Zain Memon

Zain Memon is a visionary game designer and transmedia creator who pioneered South Asia’s modern tabletop renaissance.

His political strategy board game SHASN is India's most played modern tabletop game. It has won IndieCade’s Social Impact Award and reached players in over 70 countries. Its sequel SHASN: AZADI; hailed as the "blueprint for semi-cooperative game design;" became the first tabletop game honored by Games for Change. Memon has established games as transformative learning systems through his approach to play as pedagogy.