There’s no better cure for boredom than board games, which have been entertaining royalty and ordinary people alike for thousands of years.
GAME ON! One might think that moving plastic pieces around a cardboard board wouldn’t be able to compete with the fast-paced interactive world found online. Yet sales of board games have been steadily increasing during the past decade and there are even trendy cafés where people gather to play their favorite games or try new ones
T he white queen has been captured. The wheat harbor is blocked. And Colonel Mustard is lying in a heap in the library with a knife in his heart.
No these aren’t the latest news headlines proclaiming a world gone mad. Nor is this a nightmare from which you’re desperately trying to wake up. The culprits for all the chaos can be found in a cupboard in your home because we’re talking about board games of course!
Games like chess have entertained people for thousands of years. But every generation has its new favorite whether it’s Clue or the Settlers of Catan. What’s the appeal and what separates the winners from the duds? Place your maker on the starting line — which in this case is Egypt circa 3000 BCE — and find out.
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