A vintage emblem: a serene sun flanked by two serpents above a rose

Philarkophy

Equinox

Abstract games

Two players, a board, an equal start. Rules, positions and the design of games in which there is nothing to blame but yourself.

Unnecessary Obstacles

October 2026

On games, rules, and the strange pleasure of being inconvenienced on purpose. A pile of matches, sixteen wooden pieces, a philosopher who wrote as a dying grasshopper, and the moment chess gained its queen.