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https://i0.wp.com/nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Gamers.jpeg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=115001000Looking at the wide range of contemporary board games presented there, I couldn’t help noticing how much board games have in common with data visualizations. In fact, at their core, all board games are data visualizations. Data and information are visualized as pieces of different colors and shapes (called meeples) placed on boards specifying coordinate systems. The rules of the game determine how the current situation of the data can be transformed into a more desirable state.