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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

ST PHOTO: SONG TAO, SYAMIL SAPARI, PLAY NATION, MEDIEVAL LORDS

Overbooked (above) by lecturer Daryl Chow draws inspiration from the incident where Dr David Dao was dragged off a United Airlines flight last year, while Capital Gains Studio founder Xeo Lye's (right) board game Debtzilla teaches players about finan — Capital Gains Studio founder Xeo Lye's (above) board game Debtzilla teaches players about financial literacy.PHOTO: RANDOMSKILL GAMES, SONG TAO

Overbooked (above) by lecturer Daryl Chow draws inspiration from the incident where Dr David Dao was dragged off a United Airlines flight last year, while Capital Gains Studio founder Xeo Lye's (right) board game Debtzilla teaches players about finan — Castle Dukes by sales coach Dominic Huang, where players compete to build the most impressive castle.PHOTO: MEDIEVAL LORDS

Starting Player co-founders Yeo Keng Leong and Christina Ng designed Three Kingdoms Redux, a three-person game inspired by the division of China into the states of Wei, Shu and Wu between 220AD and 280AD. — Starting Player co-founders Yeo Keng Leong and Christina Ng designed Three Kingdoms Redux, a three-person game inspired by the division of China into the states of Wei, Shu and Wu between 220AD and 280AD.ST PHOTO: SYAMIL SAPARI

In Dreamcatchers, playerstake on the role of dream faeries who help children have sweet dreams and get rid of nightmares before they are woken up by monsters under the bed. — In Dreamcatchers, playerstake on the role of dream faeries who help children have sweet dreams and get rid of nightmares before they are woken up by monsters under the bed.PHOTO: PLAY NATION

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Jun 9, 2018, 5:00 am SGT

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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