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Understanding the trick-taking renaissance

Looking at the rise of trick-taking games from a data-driven perspective

Small wooden cats stand on thin cardboard t

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

Friedemann Friese's trick-taking games

One of the great German designers has some excellent trick-taking games in his roster.

The game Thurn and Taxis in play, with three blue wooden houses on a board. The town of Sigmaringen in a map of Germany is in focus.

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,

Five up-and-coming designers to know

These five newcomer designers are doing fascinating things in board games.

Three easy-to-teach games to replace classic board games

Move on to bigger and better games with these three classic designer board games.

The 33 trick-taking games I played last weekend

I spent four days in Austin at T3C playing trick-takers.

Dice from the game Vantage on top of a series of story books used in the game.

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

Cards from the game Figment displayed on a table. They are brightly colored with magenta, blue, green and silvery-gray colors.

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

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Trick-Taking Game

2025 Games

10 great trick-taking and climbing games from 2025

Plus at least 12 more games I enjoyed this year.

2025 Games

Five great things about board games in 2025

What a year it’s been! We’ve increased the size of our family by a staggering 33%, I’ve played a ton of games, and I’ve played so many interesting and unusual games, discovered up-and-coming designers, and just generally experienced more of the breadth of board games. From