So you get this kind of collective exuberance, and you can't do that with online or or digital gaming." When he quit his last game, World of Warcraft, an online multi-player game, Fuller said he checked his hours spent playing. Darek Burdziuk, 38, a friend and board game enthusiast said he lost interest in digital games years ago. Brian Flowers, owner of Table Top Cafe on 124th, the first board game cafe to open in the city, estimates that Edmonton has the most board game cafes per capita in Canada. Many digital games use lengthy tutorial introductions to explain the rules to a player, something board games can't rely on, Cho said.

Source: CBC News March 14, 2019 21:14 UTC