International TableTop Day

Board games were played as early as 5,000 years ago (that we know of). The Royal Game of Ur is the oldest playable boardgame in the world, originating around 4,600 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia. The game's rules were written on a cuneiform tablet by a Babylonian astronomer in 177 BC.

Families and friends are getting together and having fun. People are saving their eyeballs from too much screen time! Board games are a great way to get a group of people together and give them something in common to focus on. They even work across language barriers if you choose the right type of game.

We’ve stumbled upon a really interesting fact from classic board game trivia that is surprisingly connected to WWII, of all things. In some POW camps, the Nazis would allow Allied soldiers to play board games like “Monopoly.” Some would even provide the games. The British state was clever enough to exploit that opportunity. They didn’t send standard Monopoly game boards and pieces. Instead, they placed compasses, banknotes, and real-world maps for POWs to use for escape.