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Video games make the latest board games so much more exciting

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While video games were evolving from Pong to Pac-Man to Pikmin, board game designers weren't sitting idly by playing Monopoly or rolling Yahtzee dice. Tabletop experiences have matured significantly, building exciting stories, challenging cooperative experiences and bridging the gap to today's app-obsessed world. Fantasy Flight Games is leading a board game revolution, with three games that reach across the digital divide to bring smartphones and tablets into the tabletop experience. Companion apps are integral to gameplay and provide a digital antagonist that aggressively thwarts player efforts to save the world. SEE ALSO: 'League of Legends' is getting an awesome board game spin-off In short, video games are invading board games... and that's great news for everyone.