Pandemic is a modern-day classic — you can buy it at WalMart right next to Monopoly. It’s widely praised for its cooperative gameplay, making it a great introduction for people put-off by the competitive nature of board games. Working together to stop a global pandemic — how hard can it be? You’ll sometimes play unwinnable…
Monopoly was a mistake
Where to begin? In some twisted irony, a game called “Monopoly” cornered the market and got franchised and republished obnoxiously. The game is universally known — a household name all over the world. But it’s become an obsolete design, so it should have stopped dead decades ago. Yet Monopoly sputters onward, running on fumes of…
Clue was dead on arrival
The murder mystery dinner party trope seems to run deep in childhood fantasy for most, so it’s no wonder millions of kids tried on their detective caps and played “Clue.” Likely more drawn to the little metal weapons than the gameplay, children rarely played correctly, but still somehow had fun. Why would such a bloody…
Three games that aren’t as bad as you remember
Today I’m taking a whack at redeeming some falsely-convicted fellas that got a bad rap back in the day. Now that we’re adults, I say they deserve a second chance. For one reason or another, they were played incorrectly or were widely misunderstood, so they fell away from playtime. If you had a board game…