HIHI I'MI'M TAMTAM
I’m an artist, engineer, and game maker. Growing up in Burma where board games were hard to come by, making games was a creative outlet for me. Playing and play-testing games was something I enjoyed doing with my cousins every weekend during my teens.
Board games led to digital games and an early career in tech, where I developed software for financial and government institutions. With the intent of incorporating my passion for games into my profession, I co-founded Neuronic Games, a tech company that creates digital games for museums and educational institutions. I also co-founded a board game publishing company, UP Games, with the goal of bringing unique and innovative titles to gamers and non-gamers alike.
I currently live in New York City, where I organize gaming events targeted at people new to board gaming. I also serve on the board of Unpub, where I help new game designers bring their games to market. Find TAM on X and Instagram @TamAtPlay.
BOARD GAMESGAMES
AVAILABLE NOW
COMING SOON
Office Dog (2025)
Manipulate the properties of the universe to build the most beautiful galaxy — it doesn’t get any bigger!
Push Push Penguins
Wise Wizards (2025)
A pushy race for second place.
Inle
Play to ZÂ (2026)
Lead a balanced life and make a living growing crops on floating farms.
(unnamed)
CMYK (~2026)
Play with probability by changing the path of dropping marbles.
(unnamed)
Friendly Skeleton (~2026)
Cooperative party game where you make imaginary words to describe your image.
LOOKING FOR PUBLISHERS
Contact me for details on the following games.
Spacetime
Navigate through multidimensional spacetime to explore the galaxy.
(Kristina Hedbacker, TAM)
Gnus
Guide your herd of gnus around the Serengeti in its annual migration — beware the deadly river crossings!
(David Gordon, TAM)
Reap!
They want your land. They want your crops, minerals, and cows. Colonization — with a twist!
(TAM)
Hero
Amass followers and liberate territory from the warlords in epic kung fu battles.
(Dave Beever,ÂDavid Gordon, TAM)
Weighted Words
Give clues to help balance the scale using visually identical weights to win together.
(Danielle Reynolds, David Gordon, TAM)
Backyard Bugs
A cute, area-control game of bugs preparing for a party in the backyard.
(TAM)
Relic Scavengers
Twenty-questions + multi-player battleship + bingo. (Finalist for 2022 Cardboard Edison Awards)
(TAM)
Spooky Hallway
Escape the infinite corridor using magical door, while avoiding the ‘big bad’.
(David Gordon, TAM)
Bluffing Uncle Pennytop
A speedy real-estate game of quick wit, greed, and deception — with cats!
(David Gordon, TAM)
3-2-1 Goby!
Push your luck — and push others off ledges — as your school of goby fish races to the top.
(David Gordon, Elene Fengometidis, TAM)
Moon: 1969
Alternate-history base-building on the moon.
(TAM)
MUSEUM EXHIBITSEXHIBITS
I design games and playful experiences for museums. Below are some of my past projects.
Dance Cardio
Learn how dance activity affects your heart rate.
Children’s Museum of Houston, TX (2023)
Mars Navigator
Learn simple programming as you guide a robot around obstacles.
Qubein Children’s Museum, NC (2021)
Mine Hunt
Explore a potash mine in 3D and perform a safety check.
Children’s Discovery Museum, Saskatchewan (2018)
Agent Rescue
Learn about cardinal directions and following verbal instructions as you guide your agent to safety in this multiplayer game.
The DoSeum, TX (2018)
Power Grid
A multi-player real-time game  where players attempt to keep the power grid up.
The Clay Center, WV (2017)
Errand Race
Race around the city and learn how sometimes riding a bike, or walking is better than riding a car.
Center of Science and Industry, OH (2013)
