The best board games of 2021, as chosen by The American Tabletop Awards. The United States’ version of the prestigious Spiel des Jahres. by Charlie Hall. Apr 11, 2022, 5:00 PM UTC ...

The pandemic caused board game sales to boom. According to Euromonitor, the global games and puzzles market increased almost $1 billion in value in 2020, compared to 2019. In the U.S. alone ...

“Board games, which in 2021 were a $13.4 billion global market, are surging in popularity … Games are supposed to be fun. Not liking them feels like a statement that I don’t like to have fun.” ...

Board games, which in 2021 were a $13.4 billion global market, are surging in popularity. Weekly poker and bridge nights are the foundation of friend groups spanning generations.

In 2021, researchers analyzed the ten thousand games with the highest rankings on the Web site BoardGameGeek, and found that, between 2000 and 2020, the average number of mechanics in new games ...