Next month I’m attending Geekway to the West, a tabletop game convention here in St. Louis. For most of 4 days I’ll play published games with a variety of people, both for fun and to learn from the experiences as a designer. I’ve been compiling a list of games I really want to try at Geekway, … Read more
Today I’m sharing my top 10 favorite games of all time (as of March 2026). I revisit this list once per year, focusing on non-Stonemaier games I’ve returned to many times and continue to love. Just to give a little spotlight to our games, I asked Stonemaier Ambassadors for their favorite Stonemaier Games, and here … Read more
12 years ago, I started working full time for the game publisher I cofounded, Stonemaier Games. As was the case before then–but especially after then–I play a lot of published games, both because I love tabletop games and because I have so much to learn from my peers. As I do every year, today I … Read more
In just over a month I’m attending the smaller version of my favorite game convention, Geekway to the West. I’ve been working on a list of games I’m hoping to try from their play-and-win and library (or any copy that’s floating around). I like to play a variety of games at Geekway to experience them, … Read more
Next month I’m attending Geekway to the West, a tabletop game convention here in St. Louis. For most of 4 days I’ll play published games with a variety of people, both for fun and to learn from the experiences as a designer. I’ve been compiling a list of games I really want to try at Geekway, … Read more
11 years ago, I started running Stonemaier Games full time. As was the case before then–but especially after then–I play a lot of published games, both because I love tabletop games and because I have so much to learn from my peers. As I do every year, today I posted a video showcasing my favorite games … Read more
Every six months I update my top 10 favorite tabletop games list. For this list, I looked back at most of my top 10 videos over the last few years for games that were ranked 1 and 2 multiple times (for any type of list, most of which focus on a specific mechanism), and I … Read more
10 years ago, I started running Stonemaier Games full time. As was the case before then–but especially after then–I play a lot of published games, both because I love tabletop games and because I have so much to learn from my peers. As I do every year, today I posted a video showcasing my favorite games … Read more
Next week I’m attending Geekway to the West here in St. Louis. For 3 days I’ll spend my afternoons and early evenings playing published games with a variety of people, hopefully including quite a few new-to-me games (both for fun and to learn from them as a designer). This year the convention is fully vaccinated, … Read more
Every six months I update my top 10 favorite tabletop games list. For this list, I looked back at most of my top 10 videos over the last few years for games that were ranked 1 and 2 multiple times (for any type of list, most of which focus on a specific mechanism), and I … Read more