What's at Play in The Board Game Renaissance?
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What's the one thing that can destroy a friendship or familial bond faster than anything else? A really good board game. And you'd better gear up and prepare for battle with your loved ones because board games are having a moment.
The board game industry definitely got a major boost from everyone spending their whole lives at home, looking for something else to do throughout 2020. But unlike most COVID-boomlets, the board game business has pieced together a genuine renaissance, with a market size approaching $19 billion, according to market research firm Arizton. It's also a uniquely fragmented market that has given upstart creators a chance to unseat the old powers, so even if the classics of your childhood might not be thriving, the shelves are full of new options that are drawing in a new generation of gamers.
Source Fool.com
