Suboptimal play, Dominion and me
Do I love playing games poorly, or do I love to experiment? You be the judge.
Matt Montgomery
2025 Games
Seven great games from 2025
We're 75 percent through 2025. Some great games have emerged.
My Favorite Games
My five favorite roll-and-write games
Plus nine honorable mentions, because there are too many great games to limit myself
What makes a great word game?
Three great word games that don’t demand a thorough reading of the dictionary
Five games to replace Mouse Trap
I wanted to love Mouse Trap as a kid. I wish I'd had these five games instead.
Great Games
Fate of the Fellowship is an impressive Pandemic spin-off
Matt Leacock's latest Pandemic offering tells the story The Lord of the Rings, piece by piece.
Trick-Taking and Climbing
Taiki Shinzawa, trick-taking innovator
Few people have pushed trick-taking in new directions quite like Taiki Shinzawa. Let's explore his catalog together.
Worker Placement
Three hidden gem worker placement games
These three worker placement games have flown under the radar.
Trick-Taking and Climbing
The 24 trick-taking games I played in one weekend
TTUTCON II introduced me to so many amazing games.
Newsletter
Great board games for six players
When your game night expands, there are still plenty of great games to play.
Newsletter
Four board games that break convention
Breaking from the norm isn't a recipe for instant success, but it can make for a great board game.
Board Games
Six classic board games still worth your time
The board game renaissance is still underway, but it really got started in the 1990s.