Playte

Playte is a South Korean board game publisher (a brand of Gameology Inc., founded in 2016 and originally known as OPEN’N PLAY).

The name itself is a combination of ‘Plate’ (plate/surface) and ‘Play’ (to play), encapsulating the company’s mission: to create compact, stylish, portable games that are easy to set up wherever there is a small flat surface.

The publisher stands out for its focus on graphic design, the portability of its boxes (often standardised into pocket-sized or travel-friendly formats, such as the famous L-Board range) and streamlined rules that still offer tactical depth.

Its catalogue combines reissues of great classics with new, light-hearted and abstract releases. One of the publisher’s strengths is, in fact, the revival of out-of-print gems from the past created by world-renowned masters of game design (such as Reiner Knizia, Alex Randolph, Wolfgang Kramer, Sid Sackson and Leo Colovini).