No. 108 · New series The Parlor Post İstanbul · Est. 2016
Mailed nationwide · monthly

A new game night in your mailbox

Every month we pick one great game, pair it with snacks and a printed guide, and post the whole night to your door.

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A boxed game, snacks and a printed night-guide spread across a table, lit for game night
September's crate, opened
Postmarked kraft mailer holding a monthly game crate
This month's crate

What's in the September box

Layered, postmarked and packed by hand. One boxed game, a snack tin matched to the mood, and a folded guide that teaches the table in five minutes.

The featured boxed board game photographed from above
The boxed game
A tin of matched snacks — pistachio brittle and spiced cocoa
Matched snacks
A printed, folded night-guide teaching the rules
The night-guide
KADIKÖYSEP2026
Bulletin · No. 108

The Society Pages

A hidden-roles drafting game for the whole table — quick to teach, impossible to stop at one round. Chosen for long autumn evenings and second helpings.

Players
3–7
Length
45–55 minutes
Teach time
Under 5 minutes
Mood
Warm, chatty, a little sneaky
Snack slip: fig-and-walnut lokum, Turkish-coffee toffee, orange-peel bark.
Guide: 2 pages, illustrated, with a house-rules panel on the back.

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The box matcher

Tell us your table, we'll picture your box

Pick your group, how heavy you like your games, and a snack style. We'll preview the kind of box we'd post next — and the monthly price.

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Preview only — your real box is hand-picked each month. Prices in TL, sample · 2026.

Preview of next month's boxed game
NEXTBOX2026
Route & set collection · 40 min

The Sunday Gazette

Plays
2–5 players · medium
Snacks
Salted pistachio brittle + spiced cocoa + sesame crisps
Guide
Shared board, gentle strategy
₺730 /mo

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The editor's column

We started this because good games kept dying in the closet

In 2016 our flat had a shelf of board games we loved and never opened. Everyone was busy; nobody wanted to be the one who read a rulebook out loud. So we made a rule of our own: one night a month, one new game, no homework. A friend would bring it, another brought snacks, and someone drew a one-page cheat sheet.

That page turned out to matter more than the game. When the rules fit on a folded sheet and someone had already done the reading, people actually played — and stayed. We started mailing those little kits to friends in other cities who wanted the same night without the closet full of half-learned boxes.

Nine years on we still pack them by hand in Kadıköy. We play every game before it goes out, argue about the snack pairing far too long, and rewrite the guide until a first-timer can run the table. Nothing in the box is random. That is the whole idea: a good night, chosen for you, posted to your door.

— Deniz

The archive

Past boxes, clipped and kept

A wall of what we've posted. Every crate is played, guided and snack-matched before it ships — here's a stack of recent ones.

Past box: a coastal trading game with a linen bag of tokens
No. 107

The Harbor Ledger

Aug '26
Past box: a party word game with score pad and pencils
No. 106

The Full Parlor

Jul '26
Past box: a worker-placement game with wooden pieces
No. 105

Founders' Ledger

Jun '26
Past box: a two-player tile game beside a coffee cup
No. 104

Two-Seat Tram

May '26
Past box: a route-building map game with train pieces
No. 103

The Sunday Gazette

Apr '26
Past box: an area-control strategy game with a folded map
No. 102

Grand Assembly

Mar '26
How it ships

From our bench to your table in six taped steps

Each crate follows the same route. Here's the postage trail, slip by slip.

Step 1 Day 1 · the pick

We choose one game

We play every candidate first. Only one title per month makes the crate — chosen for the season, never for a shelf we're clearing.

Step 2 Day 3 · the pairing

Snacks matched to the mood

A tin is built to fit the game — sweet, savory, plant-based or nut-free — with a slip listing every ingredient.

Step 3 Day 5 · the guide

We write the night-guide

A one- or two-page sheet that teaches the table in minutes, with a house-rules panel for repeat plays.

Step 4 Day 8 · packed by hand

Boxed, taped, postmarked

Everything is layered into a kraft mailer in Kadıköy, sealed with our stamp and logged against your subscription.

Step 5 Day 9–12 · on the van

Posted nationwide

Tracked courier to all 81 provinces. You get a dispatch note the morning your crate leaves the bench.

Step 6 Anytime · your call

Skip, pause or gift

Not free this month? Skip it. Traveling? Pause. Want to send one? Switch any box to a gift with a written note.

Subscriptions

Three ways to get the night posted

Every plan includes the boxed game, matched snacks and the printed guide. Prices in TL — sample rates for 2026.

Monthly Box

Pay as you go

₺690 /mo

sample price · 2026

  • One curated boxed game
  • Matched snack tin + ingredient slip
  • Printed night-guide
  • Tracked nationwide shipping
  • No long commitment

Ships within 8 days of billing

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Annual Gift

A year of nights for someone else

₺6.900 /yr

sample price · 2026 · ~₺575 a box

  • Twelve curated crates
  • Handwritten opening note
  • Printed gift certificate to hand over
  • Recipient sets their own snack style
  • No renewal unless you ask

First crate dispatched on your chosen date

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Sample prices in Turkish lira for 2026. Shipping across all 81 provinces is included. Cancellation terms are set out in our Terms of Use.

Postcards back

What subscribers wrote us

"We're two people and I always dreaded the big-group games. The box matcher steered us to a two-player line and the guide meant we were playing in four minutes flat. We've kept every crate."
Ece & Baran · Two-player plan · Beşiktaş, İstanbul · Feb 2026

only wish the tin was bigger

"Bought the annual box as a gift for my parents in Izmir. My mother now texts me the score every month. The handwritten note in the first crate genuinely made her cry."
Selin K. · Annual gift · Alsancak, İzmir · Nov 2025

first crate arrived a day late — worth it

"Six of us play on Fridays and we were running out of new games. Three months in, we haven't repeated a single night. The savory snack tin disappears before the second round."
Mert Doğan · Prepaid plan · Çankaya, Ankara · Jan 2026

a heavier title now and then, please

The card index

Questions before you subscribe

Do I keep the game each month?

Yes. Every boxed game, the snack tin and the printed guide are yours to keep. The Parlor Post is a subscription for new nights, not a rental — nothing goes back.

Can I skip or pause a month?

Anytime. Skip a single month from your account before the billing date, or pause the whole subscription while you travel. Prepaid and gift plans carry a skip credit so you never lose a crate.

What if someone at the table has a nut allergy?

Set your snack style to nut-free and every tin is packed on a dedicated nut-free line, with a full ingredient slip in the box. We also offer plant-based swaps for dairy and honey.

How fast does a crate arrive?

We pack within eight days of billing and ship by tracked courier to all 81 provinces. Most crates reach İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir in one to two days, and the rest of the country within three to five.

Are the games hard to learn?

No. The printed night-guide is the whole point — we rewrite it until a first-timer can run the table in under five minutes. You choose how heavy the games get with the box matcher, from light party games to deeper strategy.

Can I send a box as a one-off gift?

Yes. Switch any single month to a gift with a handwritten note, or send the annual plan with a printed certificate to hand over. The recipient sets their own snack style when the first crate ships.

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