I was shocked when playing Tak at the Zoka coffeeshop behind uVillage in Seattle another customer recognized it and said that the inventor lived around the corner.

I really like the game, mainly as the rules are incredibly simple. Also don’t have to keep track of what cards were played and what’s left in the deck.

Hive is another simple rules game that’s really fun to play.

https://cheapass.com/tak/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hive_(game)