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The puzzle that launched a games company

• Speaker: Dan Wiseman, The Detective Society

Dan is a co-founder of award-winning 'The Detective Society', a board games company based in London, UK. In this micro-talk, hear about how their digital hybrid games company was launched from a single puzzle sold in their local pub. Dan will dive into the mechanics of their first game, and how it did some innovative stuff, weaving between tabletop and digital worlds.

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