Huge thanks to @matthew-montgomery.com for giving Crisps, Bespoke, and Butterscotch a shout-out 😊
Five great two-player card games
They're not just trick-takers — plus 13 more great card games to consider
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Matt Montgomery
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Writing about board games and soccer. Building atproto-powered apps for fun. https://www.donteatthemeeples.com https://www.wasatch.soccer https://www.mattmontgomery.dev https://www.dailygame.space https://www.dailyreads.space
Awesome and extensive post all about cooperative trick-taking games from @matthew-montgomery.com! Lots of amazing titles here for every different type of player! #tricktaking #cardgames www.donteatthemeeples.com/great-cooper...
Great cooperative trick-taking games
It's not just about The Crew — but in a sense, it is, isn't it?
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From the archives: Yo La Tengo, October 2010, From my photo archives: Yo La Tengo performing at Matador at 21. October 2010. #GrainSocial https://grain.social/profile/did:plc:iny6equihqs6lzsizfdwab7e/gallery/3mk73rql2lq2w
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...
Understanding the trick-taking renaissance
Looking at the rise of trick-taking games from a data-driven perspective
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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,.
The Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2022 - In Photos
I took a trip to San Francisco in 2022 with my friend Ian. These photos are from the couple of hours we spent at the Exploratorium, which has long been one of m...
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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...
How Scout influenced climbing games
Did the 2019 climbing game lead to an influx of climbing games?
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Friedemann Friese has designed a whole lot of interesting games — not least his six trick-taking and climbing games. #boardgames
Friedemann Friese's trick-taking games
One of the great German designers has some excellent trick-taking games in his roster.
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Five albums in now, and I'm having a nice time re-listening to all of these.
Top 40 '90s albums, #36: Bright Eyes — Letting off the Happiness (1998)
Dreary or not, this spoke to teenage me
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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.
Top 40 '90s albums, #37: Karate — The Bed is in the Ocean (1998)
Jazz chords, slowcore, post-rock — whatever it is, I love it
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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.)
Top 40 '90s albums, #40: Silver Jews — American Water (1998)
A classic from one of his generation's greatest lyricist
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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.)
Five up-and-coming designers to know
These five newcomer designers are doing fascinating things in board games.
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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...
The 33 trick-taking games I played last weekend
I spent four days in Austin at T3C playing trick-takers.
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