About the creator

Zain Memon

Game Designer, Author, Futurist.

Zain Memon is a visionary game designer and transmedia creator who pioneered South Asia’s modern tabletop renaissance. His political strategy board game SHASN is India's most played modern tabletop game. It has won IndieCade’s Social Impact Award and reached players in over 70 countries. Its sequel SHASN: AZADI, hailed as the "blueprint for semi-cooperative game design," became the first tabletop game honored by Games for Change. Memon has established games as transformative learning systems through his approach to play as pedagogy. Memon spearheaded ElseVR, India's first VR journalism platform, partnering with UN, Oxfam, and Amnesty International. He produced the internationally celebrated documentary An Insignificant Man and Disney+ sci-fi comedy OK Computer. He led the world’s largest open-source film project, making Ship of Theseus freely available, and setting a precedent in community-driven film distribution. He is now co-creating the MAYA universe with Anand Gandhi.