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Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. Black Angel reminds me of a pocket watch I once had. (This isn’t the setup to a bad joke.) You see,...

Ticket to Ride: Europe 2-5 players, 60 minutes, ages 8+, $44 on Amazon A classic. I hadn't played this in some time, but lockdown provided a great opportunity to teach this set-collection and route-building train title to my 8-year old...

Each player gets a private objective at the start of the game, which awards points equal to the sum of the face values of all their placed dice of one specific color. Then, all players score the game’s three public...

Thinky but fast-moving, this one is easy enough for a sharp-minded tween to play but great with adults as well. It's a polished effort that has no unnecessary rules bloat, doesn't overstay its welcome, and comes with some delightful grape,...

Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. The other day, I thought my six-year-old was about to pop one of those questions every parent dreads answering. With a...