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When you’re traveling with friends or family, there are a lot of in‑between moments: evenings in a rental, rainy days, long stretches after dinner when no one is quite ready for bed. Those are perfect times to pull out a board game.

Classic strategy games like chess, Go, mahjong, and bridge ask us to plan ahead, solve problems, remember patterns, and read other people. Studies suggest that this kind of mental and social workout can support thinking skills, help protect brain health as we age, and make us feel more connected and less lonely.