Dungeons, Dragons, and First Downs: The best sports tabletop games / Maybe you haven’t noticed, but there’s been something of a board game renaissance lately.

On the SEC Network on Saturday morning, a Georgia fan hit a field goal in a classic table-top football game, with former Florida football quarterback Tim Tebow making the makeshift goalposts.

The Level Up table from Spidermind Games is a new take on board gaming tables. It raises the play surface up, making room for beverages and bits underneath. So far it’s raised over $1M on ...