Fun And (Board) Games: The Tabletop Renaissance

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Fun And (Board) Games: The Tabletop Renaissance

开云体育 | By Ric Cengeri,

Mitch Wertlieb

Published September 13, 2018 at 1:08 PM EDT

Board games of all types seem to be enjoying a resurgence of popularity even in the age of video games.

For decades, families and friends would gather over the Game of Life or Monopoly to compete and bond. And then along came Pong and other video games and Sorry got packed away. But now it's time to roll the dice or get into character because Vermont Edition is leaping into the world of tabletop games.
Erik Stumpf, co-owner of in St. Albans, and Doug Schute, lead content creator at , update us on what board games people are playing today and why they're being played in this digital age.

And we'll hear from Adam Watts, owner of which has just released the new game, No Honor Among Thieves.

Broadcast live on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Ric Cengeri

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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