The name of the game

More than 70 exhibitors from both home and abroad recently joined the fourth annual Dice Con Board Game Convention in Beijing. There, visitors were able to try out a range of board games at tables before deciding whether to buy them. Other activities included the launch of new games.

According to industry analyst Research and Markets, the global board games market is expected to reach values of over $12 billion by 2023, growing at a compound annual growth rate of about 9 percent between 2017 and 2023.

The New York-based Pakistani game designer, Nashra Balagamwala, talked about Arranged!, a board game she created, inspired by her own experiences of avoiding an arranged marriage.