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Board games have gained popularity among 16- to 25-year-olds, who are now putting them "at the heart" of their social life, Koegler said.

An international barometer compiled by Asmodee and Kantar in 2026 showed that 74% of the so-called "Gen Z" thought that in-person experiences were more important than digital ones.

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[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 33 points 21 hours ago

Good. Hopefully subscriptions to various entities are dropping like flies. Fuck the subscription way of life!

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

What is that? Subscription board games you say?

You know some dickhead is out there trying to figure them out... ๐Ÿ˜’

Love seeing board games get their due respect! Anyone here checked out Eternal Decks?

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 10 hours ago

I think I have only two regular subscriptions, one of which is for board game arena!

[-] FrodoSpark@piefed.social 4 points 19 hours ago

In a better world I think something like Redbox for board games might've been pretty cool, but luckily a couple of places let you go in and try them out. I haven't seen Eternal Decks before but it looks fun. My friends and I have been playing Cosmic Encounter and Quacks lately.

[-] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

I love that my local library loans out board games!

Futurama Clip. Fry in the library. He shouts: "I did it! And it is all thanks to books at my local library."

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

I've been interested in Cosmic Encounter, it's gotten a lot of positive attention in my hunt for games to dive into...

Heard of Quacks but haven't checked it out myself...

Which board games have resonated most for your group?

[-] FrodoSpark@piefed.social 4 points 12 hours ago

Quacks is one of my favorites for a few reasons:

  1. It's very easy to get to table, especially with friends who aren't super into board games
  2. There's a lot of permutations of rulesets you can follow, so strategies don't get stale
  3. It's a push your luck game, which I understand if people don't like, but it leads to fun interactions where you can peer pressure your friends into drawing more than they should. The luck aspect also means that it's easier for new players, for example I've been beaten by first timers just cause I drew poorly. Like I said, might not be everyone's thing but for new groups I think it's better if they stand a chance lol

Cosmic Encounter is a little harder for people to get in to, but once they do it's also got a lot of variety of strategies with the different aliens you can get, so it doesn't get stale

Another easy to table game is Betrayal, but we've played it enough to the point where we know most of the haunts and are kind of fatigued with it.

Most often, however, we end up playing Blood on the Clocktower. It's not quite a board game, more like Werewolf except it doesn't suck. I highly recommend it if you've ever been frustrated with Werewolf/Mafia, or if you've played (or watched) Gnosia. You can buy the game or DIY your own set as you can find the instructions online.

For my circle that's more board game enthusiasts, we like Wingspan, Nemesis, and Libertalia. Some older games that we don't really touch anymore are Terraforming Mars and Root. They're not bad but for our specific group we take forever to finish them and end up strategizing in ways that discourage player interaction.

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