Given the summer heat in New York, board games have been the perfect way to hang out with friends or family while escaping the sun.
I can’t stop playing , a multiplayer game with an avian theme. Even if you’re not a birdwatcher, you’ll like this game. From whimsically coloured boards to the charming birdhouse that dispenses pastel bird eggs, it is a pleasure to play. The object is to recruit birds to your aviary, and beautifully illustrated cards guide your choice with scientific details about a species.
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If you prefer a crowd-pleaser with almost no instructions, you could try (pictured above). Two teams take turns rotating a dial to find a target hidden on a colour spectrum, based on prompts. So, in response to the prompt card “tastes good vs tastes bad”, one team member may say “blue cheese”, leading to a heated debate on where the dial should land between the two.
This, it turns out, is just the right kind of heat.
Corryn Wetzel
Reporter
New York
