Andrea C. Smith, MA. I talk about the intersection of board games, nerd culture, play, race, and sociology. I’m a Black nerd, and my interests intersect, and I want to write about all of it, but 1) publishing academic articles takes forever, and 2) I don’t think ASR would publish an article about how trick-taking games can attract more Black people to the hobby. Here is where I put all of that! :D