Assorted Meeples
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We're a group of friends who stream board games & video games, make videos about all things in nerddom for YouTube, and blog about gaming topics! Check out our writing at assortedmeeples.com, as well as the other places you can find us!
Sometimes, when you purchase a game, an accessory, or a component, your expectations, however lofty they might be, are exceeded.
BrownCastle Games, we will treasure this Crookinole board and the custom discs - it's truly a work of art.
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BrownCastle Games, we will treasure this Crookinole board and the custom discs - it's truly a work of art.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes, when you purchase a game, an accessory, or a component, your expectations, however lofty they might be, are exceeded.
BrownCastle Games, we will treasure this Crookinole board and the custom discs - it's truly a work of art.
#boardgames
#bgg
BrownCastle Games, we will treasure this Crookinole board and the custom discs - it's truly a work of art.
#boardgames
#bgg
We had a blast playing Azul at First Turn Games yesterday! Great turnout, close games, and good company, what more could you ask for?
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#boardgames #bgg #boardgamenight
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
We had a blast playing Azul at First Turn Games yesterday! Great turnout, close games, and good company, what more could you ask for?
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#boardgames #bgg #boardgamenight
In 20 minutes, we'll be starting our board game night stream, featuring a preview copy of Scales of Fate sent to us by IV Studio! A huge thank you to them for providing us with a copy of this cool looking game!
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November 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In 20 minutes, we'll be starting our board game night stream, featuring a preview copy of Scales of Fate sent to us by IV Studio! A huge thank you to them for providing us with a copy of this cool looking game!
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Is it Wednesday already? Well, then you'll have to come join us at First Turn Games at 6:30 as we demo Azul! Looking forward to seeing you there!
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November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Is it Wednesday already? Well, then you'll have to come join us at First Turn Games at 6:30 as we demo Azul! Looking forward to seeing you there!
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#boardgames #BoardGameNight #boardgamecommunity
We had a ton of fun playing Betrayal at House on the Hill last night! Great games all around, and then we had another great one when we streamed it live tonight on our Twitch and YouTube! Thanks to all who came and made the night awesome!
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October 31, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We had a ton of fun playing Betrayal at House on the Hill last night! Great games all around, and then we had another great one when we streamed it live tonight on our Twitch and YouTube! Thanks to all who came and made the night awesome!
#boardgames #bgg #boardgamenight
#boardgames #bgg #boardgamenight
We've got a spooooky game for our demo at First Turn Games tonight! Come explore a haunted house and find out which of your fellow explorers is going to turn against you as you play through Betrayal at House on the Hill! See ya at 6:30!
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October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We've got a spooooky game for our demo at First Turn Games tonight! Come explore a haunted house and find out which of your fellow explorers is going to turn against you as you play through Betrayal at House on the Hill! See ya at 6:30!
#boardgames #boardgamenight #bgg
#boardgames #boardgamenight #bgg
New shelves finally came in after almost two months of waiting! Spent the weekend getting some lights on them and getting our games organized - what do you think?
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#boardgames #shelves #bgg
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
New shelves finally came in after almost two months of waiting! Spent the weekend getting some lights on them and getting our games organized - what do you think?
#boardgames #shelves #bgg
#boardgames #shelves #bgg
Who's ready to LUCHA! Tonight, the Assorted Meeples will be bringing their best wrestling m the table as they play SRG Universe's Super Show expansion, Super Lucha! The fun starts in less than an hour at around 7:00 Central!
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October 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Who's ready to LUCHA! Tonight, the Assorted Meeples will be bringing their best wrestling m the table as they play SRG Universe's Super Show expansion, Super Lucha! The fun starts in less than an hour at around 7:00 Central!
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Our visions were only mildly cryptic and our investigators - especially our youngest one - were on point! Two successful cases, with the second game being completed in 4 rounds on Hard difficulty! We even all got our person of interest correct on the first round!
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October 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Our visions were only mildly cryptic and our investigators - especially our youngest one - were on point! Two successful cases, with the second game being completed in 4 rounds on Hard difficulty! We even all got our person of interest correct on the first round!
#boardgames #bgg
#boardgames #bgg
Wednesday night is upon us at First Turn Games in Cedar Rapids, IA, and we've got a spooky game to showcase tonight! Join us for a demo of Mysterium, as we work together to piece together cryptic clues to help solve the mystery of a ghost's unfortunate demise!
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#boardgames #bgg #lgs
October 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Wednesday night is upon us at First Turn Games in Cedar Rapids, IA, and we've got a spooky game to showcase tonight! Join us for a demo of Mysterium, as we work together to piece together cryptic clues to help solve the mystery of a ghost's unfortunate demise!
#boardgames #bgg #lgs
#boardgames #bgg #lgs
We made some....erm....beautiful...smiles tonight at First Turn Games during our Smyle demo from Wyrd Games! And after we had several successful games, tonight's secret game was Scallywager from SRG Universe!
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#boardgames #BoardGameNight
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
We made some....erm....beautiful...smiles tonight at First Turn Games during our Smyle demo from Wyrd Games! And after we had several successful games, tonight's secret game was Scallywager from SRG Universe!
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#boardgames #BoardGameNight
Last week's board game night featured crazy rounds of Zombie Dice! A huge run with no damage was upended in one roll, a player at 0 won at 13 in 1 turn, and a school bus ran amok!
Join us at First Turn Games in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday nights to be part of historic games like these!
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Join us at First Turn Games in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday nights to be part of historic games like these!
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October 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Last week's board game night featured crazy rounds of Zombie Dice! A huge run with no damage was upended in one roll, a player at 0 won at 13 in 1 turn, and a school bus ran amok!
Join us at First Turn Games in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday nights to be part of historic games like these!
#boardgames
Join us at First Turn Games in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday nights to be part of historic games like these!
#boardgames
Another great evening of gaming tonight! Thank you to everyone who comes out and makes these nights at First Turn awesome - Splendor was an absolute blast!
Join us next week as we kick off a few weeks of spooky games with Zombie Dice!
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Join us next week as we kick off a few weeks of spooky games with Zombie Dice!
#BoardGameCommunity #boardgames #boardgamenight
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Another great evening of gaming tonight! Thank you to everyone who comes out and makes these nights at First Turn awesome - Splendor was an absolute blast!
Join us next week as we kick off a few weeks of spooky games with Zombie Dice!
#BoardGameCommunity #boardgames #boardgamenight
Join us next week as we kick off a few weeks of spooky games with Zombie Dice!
#BoardGameCommunity #boardgames #boardgamenight
What do robots, rockets, and the apocalypse have in common?
They want to see the world burn!
Okay, not all robots, but the Blastbots certainly do. Check out our board game review and see why this was one of our favorite streams over the summer!
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They want to see the world burn!
Okay, not all robots, but the Blastbots certainly do. Check out our board game review and see why this was one of our favorite streams over the summer!
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September 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What do robots, rockets, and the apocalypse have in common?
They want to see the world burn!
Okay, not all robots, but the Blastbots certainly do. Check out our board game review and see why this was one of our favorite streams over the summer!
assortedmeeples.com/blastbots-bo...
#bgg #boardgames
They want to see the world burn!
Okay, not all robots, but the Blastbots certainly do. Check out our board game review and see why this was one of our favorite streams over the summer!
assortedmeeples.com/blastbots-bo...
#bgg #boardgames
We're live on YouTube playing Flash Point: Fire Rescue! Come join us as we try to put out a burning building on our weekly board game night!
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September 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We're live on YouTube playing Flash Point: Fire Rescue! Come join us as we try to put out a burning building on our weekly board game night!
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A great evening of Sagrada tonight at First Turn Games in Cedar Rapids with new and returning faces! We had a 4 player and a 5 player pod running, and everyone looked to be having a ton of fun! Come join us next week for Santorini!
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#boardgames #boardgamenight #boardgamecommunity #bgg
September 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A great evening of Sagrada tonight at First Turn Games in Cedar Rapids with new and returning faces! We had a 4 player and a 5 player pod running, and everyone looked to be having a ton of fun! Come join us next week for Santorini!
#boardgames #boardgamenight #boardgamecommunity #bgg
#boardgames #boardgamenight #boardgamecommunity #bgg
More pictures!
September 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
More pictures!
Another excellent board game night in the books at First Turn Games! We got lots of Tsuro games in over a couple hours, and you can see a few of the chaotic board states we crafted as well in the pictures!
Come join us next Wednesday night for a demo of Sagrada!
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Come join us next Wednesday night for a demo of Sagrada!
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September 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Another excellent board game night in the books at First Turn Games! We got lots of Tsuro games in over a couple hours, and you can see a few of the chaotic board states we crafted as well in the pictures!
Come join us next Wednesday night for a demo of Sagrada!
#boardgames #bgg
Come join us next Wednesday night for a demo of Sagrada!
#boardgames #bgg
A huge thank you to everyone who turned out for the Flip 7 demo night at First Turn Games! We met a lot of cool people, saw some exciting gameplay, and most importantly, everyone had a ton of fun!
We'll be playing Tsuro next Wednesday at 6:30, looking forward to seeing you then!
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We'll be playing Tsuro next Wednesday at 6:30, looking forward to seeing you then!
#bgg #boardgames
September 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A huge thank you to everyone who turned out for the Flip 7 demo night at First Turn Games! We met a lot of cool people, saw some exciting gameplay, and most importantly, everyone had a ton of fun!
We'll be playing Tsuro next Wednesday at 6:30, looking forward to seeing you then!
#bgg #boardgames
We'll be playing Tsuro next Wednesday at 6:30, looking forward to seeing you then!
#bgg #boardgames
Tonight (around 7 Central), stars will be born! Come watch adorable penguins audition in various scenes as we do a team battle for Meeple supremacy in Zoollywood!
And where's that kid with my latte?
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And where's that kid with my latte?
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July 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Tonight (around 7 Central), stars will be born! Come watch adorable penguins audition in various scenes as we do a team battle for Meeple supremacy in Zoollywood!
And where's that kid with my latte?
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And where's that kid with my latte?
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#boardgames #bgg #penguins
Yarrr! It be Thursday, so we be playin' a game Braden picked up from the fine folks at SRG Universe at Origins - Scallywager! Whose crew will be survivin' and who be walkin the plank? FInd out starting around 7:00 Central!
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July 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Yarrr! It be Thursday, so we be playin' a game Braden picked up from the fine folks at SRG Universe at Origins - Scallywager! Whose crew will be survivin' and who be walkin the plank? FInd out starting around 7:00 Central!
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#boardgames #bgg
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It's Thursday, which means board game night! Tonight we're playing a game gifted to us by new friends at Origins - Poker Peril! Come watch us sculpt hands and shenanigans!
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July 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It's Thursday, which means board game night! Tonight we're playing a game gifted to us by new friends at Origins - Poker Peril! Come watch us sculpt hands and shenanigans!
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#boardgames #poker #bgg #streaming
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Tonight's Twitch & YouTube streams are brought to you by Clash of Corgis! The creator sent us a copy, and we'll be going live to play it in about 30 mins!
Don't disappoint those adorable faces - come watch!
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Don't disappoint those adorable faces - come watch!
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#boardgames #bgg #corgis
June 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Tonight's Twitch & YouTube streams are brought to you by Clash of Corgis! The creator sent us a copy, and we'll be going live to play it in about 30 mins!
Don't disappoint those adorable faces - come watch!
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#boardgames #bgg #corgis
Don't disappoint those adorable faces - come watch!
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#boardgames #bgg #corgis
Braden's first Origins in the books! Loot constrained by needing to fly home, but I think a lot of sweet new games are going to be hitting our game table on and off camera this year! To say nothing of the post-con deliveries and shopping list!
#origins2025 #originsgamefair
#origins2025 #originsgamefair
June 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Braden's first Origins in the books! Loot constrained by needing to fly home, but I think a lot of sweet new games are going to be hitting our game table on and off camera this year! To say nothing of the post-con deliveries and shopping list!
#origins2025 #originsgamefair
#origins2025 #originsgamefair
