About Us
Co-founder and Owner
Nidhi Desai
Nidhi comes from a professional background in corporate, where she worked at Facebook/Meta for 8 years. After quitting her job in 2024 Jan, she started Boardrama to direct her efforts into a passion of hers. Nidhi has been playing modern board games since 2022 and finds the hobby to be highly engaging, interactive, and inclusive. She strongly believes in the power of board games in helping people to disconnect from their electronic gadgets and to instead connect with other people. Nidhi's vision at Boardrama has been to build a tight-knit community with the same passion for board gaming and she hopes to introduce a lot more people to board games.
Favourite games: Biblios, Ticket to Ride, Azul, Project L, Avalon, Codenames.
Co-founder and Game Designer
Jay Gandhi
Jay comes from a rigorous academic background, having a Bachelor's degree from IIT Bombay and a PhD from Cornell University. After working at Intel for 5 years, he helped conceive the idea for Boardrama. Jay has been enjoying modern board games since 2016, starting during his 7-year stay in the US. Jay finds tabletop gaming to be his biggest passion in life. He finds board games to be the most fun way to connect with new people as well as with old friends and family. Jay's vision at Boardrama is to create new board games targeted particularly at the Indian audience, capturing their current interests and inclinations.
Favourite games: Terraforming Mars, Lords of Waterdeep (with the expansion), Dominion (with many expansions), Decrypto, various maps of Ticket to Ride, 7 Wonders Duel.
Storyteller and Game Designer
Maier
Maier is a media consultant hailing from Delhi. He has been playing modern tabletop games since 2015 and particularly enjoys social games. He loves social deduction as well as chaotic and asymmetric games. Maier has been playing Blood on the Clocktower (BOTC) since 2022 as both player and Storyteller. He is the professional Storyteller for Boardrama's BOTC sessions and is able to brilliantly balance the game between good and evil while keeping all players engaged in the game. Maier also has a keen interest in game design and is always thinking of new game mechanics for a potentially innovative game. Maier's vision at Boardrama is to bring many more newcomers into board gaming and to meet interesting people along the way.
Favourite games: BOTC, 13 Clues, Masquerade, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, Fluxx, Root, Hugo.
Game Guru and Event Host
Syed Shah Humaid Uddin Quadri
Humaid is a student in data science engineering in Hyderabad. Humaid grew up playing cards and Monopoly with his family. In 2023, he and his sister discovered Splendor and Sequence. Since then, he has had the pleasure of playing a huge variety of modern board games. Humaid is amazed by the utility of board games in helping one socialize. Humaid enjoys complex strategy games as well as social games. He loves roleplaying games, particularly Dungeons & Dragons, on which he is ever-ready to enthusiastically discuss campaign ideas. Humaid has been working at Boardrama as an event host to spread his love for board games with others.
Favourite games: Secret Hitler, Moose Master, Codenames, Dominion, Lords of Waterdeep.
Chess Master & Event Host
Ankit Jaiswal
Ankit is an IIT alumnus and works as a Software Systems Designer at AMD. He has been an integral part of Boardrama’s chess tournaments, designing them to be welcoming and engaging for everyone, from curious beginners to seasoned players. Ankit enjoys how chess brings out deep focus and thoughtful play with the quiet thrill of one mind outwitting another. At the same time, Ankit also loves the complete opposite kind of experience: the unpredictable, chaotic fun of social deduction games. He’s a master at games like Blood on the Clocktower and Secret Hitler, during which it's an impressive sight to see him use sheer logic to deduce the truth among a web of lies. Ankit finds board games to be a perfect mix of strategy, fun, and social connection, and enjoys being part of a growing community that shares this love.
Favourite games: BOTC, Dominion, Poetry for Neanderthals