Contrary to what you might think of something so undigital, the board games market is growing steadily and thousands of new titles are published every year around the world. Approaching a new game, however, often seems an insurmountable effort: before you start you have to read the rules, understand them, explain them to others (keeping your attention high and bypassing those who think it's funny to comment on each rule with a joke) or have them explained. Also for this reason, in the end, most...

If you have recently started playing Run a Restaurant, you have probably noticed that the game hides plenty of little secrets around the island. Some players focus entirely on upgrading tables, hiring workers, and trying to turn their tiny café into a luxury restaurant empire, but others quickly realize there is another important mechanic that can seriously help progression early on: collecting Gnomes. At first, I honestly ignored them. I saw one standing near the center fountain and assumed it was just decoration...