A book about food-science in the Indian kitchen by best-selling author Krish Ashok that deals with the science behind everyday cooking. You needn’t have read the book to play the game, but it’s a great book to read anyway!

Breakfast is popularly called "Tiffin" in South India, and this is a nice little starter game to break your fast. This is a game for 2-4 players. 

Sadya is the Malayalam word for "feast", and this game is the main course, something to really sink your teeth into. This too, is a game for 2-4 players.

If you're of a certain vintage, and spent several hours playing "Brick-game" on a little handheld console, this is a little nostalgic hat-tip to those times. This is a game for 2 or 4 players.

The Mini box is travel friendly, and easy to carry. You can play only Game 1 (Tiffin) with the contents of the Mini-box!

In the Mini box, you get: 

• 2 packs of cards (110 cards in all)
• A foldable, comic-style, illustrated rule-sheet. 

The Standard box is for the value-seekers. You can play all 3 games (Tiffin, Sadhya, and Dessert) with the contents of the Standard box!

In the Standard box, you get:

• 3 packs of cards (165 cards in all)
• 4 playing boards (2-sided)
• A comic-style, illustrated rule booklet
• 20 playing tokens (in 4 colours, for the 4 players)

Mini box is priced at INR 1,499/- inclusive of all taxes.

For a limited period, you can pre-order at a special price of 20% off, so you can reserve a copy of Masala Lab mini at just Rs 1,199/-. 

There's free shipping all over India!

The Standard box is priced at INR 2,499/- inclusive of all taxes.

For a limited period, you can pre-order at a special price of 20% off, so you can reserve a copy of Masala Lab at just Rs. 1,999/-. 

Here too, there's free shipping all over India!

Welcome to the hobby! This game is perfect for you, and we have worked very hard to make it as easy as possible for new gamers!

Familiar

A familiar theme! Who doesn't love Indian food? 

Familiar rules. Game 1 is an easy leap if you have played Rummy.

Easy to Learn

A lot of new gamers suffer from rule fatigue, so we simplified the learning process. Firstly, you can learn them in smaller chunks. The rules of Game 1 are fully used in Game 2. Secondly, we made the rulebook fully illustrated in comic-style, so that it's easier to look at the pictures if there's a doubt!

Mild challenges, Reasonable duration

The games are 30-60 minutes long. They need a little bit of planning, but nothing that will break your brain!

Maybe this is the game to finally convince those friends and relatives, whom you've been trying to get into gaming all this while!

Familiar

Invite them over with an image they are familiar with - A game about food, served on a banana leaf! Who can resist?

Easy to teach

Teach the games progressively over 2 or 3 sessions. Players don't need to learn all the rules at once!

A buffet of mechanics!

Across the 3 games, we cover set-collection, engine building, worker placement, and pattern formation, so your friends can sample a bit of everything before deciding what they like before jumping into the deep end!

We plan to launch in late - September / early - October 2024! We hope to stick to this timeline barring any unforeseen events and calamities.

You can reserve a copy of Masala Lab now, and get it in time for gifting during the festive season, or as something to play during your year-end holidays! Here is a tentative time-plan below, for the inner project-manager in you. 

You're just placing an order in advance! In a pre-order, you place an order before the game has been printed. The game will be shipped to you once the product is ready. 

What's in it for you?

You'll get the game of course! This is not a donation, or an investment, just a plain old purchase, except you get the game after a few months! If you've been to purchase a vehicle, you might have been told there's a "waiting-period" before you receive it, this is a similar concept, though on a much smaller scale. Pre-orders are a great boon for small businesses like ours (we explain why below), and as a thank-you for your support in bringing this project to life, we're offering a special pre-order price at 20% off on both the Masala Lab Standard box and Masala Lab Mini!

What's in it for us?

We use the money from pre-orders towards developing and printing the game, plain and simple! It reduces the cash burden on small companies like ours. It also helps us get a great handle on the demand, allowing us to order only the right quantity, so there's no wastage! Like we said, it's a big deal!