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Many had seen it coming – With the meteoric rise of video games in the 1990s and the Video Game industry actively targeting families for their products in 2000s, many had felt that traditional board games had become out dated and unpopular. While traditional board games such as chess managed to cling as an afterschool activity and updated versions of old classics, such as Simpsons or Nintendo monopoly still attract nostalgic players, most gaming consoles have replaced family board games. With technology encroaching every aspect of our daily lives, online games such as Farmville have garnered over a million online users. Though what many hadn’t seen coming was that after a slump of several years, board games are coming back stronger and more popular than ever. Experts attribute this to the fact that the increasing rise in applications and games for mobile devices has slowed down the market for “traditional” video games. While technology is constantly evolving and its users are constantly adapting to these changes, board games have managed to stay what they have always been – fun and simple, a familiar constant. While society is moving ever faster thanks to technology, board games have become part of the “slow movement” – which goal is to make people take the time to enjoy their life’s, embracing every aspect of it slowly, without having to rush. Many families have returned to buying board games because they bring the family together – they are a cross generational activity, which enables the spread of healthy family values. Many of the newer board games have even added various difficulty levels, making it more challenging for parents, and increasing the chances for the children to win. And it seems that not only family board games have made a strong comeback – Armenia has made learning chess in primary schools compulsory. While this move will surely make the board game industry rejoice (Armenia has invested 1.5 million dollars into the program), I’m quite sure that this move won’t make chess more popular among Armenian children.