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‘Playing games turns me into a person who makes sense’ – 07/01/25

Hey PI - Fans, Last month, The Guardian published an interview with Tim Clare, award winning author, upon the release of his newest book, "The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too". In his interview, Tim talks about being diagnosed with autism as an adult, how he felt board games have helped him connect with people throughout is childhood and early adulthood, leaving boardgames behind to try and be more 'normal', before finally rediscovering his love of board games again as an adult. You can read his full interview here.  Tim has also revealed his top five games, and in a similar vein, we would like to reveal our top five picks of games over here at PI, as well as our pick for best new local game! Best quiz game: Really Loud Librarians Have you ever felt that you've collected lots of useless [...]

By |2025-01-07T14:46:59+08:00January 7th, 2025|Articles|
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The 12 Games of Christmas – 23/12/24

Hey PI - Fans, The team at PI - Games have put together a list of 12 games we think you should play this holiday season! These games range from simple to mechanics heavy, cooperative to competitive, and pocket sized to large, ensuring that you'll be able to find a game for anyone and any scenario. Without further ado, here is the list, in no particular order:   1. Codenames: Singapore Edition Codenames Singapore Edition is a joint collaboration between Czech Games Edition and PI - Games. Find all of your agents before the opposing team does, by providing 1 word hints related to your agents codenames. But beware, a secret assassin is hiding amongst the crowd, and will instantly end your game if you accidentally call him. A short competitive game for up to 8 players, lasting about 15 minutes a game, with 400 different codenames for high replayability! [...]

By |2024-12-23T16:46:22+08:00December 23rd, 2024|Articles|
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Good With More

Hey PI-Fans, We previously took the opportunity to point out a couple of our favorite two-player experiences.... and then one of the staff pointed out "What if someone wants a game that can be fun when played with two-players, but also has room for expansion?" and this led to a lot of hemming and hawing. After some thought, here's a trio of titles which we would recommend for any collection that are have really good gameplay even at two-players.   Room For More Codenames by CGE is usually seen as a large group party game, but each set also includes rules for a two-player cooperative mode. While a competitive game of Codenames will see players divided into two separate red and blue teams which see them racing to contact their agents before the other team, a two-or-more-player cooperative game of Codenames will see players racing to score against a countdown timer. [...]

By |2021-05-21T20:21:19+08:00May 21st, 2021|Articles, Board Games, Items, News|
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Good For Two

Hey PI-Fans, Want a board game fix? We've had to revise our hours to minimise staff on the floor in line with MOH's instructions on Minimising Workplace Interactions, but we're still keeping the gaming goodness going. Also worth mentioning is that our webstore also offers a free local delivery option for orders of S$50 or more.   CHECK OUT THE GAMES @ PI WEBSTORE   With rules on the reduction of overall group size, we figured it's time to take a look at several excellent board games for your two-player needs.   Good With Two Onitama, by Arcane Wonders is a brilliant two-player duel. In this light abstract strategy game, players control a school of martial artists represented by a Master and four student pawns in a duel against a rival school. Two win, players must either move the pawn representing the Master of their school across the board into [...]

By |2021-05-19T13:59:50+08:00May 19th, 2021|Articles, Board Games, Items, News|
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‘Mech March – The Nova: How To Cook Your ‘MechWarrior

Hey PI-Fans, In it's Primary OmniMech configuration, the Nova (or Black Hawk to all you 'Spheroid Commanders) is infamously one of BattleTech's most recognizable 'Alpha Baby' designs, able to generate an eye-watering SIXTY-FIVE heat in a single turn of fire and movement. Sporting a brace of a dozen Clan Extended Range Medium Lasers (which remain one of the most damage efficient weapons in the game), each of the Nova's lasers sports almost comparable throw-weight to Inner Sphere Large lasers at a fraction of the tonnage. Though the Nova barely packs the heat sinks to safely use half of them at once, an Alpha Strike with all twelve of its guns remains a high-risk-high-reward tactic that is more than enough to obliterate many lighter Inner Sphere machines in a single apocalyptic volley of fire (at the risk of leaving the Nova sluggish and non-responsive from overheating and vulnerable to follow up [...]

By |2021-03-24T11:49:37+08:00March 24th, 2021|Articles, BattleTech, Board Games, Items, Miniature Games, News, Promotions|
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Hey PI-Fans, The Mad Cat OmniMech, as the Timber Wolf it is known in the Inner Sphere, has long the poster boy of Clan OmniMech design - the 'Mech's bulbous bullet shaped cockpit, bird like legs and bulky 'Mickey Mouse Ears' (as the mounted missile racks are affectionately known) give the 'Mech something of an iconic profile. Mad Cats have jockeyed with the Atlas for cover art positions since the early nineties in an ongoing running battle which their various progeny designs have more than readily taken up after their parents. Today, we're going to take a look at the history of this iconic design that menaced Inner Sphere Commanders around the world since their introduction in 1990 (real-life). While you're here, don't forget to book a demo session and swing by the store to learn to play, if you don't already know how. Though a cutting edge machine at [...]

By |2021-03-24T10:41:21+08:00March 17th, 2021|Articles, BattleTech, Board Games, Items, Miniature Games, News|
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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|
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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|
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Support Local: An Interview with the Creators of Bye Bye Virus!

Hey PI-fans, How's your day going? Yup, the Pandemic is still around but we can all still have a laugh about it! We had the good fortune to interview the 2 creators of Bye Bye Virus: Denise Lim and Yasmine Khater!    Q: What was the main spark that inspired you both to make a card game about keeping yourself safe from the virus? We wanted to do something useful with ourselves when we were stuck during the Circuit Breaker! During that period, we were both frustrated with the misinformation that was going around about how to stay safe against viruses, with people dressing up in dinosaur suits (as a joke) to hoarding toilet paper. We wanted to develop a fun way to teach kids and adults about good hygiene and socially responsible behavior, and used Bye Bye Virus as an outlet for that. We also built in a lot [...]

By |2020-11-26T10:43:34+08:00November 26th, 2020|Articles, Board Games, Card Games, Items, News|
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Support Local: An Interview with Board Game Designer, Daryl Chow!

Hey PI-fans, It's almost the weekend once again! We had the pleasure to have an E-mail interview with rock star Singaporean game designer, Daryl Chow! Daryl has created many local games like Chope! Kopi King, Mooncake Master and is working on releasing Plantopia soon! Read on to find out what makes him tick and what he loves most about designing games!    Q: When did you first start playing Board Games and what sparked that interest in making your own games? Looking back, I've been playing board games my whole life. I played Chinese Chess in school competitively, then I joined the Bridge club where I was very involved as well. Settlers of Catan and the ability to upgrade to Cities and Knights as well as Agricola were the first few games that really got me into the hobby almost 20 years ago now. After joining the gaming scene in [...]

By |2020-11-19T10:49:25+08:00November 19th, 2020|Articles, Board Games, Card Games, Items, Items recommended, News|
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