Can you be the king of the hill? If you get knocked down, will you get back up again because your goats can never be kept down? Is this the best small box death metal band from Denton, TX? (Will these comments ever make sense?)

Mountain Goats is a game for 2-4 players or five with the expansion aged 7 and up. You can learn to play in 2 minutes, and each games actually plays in 10-15 minutes.

Disclosure: After recording this episode, Ben T. Barackus was provided with a copy of Mountain Goats Legacy at Gen Con 2026.

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Is it a 5E game? Most likely.

Is it filled with Tolkien lore? Assuredly.

Does it do what a starter set should do and get you excited to play the full game? Well, you'll have listen in to find out.

Now with bonus history of roleplaying in Middle Earth!

The Lord of the Rings 5E Starter Set is a boxed set for the Lord of the Rings 5E RPG for 1 loremaster and 2-5 player-heroes. The Starter Set includes a dice set, a map, cardboard standees, and the Over Hill, Under Hill starter adventure, which likely takes 4 hours to complete.

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But how much fun can constructing a starry night be? (Spoiler: it's as fun and challenging as you want to make it.)

Disclosure: Ben was previously provided with a prototype copy of the game at PAX Unplugged 2024.

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• Get the core rulebooks here!
• Pick up the starter adventure "The Legion's Foil" or the murder teddy funnel adventure "Uprising on Jungle Moon Beginor"!
• Pick up supplement material in Subspace Datacron numbers 1, 2, and 3!

Watch JP's happy little dungeon drawing videos on YouTube, and support him on Patreon, where you can get a zine every month!

For other Mork Borg iterations mentioned in the episode, check out:

• OG Mork Borg
• Corp Borg
• Billy Borg
• Pirate Borg, by Quarex's best friends at Limithron: the Brothers Stratton!

Disclosure: while the podcast has not been provided with review copies, JP designed a shirt for All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions that is pretty cool if we say so ourselves.

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Sounds simple? It's trickier than you think, and even more rewarding when you win!

Chomp is a medium box game from Allplay for 1 but probably 2-4 players aged 10+. You can learn it in 3-5 minutes and actually play a full game in 20-25 minutes.

Disclosure: Ben was previously provided with a copy for review purposes.

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Does it feature multicolored anthropomorphic vegetables? Yes.

Is it an excuse for Ben to flex his degree in economics? Also yes.

Does it conclusively prove that tomatoes are vegetables? You'll have to listen in to find out.

Vegetable Stock is a game for 2-6 players aged 10 and up. You can learn to play in 2 minutes, and each games actually plays in 10-15 minutes. It is part of the Dice Tower Essentials line.

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