Andy Matthews

Jan 1, 2025 | meeplemountain.com | Andy Matthews

Since our very first post, we’ve been laser focused on publishing high-quality board game related content: whether it’s written or video. We craft and discuss, parenthesize, spellcheck, and edit until we’re happy with it. And this year we published 525 pieces; it’s just crazy for an all-volunteer team like ours. Sneak peek…not only did we publish over 500 articles. We published our 3,000th piece on New Years Eve. But more on that in a few days!Let’s walk through the content and see what stood out.

Dec 30, 2024 | meeplemountain.com | Andy Matthews

These are the games that stand out, stand up, and won’t stand aside. Maybe it’s a light card game, or maybe it’s an hours-long space odyssey, the games on this list are our collective favorites that we played in 2024. Please join our team as we celebrate the best that board gaming has to offer. Tom Franklin 2024 started with Expeditions, the sequel-of-sorts to Scythe. While the game uses similar iconography, that’s about the only thing Expeditions shares with Scythe.

Dec 28, 2024 | meeplemountain.com | Andy Matthews

2016 was a much different time for me. I was newly into my love of board games, Meeple Mountain was not even a year old, I’d never heard of Reiner Knizia, and the selection process I used for games was a mix of “did it look good on Tabletop” or “that cover looks really cool”. The latter criteria was what I used to decide on Kickstarting an unknown to me game called Circus Flohcati, by the aforementioned Reiner Knizia.

Dec 9, 2024 | newsthump.com | Andy Matthews

Father Christmas is the latest high-profile figure to become embroiled in controversy around the illegal monitoring of members of the public, after claims he’s been watching millions of children without permission. The accusations came from 9-year-old Jake Williams, who claims that Father Christmas told him at the Arndale shopping centre in Manchester that he’d been watching him very closely throughout the year.

Nov 28, 2024 | meeplemountain.com | Andy Matthews

I love dice games. There’s just something about the feel of grabbing a handful of dice and chucking them across the table. Sure you’ve got to deal with lady luck, but that’s okay for the right game. And 2012’s press your luck dice game Sausage Sizzle, a game from Inka and Markus Brand re-released this year by 25th Century Games, might just be one of those games. Note that in Australia, a “sausage sizzle” is a community barbecue focused on sausages. You learn something new every day, right?