Five cherry Bigfoots mid stride against five maple pine groves, nine wells cut into a maple board, and somebody at the table starting the story again about what they saw off the logging road. TIC-TAC-Bigfoot is engraved across the face in script, and it does most of the talking for you.

Two layers of maple make every square a recessed well, so a piece you set down stays down. That is what makes it work on a camp table, a boat, or the back seat of a moving car. Board and pieces are clear coated, the pieces are cut 1/4 inch thick from cherry and maple, and the board itself is 7 by 5.75 inches and half an inch thick.

Ten pieces come with it, five of each, plus a natural cotton drawstring bag so the whole set stays together between games. Handmade in the USA by a woman owned workshop in McKinney, Texas, whose Brave and Loved program turns the offcut wood from every order into engraved affirmation tags for children entering foster care.

It is a cryptid gift that a grown adult will actually keep out on the shelf, and a first real board game a five year old can beat you at.