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Board Game Haven



In this day and age, the default entertainment options of many people have something to do with technology. It is not surprising as this has been the trend for many years now, coupled with all the convenient possibilities available. However, there seems to be a resurgence in an interest in the traditional board games, including backgammon.

Take for example the Belmont Hotel in Oak Cliff in Dallas. They offer board game nights, which have attracted a good number of people. The Dallas News ran a feature on this:

Perhaps the shaky economy has led people to stay home and cuddle up with Clue or a deck of cards for cheap entertainment. Or, maybe, exhausted by over-wired, tech-driven times, we’re simply drawn to the old-school amusement of a Twister or Jumbling Tower.

“At a certain age, board games become the fun thing to do, especially when bars aren’t so cool anymore,” says John Lendvay, a Dallas Museum of Art employee and game enthusiast. “My friends and I have weekly board-game nights. We take it seriously, although we can get pretty silly too.”

There are other venues offering similar activities as well:

On Tuesday nights, Tillman’s Roadhouse in Oak Cliff’s Bishop Arts District offers dominoes and Jenga’s wood-block tower as siders to its casual-grub menu. Nearby hole-in-the-wall Barbara’s Pavilion keeps a stash of oldies-but-goodies at the bar, including chess, backgammon and Trivial Pursuit.

I do not know if establishments in other cities or states are following suit but I seriously would not be surprised if they do.

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