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So, while people are undoubtedly spending a lot of time and money on newer gaming methods, the board game industry has continued to thrive amongst its competition (and–seeing as board games are estimated to be about 7,000 years old–I think they have some staying power). There are websites ( such as ) dedicated to talking about and reviewing board games, which has increased word-of-mouth advertising in the industry.Modern technology has lowered the barrier to entry into the board game industry with crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter, so there are a wider variety of board games to choose from on the market, and therefore a larger audience to appeal to.there are more people who are open to the idea of playing games). Video games and gaming apps have brought more attention to playing games, which has made game-playing (including board games) more normalized in society (i.e.