It’s that time of the year when we get ready to retreat for a weekend of games, games and more games. The BGC Retreat returns this Dec 12-14 weekend for our signature offsite boardgaming event. Get the deets here, sign-up, and see you (and your friends & family?) next month!
Revisiting an oldie from Reiner Knizia
Welcome to the Hotel California!
It’s happening at Union Mall, Bangkok, 7 – 9 Nov 2025 (Friday to Sunday). Several Malaysian designers and publishers will be there, and Cili Padi Games will be one of them. In addition to Pinocchio and Dancing Queen, Ali Baba and Snow White will […]
A delicious two player game I wish I had designed.
Photo from Matagot The Matagot international edition of Dancing Queen was released in June 2025. I signed the game with them mid 2023. At the time the rough plan was to release the game by end 2024. I received my designer’s advance shortly after signing the game. […]
No, you have never played a bad game, and here’s why.
I ran out of stock of Ali Baba around mid of the year and had to arrange a 2nd printing.
My top 50 games of all time.
Pagan is an asymmetrical game of witch vs inspector, in which you will be playing mind games and trying to outmanoeuvre your opponent.
How would you build Barcelona, Sydney, Rome, or Shanghai?
You need to be able to read music to play this. Or learn to read music so that you can play.
It was good to catch up with some older games on the iPad
Keeping in touch using online boardgames
I have been invited to showcase my games at Lolla Paluza Cafe in Taman Paramount, Petaling Jaya this coming Sunday.
This is the civilisation theme implemented using a clever card mechanism.
Happy Deepavali everyone! Although this is an Indian festival, it is celebrated by Malaysian of all races and religions. That’s Malaysia! This is art from my upcoming game Malaysian Holidays, by Lim Chi Qing of Sunny Day. The game will be published by Specky Studio before the end […]
In this game I promise you won’t kill your plants.
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