First Excitement, then Frustration, then the “Click”

Plucking at the corner of a box’s cellophane wrapping, trying to find that small weakness to make some tiny hole to tear the rest off–it is a lovely little puzzle, a tease of the excitement waiting within the board game I’m about to open.

I slide the cover off, anticipating, What did the designers place up front? What did they want me to see first? Aha!

Then there are the multiple pieces to poke out of their cardboard homes. The sensation of the components, their look, their feel, their weight, ...