Editorial Review

Scoring for the night is more feasible at board games joint, started by owner Lucy, self-professed game-o-holic. Twentysomething players choose from among 400 internationally beloved and Brazil-only games in a well-lit, renovated former house divided into various rooms filled with tables and decorated in classic board game iconography. Alcohol lubes up limbs for Twister, coffee from renowned Suplicy chain aids in keeping Monopoly going all night. Triumphs and losses are heard, not seen, from rowdy, animated and slightly dorky players; drunkenness ultimately wins. Bring poker face for weekly scheduled poker games, but bring Portuguese dictionary to help call the cards.