Relaxing Games to Play When You Need to Unwind
What makes a game calming rather than stressful, the best kinds of games for switching off after a long day, and which ones to avoid.
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From the studio
Guides to our games, notes on what we are building, and the occasional look behind the scenes.
Online Family Game Night: Board Games to Play Together
How to plan a family game night when everyone is in a different place - which games to pick, how to set up, and how to keep it fun for every age.
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The History of Snakes and Ladders: From Moksha Patam
Snakes and ladders began in India as Moksha Patam, a game about virtue and vice. How it became a Victorian family game and then a children's classic.
Read postThe History of Ludo: From Pachisi to Your Phone
How a cross-shaped race game from India, played with cowrie shells, became the Ludo on your phone - via royal courtyards and an English patent.
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Brain Games for Kids: Free Puzzles Worth Playing
Which games make children think - number, block and pattern puzzles and board games - what each one practises, and how to keep game time healthy.
Read postGames for Low-End Phones That Run Smoothly
Short on storage or memory? The games that still run smoothly on older and budget phones, plus simple tips to make any game run better.
Read postHow to Play Ludo Online With Friends
Private rooms, pass-and-play on one phone or a game against strangers: every way to play Ludo online with friends, and which one suits when.
Read postSnakes and Ladders Rules: How to Play, Step by Step
The standard rules of snakes and ladders from the first roll to square 100, plus the house rules families argue about: exact finish, bounce back and sixes.
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The Snake Game: From Nokia to Snake io
How a game that shipped on a monochrome phone became a multiplayer format, what changed in the rules, and how to survive longer in the modern version.
Read postHow to Play Games Without Downloading Anything
Browser games got good while nobody was looking. What runs in a tab now, what still does not, and how to tell a real one from a page full of ads.
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One Handed Games Online: Free Games for One Hand
On a train, holding a coffee, or feeding a baby at three in the morning - the games that need one thumb and nothing else, and why so few qualify.
Read postBlock Puzzle Strategy: Why Your Score Always Stalls
Block puzzle has no timer, so every game you lose was a game you talked yourself into. Here is the habit that decides how long a run lasts.
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