Inkwell Games
board game publisher - London
board game publisher - London
Inkwell Games was founded in London in 2012 by three people who believed games could be small, strange, and worth taking seriously.
We do not exhibit at trade fairs. We do not have a distributor. We do not target mass markets. Each title is designed, manufactured, and shipped by us.
We make games about observation, memory, and the decisions people make when no one is watching. Our games have small print runs. No two of our titles are the same. Several are now out of print.
We work with minimal resources and no external funding. This allows us to take creative risks that larger publishers cannot.
We believe that interesting games emerge from simple rules. We believe that observation is a form of play. We believe that mystery and uncertainty can be features, not bugs.
We do not believe that bigger is better. We do not believe that more players make better games. We do not believe that a game must produce a winning condition to be meaningful.
All Inkwell Games titles are manufactured in London. We use local printers and small production runs to maintain quality control. Each box is assembled by hand.
Because we do not use industrial manufacturing, our costs are high and our margins are small. This is intentional.
Inkwell Games dissolved in 2016. No further titles will be produced.
Archives of all four games remain online for reference. This site will remain live indefinitely.
Inkwell Games no longer operates. We are not accepting inquiries, licensing requests, or partnership proposals.