What do you think of pigeons? Once the sort of question you’d ask after one drink too many, or to rescue that sinking first date conversation, now has the entire city up in arms. The question has flapped its way to TV debates, dinner table conversations, and now a new card game. Set in a fictional building under siege by an elusive pigeon, it leaves players to their own discretion to pick sides to either hunt or protect the pigeon. A solution is on the cards, at least in Upar Ek Studio’s new party game, Kabutar.

Cards from the deck 

“I was in sixth grade when a pigeon pooped on my science answer sheet in the exam hall. I was furious. Little did I know that it would be the beginning of a long war against the birds. Ever since, we’ve had more than a few ugly encounters,” admits co-creator Omkar Rege. Alongside co-creators Mayuresh Paradkar and Divij Ingale, this is not the first time a common thought has brought them together. The trio previously featured on the Memesys team behind Zain Memon’s popular board games Shasn and Azadi.