Series: Board Game Shop

I play board games - a lot, which is what drew to Board to Death. It's set in a game store/ cafe which I thought could be super fun. That's also the portion I was most disappointed in. The plot revolves in part around a collectible classic board game, which worked. However, the only "modern" board games that were mentioned were Gloomhaven, Pandemic, and maybe Catan - I'm not sure. I don't know if the author doesn't actually play board games or assumes the reader doesn't. The characters played battleship and had a Connect 4 box fall on them and sold Rummikub. No wonder the shop is having trouble. I did enjoy learning about Nertz, a card game the local business association played. The rules were explained in the back of the book and I may have to make people try it, assuming we have enough different decks for everyone, which I think we might. I did like Ben, though. He's...