Prowl Design Diaries #2: Strategising for a Small Hand
When the chaos gets dialled up there's no way to perfectly guarantee success, but there is quite a bit that a clever player can do to swing the odds in their favour. Here’s how to strategise around Prowl’s strict 5+1 hand.
Prowl Design Diaries #1: The perfect warm-up game
How we tried to design the perfect warm-up game!
A Valentine’s Day Survival Guide
Solitaire board games for if you’re single on Valentine’s Day.
Why We Updated Fly-A-Way’s Rules
A deep dive into the changes we made to Fly-A-Way’s rules and why from a game design and thematic perspective.
Our Favourite Tabletop Games of 2023
From light dexterity games to heavily thematic horror games (complete with miniatures), here are our favourite tabletop games of 2023!
Merchant Trails Design Diary #2: Silk Roads Theme & Mechanics
How the theme influenced the game mechanics of our latest Print & Play release, Merchant Trails: The Silk Roads!
Tips for SPIEL Essen from a small publisher!
Tips for your first Essen SPIEL as a small publisher/designer!
Merchant Trails Design Diary #1: Game Design Direction
How we set the game direction and central mechanics of our latest Print & Play release, Merchant Trails: The Silk Roads!
Our Farming Experience in Singapore!
We learned about some of Singapore’s sustainable environmental practices at Ground-Up Initiative! If you’re interested in farming, woodworking, composting or sustainability, come read about our volunteering experience at Group-Up Initiative!
How to Name Your Tabletop Game (+ Our Rejects!)
How to Name Your Tabletop Game (+ Our Rejects!)
Playing to Win or Playing to Struggle
How much does winning matter? On the difference between achievement play and striving play, as discussed by philosopher C. Thi Nguyen, and games as the medium of agency.
Bingo! It’s a migratory bird!
Spotting migratory birds in Singapore, and how we tried to protect birds from extinction through a board game.
Your Favourite Romance Tropes As Board Games
Our favourite board games to play with 2 players, whether you’re fake dating, enemies to lovers or a long-distance couple.
Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Fun
Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Fun So That You’ll Actually Stick With Them
I am standing at the “Fly-A-Way”!
I am standing at the “Fly-A-Way”! (Birding at the East-Asian Australasian Flyway)
How To Take Great Board Game Photos:Go Outdoors!
Photography tips for shooting your board game outdoors!
What We Learned From Our First Singapore Bird Race
Two novices share their chaotic but wholesome experience from their first Singapore Bird Race!
Resisting the Attention Economy with Board Games
In a fast-paced digital world that demands your attention, board games can be a form of resistance — or just another way to fall prey to the attention economy.
Game Design is Multidisciplinary: A True and a Lie
A look at game design, demystifying the role of creators. All anyone needs to be able to contribute to the production of a game is an eye for human experience.