You probably have some idea of what curling is, whether you’ve played before or you witnessed the U.S. men’s team take home the gold last year at the Winter Olympics. One player throws a rock (or stone) down a long rectangular stretch of ice, while two other team members slide alongside the rock and furiously scrub at the ice with brooms. Then, the opposing team repeats the process, with teams alternating and roles rotating until all stones are delivered down the ice, toward circular targets at the opposite end. The teams try to get their stones as close to the center...

Many have commented and reported on the powerful and unexpected surge in popularity of board and tabletop games over the last several years, but is it truly that unexpected? Online forum BoardGameGeek includes pages of statistics generated by its users, and it shows a steady increase in how many games have been played over the past few years: in 2017, there were about 6.3 million recorded plays by users—in 2018, this number increased to nearly 7 million. The trend shows no signs of slowing Polygon recently reported statistics provided to them by Kickstarter, who revealed that the tabletop games category...

There are many board games marketed towards families at the holidays that truly embrace those themes. Now the holidays are over, all the kids are gone, it’s still too cold to go outside, and there’s still a month or so left of winter. Thus, we have compiled a list of winter-themed board games, in order of overall rank by our friends at BoardGameGeek, that help you feel the chill while keeping you safe and warm indoors. 1. Dead of Winter Glass: In Theaters Now Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game is a survival horror board game for two to five players, set...