Trump's Tariffs Become a Wild Card for Board Game Makers

Every Monday night, Benjamin Ho and Johann Thiel crowd into a brewery in Brooklyn to play board games. Some weeks, the games transport them to feudal Japan, where they battle for military control of a vast empire. Other nights, they play as Grand Prix drivers or World War I soldiers. They often unwind with a Batman card game. But now their game nights face disruption from the real world: tariffs imposed by President Trump. The pair have watched this year as publishers of popular titles have halted production in response to the administration's trade war with China, where most board…