![]() But regardless of how long it takes, we will be rolling dice and shuffling cards at our table. There’s a question many of us are wondering: When will things get back to normal? It may be longer for some than for others because of underlying health concerns. ![]() It is a much more social pastime than people may realize. This is the part of my hobby that I miss currently. I even made a group of friends I would meet up with every Wednesday evening. The aforementioned Meepleville Board Game Café had become a frequent date night spot for my wife and me because we got to meet lots of new people. Many times, we gather at a friend’s house or public area and pull out some games. Some people bring cards on a camping trip or to a café to enjoy in the open air. It was also one of the last gatherings we had with friends and strangers to play games outside of our home in the last four months.Īs much as board games are an inside hobby, they have just as strong of a place outside the home. The convention, Dice Tower West, is run by a local man named Timm Metivier who also runs an excellent store in town called Meepleville Board Game Café (imagine a library but with board games instead of books). In February, Las Vegas hosted a convention dedicated to board games. And this is where the pandemic has affected us the most. We regularly enjoy socializing with others who show us their favorites or want to learn ours. We even work together as a family to fight against four differently colored diseases spreading across a map of the world in a perhaps-on-the-nose game titled Pandemic (which in all fairness did come out in 2008).Īlthough there is a stereotype of tabletop gamers as being basement dwelling nerds who shower all too infrequently, many gamers are quite normal and quite bathed. My wife and I love seeing who can do a better job turning an uninhabitable planet into a thriving landscape of oceans, forests, and cities in the game Terraforming Mars. Our daughter, nearly 5 years old, loves delivering apples or starting pie fights in a gorgeous game called My Little Scythe. ![]() Instead we look at the table, we talk with the people around us eye to eye, and we create memories. Board games are a nearly ideal inside activity that encourages us to put away our phones, and thereby distract us from the slew of bad news available 24 hours a day at our fingertips. In many ways it is! My wife and I continue to play games within our own home and enjoy tinkering with the pieces and strategies of games we love. This hobby would seem ideal during a global pandemic with stay-at-home orders and fears of large public gatherings. ![]()
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