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Stagehand Games

Games about the stories we tell.

Stagehand Games is one designer in Atlanta, Georgia, making independent card and board games, each with a story at its heart.

Pull the Strings

Everyone’s a puppet. Only one pulls the strings.

Rival puppet masters draft a cast of felt characters, build three short shows, and perform them for the table. Quick to learn, and best played out loud.
  • Card game
  • 2 to 5 players
  • Ages 10+
  • 30 to 45 minutes

Free to play in your browser. The boxed edition is in development.

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Take the stage. Put any of the sixty puppets on a little stage. No rules to learn.

Repertory

A game of touring theater companies.

Run a theater company in the age of gaslight and railways. Open new productions, take them out on tour, and build a reputation over six Seasons, sharing one map and one audience with your rivals.
  • Board game
  • 2 to 5 players
  • Ages 14+
  • Six Seasons

Free to play in your browser. The physical edition is in development.

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Two-Hander

One play. Two writers. A secret each.

Secretly back two of the six characters, write the Scenes of one shared play, and spend your Cut cards to throw out any Scene that’s helping your rival.
  • Card game
  • 2 players
  • Ages 10+
  • 15 to 25 minutes

In playtesting now, for the table, with no digital edition. The box is in development.

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News from the studio.

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NewsTwo-Hander

Introducing Two-Hander

Our third game is a quick card game for two. You and a rival write one play together, each secretly rooting for different characters, with a pair of scissors for any Scene that helps the other side.

NewsPull the Strings

Put a puppet on stage

Pick any of the sixty felt puppets from Pull the Strings, put them somewhere, and the marquee bills the show. No rules to learn.

NewsRepertory

Introducing Repertory

Our second game is about touring theater companies, and its digital edition is free to play in your browser today. The physical edition is in development.

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