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NIBCARD Games is a Nigerian tabletop game publishing company founded by Kenechukwu Cornelius Ogbuagu in 2016. [1] Their games focus on solving problems in society. Topics include ranching conflicts, homebuilding, Sustainable Development Goals, and migration. [1] [2] NIBCARD Games won the 2021 Diana Jones Award. [3]

History

In 2017, NIBCARD partnered with Voluntary Service Overseas to produce educational board game Luku Luku. NIBCARD also received a grant from the International Organization for Migration to create My World Trip. In 2019, Ogbuagu founded a game cafe in Abuja. [1] The same year, three games published by NIBCARD debuted at the African Board games Convention, the largest tabletop game event in Africa. [4] [5]

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