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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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Support Local: An Interview with the Creators of Broken Hearts!

Hey PI-fans, A good Thursday morning to you! Recently, we were able to bring in a new Singapore made game: Broken Hearts! We also had the pleasure to sit and have a chat with the creators of the game: Joey Teh (on the right) and Seik Yee Thoo! (on the left)    Q: Tell us about the game and how it came to be? Joey: The idea of the game came from a break up I had with my boyfriend at that point of time. He left without a word and it was hard for me because there was no closure. We were going out for about a year. I was really very depressed but I couldn't bring myself to talk about this to my friends, to my colleagues and even with my family too. So it was only till 1 fateful day was I willing to share my story [...]

By |2020-11-12T10:00:22+08:00November 12th, 2020|Articles, Card Games, Items, Items recommended, New items, News|
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New Release Spotlight: Metro X

Hey PI-fans, Welcome to Tuesday! If you love subways, MRTs and all things trains, you're going to love this one - Metro X!       In Metro X, you and your friends are all travelling on various metro lines. However, you only have a limited number of moves and must choose which stations to go to. The player who is able to visit the most stops wins! The cool thing is everyone can play the game at the same time! If you finish a route first, you get more points! But watch out, fail to complete your route and you will subtract points!  Turn progression is simple:  Someone flips open a card from the top of the deck. Each number card tells you how many stops you can travel. You mark of the number of stops with an X in your board. There are other cards too like 'Skip' which [...]

By |2020-11-10T11:52:29+08:00November 10th, 2020|Board Games, Items, Items recommended, New items, News|
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New Release Spotlight: Tiny Epic Galaxies Blast Off!

Hey PI-fans, It's the first week of November already! Check out this awesome New Release that dropped in: Tiny Epic Galaxies Blast Off!   Tiny Epic Galaxies Blast Off!     In Tiny Epic Galaxies Blast Off! You and your friends are Supreme Commanders of your own galaxy. Things are getting too cozy so It's time to go forth and take over more galaxies! The aim of the game is to colonize as many galaxies as you can and earn the most Star Points! On your turn, collect the relevant number of space ships and resources, roll the galaxy dice and activate them to perform actions. You could move a starship, get resources/ culture, advance in technology for a colony or utilize a galaxy. But watch out! Other players can 'follow' your action if you place your dice in yellow action slots!  A delightful Euro style game that's streamlined from [...]

By |2020-11-04T16:20:51+08:00November 5th, 2020|Board Games, Items, Items recommended, New items|
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New Release Spotlight: Trial by Trolley!

Hey PI-fans, And once again, it's Friday! Grab your friends, grab some snacks! We have a New Release that will leave you in stitches: Trial by Trolley!   Trial by Trolley        You've probably heard about the infamous moral dilemma: an out of control car is speeding down the road and is about to hit 2 groups of people - pre-schoolers or slow moving elderly. Which would you pick? In Trial By Trolley, one player is the Trolley Conductor while the other players must convince the Trolley Conductor which group of people should he/she kill! At the start of the round, 2 innocent cards are played face up on 2 separate tracks eg. 'A woman in labour in a car' or 'the world's greatest physicist'. Players than play 2 more innocent cards on both tracks to raise the stakes eg. 'babies in a wading pool'. Next, each side [...]

By |2020-10-23T10:04:43+08:00October 23rd, 2020|Card Games, Items, Items recommended, New items|
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New Release Spotlight: Silver Dagger

Hey PI-fans, We're half way through the week! And with that, a new release: Silver Dagger! But what's the difference between this Silver and Silver Coin that released back a few months ago? Let's find out!   All the Silver games generally play similarly: You are all village chiefs, all your villages have been overrun by werewolves! Your goal is to draft your hand to obtain villagers with the lowest 'threat' level. The higher the numerical value, the higher the werewolf threat. Silver Dagger features even more interesting villager cards like the Debt Collector, the Spy, the Furry to name a few! Each unique villager changes up the game play and you can mash other boxes of Silver together to form your own unique Silver game!  Combo your villagers, backstab your friends! Because hey, you don't want werewolves to eat your villagers! Totally fine if they eat others! 2-4 Players, [...]

By |2020-10-22T19:49:59+08:00October 21st, 2020|Card Games, Items, Items recommended, New items, News|
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New Releases Spotlight: Wingspan and Mariposas

Hey PI-Fans, Once again, it's Friyay! And we're glad to announce that we once again have the highly coveted Wingspan back in stock! As a companion piece, do check out Mariposas which was also designed by Elisabeth Hargrave, the designer of Wingspan. Wingspan In Wingspan, you and your friends are bird enthusiasts with the goal to attract the best species of birds to your wildlife preserves! The aim of the game is to place birds in specific habitats to score points. The player with the most points after 4 rounds wins! Each bird has special qualities, eats certain foods and lays a certain number of eggs. On your turn you can choose to do one of the following actions: play a bird card, play food tokens to feed your birds, gain egg tokens to allow you to play more birds, and draw new bird cards. As you grow your [...]

By |2020-10-15T21:03:11+08:00October 16th, 2020|Board Games, Items, Items recommended, New items, News|
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11 Licensed Games for the Entertainment Superfan

Comics, fantasy/ sci-fi fiction, Anime, TV shows, movies and video games; we love them all! Ever wished you could be the characters in your favourite series? Or feel what it's like to be in the universe of your favourite TV show? With these awesome licensed games, you most certainly can!    The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game   Based on the urban fantasy fiction series by Jim Butcher, you and your friends play Harry Dresden and team working together to solve cases, just like in the books! Choose from your favourite characters like Harry, Murphy, Susan, Michael, and the Alphas. You could even take 'side jobs' which are cases based on the Dresden Files short story collection.  Players share a pool of action points called Fate points. On your turn you decide to either spend Fate Points by playing cards or choose to generate more Fate Points for others. Cards [...]

By |2020-09-09T10:37:15+08:00September 3rd, 2020|Articles, Board Games, Card Games, Items, Items recommended, News|
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10 Delicious Food Theme Games that will Make You Hungry

"People who love to eat are always the best people" -- Julia Child Who doesn't like to eat? Singaporeans in particular, LOVE food. We can have Roti Prata for breakfast, a burger meal and bubble tea for lunch, Korean Tteokbokki for a snack, Laksa for dinner and maybe some hot tau huay for supper. So when you mention food themed games, that makes our hearts flutter! Here are 10 food theme games that will definitely make you hungry!   Ramen Fury Players are Ramen chefs who aim to make the tastiest bowl of Ramen and be the first to finish 3 bowls. Players add ingredient cards like Cha Siu, Narutos, Scallions to their bowl of noodles and 'eat' (flip) them to score. But guess what? You can sabotage other chefs by throwing undesirable flavours into their bowls like Chili Peppers. A quick, frantic set matching game that will have you [...]

By |2020-08-30T11:06:57+08:00August 19th, 2020|Articles, Board Games, Card Games, Items, Items recommended, News|
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How to Get Started Playing Board Games

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Board Games! Lots of us grew up playing board games as kids - Remember the fun times playing Scrabble, Monopoly, Risk or Jenga with friends and family? Well, board games grew up too, and like you, they’ve stayed awesome. Board games haven’t stopped bringing people together even though we’re now spending more time adulting –  from the abstract to the epic, board games come in a variety of themes and its our most sincere belief that there's a board game for everyone! Here are four reasons why we believe board games are awesome! Board games are social - Board games allow people to interact with each other and you’ll learn a lot about the people you’re playing games with while playing games with them. Whether a person is cautious and defensive or clever and aggressive often shines through in how they play a game [...]

By |2021-01-01T11:17:59+08:00August 5th, 2020|Articles, Board Games, Card Games, Items recommended, News|
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