This contest is meant to spark memories of fun games nights, playing Scrabble at home or visiting an arcade, with family and friends. In this rapidly evolving world of AI generated social clickbait clamouring for our every waking minute of attention, you can easily get more « human-time » by playing one of the great social past-times of our youth. Board games guarantee hours of fun with … people! Real—sometimes in your face, but always laughing, cheering, and having fun—people. Even arcades were best when shared with friends. There is no better time of year for a contest like this than now with the amazing Play at Best Buy event happening. Read on to learn about the prizes in this contest and what Play at Best Buy is all about.
Last year for both of my twenty-something daughters’ birthdays, I bought them each a board game. The reason was simple: playing board games is very popular with them and their friends. In fact board game cafes are catering to all ages in cities all across Canada, providing the space, food, and drinks (some are even licensed for alcohol) so friends can gather and play. Families too are rediscovering that a simple game is all we need to rediscover each other. It’s hard to socialize and empathize when we all have our heads buried in a screen. Board games don’t just bring us back to a simpler time, they focus our attention on each other. We see each other, we listen to each other. It’s not a new concept, just one many people, families, even friends, have lost.
A recent essay about board games published on April 6, 2023 in the The Atlantic Monthly, stated that, “Board games are hostage situations.” I agree to an extent because you are settled in for the duration of the game, like it or not. However, most of us know that if you pick the right game, and the right co-hostages, everyone can have a great time. Even discovering together that a game is not to your taste is a bonding experience. Gaming is better than just conversing by bringing out personality and anecdotes organically, without pressure: the point of being there is to play … learning about each other is the pleasant by-product.
Organize a games night in your home
The trick is the choose the right game. If five friends are coming over, you most likely can find something more inclusive than chess. My wife loves Scrabble, but many people are not as into words as my wife (an English teacher) and myself (Editor in Chief at Best Buy). One approach, especially if you are about to host a games night for the first time with many of your guests, is to pick a game that’s quick to learn, easy to master, and quirky and fun. Additionally, you could select a game that is new to everyone who will play: there are tons of great YouTube videos to learn from … and you can all quickly learn together! The prize packs we are giving away in this contest each include a range of nostalgia (Hasbro favourites like “Game of Life” “Clue” “Connect Four”) and new adventures (like Skull, Werewolves, and a fantastic variation on the escape room adventures called Unlock!). Winners are sure to get something for a perfect games night. Oh and there is one added bonus in each prize pack—an Arcade1Up arcade experience that you won’t want to miss.
Gaming month is now: are you game?
We have our amazing Play at Best Buy gaming event with the best video gaming contest on the planet during the month of June. This is gaming month because many of the new games for each year get announced in June. For example, the new Mortal Kombat 1 was recently announced. To commemorate that we have included some Arcade1Up Collectorcade Mortal Kombat arcades in two of the prize packs of this games night contest as a nostalgic homage. The other two prize packs include another classic: Pacman!. Do you prefer the nostalgic games or the newer games available at Best Buy? If you were holding a games night, which game would you choose from the ones we are giving away? Are you game to participate in this contest? Be brave, be bold, take a chance and enter now!
How to enter
Entering this contest will be fun and you can enter in two different ways:
- In a comment below: tell us which game we are giving away in this contest would you select to play at a games night in your home and what is it that makes that game the best choice.
- Social post: For one additional entry, create a public post on a social media channel sharing with your friends and followers which board game available at Best Buy that you have never played before would you most like to try. Show a screen shot of the game from Best Buy’s website, and include the hashtag #BoardGameContest, so we can find your post. Then return here and tell us in a comment below on which channel you posted it and the name of your channel (since many people use pseudonyms) so that we can check and verify your entry. You can use any social media channel (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.), but the post must be public so we can verify it is there.
What you can win
At the end of the contest, we will randomly select four (4) winners from all eligible entries. These winners will be randomly assigned to the four prize packages shown here so each winner will get one of those four prize packages.
Prize 1 | Werewolves Of Miller’s Hollow Card Game / Hasbro The Game of Life /Hasbro Scrabble / Pacman Collectorcade |
Prize 2 | Hasbro The Game of Life/ Hasbro Clue Board Game/ Unlock! Mythic Adventures Card Game / Pacman Collectorcade |
Prize 3 | Skull Party Board Game / Habro Scrabble / Hasbro Yahtzee / Mortal Kombat Collectorcade |
Prize 4 | Hasbro Clue Board Game / Mortal Kombat Collectorcade / Unlock! Mythic Adventures Card Game / Hasbro Connect 4 |
This contest runs from June 3rd to July 5th.
Remember you can enter two times as mentioned above. Contests are a type of game really. And you don’t have a chance at winning if you don’t play. And playing is more fun when you have more people, so tell your friends to enter too.
Win an amazing game night prize pack
Good luck.
I love a good game of Yahtzee. I haven’t played in years but I do remember the fun of playing it.
Pacman Collectorcade, because I love Ms Pac man especially and it was my favorite game to play as a kid.
I would love to win one of the unlock games. They are fun to play
Pacman because it was the video game that really changed things. It wasn’t the first Pong was.
we always loved playing Clue as a child, and I know my grandkids would enjoy it also
The Game of Life because you never know if you will get a great job, kids and a house OR be living roll to roll (paycheque to Paycheque) LOL
a good pacman game at the corner store
“Clue”! We love playing this game when we all get together!
The Game of Life of course!! Classic and loved by many.
Pacman, it’s classic and so much fun to play
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Pacman because it is a classic game and a lot of fun to play
Pacman because it is classic and so much fun to play
PAC Man for sure, it will bring me back to the of arcades
Hasbro Scrabble for me! Always played this when we were younger.
Pacman
Pacman and Clue
Hasbro Scrabble
Definitely Pac-Man! We love the retro video games!
Would choose Hasbro Game of life it is so much fun to play
Pacman because it’s retro and who doesn’t like old school games…
Clue, because I haven’t played it since I was a kid.
PacMan because it is a classic and I can introduce it to my kids
Hasbro Scrabble would be my choice because I like word games.
Unlock! We love the challenge of escape games.
The Hasbro Scrabble game for me because I love the challenge of Scrabble and am a word nerd.
Yahtzee because it is a such a fun game for everyone… I remember playing it when I was a kid and would love to play again with my family.
pac-man – favoirte and classic game
PacMan
Pac Man will be my pick. I enjoyed when I was little and my little ones enjoys them.
I really enjoy playing Clue. We’ve had a lot of fun with it.
I would choose PacMan as it’s a game that I played as a teen, many (many) years ago.
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One of my favorites growing on was the Clue board game. So I would choose this one, we all love a good mystery so I think we would fave a ball playing this popular who did it game
clue and the game of life never get old!!!
I’d plat Scrabble with kids.
It’s Yahtzee – fun for all ages and teaches math skills
We would love plying Pacman
pacman as it is one of our favorite games
Scrbble because the family likes it
Yahtzee because games of chance are fun for everyone.
So much miss the game nights in the long Northern Winter days.
Scrabble, Yahtzee, All The great Games Growing up. Time to educate The Grand Daughters with these great Games. Thank You best buy.
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I would play Yahtzee, I grew up with it and it’s just a fun game to play and is suitable for all ages!
Unlocked because this game is new to us and we are always up for a new challenge when playing games.
Scrabble because it is a classic game we love playing as a family.
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Pac Man all the way!!! my husband and I grew up playing pac man and now my daughters enjoy it as well. It would be a great way to start family game night
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