Boardgameromance Stories

In the year 1998, Maxine ruled the local arcade with lightning-fast reflexes and a hidden identity. Alvaro, the smooth-talking new kid with a serious joystick ego, never expected his toughest rival would be the quiet girl from chemistry class. Forced to team up for a school gaming event, their rivalry turns into a retro love story powered by pixelated battles, Walkman mixtapes, and one very stubborn arcade machine that always eats their quarters...and maybe their hearts too.

In a colorful arcade full of old-school games, Caroline Maximoff walks in with a plan and a purpose. Wolfrah D'Aragon meets her with a grin and no interest in following the rules. She's all about order; he's all about fun. When they team up for a charity event, sparks fly...not just from the arcade machines. The more they play, the more they realize that maybe the best way to win is to stop following the rules... and just fall.

Alyssa Nightley has always believed the universe had a grudge against her. Wrong pizza orders, allergic to literally everything she loves, exes who ghost her, jobs that fire her on her birthday... it's a cosmic joke. Her diary is titled Why Me?. But everything changes when she crashes into Emerson Bellgraves... an aloof, always-in-control guy who somehow seems to balance out her chaos. Is he a human lucky charm, or just another disaster waiting to happen?