Board & Table Games
Alongside the TCGs, RPGs, and miniatures we cover every day, here are our picks for the table: modern board games and card games from the Asmodee family (CATAN, Ticket to Ride, Pandemic, Star Wars: Unlimited), plus classic staples like backgammon and mahjong.
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Classic Games: Backgammon & Mahjong
Two long-lived tabletop staples, with sets from GammonVillage, a specialty retailer for these games.
Backgammon
Backgammon is one of the oldest board games still widely played, with roots going back thousands of years. It’s a two-player race game that blends dice-driven luck with real strategic decision-making — easy to learn, hard to master, and quick enough for a game night filler between longer hobby games. A few sets from GammonVillage, picked across different sizes and price points:
15-inch Deluxe Backgammon Set – Black
The lowest-priced in-stock backgammon set GammonVillage carries — a compact, travel-friendly 15-inch board with a faux-leather black/grey exterior, felt-lined field, and checkers, dice, cups, and a doubling cube included. A sensible first set before spending more.
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A newer 16-inch leatherette set from Silverman & Co. with a padded playing surface and a deeper walnut-brown finish — a step up in size from the 15-inch sets without going full tournament-scale.
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GammonVillage’s own full-size 21-inch tournament board — the largest playing surface in this lineup, built for regular, serious play rather than an occasional game.
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Mahjong is a tile-based game that originated in 19th-century China and has since spread into several popular regional variants, including American Mahjong. Unlike most of what we cover, it’s played with tiles instead of cards or dice, and it rewards pattern recognition and reading your opponents as much as luck — a good pick if your group wants something social that plays differently from typical hobby board games. A few American Mahjong sets from GammonVillage:
Metro Mah Jongg Set – Blue Canvas Bag, White Tiles
The lowest-priced complete American mahjong set GammonVillage carries — a lightweight canvas bag instead of a hard case, with all-in-one rack/pusher trays that are easier for a first-timer to handle than separate racks and pushers.
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A classic White Swan American mahjong set: white tiles, racks with pusher arms, and a hard aluminum carrying case in red.
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The same White Swan build in a two-tone white-and-blue tile set with a matching blue aluminum case — a common pick as a gift set.
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White Swan’s ivory-tile version of the same set, for players who prefer the warmer ivory color to stark white tiles.
Shop at GammonVillageLooking for something else classic — dominoes, chess, checkers, or a set to gift? GammonVillage carries a broader lineup of board game sets beyond backgammon and mahjong.