A new version of the popular board game Catan, which hits shelves this summer, introduces energy production and pollution into the gameplay. Catan GmbH hide caption
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Klaus Teuber, a dental technician from Darmstadt, presents his game The Settlers of Catan on Sept. 29, 1995, in Frankfurt, Germany. Bernd Kammerer/AP hide caption
The Monopoly Ultimate Banking Game from Hasbro is displayed at Toy Fair in New York, in 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
A male ruby-throated hummingbird is one of the birds featured in the board game Wingspan. Elise Amendola / AP hide caption
Klaus Teuber, creator of the popular board game Catan, with his son Benjamin Teuber, a managing director at Catan Inc. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the game's launch, the elder Teuber has released an autobiography, My Way to Catan. Patrick Liste hide caption
You can't play games like Lost Cities and Mystic Vale with your friends in person right now, but you can still play them online. Petra Mayer/NPR hide caption
As people make efforts to stay apart from each other physically, video games are filling the socializing gap. Sara Monika/Getty Images hide caption
The game Buffalo prompts players to think of people that buck stereotypes, and subliminally challenges those stereotypes in the process. Maanvi Singh for NPR hide caption
Four players sit around Cthulhu Wars, a game designed by Sandy Petersen, who also designed Call of Cthulhu. Courtesy of Petersen Games hide caption
"It's easier for me to sell direct to a customer now," says James Ernest, co-creator of the game Unexploded Cow. The board game is one of the most popular created by Ernest, who's made ample use of crowdfunding sites. Courtesy of Cheapass Games hide caption
Amid Board Game Boom, Designers Roll The Dice On Odd Ideas — Even Exploding Cows
NPR played the latest version of Pandemic with four real-life epidemiologists. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
Residents of New Georgia Signboard, a small village just north of Monrovia, pass the time by playing a fast-paced board game called Ludo. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
The deconstructed, hexagonal salad nicoise: perfect for all your gourmand geek friends. Courtesy of Chris-Rachel Oseland hide caption
This Australian version of Monopoly shows some updates - check out the laptop. But a new edition puts a computerized banker in control of every move. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images hide caption