Board Games

I’m a board games superfan. Do you have a casual curiosity for what board games have become since CATAN, in 1995, demonstrated how much more they could be? Inspired designers have since been revolutionizing fun. What sparked in Germany, kindled Europe and then blazed into the rest of the world.

💌 Let’s Connect: I can teach you a beginner-friendly game sometime.

• 2026-06-27 Kill Your Darling Game Idea

  It probably belongs in the dust bin

  • boardgames
• 2024-02-16 Microteach: Mission Red Planet

  Two minutes to an effective teach

  • boardgames
  • microteach
• 2024-02-15 Microteach: Ticket to Ride

  Two minutes to an effective teach

  • boardgames
  • microteach
• 2024-02-14 Microteach: Puerto Rico

  Two minutes to an effective teach

  • boardgames
  • microteach
• 2024-02-13 Microteach: Tigris & Euphrates

  Two minutes to an effective teach

  • boardgames
  • microteach
• 2024-02-12 Microteach: CATAN

  Two minutes to an effective teach

  • boardgames
  • microteach
• 2024-02-10 Microteach

  The cornerstone of next-level rules explanations

  • boardgames
  • teaching
• 2023-10-01 Kingmaking

  Every move matters

  • boardgames
  • principles
• 2023-02-01 Luck

  What it does to make games better

  • boardgames
  • video
• 2023-01-26 Being mean

  Addition and subtraction are inverse means to the same ends

  • boardgames
• 2023-01-26 Leveling up

  The rungs of formidability

  • boardgames
• 2013-11-30 Teaching Rules and The Art of Underwhelming

  How to unfold rules with finesse and avoid overwhelming an audience

  • boardgames
  • teaching
• 2003-06-01 The Finer Points of Teaching Rules

  Building an understanding incrementally

  • boardgames
  • teaching