THE CREATOR
Nick Pang is the founder of Starknicked and the creator of the Smol Tok universe.
His work is inspired by Viktor Frankl’s autobiography, Man’s Search for Meaning. Also the co-founder of Origame, he draws upon his background in communications and theology to create board games and social tools that drive conversations, curiosity, and change.
THE PLAYMAKER
Before starting her own coaching practice, Shihui spent twenty years driving impact in the public-private-people sectors before a frustrating loss in a casual tile-laying game of Azul revealed to her in mere minutes what years of diligent work did not - she was great at following frameworks but struggled with navigating ambiguity and open-ended challenges.
Armed with this revelation, she continued studying hundreds of board games to develop Play Tonik, a coaching curriculum for leaders and teams that taps on analogue games and human-centered tools like Smol Tok to unlock strategic thinking, emotional agility, and creative confidence.
THE GAME
Smol Tok is an ice-breaking and community-building card game designed to grow meaningful conversations, trust, and relationships - minus the bullshit. Every card is a question, and every question a peek into what makes us human.
Smol Tok employs a tiered system of questions to distil player’s memories, experiences, and values into meaning and purpose.
THE COMPANY
Starknicked is a Singaporean company that is obsessed about playing with meaning. It designs and publishes analogue games, and facilitates play experiences to connect players with themselves and each other.
Starknicked clinched Gold at the Singapore Design Awards 2018/19 in the corporate category for Image Making.
