Play a fun analog game and have fun at the same time. Here you get 10 good reasons to do just that.

Let's start by getting the definition in place: An analogue game is, for example, Backgammon, Chess, Ludo, Matador, all decked card games, all kinds of board games, games with or without a game board that are placed on a table and all games with a dice. In other words, an analog game does NOT take place on a PC, Mac, iPad, smart phone, PlayStation or anything like that. In analog games, we sit across from each other, look each other in the eye, make sure no one cheats and do everything we can to win. It's competition at its best.

Analog games are good for relationships, family life and friendships. You're never too old to play analog games. These kinds of games are perfect for breaking the ice with new friends and on a date, laughing with good old friends or simply having fun with the whole family!

Read our 10 suggestions for why the good old-fashioned games increase our quality of life and why we should play more games with each other.

1. You don't need power for an analog game. You can play it wherever there is time: while you are waiting for a flight at the airport, when you are camping, when you need to get smarter at work and when you have time to spare.
2. Analog games teach us some of life's most important lessons: to wait our turn, to follow some rules, to stay within the boundaries (of the game) and to make the cooperation of fighting each other work. And most importantly, you can learn to lose in style in analog games. Both children and adults can enjoy practicing it.
3. There are 3 types of analog games: Those based on knowledge/strategy; those that rely on luck and those that have both elements. Games that are based purely on luck are often those that we play with younger children, such as flip games and a wide range of classic card games. Games involving both luck and knowledge are often the most fun for most people, because all players have a real chance; also the players who may not have the great preparedness knowledge or are not great strategists. The dice is their best friend and can be an excellent key to give the more knowledgeable back wheels. Relax and let luck guide you.
4. In analog games, the rules are written down on a piece of paper. We just have to follow them, and then we don't have to think about much more. It is a huge contrast to real life, where, as we know, we do not know what is happening just around the corner. Use the analog games to relax from the stress of everyday life and enjoy having someone else make the rules for you.
5. Playing time in analog games has become shorter than in the old days. Therefore, we can more easily find time to play them.
6. We want to have fun together in a time where it's easy to be together on social media or in online games without actually being together. The analog games create community and thus appeal to everyone who wants to be with others.
7. In board games, we don't have to follow every move our opponents make. Of course, we have to watch that we are not cheated, but it is in a completely different way than in electronic games, where speed is often the most important parameter, and there is almost no time to look away. In an analog game, we can talk about life and what interests us, tease each other and laugh, without the actions in the game being lost. Therefore, it is a widespread misconception that children 'relax' with their iPad or smartphone. They actually don't. Instead, they relax when they play something as simple as Fish with mom and dad.
8. We can all use an icebreaker. It can be on a date, at a dinner party that is a bit tired and where there is too little talking, and it can be in connection with a course at work. Once the game is out of the box, you don't feel like you HAVE to talk. You can say something or not. That alone makes it much easier to just talk about something and say a few words without it sounding awkward. Suddenly it is about something completely different from us. It's about what's on the table, so many people can relax better.
9. A game makes you think about something completely different than what you didn't get to work before the weekend, your guilty conscience about something or other and all the other things you never get to. Playing just before going to bed is good therapy for both children and adults. You sleep well after a good analog game.
10. Analog games are fun across generations. It can be difficult to get 'the old ones' to play on the iPad or the computer, but a game with children and grandchildren that takes place on a table just creates such a cozy atmosphere that we don't need the electronics to entertain ourselves at all . And we can remember the fun in the analogue games much better than in the online games.

So let go of everyday life and throw yourself into a cozy game. You can see all BOX QUIZ games on this page.