Mobile Meeple People Podcast

In this episode we hop on the trend and Gary blind ranks his top 10 Deck/ Bag builder games. Adam talks about Connecticon and First Play Game Day and Gary talks about Japan and meeting the hobbits from Lord of the Rings . They also of course talk about the games they played while doing all this.

00:39- Gary's Blind Ranking Top 10 Deck/Bag Builders

6:16-Start of Connecticon Recap

7:02- Betrayal at Baulder's Gate

8:20- Telestrations

10:08- Man eating rotisserie chicken

11:51- Friday at Connecticon

18:14- Crypt

22:17- Where to find board games at Connecticon

24:35- Drinking with Frenimies

26:30- Paperapp Dungeon

35:32- First Play Game Day

36:18- Get Up

41:02- Hanami

43:13- More about Crypt

In this episode we talk about the "convention" we throw every year for Adam's birthday. It's just a weekend of gaming with a bunch of friends. We also talk about a lot of games that we got for reviews in this over an hour long episode!2:14- Rear Window5:44- Noobs In Space9:52- Adventurous16:15- 3 Chapters23:46- Reign of Dragoness32:21- Boom Patrol39:25- Design Your Destiny47:47- Lightning Train1:02:04- Sherlock Solitaire1:09:12- Time To Panic

We sit down with Connecticon founder Mathew Daigle and talk to him about all the great things that will be at this years convention as well as some history of how Connecticon came to be. If you haven't been and want to know what you've been missing check out this episode!

In this episode we talk to Jeff Folb who runs Vermont Gatherings which host a bunch of conventions and epos and most importantly the one we will be at the Vermont Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Expo. We talk to him about how he got started running conventions and about a lot of the things you can see and do if you attend April 25-26 2026 which also includes learning great games from us and entering for a chance to win those games! Come see what everything is all about by listening to this episode then coming to join us. Link for tickets below!

https://sevendaystickets.ticketsauce.com/e/vermont-sci-fi-fantasy-horror-expo-2026/tickets

In this episode we talk about Captain Con (go figure). We recap the things we did there and the games we played there as well. We also talk about the plans we have for this year and what you can expect from us. If you missed Captain Con you don't want to miss this episode.

2:28- Please Don't Burn My Village (Game)

4:56- Shallow Sea (Game)

7:49- Few other games we played

8:56- Staff

10:56- Convention tips

14:42- MILLRAT Pack (Game)

18:08- New Friend Matt link below

19:07- Whiskey Tasting

20:10- Let's Not Die (D and D Comedy Show)

21:40- Tournaments

23:33- Food

26:52- Vendors

28:41- Area 51 Pickup (Game)

30:57- Raffle

33:20- Captain's Log

36:06- Adam still hasn't played an RPG

37:59- Miniatures

40:18- Your Adventure Begins in a Tavern (Game)

41:43- New Content!

46:10- Vermont Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Horror Expo

Links-

Matt's Instagram-

https://www.instagram.com/matgelair?igsh=ZDk5NTVuYWZ2MDF0Captain Con Tickets Use CONNIE10 for 10% OFF-

https://tabletop.events/conventions/captaincon-2027/badgetypes?fbclid=IwdGRleAQFjL1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe9IY7DVN5p_4XEyCq-psI6B2Mb3jKUwvzt2nSeA4xo2Pr4X2I0A_Cxd9FkAM_aem_cUsE2W0V8IcQKWhtuDUiNwVermont Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Horror Expo-

https://www.vtgatherings.com/vermont-sci-fi-fantasy-expo.html

We start this episode off like we will every episode going forward talking about our favorite played games we played. Then we cover some games that we picked up at some conventions and finish it off by talking about what we have planned for the year so far.

2:05- Mythical Dice

8:14- Embers

16:06- Dragonlings

25:28- Ultimatch

34:07- Arch Ravels

44:39- Enthrone

55:57- What's coming up

The episode you've all been waiting for is finally here. Our top games of 2025. Now we've talked about some of these games in past episodes so you'll see the dates of those episodes next to the timestamps of each game. The rest of them we will of course go into more detail. So if you want to spoil it for yourself you can see both of our top 10s below in the timestamps or you can listen. We also have a bonus of 2 reviews from Pax Unplugged. Pillars of Fate and Dust Busters. This is over an hour of goodness you don't want to miss.

4:02- Mind MGMT (Jan 29th)

4:34- Harrow County (March 6th)

5:24- Castles of Mad King Ludwig (May 31st)

5:52- Sheriff of Nottingham 2nd edition (July 21st)

6:44- MicroMacro Crime City (Nov 11th)

7:30-SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Dec 14th)

8:41- A Place For All My Books

11:08- Critter Kitchen (Dec 5th)

11:22- Roam (Nov 11th)

12:09- Rock Hard 1977 (Dec 5th)

12:53- Ohanami (Nov 11th)

15:39- Hot Streak

19:21- Fistful of Meeples

23:43- Dune Imperium

28:14- Isle of Cats

30:30-Inferno

36:14- Tricky Kids

39:30-Tea Garden

43:04- Finspan

45:53- Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship

51:34- Pillars of Fate

1:01:46- Dustbiters: Pocket Edition

We had a blast at Pax Unplugged again and couldn't wait to tell you all about it. If you were unable to go you don't want to miss this one and even if you went you should listen because there might be something you missed. We also talk about all the games we played as well as some games we picked up for reviews. This is over an hour of content that you don't want to miss.

12:42- 20 Strong

19:49- It's Obvious

23:11- SETI and ARCS

26:09- Gary's top 2 played at Pax: Point Galaxy and For Sale

32:34- Adam's top 2 played at Pax: SETI and Noctiluca

35:27- Speed Colors

41:56- Locus

49:40- Cat Says Moo

57:34- 3-2-1 Countdown

In this episode Gary continues to tell me about some games he played in Germany. I also tell him about some of the games I enjoyed playing while he was away. We also could've called this the colon episode since almost all the games we talk about have a colon in the title for some reason. We also review The Fog: Escape from Paradise from Grand Gamers Guild. This is a short and sweet episode where we just talk about a bunch of games and you don't have to listen to all our banter!

2:32- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Crypt Hunters

7:49- Critter Kitchen

13:57- Arena: For the Gods!

18:38 Rock Hard: 1977

24:10- The Fog: Escape from Paradise

Gary left the country again but this time he played a ton of games when he visited Germany. He tells me about some of his favorites and I also tell him about some of my favorite games I played while he was away. There's a lot of games you don't want to miss in this episode.

8:13- Aethermon Collect

10:50- Waffle Time

14:18- Captain Flip

18:29- Micro Macro Crime City

25:01- Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game

33:03- Kelp: Shark vs Octopus

35:56- Roam

39:52- Goryo

43:49- Ohanami

48:49- Maki Master