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Ashland's 'Funagain Games' serves as a point of community connection

By Natalie Golay
Published December 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM PST
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Funagain Games has been selling board and card games in the Rogue Valley since 1996.

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

  • Tim McElroy, assistant manager, Funagain Games
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Tim McElroy is the assistant manager at Funagain Games in Ashland.

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Natalie Golay
Natalie Golay is the Senior Producer of the Jefferson Exchange. She has a B.A. in Visual Arts, a certificate of recommendation in multimedia from the Vancouver Film school, and a law degree from the University of British Columbia. A communications professional for over 20 years, Natalie is a natural storyteller with extensive audio and video production skills.
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