How many of you still play board games? I would imagine that sales of board games at least in the US have been dropping a lot for several years now. I don't know anyone personally who plays them and in this current day world of tablet/smartphone games I can't really see the appeal of board games at all to the mainstream public. It's been at least 7 years since I've played a board game (it was Scrabble).

Scrabble is the only thing I play now. Fun to sit around the board outside in the summer instead of a computer game.

Sales of board games are actually increasing a bit it looks like

http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketi...ttens-board-games-are-making-a-comeback/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life...s-join-board-game-renaissance/476986001/

From those two links you posted it seems that board games have gone through a bit of a revival like what has happened with vinyl records.

Yes, I've actually had a bit of resurgence into the hobby in the past few years. I play Scrabble with a small group, weekly at least.

My newest board game (and a few others I own):
http://www.gmtgames.com/p-568-american-revolution-tri-pack.aspx



Another favorite which takes a wider strategic and political view:

http://www.gmtgames.com/p-582-liberty-or-death-the-american-insurrection-reprint-ed.aspx



I also play a round of Star Wars LCG from Fantasty Flight Games, at least weekly:

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-the-card-game/



Also a good cooperative game that puts up a really solid challenge:

https://www.zmangames.com/en/products/pandemic-iberia/



And then a few other lighter games I enjoy from time to time, such as Carcasone or Castles of Burgundy TCG.

Wife and I occasionally play Scrabble. When family visits we sometimes pull out Monopoly (Classic or Atlanta version) or play poker. More often than not they'd rather watch movies, not easy getting them off the screen to play a game.



I've been meaning to purchase the game of Life, I remember enjoying that one.

They are now making computer board games. A buddy of mine is converting a tabletop RPG into a digital boardgame format, and I happened across another one called "Armello" on the Humble Monthly. They're quaint as ever, and wouldn't mind catching a game of original "Risk" now and then. Otherwise, I have a hard as hell time getting my daughter to sit down and play any of them, Candy Land included. She does play Clue, though. Hasn't experienced Monopoly yet...

I remember in the 80s when I was a kid, we had some really innovative and cool ones like "The Real Ghostbusters."

Was also trying to teach my wife how to play chess, but she wasn't that interested. My older brother taught me when we were kids, on a homemade board (poster board). He drew the pieces on another poster board and cut them out, it worked.

I played chess all the time all through my college years and then I stopped. Yeah, PC gaming took over.

Battle Chess (DOS) was pretty cool.

Never played that one but I did have the Star Wars chess game that only ran on Windows 3.1.1!

With all due respect Panzer, just because you don't know anyone who plays board games does not mean it's now non-existent or on a decline. You just may have a different circle of friends

My family and I try to have game night as often as we can and we play board games a lot. King of Tokyo, Power Grid, Caverna, etc. There's a local FLGS as well that has tons of games and I'd probably buy more if I knew how half of those board games played out Probably a good thing that I don't.

Board game sales are increasing mostly because of modernization. The new boardgames of today are so much different from the board games from the 60s 70s 80s and 90s.

I've got an entire bookshelf full of board games and the only old school board game up there is parcheesi and a poker set.

My grown kids and I have been playing Settlers of Catan for a decade. There are a couple of others that we play, but Settlers is first choice.

I’m guessing that the majority of us here on SimHQ have played Axis & Allies?

Risk Othello, and Stratego were childhood favorites. Played plenty of boards games when the kids were little. How many still have games with all the pieces left?

When I was in college I had the board game version of "Harpoon" and that game had easily over 200 cardboard counters and plastic pieces. I ended up giving the game to someone I knew after I bought the PC version of Harpoon. With the PC version I could concentrate on actually playing the game and letting the PC do all of the tedious number crunching.

Board games are massive these days, because the old things like Scrabble, Monopoly, and whatnot have rightfully been replaced with things that are much much better.

https://boardgamegeek.com/ is the place to go to find out stuff.

Personally, in the last week I've played MBT (tank combat in 1987 Europe), Kemet (Egyptian themed game where you try to control various locations, as well as buying upgrade cards), and Battletech (classic big stompy robots).
Modern board games tend to have playing times of 1-2 hours, and no player elimination. Also player choice is very important. People talk about this being a 'golden age' of boardgaming.

My wife and I play board games at least once a week. When the kids come visit, we play all the time.

Cataan (I call this game a "gateway game," because it will lead to more complex and bigger board games, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Ticket to Ride, even fun ones like Apples to Apples, etc. Also with my son we have ongoing games like Axis and Allies or even more complex ones that get continued over a month or more.....

That game is so much fun.