Analog culture, intelligently.

Playground Research builds the tools, spaces, and stories that make analog life richer. Board game intelligence for retailers. AI-powered recommendations for your next game night. Community spaces where curiosity gathers.

What we're building

Create

Original intellectual property — literary fiction, board games, puzzles. Stories with hidden mathematical structure. Games born from research, not market trends.

Design

Tools and processes for making things well. Still early — defined by what the work reveals we need.

Make

Physical products. Curated subscription boxes. Branded classical game equipment. Discussion cards for book clubs and dinner tables.

Move

A curated online store carrying hand-picked board games, books, puzzles, and analog goods. Revenue from taste, on day one.

Gather

The Stacks — analog culture cafes with curated game libraries, lending libraries, specialty coffee, and community programming. Starting with pop-up events.

Connect

BoardGame Intel — trend intelligence for game retailers. An AI recommendation engine for everyone else. Community platforms that match people by taste.