Website: https://nashvilleboardgaming.com/
Meeple Mountain is a board gaming media outlet, community organization, and events company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The nashvilleboardgaming.com address resolves to Meeple Mountain’s website. According to the company’s own pages, it publishes board game reviews, articles, and resources online while also organizing in-person tabletop gaming events in the Nashville area. Its stated mission is “to promote online and in-person communities by providing excellent board gaming experiences to gamers and non-gamers alike.”
Services
Meeple Mountain’s website and “About” page describe a combination of online publishing and local events and ventures, including:
- Written and video board game reviews
- Articles, columns, and editorial content about tabletop gaming
- Board game news coverage
- Topical guides, including wargaming and role-playing game (RPG) content
- Board game gift guides
- A board game convention directory and a board game café directory
- A crowdfunding roundup covering tabletop gaming campaigns
- Interviews with industry professionals
- Game review requests
- Merchandise, including t-shirts, through an online store
Through its events arm, Meeple Mountain Events, the company organizes local gatherings. The website describes Nashville Game Night as a twice-monthly event drawing 100 or more attendees, and Nashville Tabletop Day as an annual, free, all-day event; the site notes that the 2019 edition drew approximately 500 people with more than $12,000 in prizes. The company is also described as a co-owner of the Meeple Mountain Board Game Café.
About
Meeple Mountain’s “About” page states that the project began in 2014 as a casual game night for a small group of people, and the website’s copyright notice references the years 2015 to 2026. Andy Matthews is listed as the founder, editor, and owner. The site describes him as a software engineer with 20 years of experience and a published author of four technical books who has written hundreds of articles over 12 years.
The publication is supported by a contributor base described on the “About” page as nearly 40 writers from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The site notes worldwide coverage of board gaming alongside its Nashville-area community focus.
Beyond its online publishing, the organization is presented as having two further dimensions: an events arm and a physical café. The “About” page describes Meeple Mountain Events as the organizer of recurring and annual local gatherings in Nashville, and it identifies the company as a co-owner of the Meeple Mountain Board Game Café. Together with the website, these descriptions present a business that spans digital media, live events, and an in-person venue, all centered on the tabletop gaming community in and around Nashville.
Location & Contact
Meeple Mountain is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, according to its website, which centers its in-person events and community programming on the Nashville area. The website does not publish a specific street address.
The general contact email listed is [email protected], and the founder’s contact email is given as [email protected]. The founder also lists the Twitter handle @commadelimited.
Additional Information
The company maintains an extensive social media presence. Its website lists Facebook (facebook.com/meeplemountain/), Twitter (twitter.com/meeplemountain/), Instagram (instagram.com/meeplemountain/), YouTube (youtube.com/c/meeplemountain), Mastodon (tabletop.social/@meeplemountain), and Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/meeplemountain.com).
The website notes that the publication participates in the Amazon affiliate program. The site is organized into numerous content categories, including Reviews, Columns, Gaming Life, Humor, a Nashville section, Tabletop Services, a Store, and Contact, among others. Within these sections, the website offers written and video reviews, editorial columns, gift guides, topical guides covering wargaming and role-playing games, a crowdfunding roundup, and directories of board game conventions and cafés.
In addition to its editorial content, Meeple Mountain’s combined model of online media, local event organizing, and the board game café reflects its stated goal of building both online and in-person tabletop communities. The local events described on the website, including the twice-monthly Nashville Game Night and the annual Nashville Tabletop Day, situate the organization within the Nashville-area tabletop scene, while its publication and store extend its reach to a broader, worldwide audience of board gaming enthusiasts. Readers can request game reviews, browse merchandise through the online store, and follow the publication across its several social media channels.
Note: limited public information was available on the website regarding a physical business address.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (nashvilleboardgaming.com).