About

Pocket Playbook started as a shared notes document between three friends who kept texting each other tips at 1am. At some point it made more sense to put everything in one place, so here we are. We cover mobile games across genres, from tense strategy titles to breezy arcade runs.

Every game on the site gets real screen time. Someone on the team plays it for at least a week before writing anything, because first impressions almost always change once you understand the systems. We take our own screenshots and jot down the little details that guides usually skip.

We pick games based on what people around us are actually playing, plus the odd hidden gem we stumble onto in the store. Popularity matters, but so does whether a game is fun to explain. If there's nothing useful to say, we don't force a guide out of it.

The writing is deliberately casual. We'd rather sound like a friend explaining a mechanic over coffee than a manual. If we got something wrong, tell us and we'll fix it.

Lukas Brenner — Lukas has been chasing high scores since the days of monochrome screens and now spends his evenings dissecting mobile game menus. He handles most of the strategy and RPG coverage.