-2012.md): We interrupt our regular Tuesday news program for this weeks irregular news program. The nominees for this year's Spiel des Jahres award were announced... - [Kennerspiel des Jahres 2012](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/05/21/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2012.md): Can you smell it? It's that time of the year again. Smells of excitement. The nominees for the three German Game of the Year awards (Kinderspiel, Spiel and... - [Farmerama](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/05/20/farmerama.md): Browser games being made into board games is still a very rare phenomenon. Besides Angry Birds, I can only think of this one: Farmerama. Are there reasons to... - [Meople News: Tahiti Runners](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/05/15/meople-news-tahiti-runners.md): Finally, gaming is back here in the Meeple Cave. We have a friend staying with us this week, so not only was boardgames the theme of the weekend but also of... - [Strike Dice](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/05/14/strike-dice.md): Strike Dice is a game that promises epic conflict and adventure. After all, there are monsters on the box and the game board shows the conflict of Good vs.... - [Meople News: Aztec Cardinals](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/05/08/meople-news-aztec-cardinals.md): Days of Wonder The scenario previews for Small World Realms just keep getting better: the latest one, A Dig Too Far, lets you follow in the footsteps of the... - [Coerceo](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/05/07/coerceo.md): Abstract strategy games for two players. There are many of them already, you could think that all the good ideas have been done. And then a game like Coerceo... - [Meople News: Defenders of the Pirate Sheep](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/05/01/meople-news-defenders-of-the-pirate-sheep.md): Smash Up: Pirate King Alderac Entertainment Smash Up, Paul Peterson's shufflebuilding game - shufflebuilding because you shuffle two decks together, unlike... - [Take it easy!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/04/29/take-it-easy.md): Simple, abstract games can be so frustrating sometimes. You spend 10 turns, waiting for the right tile, and just after you decide it won't come up and put... - [Meople News: Fortress in the Shire](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/04/24/meople-news-fortress-in-the-shire.md): The news week was short this time, the last news roundup only being from last Thursday, but the news this week bring up some exciting new projects. After a... - [Coming Soon: Off Your Rocker](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/04/23/coming-soon-off-your-rocker.md): We had the opportunity this weekend to try Chris James and Stratus Games' next game, Off Your Rocker, which is currently on Kickstarter. I'm always a tad... - [Meople News: Puzzled Sentinels of Winter](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/04/19/meople-news-puzzled-sentinels-of-winter.md): Two days late, but not forgotten, here are the news for this week. Rumours that the delay was caused by a decadent multi-day Meople's Magazine birthday party... - [2 years of Meople’s Magazine](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/04/18/2-years-of-meoples-magazine.md): So, this is the point where I'm supposed to say "Wow, these last two years have been quite a ride." I don't even have to lie about that, because they have... - [Pickomino](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/04/15/pickomino.md): Not every game can be a brain-twisting, deeply strategic game. A gaming evening/weekend/vacation needs the fillers, the quick, light games that nevertheless... - [Meople News: Alien Space Dollars](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/04/10/meople-news-alien-space-dollars.md): I hope everyone had a happy Easter celebration - or at least better than ours. We were stuck in the Meeple Cave with the last remnants of the Meeple Flu and... - [Onirim](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/04/08/onirim.md): Every night when you go to sleep, your mind gets lost in the Dream Labyrinth. It will wander there for a while and then get back to you in time to wake up.... - [Meople News: Drunk Farm Infiltrator](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/04/03/meople-news-drunk-farm-infiltrator.md): You might have noticed the complete and utter lack of anything new at Meople's Magazine this weekend. The sad truth is, yours truly was suffering from a bad... - [Meeple’s Adventures: Meepled away](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/03/29/meeples-adventures-meepled-away.md): After many days of hard work in the bathhouse, Meephiro finally had a day off. And what better way to relax than a nice solo game of Arkham Horror? Now if only... - [Meople News: Elephant Goblins of the Sea](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/03/27/meople-news-elephant-goblins-of-the-sea.md): Caliope Games Tsuro is a familiar name to many: a tile-laying game in which you build a path for your own stone and try to keep it from going over the edge of... - [Junta](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/03/25/junta.md): Republica de los Bananas is a peaceful country. About one day out of twenty, at least. The other days, the country is in the grip of a revolution,... - [Meople News: Innovative Wil and the Shadow of the Roller Coaster](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/03/21/meople-news-innovative-wil-and-the-shadow-of-the-roller-coaster.md): If you're already following us on Facebook or Google Plus then these two items won't be all that new to you. (If you don't, by the way, now is a good time. We... - [Flash Point: Fire Rescue](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/03/18/flash-point-fire-rescue.md): When the call comes in, everything has to happen quickly. Slide down the pole, get on the truck and of you go. Yes, you can now experience the thrill of... - [Meople News: Robinson the Sky Dinosaur](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/03/13/meople-news-robinson-the-sky-dinosaur.md): Kuznia Gier We already talked briefly about the upcoming expansion for Alcatraz: The Scapegoat, now we know at least a small detail about the content: it will... - [Discworld: Ankh-Morpork](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/03/11/discworld-ankh-morpork.md): Space. The Final Frontier. These are the adventures of giant turtle Great A'tuin, her four elephant companions standing on her shell and the millions of people... - [Meople News: Winter Zombies in Space](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/03/06/meople-news-winter-zombies-in-space.md): Regular readers will have noticed that there wasn't a review this weekend. That's an almost unprecedented occurrence and I'm sorry it had to happen. The sad... - [Meeple’s Adventures: Indiana Meeple](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/03/01/meeples-adventures-indiana-meeple.md): After Baghdad, everything else should have been a walk in the park. Should have been. Turns out I was wrong. When I reached Cairo a welcome committee of Nazi... - [Meople News: In the Wilderness, your butler won’t bring you cake](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/02/28/meople-news-in-the-wilderness-your-butler-wont-bring-you-cake.md): Writing the news, I realised I find it awkward to use "pen name" or "nom de plume" when talking about game designers. There are pens involved, sure, but they... - [Old Men of the Forest](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/02/26/old-men-of-the-forest.md): Old Men of the Forest is a charity game: all its profits go to the Orangutan Foundation UK. So don't think of this as a review, its more a "bringing it to your... - [Meople News: Shark Aviator](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/02/21/meople-news-shark-aviator.md): Haven't you always wanted to advertise your own games - or maybe the thousands of games you are selling - at your favourite online game magazine? If you just... - [Pamplona – Viva San Fermín!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/02/20/pamplona-viva-san-fermin.md): The Running of the Bulls in Pamplona is a world-famous festival, moreso since Hemmingway wrote about it. But its rarely used as a theme for boardgames.... - [Meople News: Cursed Vegas Crooks](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/02/14/meople-news-cursed-vegas-crooks.md): It seems we have the attacks on the site under control now - the first attempt had failed because the attackers created their own backdoors during the original... - [Mundus Novus](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/02/12/mundus-novus.md): Mundus Novus is, despite its trade with the new world theme, a light set collection game with a complex(ish) trading mechanic and a bit of card based progress. - [The Gamer Files: The Warm Body](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/02/09/the-gamer-files-the-warm-body.md): The Warm Body Tine is back with the Gamer Files, and this time it's one that we all know. The one that will play everything you put in front of him or her but... - [Meople News: The Pimp Wizard’s Sister](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/02/07/meople-news-the-pimp-wizards-sister.md): A weekend without gaming is a sad thing, don't you think? Well, we'll be sure not to let it happen again, but I hope your weekend had more boardgames involved.... - [The Settlers of Catan](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/02/05/the-settlers-of-catan.md): The Settlers of Catan is the game that started the world wide eurogame craze. Sooner or later, everyone getting into boardgames will come across it, and if you... - [Meople News: Beyond the Coffee Pyramid](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/01/31/meople-news-beyond-the-coffee-pyramid.md): This news post is a really long one, you better get another cup of coffee before you start - when you read the last item, you will feel like having one anyway.... - [Power Grid: The First Sparks](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/01/29/power-grid-the-first-sparks.md): For the 10th anniversary of the legendary Power Grid, designer Friedemann Friese came up with something special: he transported the games mechanics to the... - [Ancient Games and Toys](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/01/26/ancient-games-and-toys.md): Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome back our victim test player and occasional writer Tine to the first post in a series about historical games. People have... - [Meople News: The Rocket Pyramids of Singapur](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/01/24/meople-news-the-rocket-pyramids-of-singapur.md): And hello everyone. Are you having a good 2012 so far? Or, as of this week, a good Year of the Dragon? Here at the Meeple Cave we're a bit bummed about not... - [2019: The Arctic](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/01/22/2019-the-arctic.md): In 2019, the Arctic is one of the few remaining areas on Earth with natural resources. Naturally, everyone with a claim on those, however slight it may be,... - [Meople News: Trek to the Congo](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/01/17/meople-news-trek-to-the-congo.md): Stronghold Games Although both games were available in Essen already, we all know that doesn't mean you can find them at your friendly local game store. Now... - [Evolution: The Origin of Species](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/01/16/evolution-the-origin-of-species.md): Evolution is one of the more vicious card games out there - eating your opponents animals is a great survival strategy. But the game's author is a biologist by... - [Meople News: Locked City of Oz](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/01/10/meople-news-locked-city-of-oz.md): Looney Labs Andrew Looney must have stopped wondering if he might be too random long ago. Instead he is probably wondering "Am I random enough?" and every time... - [Friday](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/01/08/friday.md): For years, the man Friday has lived alone on his island. But when Robinson was washed up on the beach, Friday's peace was disturbed by this clumsy foreigner.... - [Meople News: Order of Rocking Hexes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2012/01/04/meople-news-order-of-rocking-hexes.md): Aaaaaaand we're back. A happy new year to all of you! And when I say "we're back" I mean "we were lucky enough to have a chance to return home" because our... - [Meople News: Rise R’lyeh!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/12/20/meople-news-rise-rlyeh.md): The weather in Brazil is killing me. I knew it would be hot, but the last few days in Sao Paulo were unbearable, and it doesn't look like it's getting better.... - [A Fistful of Penguins](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/12/18/a-fistful-of-penguins.md): If "A Fistful of Penguins" makes you think of a western set in the Antarctic, then you're in for a disappointment. If you're looking for a family-friendly dice... - [Meople News: Alliance of Salt](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/12/13/meople-news-alliance-of-salt.md): And hello again! Although the weather here is trying its very best to make us lazy and stay sleeping in the heat all day, we bravely fought of the desire to... - [Potion-making: Practice](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/12/11/potion-making-practice.md): Creating magic potions and elixirs isn't easy, we all know that since a certain young wizard had to struggle through his Potions classes. But being able to... - [Negotiation Games](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/12/08/negotiation-games.md): Negotiation is part of a great number of modern games. Imagine Settlers of Catan without negotiating trades, Risk without forming alliances or Monopoly without... - [Meople News: Lewis Carroll, UN Consultant](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/12/06/meople-news-lewis-carroll-un-consultant.md): You may have noticed by now that there was no new review this weekend. That's a sad state of affairs, but our trip to Brazil had to take precedence. Fear not,... - [Meople News: The Island of Ninja Rabbits](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/11/28/meople-news-the-island-of-ninja-rabbits.md): A weekend without the house full of gamers? It does take some getting used to, we're almost feeling a bit lonely. But we're in preparation for our trip to... - [Masters of Commerce](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/11/27/masters-of-commerce.md): Everywhere you look lately, the news are about the economy. It's boring , like a roller coaster you're not allowed to ride. Masters of Commerce allows you to... - [Meople News: Flashy Octopodes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/11/21/meople-news-flashy-octopodes.md): This gaming weekend was a bit of a mixed bag. It's not a big secret that I've been dying to try Arkham Horror for ages, and then our first attempt turns out so... - [Alcatraz: The Scapegoat](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/11/20/alcatraz-the-scapegoat.md): They say no one ever escaped from Alcatraz. If you want to be the first, you will have to work together with the other inmates. But watch out, or you might be... - [Sandwich](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/11/16/sandwich.md): Maybe you have heard the term "snack game" for a game that plays in about fifteen minutes, while you're waiting for your pizza or for another game to... - [Meople News: Epic Old Man Battle at Mount Steamshark](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/11/14/meople-news-epic-old-man-battle-at-mount-steamshark.md): No gaming for us this weekend. My family has the tradition of  pumpkin-themed debauchery one day in fall: 15 to 20 people, eight to ten dishes, all pumpkin.... - [Québec](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/11/12/quebec.md): Québec is not only a city in Canada any more, it is now also a game about that city. But where games with city names are often variants of other games with... - [Meople News: Flasher’s Fortune](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/11/06/meople-news-flashers-fortune.md): Second long gaming night in as many weeks - I love it when summer ends! Highlights of yesterday included our first game of Masters of Commerce; I hope our... - [Souvlaki Wars](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/11/06/souvlaki-wars.md): The restaurant business is harsh and the competition is fierce. This city is not big enough for more than one souvlaki restaurant. Souvlaki Wars is more... - [Meople News: Clash of Evil Oxes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/31/meople-news-clash-of-evil-oxes.md): I thought that after Essen things would calm down a little. obviously I was wrong, because now we have way too many new games around and can't wait to try them... - [Dungeon Fighter](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/31/dungeon-fighter.md): Dungeon crawler games tend to be dice rolling festivals: you find a monster, you throw a die and either you die or the monster dies. Dungeon Fighter is not so... - [Halloween 2011](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/30/halloween-2011.md): It sounded like such a good idea: pack a basket full of games and take the shortcut through the forest to the Halloween party. But now it suddenly seemed like... - [Update: Prêt-à-Porter](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/27/update-pret-a-porter.md): To build a fashion empire     It's always a bit difficult to get going after Essen. There is all these new games, but they need to be played before I... - [Meople News: Two Venuvian Elephants](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/23/meople-news-two-venuvian-elephants.md): In an entirely unsurprising twist of fate, there is next to no news this week. Just about everyone was in Essen this week, after all. But the news that did... - [Spiel 2011: Day 3 – A Banquet in the Arctic](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/22/spiel-2011-day-3-a-banquet-in-the-arctic.md): Today it was our own fault the day was short - we got up late to go to the fair and then left early because of a shared headache. But playing games was all but... - [Spiel 2011: Day 2 – Evolved Dungeon Fiefdom](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/21/spiel-2011-day-2-evolved-dungeon-fiefdom.md): Our hopes for the second day of Essen didn't quite work out the way we wanted to - first we were stuck in traffic for much longer than yesterday and then the... - [Spiel 2011: Day 1 – A Fistful of Souvlaki](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/20/spiel-2011-day-1-a-fistful-of-souvlaki.md): Time flies when you're having fun and our first day at Essen was much too short. Aren't they all? Despite various traffic problems, we managed to be on time... - [Meople News: Walnuts before Essen](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/17/meople-news-walnuts-before-essen.md): This is the last news post before Essen, and compared to the last two weeks it's somewhat short again. Most publishers will be on their way already and most of... - [Prêt-à-Porter](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/15/pret-a-porter.md): The world of fashion is not a usual setting for boardgames, but Prêt-à-Porter nails it on the first try. It was nominated for Polish Game of the Year this... - [Meople News: The Sprawl of Girlthulhu](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/09/meople-news-the-sprawl-of-girlthulhu.md): Kuznia Gier Besides Alcatraz: The Scapegoat, Polish publisher Kuznia Gier has another game in Essen this year: Top-a-Top by game design newcomer Agnieszka... - [Oltre Mare](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/09/oltre-mare.md): Not every that has merchants as a theme need to be a complex trading game. On the contrary, Oltre Mare is a light game where you don't worry about the price... - [Meople News: Neolithic Drowned Goats](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/02/meople-news-neolithic-drowned-goats.md): This is our longest news post yet, with many new announcements for Essen and the rest of the year.  I'm sure you'll find something to catch your interest in... - [The Gnomes of Zavandor](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/10/02/the-gnomes-of-zavandor.md): Zavandor, the land of gem mining. After Mines of Zavandor, Gnomes of Zavandor is the second mining-themed set title in the fantasy world. Unlike its... - [Meople News: Hades versus the CIA Puppets](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/09/26/meople-news-hades-versus-the-cia-puppets.md): alea Ten years after its first release, Andreas Seyfarth's Puerto Rico is still one of the most highly regarded eurogames ever. The theoretically simple... - [Caylus](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/09/25/caylus.md): Caylus is not quite the first worker placement game, but it did did its part in making the mechanic popular. But Caylus adds many things beyond that, the... - [Meople News: Forbidden Food Twist](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/09/18/meople-news-forbidden-food-twist.md): Gameworks Gameworks has recently revealed their upcoming releases for this year's Essen and next year's Nuremberg fair. The first game at Essen this year is... - [6 Nimmt!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/09/18/6-nimmt.md): 6 nimmt! (or Category 5, as it is known in some parts of the world) is one of the great gateway games, a game that brings people who never played anything... - [Coming Soon: Eruption](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/09/14/coming-soon-eruption.md): They say that you enjoy things more when you had to work for them. I wonder if that is true if I watched someone else working for them, too, because the guy at... - [Meople News: The Quebecoise Idea](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/09/12/meople-news-the-quebecoise-idea.md): Days of Wonder We talked about the Ticket to Ride expansions last week, and already you can preorder the Asia one. Looney Labs Still on the subject of... - [Robo Rally](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/09/11/robo-rally.md): Racing games often have a strong feeling of roll your dice and may the luckier one win. Not so Robo Rally. To triumph in this race, you'll need a good sense of... - [Meople News: Order of Sunrise](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/09/05/meople-news-order-of-sunrise.md): After a much too short weekend at the Braderie in Lille, France, we're back in the Meeple Cave with the news for you. For those who, like me last Friday, don't... - [Ca$h’n’Gun$](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/09/02/cashnguns.md): We all have played Cops and Robbers as kids. Pretty much all of us forgot the simple joy of pointing a toy gun at our friends and yelling "Bang! Bang!... - [Meople News: Galactic Legacy](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/08/28/meople-news-galactic-legacy.md): Editions du Matagot As the friendly people at Asmodee point out themselves: Matagot likes to draw out news for an almost painful amount of time. You might also... - [Global – The Game](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/08/28/global-the-game.md): Global is a modern day reborn Monopoly that attempts to stimulate discussion on environmental and socio-economic problems. - [Meople News: Erupting Bears](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/08/22/meople-news-erupting-bears.md): This week has been rather stressing for us, and not because of too many games - as there is no such thing - but because of our new housemate: turn your eyes to... - [7 Wonders](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/08/21/7-wonders.md): Despite what the title implies, 7 Wonders is not a civilisation building game but a very strategic card game that only reveals it's depth after a few plays,... - [Coming Soon: Mundus Novus and Takenoko](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/08/17/coming-soon-mundus-novus-and-takenoko.md): Hello everyone! We'll be trying something new today: we're going to have a look at games before it is released and before we played it. You might call it a... - [Meople News: Intergalactic Wizard Blood](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/08/15/meople-news-intergalactic-wizard-blood.md): Pegasus Spiele For all things Mondo the homepage for the successful tile-laying game launched this weekend. Besides a lot of information, there is also some... - [Shakespeare: The Bard Game](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/08/14/shakespeare-the-bard-game.md): Some games are not created to entertain boardgamers, they are made to add some spice to some other hobby - usually, those games are either trivia games or... - [Meeple’s Adventures: The Meeple Tarot](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/08/11/meeples-adventures-the-meeple-tarot.md): One thing we deal with in games, almost all of them is Luck. Fortune. Some games demand it more, some less, but most demand it to some degree. Wouldn't it be... - [Meople News: Era of Gnomes and Goblins](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/08/08/meople-news-era-of-gnomes-and-goblins.md): Small Box Games Shattered Aegis is the first expansion for John Clowdus' card game Omen: Reign of War and packs 16 new units and rules for four new game... - [Rattus](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/08/06/rattus.md): Of all the animals out there, rats and their fleas are the only ones that managed to bring humanity to something that could have become an extinction event:... - [Dice](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/08/04/dice.md): Considering the side of humanity that likes to play games, these are some of our oldest companions. The oldest known boardgame, Senet, didn't have them, but... - [Meople News: A Fortune in Fealty and Zeppelins](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/31/meople-news-a-fortune-in-fealty-and-zeppelins.md): Aaaand we're back! After one week of Scotland  - of which only one day was raining, what did I buy a jacket for? - with fully recharged batteries. Let me just... - [Meople News: The Singapore Panic Roll](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/23/meople-news-the-singapore-panic-roll.md): With this weeks news, us meeple people will disappear on a very short summer vacation to Scotland, including a tour to the Highlands and the Isle of Skye.... - [The Resistance](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/22/the-resistance.md): We find ourselves in a not-so-far future. The whole world is controlled by a totalitarian government. Only a small resistance group is desperately trying to... - [Collectible Card Games](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/21/collectible-card-games.md): This week, the Meeplepedia is looking into Collectible Card Games. A big money-maker for many publishers, a popular pastime for millions of players. But what... - [Meople News: Revolver Arcade](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/17/meople-news-revolver-arcade.md): Fantasy Flight Games More news on Arcana Revised Edition. In this new preview we learn about objectives, guild customisation and what Fantasy Flight calls... - [Elfenland](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/17/elfenland.md): This week we have a nostalgic look at Elfenland, a game about the invention of route planner software and a game from the US that made it to the German market... - [The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/13/the-extraordinary-adventures-of-baron-munchausen.md): This weekend we strayed from the golden path of boardgames a little and once more went into Role Playing County. Our drugs of choice this week were - once more... - [Meople News: Dwarven Prêt-à-Porter](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/10/meople-news-dwarven-pret-a-porter.md): This week has been crazy busy again - at least some of that was gaming, so I'm not complaining much - and I'm seriously lacking sleep lately. Actually, I get... - [Kennerspiel des Jahres – what is it?](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/07/kennerspiel-des-jahres-what-is-it.md): The Spiel des Jahres jury published a video on their website this week explaining the differences between the Game of the Year and Gamer's Game of the Year.... - [Meeple’s Adventures: Oh no! More lemm… meeples?](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/07/oh-no-more-lemm-meeples.md): This meeple took a wrong turn somewhere around Albuquerque and not only ended up in the wrong game, or even the wrong genre but in the completely wrong... - [Meople News: Locust in the Mirror](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/03/meople-news-locust-in-the-mirror.md): Fantasy Flight Games The news about Corey Konieczka's computer game adaptation Gears of War are spaced a bit further apart than the rapid-fire style of updates... - [Dominant Species](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/03/dominant-species.md): Dominant Species is on the upper end of long and heavy games for us - not something you unpack at the end of the gaming night, just before people go home.... - [The Gamer Files: Kingmaker](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/07/02/the-gamer-files-kingmaker.md): The Gamer Files. A sort of Brehm's Life of Animals of board gamers by our newest contributor Tine. Tine is almost what you might call a boardgame professional:... - [Perfect Information](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/30/perfect-information.md): Perfect Information is a term from game theory, the mathematical field concerned with modelling strategic decision making, ingames as well as in other... - [Spiel des Jahres 2011 – The Winners](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/27/spiel-des-jahres-2011-the-winners.md): The jury has chosen, the winners for this year's Spiel des Jahres and for the first ever Kennerspiel des Jahres have been picked. Both categories had a tough... - [Meople News: Seven Cthulhus](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/26/meople-news-seven-cthulhus.md): A very sad weekend comes to end today. Well, it's not really the weekend that is sad but the fact that it's the last 4-day weekend for a very long time here in... - [Asara](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/26/asara.md): Asara, the city of spires. The Caliph has called 4 famous architects to give the city more spires, higher spires, more colourful spires. In only four years, we... - [Senet](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/23/senet.md): Boardgames are not a recent phenomenon. I'm sure I'm not telling you anything new with that; I'm not thinking of Settlers of Catan or Ticket to Ride - even... - [Meeple’s Adventures: Crouching tiger hidden meeple](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/22/crouching-tiger-hidden-meeple.md): "You can not yet wield the blade of Xiangqi", Meep Bai yelled. "It's true, your skill surpasses that of any other short of me, but you lack the wisdom to use... - [Meople News: Arcane Ninja’s Luck](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/19/meople-news-arcane-ninjas-luck.md): Fantasy Flight Games With the new, revised edition of Arcana Fantasy Flight Games is sending us back to the city of Cadwallon. In this week's preview, we're... - [Haggis](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/19/haggis.md): Haggis the card game has about as much to do with the Scottish national dish as Tichu the Chinese card game has with China. Haggis the card game does have a... - [Roll and Move](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/16/roll-and-move.md): Roll-and-move games are, for many of us, the first boardgames we ever played. From all boardgames, pure roll-and-move games have the simplest set of rules: you... - [Meeple’s Adventures: Detoured](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/15/detoured.md): Do you know the feeling? You're driving your steam train north towards Duluth, whistling a merry tune when suddenly the track is blocked? No? Okay, wait, let... - [Meople News: Elder Eruption](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/13/meople-news-3.md): After a long weekend - Whitmonday is a public holiday in Germany - with copious amounts of gaming, we're back on air. Among other things we played more Ghost... - [Qwirkle](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/12/qwirkle.md): Qwirkle is one of those incredibly easy games. You explain it in about five minutes. Even on their first game, new players can grasp the strategy.... - [Spiel des Jahres 2011 – The Jury Recommends](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/08/spiel-des-jahres-2011-the-jury-recommends.md): After we looked at the Spiel, Kennerspiel and Kinderspiel des Jahres nominees, there is one group of games we haven't looked at: the Jury's Recommendations.... - [Meople News: Dragon Evolution](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/05/meople-news-dragon-evolution.md): Looney Labs The newest addition to Looney Labs' portfolio is a bit outside their pattern: there is nothing wacky going on, no time travel, no changing rules.... - [Blokus 3D](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/05/blokus-3d.md): It's the trend of these last two years to slap a "3D" on everything and double the price. We now have 3D movies that no one ever asked for and that force you... - [Kinderspiel des Jahres 2011 – The Nominees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/31/kinderspiel-des-jahres-2011-the-nominees.md): Now, I may not be the most qualified person to talk about kids games. I haven't played any since I was a kid, and back then our favourite game was "do not step... - [Meople News: The Walking Rune of Ankh](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/29/meople-news-the-walking-rune-of-ankh.md): The big news for this week is out already: the nominees for this year's Spiel des Jahres awards. If you haven't read about the nominees yet, have a look at our... - [Mondo](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/29/mondo.md): Far off from the typical board game, Mondo works on a time limit, players play simultaneously and yet it comes along as not only a kid game but also a game for... - [Kennerspiel des Jahres 2011 – The Nominees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/25/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2011-the-nominees.md): Happy Towel Day, everyone! After Monday's quick look at the nominees for the good old Spiel des Jahres, today we'll examine the candidates for the all new... - [Spiel des Jahres 2011 – The Nominees](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/23/spiel-des-jahres-2011-the-nominees.md): As just about everyone with a Twitter account announced today, the nominees for Spiel des Jahres 2011 were announced. This year will be the first time that... - [Meople News: Bears of War](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/22/meople-news-bears-of-war.md): I'm starting to worry that Essen has been cancelled for this year and I was not informed: it's the end of May and we're still not seeing regular new game... - [Master Thieves](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/22/master-thieves.md): In an age of boardgames made of cardboard, some games stand out for their material. But a real wood cube as game "board" is not the only thing Master Thieves... - [Meeple’s Adventures: Soylent Green](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/20/soylent-green.md): It's the year 2022... People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green. But what is the secret of Soylent... - [Fiasco](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/17/fiasco.md): Between all the boardgaming, sometimes I feel like something else. Fiasco is my current favourite role playing game, let me introduce you to it. - [Meople News: Vintage Runes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/15/meople-news-vintage-runes.md): Hello everyone, it's time for another weekly news! We spent some time this weekend playing MONDO and got Junkyard Races on the table again with one of the... - [Tichu](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/15/tichu.md): Tichu may be the game that profited most from going on the intertubes so far: while it has been around since 1991, it was appearing on Brettspielwelt that made... - [Meeple’s Adventures: The Call of Meepthulhu](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/11/the-call-of-meepthulhu.md): You probably all heard the proverb "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Meepthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn". No? Well, at least some of you have, I know there's a bunch of... - [Deck-building Games](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/11/deck-building-games.md): Deck-building games are a relatively new family of board games, having emerged as recently as 2008. By necessity, deck-building games are card games. Their... - [Meople News: Nightfall over Morpork](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/08/meople-news-nightfall-over-morpork.md): We all know news from Fantasy Flight Games is in here somewhere, so why not just start with it? The latest preview of Deadwood (Loïc Lamy) presents three more... - [Innovation](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/08/innovation.md): Just when you thought that every way to play with cards had been published somewhere already, along comes a game like Innovation. With some - dare I use the... - [Meople News: Olympos Underground](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/01/meople-news-olympos-underground.md): Hello and welcome to another weekly news, now back to its Sunday spot. In this news, my utter inability to type straight combined with Firefox's automatic... - [Blokus](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/05/01/blokus.md): Yet another easy, quick and very clever game: your only goal in Blokus is to place all your tiles on the board, and the only restriction is that they must... - [Meople News: Dead Ring Leaders](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/04/25/meople-news-dead-ring-leaders.md): Hello and Happy Easter, meeple fans! News-wise, this is another slow week, but the celebration of chocolate bunnies with friends and families does make up for... - [Wizard](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/04/25/wizard.md): I doesn't actually take a lot of rules to create a great game. A very small set of simple rules plus one minimal twist is all it takes. A minimal twist like... - [Meople News: Cherokee Sunrise](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/04/18/meople-news-cherokee-sunrise.md): Don't worry, I haven't forgotten the news for this week. The weekend was busy proof-reading a friend's thesis, so you get your news fix today. At the end of... - [Shadows over Camelot](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/04/17/shadows-over-camelot.md): What is your name? - Sir Meepalot. What is your quest? - The search for the Holy Grail. What is the poker hand you need to beat me? - I don't know tha... - [Spam Spam Meeples and Spam](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/04/15/spam-spam-meeples-and-spam.md): Hello Friends of the Meeple! Unfortunately, it appears that we have been having a problem where mails that we sent were discarded by various filter software... - [Meeple’s Adventures: Major Meeple](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/04/14/meeples-adventures-major-meeple.md): They say that a blog can never have too much art on it. Well, actually no one ever said that to my knowledge, but maybe they will start now, because it's true.... - [Meople News: Rampage in the West](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/04/10/meople-news-rampage-in-the-west.md): In Z-Man Games' newsletter number 28 presents us three new upcoming games from the Z-Man. In Grimoire players compete for completion of their quest by... - [Leaping Lemmings](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/04/10/leaping-lemmings.md): If there's anything everyone knows about Lemmings, it's that they have suicidal tendencies and enjoy the occasional long walk towards a short cliff. That's... - [Meople News: Twilight in the Snow](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/04/03/meople-news-twilight-in-the-snow.md): Another week, another news. In our news, we got quite a bit of playing done this weekend with Ghost Stories (with and without expansion), Rattus, Leaping... - [Jadekönig](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/04/03/jadekonig.md): Jadekönig (Jade King) is a deduction game from the jungle knows as the 80s, when board games were virtually unknown in most of the world. - [Meople News: The Master Evolutioner](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/03/27/meople-news-the-master-evolutioner.md): Seems that board game news are picking up again after the winter. Who knew, but it seems that game makers hibernate. I haven't had a chance to try Gosu yet,... - [Ghost Stories](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/03/27/ghost-stories.md): Do you like the Chinese Ghost Story movies? How about cooperative games? Now roll this to things into one, how does that sound? Ghost Stories is exactly that:... - [Meople News: Gloomy Coffee](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/03/20/meople-news-gloomy-coffee.md): This has been a pretty good week for news, there is quite a bit going on. Lets see if you like some of this: German publisher Pegasus Spiele is shipping... - [Dixit 2](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/03/20/dixit-2.md): Sometimes, game expansion are best when they change nothing at all. If it ain't broken, don't fix it, as they say. Is this nugget of wisdom true for Dixit 2? - [Meople News: Train of Axes](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/03/13/meople-news-train-of-axes.md): Fantasy Flight is teasing us this week with the fact that Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is playable solo. I'm not a big fan of solo board games myself, but... - [Mord im Arosa](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/03/13/mord-im-arosa.md): Mord im Arosa is a very, very unusual mystery game. There is no deduction element at all and neither are you supposed to hide your identity. Instead, the whole... - [Meople News: Ragnarok Bug Blues](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/03/08/meople-news-ragnarok-bug-blues.md): A bit late, but everything in here is fresh enough to be considered news. Sometimes, playing games all weekend just takes precedence over writing about them.... - [Space Alert](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/03/08/space-alert.md): Space is big. Big and empty. That's what our science teachers told us. It's also dead - and deadly - wrong. Wherever our exploration vessel shows up, nasty... - [Meople News: Fortunate Space Species](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/02/27/meople-news-fortunate-space-species.md): This week has a very special news item to start with: our first mention of Essen 2011! The Brazilian space exploration and trading game Galáxia S.A. by... - [Bang!](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/02/26/bang.md): Welcome to the Wild West! You might not want to get to comfortable on your horse and take some cover behind that barrel there, the west is particularly wild... - [Meople News: The Nuts of Yggdrasil](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/02/20/meople-news-2.md): On March 12, White Goblin Games releases Get Nuts, the most squirrely card game in existence. Your goal is to .... wait for it.... waaaaait for it.... get... - [Caravelas](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/02/18/caravelas.md): Caravelas takes you back to the age of exploration, when courageous men crossed the oceans in rather unsafe ways in search for wealth and glory. - [Drawing Board: Chrononauts](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/02/13/drawing-board-chrononauts.md): Hooray, we have our own Meople's Magazine comic now! Our gaming regular Angela came up with the idea and is drawing it. You can see more of her work here soon,... - [Meople News: A Steampunk Odyssey](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/02/13/meople-news-a-steampunk-odyssey.md): From Libellud, we'll have another Dixit game this year: Dixit Odyssey, schedule for release in June. There is no specifics on new rules yet, but apparently the... - [Havana](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/02/12/havana.md): Havana is a card game with some extra goodies. The goal is to restore the city of Havana to its pre-revolution glory. Action cards are a valuable resource... - [Meople News: The Count of Monte Catano](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/02/06/meople-news-the-count-of-monte-catano.md): To start off this weeks news, here's an update from last week: Mayfair Games' Bill Fogarty took the time to explain The Struggle for Catan to us. It's a... - [Kingpin](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/02/03/kingpin.md): Kingpin is a two-player strategy game about crime syndicates at war: with limited time, space and people you try to overrun the enemy's HQ or take control of... - [Meople News: Some news and one tragedy](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/01/30/meople-news-some-news-and-one-tragedy.md): After last week's almost non-existent news items, I went out and looked for more news sources to add to my nefarious, highly intelligent  gaming news... - [Monty Python Fluxx](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/01/29/monty-python-fluxx.md): Some people don't like too much randomness in games. Those people better stop reading now, because we're talking about Fluxx. Fluxx is slightly more random... - [Meople News: Encounter with a slow news week](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/01/24/meople-news-encounter-with-a-slow-news-week.md): This news week is so slow, I was considering just skipping this week and put the one item in next weeks news. But then everyone would think i was kidnapped by... - [Bazaar](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/01/22/bazaar.md): Bazaar is a genuine classic: the first edition dates back to 1967, and it still has its fair share of followers today. It's a game about buying carpets with... - [Meople News: Smuggling Green Things to Outer Space](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/01/16/meople-news-smuggling-green-things-to-outer-space.md): Lets start off this week with Fantasy Flight Games, you know there is news from them anyway, so why wait? First, there is a new preview on the Lord of the... - [Pandemic: On The Brink](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/01/15/pandemic-on-the-brink.md): Is fighting the same old diseases getting boring? Saving mankind is just another job for you, and you're looking for a new challenge? Better get your doctor's... - [Meople News: Aliens on a Train](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/01/09/meople-news-aliens-on-a-train.md): Things here are still looking grey, so I'm happy to distract myself by looking through this weeks gaming news. Not much of them, but some news nevertheless.... - [Identik](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/01/08/identik.md): Identik advertises itself as "the drawing game for people who can't draw". Given my innate artistic ability, I consider that a challenge. Turn out that it... - [Meople News: 2011 hits you for tired (critical strike)](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/01/02/meople-news-2011-hits-you-for-tired-critical-strike.md): Aaaaand we're back. Happy new year, everyone! Christmas and New Year, as much fun as they may be, are always a bit tiring and the new year and me still have to... - [Meople News: Christmas Time](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/12/19/meople-news-christmas-time.md): If you are a regular here, then you probably noticed that we haven't posted a review this last week. And you will notice there is no post next week either, for... - [Meople News: Mayan Spaceships](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/12/13/meople-news.md): The important news first: today is my birthday! Happy birthday to me! But my life story is not the reason you're here, you want to know what's new in games.... - [Forbidden Island](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/12/11/forbidden-island.md): Thousands of years ago, the Archaean empire was at the height of its power. They created four artefacts that could control the very elements. But power, as... - [Meople News: Does crushing fingers make me a Cylon?](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/12/05/meople-news-does-crushing-fingers-make-me-a-cylon.md): After my whining about a lack of news from last week, this week is still somewhat slow, but at least things are happening. Asmodee is now selling Jungle Speed... - [Vineta](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/11/30/vineta.md): "Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first drive mad," as the saying goes. Turns out, that's not true.They just drown them and destroy their city, and in... - [Meople News: All I want for Christmas is News](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/11/27/meople-news-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-news.md): I expected the news to be more exciting again by now. Didn't you expect the news to be more exciting again by now? The most exciting things may have been... - [Linja](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/11/25/linja.md): A very short game, with rules that can be explained in about two minutes, materials you can carry in your coat pocket that still manages to look good and... - [Meople News: Of Civilized Street Fighters](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/11/21/meople-news-of-civilized-street-fighters.md): Sirlin Games will be shipping Yomi in January. Yomi is a card based fighting game that appears to borrow heavily from console games like the Street Fighter... - [Crows](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/11/21/crows.md): Crows is a game about crows. And shiny objects. It's a game that has crow meeple, and many chances to screw your opponents out of points they thought were safe... - [Update: i9n](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/11/14/update-i9n.md): It looks like there was more people that didn't want luck in their deduction game than we expected, or at least more of them complained to Dirk of Strothmann... - [Meople News: Of Spirits, Kings and Artists](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/11/14/meople-news-of-spirits-kings-and-artists.md): As you can see, we changed the title for our News of the Week starting this week. Having a bunch of posts titled "News of the Week" on the front page was... - [Junkyard Races](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/11/11/junkyard-races.md): Many here will recall playing one of the many incarnations of Mario Kart on their Nintendo console. Playing with a few people around the same TV was great fun,... - [Perpetual-Motion Machine](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/11/09/perpetual-motion-machine.md): Perpetual-Motion Machine, the new game by Ted Alspach, has nothing to do with physics, despite the title. Instead, it's a set collecting game shooting for... - [News of the Week](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/11/06/news-of-the-week-6.md): News are picking up a bit again now that Essen is two weeks gone, but still it's slow business. Not that I'm complaining right now, we still have a big pile of... - [i9n](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/11/01/i9n.md): i9n, or "Information" is a deduction game that uses punch cards to give new, hidden information during the game. It also adds some strategy and a bit... - [News of the Week](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/10/31/news-of-the-week-5.md): Another year's Essen has passed, and it has the usual, predictable results on the board game news situation: there is none. All the big news and announcements... - [Spiel ’10 at Essen – Day 2](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/10/24/spiel-10-at-essen-day-2.md): Today was our second and the general last day of Spiel '10, and as every year it's a shame it's over so soon. Well, we did miss the first two days. For the... - [Spiel ’10 at Essen – Day 1](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/10/23/spiel-10-at-essen-day-1.md): Our Day 1, that is. For those among us lucky enough to have vacation days left, the world's biggest board game fair opened the gates on Thursday already, and I... - [Games and Toys at the Pitt Rivers Museum](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/10/22/games-and-toys-at-the-pitt-rivers-museum.md): Last weekend, we were at Oxford visiting a friend and gaming buddy who is now living there and working on her PhD. We had a great time meeting again - it's... - [Kingsburg](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/10/13/kingsburg.md): Kingsburg is a medieval dice-fest about building up your shire (no, not The Shire, but you can always add a bit of roleplay if you want) and defeating demons... - [News of the Week](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/10/10/news-of-the-week-4.md): Another week, another news post, and there is some tasty tidbits again: We get a first look at the visuals of Antoine Bauza's upcoming Rockband Manager.... - [Palazzo](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/10/07/palazzo.md): Palazzo is a fun, quick auctioning game with a slightly mathy scoring system. It has a theme - or so I'm told - something about building houses in Florence,... - [News of the Week](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/10/01/news-of-the-week-3.md): Considering it's 3 weeks until Essen, it's kind of slow on the news front. Of course, I'm still building up my list of RSS feeds, mailing list and CPIMs... - [Witch of Salem](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/09/27/witch-of-salem.md): The Witch of Salem is one of many board games set in Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, and its art really makes that world come to life. Four scholars of the... - [News of the Week](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/09/25/news-of-the-week-2.md): Yay, only the second week of weekly news, and already I couldn't keep my schedule of "every Friday evening" that I set for myself. In my defence, I was busy... - [The aMAZEing Labyrinth](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/09/19/the-amazeing-labyrinth.md): A very nostalgic game for me, although it is still in production today, 24 years after it's release, The aMAZEing Labyrinth brings back childhood memories for... - [News of the Week](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/09/17/news-of-the-week.md): After a truly horrendous trip back from Brazil - the only two good things I can say about the flight is that we actually survived it and that the airport of... - [Metropolys](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/09/06/metropolys.md): Metropolys - easily recognised as one of Ystari's games by the trademark Y - is an auction game with not too complex rules but some interesting scoring... - [Chrononauts](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/08/22/chrononauts.md): Remember history lessons from school? Yeah, me neither. Too many dates to remember. So how about we just go and mix up history until it matches the answers... - [Quarto](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/08/17/quarto.md): An abstract strategy game by Gigamic from 1991. The rules are explained in about 2 minutes, but that doesn't mean the game is easy to play. Expect to put some... - [Tombouctou](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/08/10/tombouctou.md): Tombouctou from 1993 thematically sounds like a caravan trading game, but it turns out to be a deduction game where you protect your cargo from thieves by... - [Dixit](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/08/01/dixit.md): Dixit is a very creative communication game that has you describe and guess at picture cards. It's much more fun than this description sounds, fun enough for... - [Ticket to Ride](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/07/21/ticket-to-ride.md): Ticket to Ride (here in the German edition "Zug um Zug") has become a classic in the few years since it was first released. It spawned many variants that play... - [Ad Astra](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/06/30/ad-astra.md): Ad Astra is not quite a board game, it skips the concept of a game board and makes the table top the playing area. There is some mechanics from Settlers of... - [Macao](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/06/03/macao.md): In 1557, the Portuguese first gained the right for permanent settlement on the peninsula of Macau, for a rent of 500 taels of silver a year to the emperor of... - [Spiel des Jahres 2010 – The Jury Recommends](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/06/01/spiel-des-jahres-2010-the-jury-recommends.md): After yesterday's look at this year's Spiel des Jahres nominees, there is still the list of jury's choice games to show around - games that are not in the race... - [Spiel des Jahres 2010](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/05/31/spiel-des-jahres-2010.md): The nominee list and jury's recommendation list for the Spiel des Jahres 2010 award came out today. The coveted red seal is awarded on 28th of June, but lets... - [Kill Doctor Lucky](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/04/25/kill-doctor-lucky.md): "Kill Doctor Lucky" is not only the name of the game, it's also the only victory condition. Be the first to strike down the old academic in this fun little... - [Der Feuersalamander](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/03/28/der-feuersalamander.md): In Nostalgia, we present games that we played back when we were kids - no, that does not mean they use bones for dice, but thanks for the nice thought. Today's... - [Dominion](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2010/03/12/dominion.md): While Dominion inherits a lot from the TCG genre, it skips the whole "collectible" part and makes deck building part of the entertainment. - [Pandemic](https://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2009/07/17/pandemic.md): Once again, the world is in dire need of saving. 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