Musoka Studio at a glance

Musoka Studio is an independent board game publisher based in Paris, France, founded in 2023 by Maxime Gaillard. It publishes small-box board games, card games and pixel art jigsaw puzzles with a kawaii art style, inspired by Asian pop culture.

Key facts

  • Founded: 2023, Paris, France
  • Founder: Maxime Gaillard
  • Catalogue: 16 games published, plus 1000-piece pixel art city puzzles (Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo, Guangzhou)
  • Reach: games sold by partners and shops in 12 countries; more than 70,000 games sold since 2023
  • Retail: two pop-up stores opened in Paris
  • Motto: "Fresh off the board"
  • Languages: most games ship with French and English rules

What makes Musoka different

Musoka scouts games in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, often at events like the Tokyo Game Market, and adapts them for European players with a kawaii art direction. Many titles are small boxes (13 x 13 cm) that play in 5 to 30 minutes and cost between €10 and €20.

Games by type

  • Trick-taking card games: Tricky Time Crisis (3-6 players, never follow suit), Trick Stakes (3-4 players, ride and bet on a horse race), Candy Spiders Leopards (2-5 players), Brokies (2-6 players)
  • Cooperative: Yami (2-4 players, polyomino adventure with limited communication), POP! (1-5 players, solo, co-op or versus)
  • Two-player games: Tanbo (rice farming in Niigata, Rakuichi Fresh Dragon Award 2023), Charge & Spark (real-time robot duel)
  • Solo-friendly: POP!, Haniwa (1-4 players, tile-laying)
  • Family and party: Room Share (2-4), Happy Corgi (2-4), Flea Market (2-6), SPLIT (2-8, speed and observation, from age 6)

Designers we publish

Susumu Kawasaki, Ikumo Tasaka, Akira Yasunaga (Be-Lumber), Yusuke Sato, Kenichi Kabuki, Shunsuke Tanabe, Rio Kariya, Yusei Kozu, Koryo Akiyama, Ikhwan Kwon, Hikaru Tezuka, Kamoto, Mr. Kou, Jon Barron, Pascal Bernard, and others.

Where to find Musoka games

Online at musokastudio.com, and in board game shops and online retailers in France and abroad (including Philibert, Espritjeu and Le Passe Temps). Musoka Studio is listed on BoardGameGeek.

Contact

Press, retail and licensing: contact page. Musoka Studio, 58 rue de Monceau, 75008 Paris, France.

Last updated: 26 September 2026