Frankly, I believe that once the casual market has evolved enough, then we’ll see an abundance of the board game experience, online. It’s already present in many of the facets of the market, but I suspect that casual games will largely become multiplayer in focus — the new “Solitaire,” (sic) if you will.

These are exciting times in which we live, and it’s great to be a part of this brave, new world!

For brick & mortar, you have to find your local shop. They’re pretty common, in the sense that there’s usually one tiny one hidden somewhere in every smallish or larger town. Check the phone book. You generally won’t find this stuff in the big stores at all.

I have read that boardgames are currently growing at a massively larger rate than video games (which are basically declining). Video games are far bigger for now, of course, but the growth just isn’t happening.

As a side note, Acquire, which was written about previously a couple of weeks ago, is sort of considered the grand-father of the Eurogame; there’s a lot of light strategy to it, yet is simple enough for most people to pick up.

Probably the best site for board game info right now is http://www.boardgamegeek.com, where you’ll see that the Railroad Tycoon board game is very highly rated.

Growing up i played all the classics, then went on to AH and SPI wargames.

With a kid now, ive gotten to play the classics again. Shes old enough for something more sophisticated, but not into my old wargames. I thought maybe Settler of Cataan, or something.

Where does one find board games (beyond the milton bradley big sellers) in brick and mortar stores these days. Wizards of the Coast had a great selection, but theyre out of biz. Seems like its either Toys R Us, or the internet.