This holiday seasons people make lists and people play games. Some even make lists of games they would play. Do you prefer Nathan’s Twelve (mostly short games) that he wants to play 1-12 times in the next few weeks? What do you think about Brent’s list of games that have the number of the day in them? Even better, Ryan has ideas for mini goals to do while playing games.
Whatever you celebrate this month, we hope you are surrounded by friends and family and board games.
Brent returns, barely, from BGG.Con and we discuss many of the events he enjoyed and games he played including Nusfjord, Majesty: For the Realm, Reworld, Otys, Roll Player, the Puzzle Hunt, and more.
Brent also conducts and interview with a Ravensburger North America representative about their upcoming games!
In November, Meeple Nation helped put on a 24 hour board game event, which collected donations for Extra Life and the Children’s Miracle Network. We review and recap the event, which turned out great. Some of the awesome games that we got to the table were Infected, The Quest for El Dorado, Terraforming Mars, Iron Dragon, Crossfire, and Dead of Winter: Warring Colonies. We’d like to thank Tab Bank for hosting, and Tasty Minstrel Games, Mayday Games, Tim Fowers Games, and Red Raven Games for sponsoring.
Our Gift Guide:
Family Games
Ticket to Ride
The Quest for El Dorado
Kingdomino
Fast Forward: FLEE
Transamerica
Century: Spice Road
Delve
Splendor
NMBR 9
Can’t Stop Express
Clank! In! Space!
Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle
Children Games
Ice Cool
Rhino Hero
Flick ‘Em Up
Bang: The Dice Games
Coconuts
Happy Salmon
Group Games
Fuse
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
Magic Maze
Stocking Stuffers (Small Games)
Pack O Games
Mint Works
Insider
Timeline
Pirate 21
Don’t Mess with Cthulhu
Magic Packs
We are honored to be associated with Stonemaier Games’ Annual Charity Auction. Proceeds go to the Cancer Research Institute. Please check it out here https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/231363/item/5718613#item5718613 and give us a thumb!
If you can make it to our Extra-Life event, we’d love to see you. Stop and say Hi! If you aren’t able to make it and donate in person, please consider donating online at https://www.extra-life.org/team/nugg Continue Reading
Counter Magazine is a quarterly magazine with over 120 pages and over 20 reviews and many articles, released in PDF format through the BGG Store at https://boardgamegeekstore.com We discuss issue #75 in our March podcast, Episode 155. http://meeplenation.com/podcast/mn-0155-game-news-for-march-2017/ You can purchase this edition directly at: https://boardgamegeekstore.com/products/counter-magazine-issue-75-january-2017 Continue Reading
Another SaltCON is in the books. This year, our fearless show runners brought in over 1350 people to play board games. The space was fantastic and the con ran smooth and fluid, thanks to the hard work of the SaltCON organizers, Dale Gifford, Sean MacDonald, Dan Naylor, David McClelland, and Geoffrey Briggs. They really put on a great show, bringing… Continue Reading