King is playing a much less challenging game of Spot, which, yes, is about dogs, with an older man named Richard, whose white beard and flopped red cap are suitably Dungeon Master-y. King describes him as something of a local legend and folks try to guess how many games he has at home. We’re all too low; he reportedly has 7,000.

I’ve been in Richard’s basement before. I think the board games are a structural part of his house at this point, you keep looking around and seeing more games the longer you look