My family and I love to play board games. Playing board games is not just for raining days, it’s great anytime. All I have to do is take Monopoly or Clue out of the closet, maybe make some popcorn or something else that’s healthy, and we’re all ready to go!

I know many people who really enjoy playing board games with their family and/or friends, and some even have designated “game nights.” We’re all so (electronically) connected nowadays, it’s just nice to get away from the screen for a while.

Did you know that playing board games is popular throughout the world? Global sales of games and puzzles have grown from $9.3 billion in 2013 to $9.6 billion in 2016, according to Euromonitor International, with expected year-on-year growth of more than 1% this year.

So what board games do you like to play? Let me know!

Here are some of the top board games of all time, according to Ranker.com:

  • Apples to Apples
  • Arkham Horror
  • Axis and Allies
  • Backgammon
  • Battleship
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Candyland
  • Carcassonne
  • Checkers
  • Chess
  • Chutes and Ladders
  • Clue
  • Connect Four
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Cranium
  • Dominion
  • Don’t Break the Ice
  • Go
  • Mahjong
  • Monopoly
  • Operation
  • Pandemic
  • Pictionary
  • Power Grid
  • Risk
  • Scattergories
  • Scrabble
  • Settlers of Catan
  • Smallworld
  • Sorry!
  • Stratego
  • The Game of Life
  • Ticket to Ride
  • Trivial Pursuit
  • Trouble
  • Uno
  • Yahtzee

Don’t forget if you purchase a board game (or a video game), please make sure to scan the barcode and tell us about the purchase.

Thanks, and have a great day – hopefully by playing a board game with your friends or family!

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