Analog Distractions: Cooperative Board Games Forbidden Island and Forbidden Desert

By Ryan Cordell. If you’ve ever read one of our ProfHacker holiday gift guides, you’ll know that lots of us are big fans of board games, and in particular of the new breed of smart board games that have appeared in increasing numbers in the past decade or so. Board games are oddly hip, and for good reason—there’s more variety and complexity in the genre than ever before. More...