Board Game Night Hats

Every board game night starts the same way. Somebody has read the rulebook twice and would like to walk everyone through it — the setup, the scoring, the exceptions, one example round and then, to be safe, a second example round. It is forty minutes before anybody rolls a die, and it is completely worth it. These board game hats are written for the people who make game night happen. For the collector with a shelf of games still in their shrink-wrap and a strong feeling about the one coming out on Friday. For the player who is, by their own account, very calm about board games. And for the one who has just remembered a house rule — always been there, older edition, look it up — at exactly the moment the scores turned against them. They make good board game gifts for the host, the rules explainer or the regular who brings snacks and grievances in equal measure. Embroidered on unstructured dad hats in colors that sit comfortably next to a stack of cardboard boxes.