I tried digital versions of five popular board games — here's how I got on

When our family board game night got cancelled, I sampled digital versions of the classics instead. I’m not sure I should have bothered — with one exception …

Maybe it’s the less social board games that computers are better placed to serve us with: the only people who really talk while playing chess are bad guys in movies

I don’t play video game versions of board games.

Why would you? The whole point of video games is to be faster, more visually arresting, and less reliant on other humans than old games played with dice and cards.