Pyaada
Roll the die and let it pick tonight’s game from the shelf — after your filters, if you set any.
Rolled a 6
Every game sits in one of four kinds. Choose one to clear the rest off the board.
Tell us how many are at the table and how long you have. The shelf will sort itself.
12 of 12 games on the table
Race & RollCloth board · 16 wooden pawns · 6 cowries
Our take on the cross-shaped race our grandmothers played on the verandah. Throw cowries, race four pawns home, and knock a rival back to the start.
Race & RollFolding board · 6 pawns · 2 dice
Snakes and ladders up the Western Ghats. Ladders are ghat roads and fort steps; the snakes are the monsoon landslides you did not see coming.
Race & RollModular board · 40 weather cards · 5 scooters
A scooter race through flooded lanes. Each round a weather card changes which streets are open, so the shortest way home keeps moving.
Big TableMap board · 60 spice cubes · 5 ships · 90 cards
Sail out of Kochi, trade pepper for cloth and cardamom for silver, and race the trade winds back before the season turns.
Big TableHill-map board · 120 wooden pieces · 4 player mats
Build forts along the plateau, hold the passes and keep your supply lines fed. A long game of quiet plans and one loud betrayal.
Big Table72 stepwell tiles · water tokens · solo deck
Lay carved stone tiles to build a stepwell, step by step down to the water. Puzzly, calm, and different every time. Plays well alone.
Party & Cards110 cards · pocket tin
A fast card game about the office chai round: who wants sugar, who wants cutting, who is lying about it. Fits in a shirt pocket.
Party & Cards80 fare cards · sand timer · meter dial
Shout out a route before the meter runs out. A loud, laughing party game for big tables and bigger families.
Party & Cards64 tiffin cards · 6 dabba tokens
Match the tiffin to the office before anyone else. A speed game of sharp eyes and fast hands, inspired by the lunchbox runners.
Two & SoloDot grid board · 48 curve tiles
Draw one unbroken loop around the dots, the way a kolam is drawn at the doorstep at dawn. An abstract duel, or a puzzle on your own.
Two & SoloFolding wooden board · 146 tamarind-seed pebbles
The fourteen-pit sowing game from Tamil Nadu, on a folding board turned by a carpenter in Channapatna. Two players, endless counting.
Two & SoloRoute cards · 5 custom dice · score pad
A solo journey on the overnight train: roll the dice, plan each stop and get to the boulders by sunrise. A two-player race mode is in the box.
No game fits that table yet — try another player count or play time.
Every game takes us about a year, and most of that year is Friday nights.
An idea on a café napkin in Koregaon Park, then a paper board cut out with kitchen scissors.
Friday nights with friends, cousins and strangers. We change the rules until nobody asks how to play twice.
Boards and cards printed in Sivakasi, pawns turned in Channapatna, every proof checked by hand.
Boxed at the Pune studio, with the rules in English and Hindi, and sent out wrapped in paper.
Pune&Bengaluru
The Pune studio opens its table on Friday evenings — play anything on the shelf before you buy it. Write to us about a game, a missing piece or a game night for your school or office.
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