Definitions

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  • noun A small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game.

Etymologies

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Blend of my and people. Coined in November of 2000 by Alison Hansel during a game of Carcassonne when she fused "my" and "people" to describe the wooden figures used by each player in that game.

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Examples

  • In the very important world of celebrities and their board games, Beyonce bares all about her meeple-lust: My favourite game is Guess Who.

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  • The game ends when someone is about to lose their king meeple.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • Although the winner of the duel gets the use of the space, the loser gets to reuse his cowboy meeple for the next turn -- something the winner does not get to do.

    Boardgame News 2010

  • Although the winner of the duel gets the use of the space, the loser gets to reuse his cowboy meeple for the next turn -- something the winner does not get to do.

    Boardgame News 2010

  • Matthew Frederick has posted a rainbow-array of free, downloadable meeple-shaped

    Boardgame News 2009

  • Matthew Frederick has posted a rainbow-array of free, downloadable meeple-shaped, but if you appreciate the news, previews, reviews and other material posted on Boardgame News, please consider

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  • It is also important to note that when placing a meeple it can not be placed in such a way as to touch another meeple on that structure.

    Ramblings from the Marginalized 2008

  • It is easy to make a mistake and place a farmer on a farm that already has a meeple on it.

    Ramblings from the Marginalized 2008

  • If you place a meeple on a road section it stays there until the road is complete and scored.

    Ramblings from the Marginalized 2008

  • If, at the end of the game, any features are not complete you score one point per piece of that feature your meeple touches.

    Ramblings from the Marginalized 2008

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  • Meeple is a board game term for the little wooden people figures in games- from 'my people'. For lots of info on this great word, check out boardgamegeek.com

    June 11, 2009