as one witnesses the board gaming culture gradually evolving in ahmedabad a lot of credit does go to two women entrepreneurs who are encouraging people through their individual ventures to connect over board gamesnid alumna is now a game designeran nid alumna and now a board game designer and reviewer shraddha has taken on the journey to encourage people in ahmedabad and in different parts of the country to socialise and interact over a board game if you observe people in public places everyone is so absorbed in their smartphones and often hesitant to talk to one another it is time young people take the charge back of bringing public spaces to life and what better a way than board games said shraddha therefore we host game nights at a city caf every alternate week where people come and play board games its simple you learnt to play and play to learnhaving her own curated collection of over 180 board games some traditional some contemporary and some designed by her shraddha travels the country to teach board games at design institutes in schools and even to local mountain communitiesa space away from digital worldhaving learnt about eurostyle board games while pursuing her postgraduation in spain sanjali realized the need for a space in ahmedabad where people move off the digital space and instead meet and interact over a board game back in europe i saw many game cafes where people could go play various board games the concept was new to ahmedabad but at the same time there were various people i came across who were interested in playing board games said sanjali founder of a board game caf in ahmedabadmoreover in india people often associate gaming with only children to break that myth and give people a platform to socialise over board games i decided to set up the caf we have a wide range of games including family games party games and strategy games and have hosted tournaments for popular games such as pictionary and tambola among various others from time to time she added