Game On: Liven Up Game Night with These Vibrant Boards, Tables, and Moments of Fun

• Opening Gambit: The upholstered game table and swivel chairs by North Carolina’s Coley Home (starting at $2,100 and $700 each, respectively; coleyhome.com) come in dozens of fabrics. A custom-cut piece of glass atop the table makes for easy playing with this vibrant lacquered chess set by Printworks ($165; printworksmarket.us).

• Conversation Pieces: Display-worthy board games abound nowadays, including these handsome Printworks (printworksmarket.us) versions of Chinese checkers (near right, $59) and Kalaha (bottom right, $65), Serena & Lily’s backgammon set (top right, $498; serenaandlily.com), and Mark and Graham’s take on mah-jongg ($299; markandgraham.com).

• Winning Turn: How’s this for clever (and chic)? All fifteen classic board games in this Anthropologie set nestle in boxes that look like vintage books in a rainbow of cloth bindings. So when you’re not playing Candy Land, Monopoly, or Scrabble, you can count on the collection to add serious game to your library decor ($549; anthropologie.com).

• Party Pad Essential: Bring the heat to table tennis tournaments with this beautifully modern olive-green Janus et Cie design that can also weather the elements, thanks to a stainless steel and high-pressure resin construction (starting at $23,636; shopjanusetcie.com).