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New Releases – January 12, 2021

Hey PI-fans, How's your Tuesday going? The weather may be gloomy and rainy but that's the perfect opportunity to stay in and play some games! Here's our New Releases fresh from the warehouse!   Mysterium Park      A standalone adventure in the Mysterium series, you and your friends are psychics investigating the disappearance of a fairground director! Get hints from the ghost who roams the park, investigate clues and solve the mystery! Mysterium Park is smaller, faster and easier to set up so you and your friends can start playing without fuss! For 2-6 Players, 30-45 Minutes Playing Time, Ages 10+  Pick this game up at our Webstore!   Dixit: Mirrors   Because with Dixit, the more cards, the merrier! Add on 84 beautiful cards to the game or you can swap out your base set cards or expansion cards to play!  Pick up this expansion from our Webstore! [...]

By |2021-01-12T12:31:38+08:00January 12th, 2021|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News, Role Playing Games|

New Releases & Restocks – January 6, 2021

Hey PI-fans, How's your day going? We've got these brand New Releases fresh from the warehouse: The Coldest Night, Chronicles of Crime: 1400 and Dragonland!  Let's check 'em out!   The Coldest Night It only takes a spark, to get a fire burning. But in this case, you and your friends HAVE to get the fire burning, else you will all freeze to death. Throw Kindling cards to the fire to keep it going but sometimes you don't always have the best cards to burn, literally. You also can't tell others the exact value of your Kindling cards but you can say 'I need the fire to be hotter'. If there are less than 3 cards in the firepit, you will get a frostbite penalty card.  You all win if you keep the fire burning by emptying the deck of Kindling cards. If you have no Kindling cards in the [...]

By |2021-01-06T10:21:23+08:00January 6th, 2021|Board Games, Card Games, Hobby Items, Items, New items, News, Role Playing Games|

Support Local: An Interview with the Cast & Crew of The 4th Culture, Singapore’s first liveplay D&D show!

Hey PI-fans, How's your day going? We were incredibly fortunate to have a sit down chat with the cast & crew of the brand new liveplay D&D show, The 4th Culture! Featuring Ramji Venkateswaran as Dungeon Master, veteran performers Sheena Chan, Lisa Yeo, Jo Tan and Edward Choy who play Yrsa, Kie Nao, Barra and Kaman! The 4th Culture is quite possibly the first Singapore based, liveplay D&D show on Twitch!  Without further ado, let's get to the interview!   Q: Please introduce yourselves and your characters! Sheena: Hello! My name is Sheena Chan! I play the Goblin Barbarian, Yrsa (YEar-sa) in The Fourth Culture! Jo: Hi, my name is Jo, and I play Barra the Bard, 'Bazza' to his friends, in The Fourth Culture, coincidentally!  Edward: I'm Edward, I play Kaman, who is currently Warlock 3 and Cleric forever (the strangest build). I'm the utility support and nuker-healer in [...]

By |2021-01-04T11:07:29+08:00January 4th, 2021|Articles, Items, News, Role Playing Games|

New Releases: But Wait! There’s MORE!

Hey PI-fans, Happy New Year's Eve to you! We're glad to say we have even MORE New Releases to shuffle in before 2020 ends! Let's check 'em out!   Decrypto   Get your spy game on in Decrypto! Split your friends into 2 teams and try to decrypt codes among your teammates without the other side intercepting! On your team's turn: one player who is the encryptor will give 3 clues. The rest of the team will have to figure out which digits in the code correspond to the encryptor's clues. eg. encryptor clues are 'Mexico. Insect. Horror'. The keywords your team knows are: 1. Black. 2. Dragonfly. 3. Cocktail. 4. Sombrero. Which could possibly mean the code is 4, 2, 1. But watch out! Encryptor clues are read aloud and keywords are the same for both sides! Your team wins if you're able to intercept the opposing team's code [...]

By |2020-12-31T10:37:29+08:00December 31st, 2020|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

New Releases: D&D 5E Curse of Strahd Revamped and the Official D&D Cookbook!

Hey PI-D&D fans, Look what dropped in to the store! It's Curse of Strahd Revamped and the Heroes' Feast: the Official D&D Cookbook! Curse of Strahd Revamped The classic D&D adventure re-released in an awesome, deluxe coffin box! It has all the things you need to run the campaign: the main adventure book, a Tarokka Deck, a monster booklet full of unsettling creature art, a DM screen and maps! If you love a good gothic horror adventure and want to take your adventurers to Castle Ravenloft, this is the box to get! For player levels 1-10! Under raging storm clouds, the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. Rumbling thunder pounds the castle spires. The wind’s howling increases as he turns his gaze down toward the village of Barovia. Far below, yet not beyond his keen eyesight, a party of adventurers has just [...]

By |2020-12-30T10:40:34+08:00December 30th, 2020|Items, New items, News, Role Playing Games|

Support Local: An Interview with the Creator of Forge of Nations!

Hey PI-fans, How's your day going? In today's Support Local feature, we're shining the spotlight on the creator of Forge of Nations, Wan Jun Yan! (pictured left)  Jun Yan has designed a few games in the past for organisation training and education aid. Forge of Nations is his first commercial game!     Q: When did you get started playing tabletop games and at what point did you decide to make your own games?   I started playing in upper primary, as far as I can recall, and that's also what got me started on making my own games. In Secondary 1, I was very into the NBA and in particular, the Los Angeles Lakers. I made a pencil and paper basketball franchise manager game and got a few of my friends to join me in it. And in Secondary 4, inspired by a friend's copy of a commercial card game, [...]

By |2020-12-22T10:41:07+08:00December 22nd, 2020|Articles, Board Games, Card Games, Items, News|

New Releases: Just in Time for the Holidays!

Hey PI-fans, Let out the fireworks! Our awesome shipment of cool and shiny new releases has made it in time for the holidays! Without further ado: let's find out what each of them are!   Marvel Fluxx Fluxx is an ever changing card game where you make and change the rules, goals with the cards you play! In the Marvel themed edition, play your favourite characters like Hulk, Spiderman, Iron Man, and achieve goals like Science Bros, Web Slingers, Galactic Duo! There's also a new Arena action where you and and other players pick a Keeper character. You then debate about why your character should win the other characters and a judge player picks the winner!  A wonderful treat for Marvel fans and it's always good fun to have a geek argument!  For 2-6 Players, 30 Minutes Playing Time, Ages 8+ Pick this up from our Webstore!   Disney Villainous [...]

By |2020-12-18T10:53:26+08:00December 18th, 2020|Board Games, Items, New items, News, Promotions|

New Release Spotlight: Teabbles and Forge of Nations!

Hey PI-fans, Good Sunday morning to you! We're glad to announce that we've got even more local Singapore games in the store: Teabbles and Forge of Nations! Teabbles   As featured in the Straits Times LIFE Paper on Monday 7/12, Teabbles is bubbly fun for fans of all things Bubble Tea! In Teabbles, you and your friends are Bubble Tea baristas trying to put together refreshing drinks! The first player to get 11 points from completed orders wins! Watch out for the competition as they could play cards to swap your hand, deny you of completing orders, force you to discard cards from your hand and other sneaky tricks!  Make all sorts of drinks like classic Black Tea to the elaborate Chocolate Milk Matcha and more!  There are 2 other game variants: Bluff and Boba the Builder which give an added edge to the game! The game was also featured [...]

By |2020-12-13T09:07:54+08:00December 13th, 2020|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

Warhammer Items for Pre-Order – December 12, 2020

Hey PI-fans, It's a small Pre-Order list of items this week for Necromunda! Check out those awesome Van Saar sculpts! All items up for Pre-Order are up to 30% off retail!    Necromunda: House of Artifice - $51 (retail $70) Pre-Order this from our Webstore!   Necromunda: Van Saar Archeoteks & Sky-cutters - $49 (retail $68) Pre-Order this from our Webstore!   Necromunda: Van Saar Gang Tactics Cards - $18 (retail $25) Pre-Order this from our Webstore!   White Dwarf Magazine Issue 459 (Dec 2020) - retail $15 Pre-Order this from our Webstore!   How to Pre-Order You can place an order with us either In person, at the store with full deposit Via our Webstore with full deposit via digital payment Pre-Order prices will be available from December 12 to December 18. 20% off the week they launch.  Come on down and Pre-Order at the store or head to the webstore [...]

By |2020-12-12T13:38:58+08:00December 12th, 2020|Items, Miniature Games, New items, News|

Plantopia and Wok and Roll Launch Weekend! Sat 19/12 and Sun 20/12

Hey PI-fans, Sorry for the delay! We're all good to go for next weekend!  In collaboration with Origame, we'll be hosting several demo sessions of their new games: Plantopia and Wok and Roll!  Happening Saturday 19/12 and Sunday 20/12, from 1:30pm onwards!  Plantopia demos will be run on Saturday while Wok and Roll demos will be on Sunday. Designer Daryl Chow will be facilitating the Sunday session so you don't want to miss out!    How to Book Your Slot to Play Head to our booking page to pick how many people will be attending a session. Up to 5 pax per booking Pick a day and time slot: each time slot is in 45 Minute intervals starting from 1:30pm You'll get a confirmation E-mail on your booking! All participants will get to enjoy the new games at 5% off retail price! Attendance will be taken before the session. Please [...]

By |2020-12-16T10:28:13+08:00December 10th, 2020|Board Games, Card Games, Events, Items, New items, News, Promotions|
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