Press
Selected press coverage introducing Mad4Fun Games and Ettana – The Looms of Kanchi to readers in India and Switzerland.
Swiss coverage profiles Madhu Sundar and the creation of Ettana: The Looms of Kanchi from Dübendorf. The article discusses her ambition to develop board games professionally and her effort to introduce South Indian culture and traditional handcraft to an international audience through gameplay.
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The Hindu profiles Ettana: The Looms of Kanchi and its inspiration in Kanchipuram's centuries-old weaving traditions. The article explores how handloom patterns, colours and cultural motifs became the foundation for the game's design and gameplay.
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Tamil-language coverage of Ettana: The Looms of Kanchi and Madhu Sundar, presenting the game as a board-game interpretation of Kanchipuram's traditional weaving craft and highlighting its connection to Tamil cultural heritage.
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Mad4Fun Games founder Madhu Sundar and designer Darshini Sundar discuss Ettana: The Looms of Kanchi, a strategy board game inspired by Kanchipuram's handloom weaving tradition. The feature explores how weaving patterns, yarn colours and traditional design were transformed into the game's mechanics.
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A feature on Ettana: The Looms of Kanchi and its creator Madhu Sundar, explaining how the Kanchipuram weaving tradition inspired a modern board game. It covers the game's development, its handloom-inspired components and the collaboration with designer Darshini Sundar.
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The News Minute profiles the creators of Ettana: The Looms of Kanchi and explains how the game introduces players to Kanchipuram through its weaving heritage. Madhu Sundar and Darshini Sundar discuss the game's origins, visual design and the challenge of turning traditional textile patterns into accessible gameplay.
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A review-style feature introduces Ettana: The Looms of Kanchi as a strategy game inspired by Kanchipuram's famed textiles. It highlights the colourful board, yarn pieces, dice and design cards and explains how weaving concepts influence player movement, pattern creation and scoring.
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Ettana: The Looms of Kanchi is presented as a board game that takes players into the world of Kanchipuram's handloom weavers. The article explains the game's yarn-collecting and pattern-building concept while profiling founder Madhu Sundar and designer Darshini Sundar.
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A feature on Ettana: The Looms of Kanchi as a board game inspired by Kanchipuram weaving, examining how players create sari-like patterns through strategy. It discusses the game's cultural inspiration and the work of Madhu Sundar and Darshini Sundar in translating traditional textile design into gameplay.
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