Once a traditional Spring Festival pastime, this 2,000-year-old game integrates elements of fantasy and imperial culture.

“This game is completely chaotic,” Cheves said. “It can be played with up to 12 simultaneous players and we’ve done it once on the pool table.” The art deco-style board for a ...

who runs the popular Instagram page Board Games As Art. For a lightning-quick, pick-and-pass-style card game, Lauren Bilanko, a co-owner of Twenty Sided Store, suggests Sushi Go!, which she says ...