Indian creators are coming up with board games to educate people on social distancing As the coronavirus outbreak began in India in February, Phalgun Polepalli couldn’t understand why people were taking it so lightly. “I could see it among my own family, friends and cousins," says the 39-year-old. “Some were like, nothing can happen to us Indians.
We have already been exposed to so many things." Polepalli, founder of DICE Toy Labs, a Bengaluru-based board-game studio, is part of a WhatsApp group called The Game Design Lab.
Started two years ago, the 35-member group brings together board-game designers and enthusiasts from across India. As the number of covid-19 cases started increasing, they discussed the need to raise awareness.