Ah, Board Games! I love them 
In the back of my mind, I have a deep seated wish to invent one (do you invent a board game? do you assemble it? do you design it?).
In the meantime, have fun with this selection by flavorwire:
10 Board Games (for book lovers)
I support genre fiction in general, and speculative fiction in particular (genre has so many nuances, these days, good and bad, and for some, it excludes literary endeavours, which I really don’t agree with!)
This is an interesting article from the Guardian about the 2013 scifi trends (a HBO series of Gaiman’s American Gods? Sounds jolly to me
Writing advice:
Give yourself some off time from writing, now and then, and instead read a book, watch a film, have a walk or go to a museum. We have senses that can be stimulated by diverse experiences, and it can all be channeled to enrich your writing.
