Board games enjoy home revival due to financial crisis
Monday, January 5, 2015 @ 2:14 PM
BOARD games have come back into fashion in Spanish households as a result of the financial crisis, say experts in retail.
Monopoly, which came about in 1929 in Spain during the country’s worst recession until now, and Trivial Pursuit, which was borne out of the oil crisis are frequently seen back on the table at gatherings of friends and family, especially on winter weekends or over Christmas, New Year and the Three Kings.
And Ludo – known as Parchís in Spanish – is seeing a revival, having always been immensely popular in the country before television became mainstream.
Dominoes, chess and cards have always been ‘bar favourites’, especially among the older generations of men, but are now becoming regular features in family homes.
Sales of board games in Spain have increased a hundred-fold, with around half a million sold per year – compared to between 5,000 and 10,000 nationwide about four or five years ago, experts say.
They believe that the financial crisis has created new generations of board-game fans, many of whom say they are fun, social and help improve memory.
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