Excellent article, with multiple directions of rabbit holes to descend. I liked the linked essay on "The Bitter Lesson": http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas

Excellent article, with multiple directions of rabbit holes to descend. I liked the linked essay on "The Bitter Lesson": http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html I liked the Mastodon thread linked from the appendix, re Dave Sirlin's theory of "scrubs" (who'd eschew the post's geometric tactic) versus "good players": https://mastodon.social/@danluu/110544419353766175 https://mastodon.social/@danluu/110544419353766175 Which in turn links to the original imgur post describing the Warhammer 40K match between Wheels and Shooter: https://imgur.com/a/V0gND https://imgur.com/a/V0gND +1 to nemetroid's recommendation of "So Clover," which is indeed more of a pastime than a game, but it's still great and belongs on any list of great word games. I also like "Contact," which is playable without any props: https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2021/11/12/contact/ https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2021/11/12/contact/