the lockdown has lead to a record rise in the sale of board games so much so that theyre out of stock at several stores big bazaar snapdeal and paytm mall recorded the highestever sales of board games once the government allowed sale of nonessential items in some markets according to the economic times big bazaar sold out its stock of board games after selling over 20000 units of ludo and another 3000 units of carrom boards board games keep families entertained help kill timeright now people are turning to board games to spend time with their family standup comedian amit tandon tells us we are at home and to kill time my wife two teenage kids and i are playing board games for homemaker seema jain its a throwback to her childhood days she says playing together at home is quite addictive it feels like we are back to the summer vacations of our childhood my 19yearold son told me he spent two days watching videos to understand the key strategies of these games in fact since i always win he was complaining that i didnt share my gamewinning strategies with him whatever board games we had were birthday gifts but now ive bought some moredidnt want my kids playing games on mobileshipra bhargava a hospitality industry professional from varanasi says i didnt want my son to spend the spare time after online classes on mobile to play games so to reduce his screen time we started playing carrom where the entire family especially the kids battle it out on the boardhuge demand for board games geeta sachdeva who runs a general merchant store in sigra area says the board games are a rage during lockdown our entire stock of ludo game was sold out in just a few days ive ordered a fresh stock now