Are Board Games Making a Comeback?
SodaHead Living
2010/12/01 16:40:47
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We admit it, we still enjoy playing board games. Maybe it's because we were born before 1990, but to us, there's nothing like a good game of Scrabble, Taboo or Trivial Pursuit.
But apparently, these no-tech toys are making a comeback. Sales of dominoes, backgammon, chess and Jenga have more than doubled compared to this time last year, the Daily Mail reports, and simple playing cards are also hot.
In the U.K., department store John Lewis has reported a 150 percent increase in sales of classic games.
"Our sales figures suggest our customers will be spending more time at home this Christmas. Classic games are. ... a great way to get the whole family together," Phil Anniss, games buyer at John Lewis, told the Mail.
This is true -- and games also make a great ice-breaker when you're forced to socialize with people with whom you have little in common. They're also affordable and can last forever. Who's up for a game?
But apparently, these no-tech toys are making a comeback. Sales of dominoes, backgammon, chess and Jenga have more than doubled compared to this time last year, the Daily Mail reports, and simple playing cards are also hot.
In the U.K., department store John Lewis has reported a 150 percent increase in sales of classic games.
"Our sales figures suggest our customers will be spending more time at home this Christmas. Classic games are. ... a great way to get the whole family together," Phil Anniss, games buyer at John Lewis, told the Mail.
This is true -- and games also make a great ice-breaker when you're forced to socialize with people with whom you have little in common. They're also affordable and can last forever. Who's up for a game?
Read More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334064/Sa...
Maybe I should stay away from the space-time continuum for a while...
We like board games. I think we have about 10 of them.
Can't stand all that invisible stuff in some intangible programme that most of my kids hit!
Pity too, because I was a bit of a champion at checkers and Chinese checkers and the like. In fact, I actually invented 3 board games about 30 years back.
Just love 'em.
Monopoly being an all time favorite of mine. Do they still put all fines paid in free parking for whoever lands on it to get that money, lol.
Now even in my mid-twenties I don't find it hard to wrangle up six friends for a friendly game on the weekend with a glass of wine. It's cheap and everyone usually gets a laugh at the expense of their friend's silliness. I'd say it's a win win over paying big money to go out.