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Recently, Prashant Maheshwari chanced upon what has turned out to be the secret to a happy marriage. He stores about 50 of these secrets in cupboards and shelves around his Agripada residence now. "Every couple runs out of things to talk about at times. Whenever that happens to us, my wife and I pick out a board game to play," Maheshwari confides...

Maheshwari's wife Radhika was not always thrilled by the recreation but was coaxed into trying it. "Ours was an arranged marriage and board gaming just sounded like a strange hobby. But it grows on you." She is an avid player now and part of the group whose numbers have swelled from 20 to 200 since last March.

The best part is, you don't have to choose which game to play or read the rules. For a $5 entrance fee, staff members known as "game counsellors" will choose a game tailored to your taste, skill level and party size.

"It's a nice concept," Eva Tracqui said. On a recent Sunday night, the 22-year-old was playing a board game called Catch a Falling Star with her boyfriend, Clarence, and friend Nagehan, who was visiting from Toronto. The last time any of them played board games was when they were kids, but after a friend suggested the idea, Clarence searched online for venues in Montreal. The Randolph pub popped up first.

"It's perfect because I wouldn't say to my friend, 'Hey, let's play board games,'" Tracqui said. "It's not cool. They'll be like, 'Let's just have drinks or do shots.'" Randolph is a good balance, she added.