16:54Top 10 Essential Board Games Everyone Should Own
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'Everyone Should Own' turns a top 10 into a test of your shelf. If you collect board games, you click to count how many you've got and find the gaps. The host leans on a packed shelf, arms crossed, like someone who's played them all.
'Essential' and 'Everyone Should Own' make it a verdict rather than a taste list, which pulls in newer players after a safe first shelf, not just seasoned collectors.
ESSENTIAL repeats a title word, so the work is done by the real game boxes behind the host, which look like picks but don't give away the ten.
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Turn a top 10 into a test of their collection.
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