We share a passion for games, and are actively committed to playing and letting people play.

We acknowledge gaming as a fully legitimate form of social-artistic expression. For us, gaming is not just a form of fun, but a new form of expression: an experience created by rules.

Even before creating, translating, revising, laying out, and illustrating, we play and we are strongly convinced that play should happen before any and all these steps, to inform them and give them purpose.

Therefore, we believe it is necessary:

• to play before creating (because other people’s games are a source of inspiration);
• to play before translating (because a correct translation requires a solid understanding of the game);
• to play before editing (because the text of a game is better after playing it);
• to play before laying out the text (because the game, as a physical or digital object, must be of service to the act of play);
• to play before illustrating (because the illustrations must convey atmosphere to the players).

We respect those who play with us and we do so before, during, and after the game. Gaming is a social activity, and people are its primary, constituent material. We believe that forgetting about them, or worse, disrespecting them is a serious fault. Therefore, we are committed to ensuring that at our tables everyone plays with respect and sensitivity.

We play games as they were created, trying to understand their structure and mechanics, because we think we should trust the game’s author. If we decide to get our hands “under the hood” of a game, hacking it or changing its rules, we make sure we have played it and understood how it works, first.