I went on a real deep dive this week with Don't Eat the Meeples as I tried to understand the realities of the "trick-taking renaissance," what might be a temporary boost in interest, and what might be a return to something that went away in the 2000s. www.donteatthemeeples.com/understandin...

Got a little wild hair and set up wasatch.soccer to publish @standard.site documents. I'm not sure why, though. Hmm.

Just a few shots from a 2022 trip to SF. I'd like to go the Exploratorium again,.

If I never have to see live refcam footage again, it’ll be too soon.

I went on a deep dive into how Scout influenced climbing games — complete with four charts, because I will use a chart any chance I can. www.donteatthemeeples.com/how-scout-in...

Friedemann Friese has designed a whole lot of interesting games — not least his six trick-taking and climbing games. #boardgames

Five albums in now, and I'm having a nice time re-listening to all of these.

I've just realized that this project will be an eight-week one if I'm writing something only on weekdays. Did I bite off more than I can chew? Probably.

Continuing in my top 40 '90s albums: blog.mattmontgomery.dev/3mgx7k2d3i22a

I've started a bit of a project today recounting my top 40 albums of the 1990s. (And I've tried out Leaflet, which has been roundly positive.)

I wrote about five of interesting up-and-coming game designers in Don't Eat the Meeples this week — it was hard to cap the list at five, so I guess this is something I'll be revisiting. (My criteria for up-and-coming — no games released more than five years ago.)

I do not know how to write short, it turns out. Here's nearly 5,000 words on the trick-taking games I played last weekend. www.donteatthemeeples.com/33-trick-tak...

I love a good cooperative game, and 2025 produced some great ones.

Great write up on recent trick taking and climbing games (many of which are available from newmillindustries.com)! www.donteatthemeeples.com/10-great-tri...

I wrote about some of my favorite trick-taking and climbing games from 2025. The genre remains such fertile ground for interesting ideas. www.donteatthemeeples.com/10-great-tri...

I published my annual board game gift guide earlier this week — a little later than past years, what with a new baby entering the mix. It's also far too long, but I guess that's not unusual. www.donteatthemeeples.com/a-2025-board... #boardgames

Thanks so much @matthew-montgomery.com !!! Was reading through the holiday gift guide—and I was delighted to see my game High Tide included in the “small-box games” category! 🌊🐚 www.donteatthemeeples.com/a-2025-board...

Forgot to post yesterday, so we didn’t make any headway, but I’m still collecting money for the Utah Food Bank! The good news is that you can still donate! The bad news is that I can’t promise something bad won’t happen to you if you don’t. Be warned.. www.justgiving.com/page/colin-y...

Hey, another reminder that I am raising money for the Utah Food Bank to help those in need during this government shutdown. Please donate if you are able 🙏🙏 www.justgiving.com/page/colin-y...

I don't write about my favorite games often enough, so I think I'll be starting to do that monthly. These five games sit as my favorite roll-and-write games — at least for now. #boardgames

I wrote this week about word games (and word-spelling games, more specifically), what I love about them, and what I don't love. #boardgames

I don’t really use this site much, but I wanted to share something that I wrote for @wasatchsentinel.bsky.social about some bad stuff that happened after last week’s game. www.wasatch.soccer/post/2025-09...

I wrote about one of the most interesting designers in the trick-taking and climbing scene, Taiki Shinzawa. He's got some fascinating games in his catalog, some of which I really love. www.donteatthemeeples.com/taiki-shinza... #boardgames

So, this sent me down a little bit of a rabbit hole. A lot of data parsing later, and I've whittled it down to 438. It's not definitive, but it's something. donteatthemeeples.substack.com/p/understand...

So many great games — Enemy Anemone, Gachapon Trick, Greasy Spoon, Dickory all in good rotation for me right now. And there are even more too

We caught up with @mmontgomery.bsky.social of @wasatchsentinel.bsky.social to get the latest on Real Salt Lake before their match in Nashville this weekend.

Well, that #RSL match wasn't fun. www.wasatch.soccer/post/2025-02...

Back to writing about painful #RSL losses, I guess www.wasatch.soccer/post/2025-02...

A second half worth revisiting plus Eternal Decks solo. Fun.

Dropping in to share my annual board game gift guide — one of my favorite things to write, and hopefully it's a useful thing. donteatthemeeples.substack.com/p/a-2024-boa... #boardgames

Anyway, since so many new folks are here, a little reintroduction. I write a newsletter about board games (donteatthemeeples.substack.com) that's sent weekly and usually is far too long. (Sorry?) I'm also the editor of Wasatch Soccer Sentinel, where we write about Real Salt Lake. (turn over)

It was so quiet here. I'll miss that, but I guess I'll always have Mastodon (to check once a week to see if there's anything new). Hmm.

Wilmot’s Warehouse is an unusual game. It looks from the outside a bit like a lightweight game that won’t engage experienced gamers. That wasn’t true: This is a highly unusual game that will get you telling the weirdest stories. donteatthemeeples.substack.com/p/the-weird-... #boardgames

Polyominoes: it's not just Uwe Rosenberg (but also, he's designed so many great games with polyominoes!) #boardgames donteatthemeeples.substack.com/p/11-great-p...

I played 25 different trick-taking games in one weekend and wrote a little bit about each of them. The bulk came at the inaugural TTUTCON — such a great time. I'll thread some favorites here. #boardgames

It's been a bit since I wrote about Real Salt Lake — which is too bad, really, because in 2024, it looks like they might actually be good — and the statistics are telling us how. www.wasatch.soccer/post/2024-04...