For Board-Game Hobbyists, Specialty Tables Are an Important Piece
Gen Z Wanted a Scrabble More Conducive to Hanging Out. Mattel Was Happy to Oblige.
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The boom-and-bust cycles of games have a lot to do with how much luck is involved in their play: the more randomness, the longer the cycle—the longer people can keep convincing themselves that they have a chance to win. The chess boom, sparked by Fischer’s win in 1972, while fierce, was short, fizzling within a couple of years. In chess, one faces
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This class is responsible for more yards of built-in bookshelf space than any group in history.
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Culture, he said, had been shaped by the table throughout history.
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Like almost all of the elders I met from Puerto Rico—and indeed from throughout the Caribbean—Jessica played dominoes. “We used to go to a club to play dominoes there. I love to play dominoes and he liked it, too. It’s nice; it’s fun. And it keeps your mind sharp, you know?
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The chess set is very symbolic in that it shows the community that they can feel comfortable in coming to Crossroads just to hang out, and they don’t have to spend money to be welcome.