Trick-Taking and Climbing
Understanding the trick-taking renaissance
Looking at the rise of trick-taking games from a data-driven perspective
Matt Montgomery
Three things on my mind this week
A bit of a grab-bag Thursday for you
How Scout influenced climbing games
Did the 2019 climbing game lead to an influx of admirers?
Why I track my played board games
H-index, BG Stats and me
Trick-Taking and Climbing
Friedemann Friese's trick-taking games
One of the great German designers has some excellent trick-taking games in his roster.
Retrospectives
Looking back at 2006 in board games
Surely 2006 wasn’t actually 20 years ago. Surely not. That would mean — well, you know what it would mean, don’t you? If you were gaming in 2006, you’re probably also thinking about that. Or maybe if you were in college. Or even high school. Time, you know,
Trick-Taking and Climbing
Five up-and-coming designers to know
These five newcomer designers are doing fascinating things in board games.
Replacing the Classics
Three easy-to-teach games to replace classic board games
Move on to bigger and better games with these three classic designer board games.
Trick-Taking and Climbing
The 33 trick-taking games I played last weekend
I spent four days in Austin at T3C playing trick-takers.
Cooperative Games
Why Vantage fits in the canon of classic adventure games
Vantage belongs on the shelf next to the King's Quest games.
12 more great games from 2025
Rounding out a great year
2025 Games
Six great cooperative games from 2025
Hello, and a happy Wednesday to you all! I hope the day's found you well. I'm continuing to recap some of my favorite games from 2025, and today, I'm talking about some great cooperative games I played. Last week, I wrote about my favorite