Our Top Games January 2026 and Updates

First monthly vlog of the year, we share the board game convention we've been, escape room, and Tarrant's 40th birthday. We really appreciate if you can leave a comment for us, if you find it this video useful, or if you have any feedback. Thank you very much🙏 Join Meeple University Discord Channel where we chat about board games, where to meet at board game conventions, organise BoardGameArena and more - https://discord.gg/JUNsVty I (Stella) have a fortnightly Friday podcast now, our podcast titled Life Beyond Board Games 😀 . It's about life around board games, with my friends Candice (BoardGameGeek), Eric (What's Eric Playing) and Melissa. It really means a lot of you can listen and give ratings/review (apparently this is how it grows, especially the first episode) Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5X1Ay6nFcKU7DWFHLyiCQN?si=yqdUEbPZRr-P3rghB8zfPw&pi=aUeOme9wSs2K6 Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/life-beyond-board-games/id1791071879 Find out how you can be part of Meeple University member to get access to exclusive perks and badge when commenting : https://www.youtube.com/meepleuniversity/join Merch by Meeple University - https://meepleuniversity.creator-spring.com/ We have board game meetups in Melbourne, Australia. Details in Meetup site, of in our Melbourne board game Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/WePlayBoardGames INDEX 00:00 What's in this video 00:49 CanCon board game convention & escape room 03:45 Tarrant's 40th birthday & Tarrant's face on my tshirt (Link to artist - https://www.artstation.com/arcane_brush) 04:48 Games arrived 08:02 Top games 08:46 Tarrant's number 5 10:57 Stella's number 5 11:25 Tarrant's number 4 16:01 Stella's number 4 16:09 Tarrant's number 3 20:02 Stella's number 3 23:53 Tarrant's number 2 26:45 Stella's number 2 29:47 Tarrant's number 1 32:37 Stella's number 1 Videos if we have relevant ones that we talked about. In no particular order: Top Games of 2025 - https://youtu.be/LKQ_xtCSXrA https://youtu.be/O_pm9_UhWjw https://youtu.be/iCAbpzfgIa8 https://youtu.be/X2NEgvUmw_U (or coming soon) https://youtu.be/PnwUtWnQu54 https://youtu.be/NzYBXKTgdM8 https://youtu.be/wTA-bHlJ218 https://youtu.be/dHBEJE3qNUQ Connect with Stella & Tarrant: YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/meepleuniversity?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/meeple_university/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MeepleU TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@meepleuniversity Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/meepleuniversity Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/meepleuniversity/ Meeple University Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/meepleuniversitycommunity/ Website - https://www.meepleuniversity.com By Meeple University - Tarrant Falcke and Stella Jahja Hi everyone! Stella & Tarrant here. Thanks for watching! If you could please help us like the video, subscribe and comments if you find it useful and will help others to find the video and seeing your comments. That would help us a lot. Small gesture (even thumbs down, thou we prefer up lol) would help us a lot. Many thanks for your support. Love from Down Under 🥰🙏🦘 If you want your board games to be featured in Meeple University channel, email us with the rulebook at meeple.uni@gmail.com - or go here for more information - https://www.meepleuniversity.com/work-with-us/ #meepleuniversity #boardgame #toptengames