Out, About: Bored? Get board instead.

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One of my most frequent haunts whenever the weather turns frigid is Game Point, the board game cafe in the Five Points neighborhood of East. You walk in and to your left is the ordering counter, where you can get Bongo Java coffees and food (including a shockingly great grilled cheese), and to your right are wall-to-wall shelves bursting with games.

I know, I know. Pitching games with such fervor is really Millennial of me. But with 400+ games, there is truly something for everybody.

When I first pitched my mom on going during one of her first visits to Nashville, the look on her face was: “I can’t believe I’ve raised this much of a nerd.”

She loved Apples to Apples in our family game nights growing up, but sighed her way through Monopoly. And every game of Sorry ended with an apology for her behavior. As I’ve gotten older, her eyes have just glazed over when I try to explain the rules of games like Settlers of Catan or Ticket to Ride.

But my mom loves me, so she came along. And she gasped when she discovered not only dominoes, but several versions of the game she grew up loving so much with our Puerto Rican family. We spent a few hours at Game Point that first time — never rushed out the door by staff — and she always requests returning when she’s in town.

But where can I get games for home?

Fine, you don’t want to take Game Point up on its free heating. The good news is the company has another location, a shop to buy from their long lineup of games, in Hillsboro Village.

I can also personally rec Comix City Too! in Madison, which I featured for This Is Nashville a couple Free Comic Book Days ago.

There is also The Game Cave in Donelson, Tabletops Hobbies and Games in Nashboro Village, The Game Keep in Hermitage, and even Parnassus Books in Nashville. I know the latter may come as surprise, but look at the section toward the register to find some pretty cool non-book stuff (including Millennial Lotería long before Target started carrying it).