Getting started

Friends gathered around a table with a wooden stacking game

An illustrated rulebook open beside sorted wooden game pieces

Hands sorting cards and coloured wooden pieces in a board game box

A player moving a green piece on a game board

A player board with tile patterns and a score track

A handwritten player reference card beside a deck and counters

Young players arranging train pieces on a map board

Hands placing coloured tiles on a player board

Players discussing a move while holding cards

A group talking over cards laid out on a table

Cards, dice, counters and pawns arranged over a game board

Tables and shelves of boxed games in a board game cafe

An open board game box with cards and sorted components

Hands supporting a punchboard while removing a circular cardboard token

A collection of colourful pawn-shaped game pieces

Hands shuffling a deck above a game board

Hands holding coloured wooden game pieces above a compartmented box

A hand resetting action discs from a game board into a supply bowl

Players inspecting their tile boards and scoring tracks

Hands choosing wooden pieces from a game organiser

Illustrated cards spread across the centre of a table

A game tutorial playing on a laptop beside a rulebook and matching pieces

A group seated around a large illustrated board

A phone on an overhead stand aimed at a tabletop game