Game on! More local designers are making a play for the board game scene

More Singapore designers are making a play for the board game scene

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A small but growing number of board game designers in Singapore are inching their way onto the local scene, at a time when games by big players such as Asmodee still dominate the market here.

Interest in board games had a boost in Singapore in the mid-1990s, when board game cafe pioneer Settlers' Cafe sailed onto the scene. The Mind Cafe opened in 2005.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 09, 2018, with the headline Game on! More local designers are making a play for the board game scene. Subscribe