george tanner has that story. millennials are starting to transition from pushing buttons on a video game controller to to rolling dice instead. edward lehto owns ronin gamesand hobbies in castro valley. he is witnessing a rise in the popularity of board games. we do board game night every saturday night. night. i noticed there is actually a lot of 20 something couples come in and hang out and play board games. lehto says he has more board games out for sale than he did back in the 90's. the trend is affecting video game retailers as well. i defiently ring up a lot more parents or older people that are still playing games on the ps3 or on the new generations. so, this segway is happening with the new generation of kids coming in and parents buying games for their kids and buying new consoles. gamestop is selling board games as well. classical games with a nerdy twist. one example of a game in stock is the legend of zelda monopoly game. i have actually preordered a pokemon monopoly board game and i am super excited