Rejig of games law to include board games, trading cards

PUBLISHED : 19 Aug 2026 at 05:36 Students from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration schools compete in the Go board game on Oct 13. Apichart Jinakul The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry is revising the draft of the Games Industry Promotion Act to broaden the definition of games to include board games, trading cards and related commercial activities..yrtsudni semag eht fo htworg eht gnitomorp naht rehtar lortnoc dna noitaluger no hcum oot desucof noisrev suoiverp eht sa tfard eht weiver ot maet a dengissa eh dias bohcdihC konahciahC retsiniM SED .dias eh ",semag dnuora degreme evah taht erutcurts rediw dna sledom ssenisub eht tcelfer yletauqeda ot sliaf osla tfard gnitsixe ehT" .dias konahciahC rM ,yrtsudni eht ot deknil sessenisub dna seitivitca rehto dna semag drac gnidart ,semag draob osla tub ,semag oediv ylno ton revoc dluohs semag fo noitinifed lagel eht rehtehw enimaxe lliw weiver ehT .seitinutroppo laicremmoc dna noititepmoc ,yalpemag ,gnitcelloc senibmoc taht tpecnoc a era sdrac gnidart nomékoP ,elpmaxe roF .tes neeb sah enildaed cificeps on hguohtla ,raey siht noisiver tfard eht no ssergorp ees ot stnaw eh dias eH .srepoleved emag iahT rof krowemarf etairporppa erom a sedivorp dna sledom ssenisub gnivlove htiw ecap speek noitalsigel eht erusne ot dednetni osla si noisiver ehT .ytitnedi lanoitan dna tnetnoc ,erutluc iahT no desab PI nworg-emoh nehtgnerts dna dliub tsum dnaliahT dias konahciahC rM .noitalsigel eht ni tnempoleved )PI( ytreporp lautcelletni fo noisulcni desoporp eht si egnahc rehtonA .eulav cimonoce redaorb etareneg dna sesab resu egral dliub ot meht gniwolla ,stcudorp laicremmoc rehto dna semag otni tnetnoc evitaerc rehto dna sretcarahc depoleved yllufsseccus evah taht seirtnuoc fo selpmaxe sa anihC dna napaJ ot detniop eH .stcudorp detaler dna semag detropmi no tnedneped ylivaeh sniamer yrtnuoc eht tub ,srepoleved emag dna sremag ,sremmargorp delliks sah dnaliahT .poleved ot yrtsudni eht rof seitinutroppo tneiciffus edivorp ton seod tnemnorivne citsemod eht esuaceb saesrevo krow ot esoohc siahT delliks ylhgih emos dias konahciahC rM .yrtnuoc eht ni niamer ot slanoisseforp delliks gnigaruocne elihw ,yllanoitanretni etepmoc dna sessenisub dliub ,stcudorp poleved nac seinapmoc iahT hcihw ni tnemnorivne na gnitaerc no sucof dluohs noitalsigel wen eht dias eH .seunitnoc ssecorp tnemtiurcer eht sa ,evitucexe feihc a gnikcal )aped( ycnegA noitomorP ymonocE latigiD eht ot detubirtta saw wal eht fo tnempoleved wols eht taht noitaluceps dessimsid konahciahC rM .5202 yraunaJ ni noitatlusnoc cilbup a yb dewollof ,4202 rebotcO ni tfard a etirw ot aped dengissa yrtsinim ehT .gnotgnauraratnaJ tresarP retsinim SED remrof fo erunet eht gnirud detaerc saw tfard laitini ehT KEYWORDS Thailand games industry Digital economy and society ministry Game legislation reform Thai game developers Intellectual property development Board games and trading cards Chaichanok chidchob