Board Games Click With Adults

Thanks to the Washington Post for their article discussing the rise of sophisticated, adult-aimed board games. According to the piece, "sales of non-electronic specialty games... have nearly quadrupled since 1995, [and] one of the fastest-growing areas, industry experts say, is the adult strategy game." But although "the specialty market is still dwarfed by mass-marketed games", excluding a few break-out specialty titles like Settlers Of Catan, the article claims that "board-game sales have always increased during economic slumps", and, "in a sign of just how hungry people are for smarter board games, adult-education programs in Fairfax and Arlington now offer classes that introduce strategy-oriented [boardgame] titles."

Comments

Settlers of Satan

[AtariAmarok]

"Settlers of Catan" sounds like a typo for a game about pioneers in Hell.

Re:Portability

[An El Haqq]

It should also be mentioned that board games are definitely more portable than a game console/PC.

Maybe, but I've never spilled all the letters out of my GameCube. I can't say as much about Scrabble.

Come to think of it, a GameCube is pretty portable. I think you can even get backpacks for them. Then again, it's probably really wierd being the only person over 12 at a GameCube LAN party. ;-)

Re:Possible reason

[Luveno]

As a person with ADHD, I say... ooo! Look at the butterfly!