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Board games for adults prove that we've moved way beyond dusty old classics like Risk and Monopoly. No matter whether you're hunting down party games or an epic team experience that'll test your ...

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Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 10-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy. Hearts of Iron ...

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Ready to get your game face on and put your family and friends through their paces? A good old-fashioned board game is hard to beat when it comes to bringing a group together and getting competitive.

In the 1970s, in a grave in a Bronze Age cemetery in Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran, an incredible object was unearthed next to a human skull: the oldest complete board game ever discovered. Around 4500 ...