Funagain Games has been selling board and card games in the Rogue Valley since 1996.(Natalie Golay / JPR)

Inspired by Tim Clare's book, "Across the Board: How Games Make Us Human," Senior Producer Natalie Golay heads out to Ashland's Funagain Games to explore the surge in popularity of board games and how new approaches to game design are revolutionizing the medium.

Board games at Ashland’s Funagain Games include The Search for Planet X, The White Castle, Cascadia and Friday.(Natalie / Golay)

• Tim McElroy, assistant manager, Funagain Games
  

Tim McElroy is the assistant manager at Funagain Games in Ashland. (Natalie Golay / JPR)