FORGE OF NATIONS
- the heritage card game -

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FORGE OF NATIONS IS NOW AVAILABLE 
AT THE FOLLOWING RETAIL OUTLETS:

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE

ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM

MALAY HERITAGE CENTRE

INDIAN HERITAGE CENTRE

TIMES (WATERWAY POINT)

TIMES (MARINA SQUARE)

TIMES (PARAGON)

For bulk orders of 20 sets or more, discounts are available.
Email us at [email protected]

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Here's a five-minute video that teaches you how to play the game:

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Here's a look at one of the cards in the game:

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Indigenous people

Card type:  Development Pillar (Population)
Special Rules: None
Bank Value: None

Orang laut, which literally means “sea people” in Malay, refers to the indigenous sea nomads and sea gypsies of Singapore. They were one of the earlier immigrants who settled along the coastlines of Singapore during pre-colonial days. The community typically lived off a long dwelling boat, known colloquially as sampan panjang, or “long boat”. 

The orang laut who inhabited Singapore at the time of Raffles’s landing in 1819 consisted of different groups. They included the orang laut of the Riau-Lingga archipelago such as the Orang Galang, Orang Gelam, Orang Seletar, Orang Biduanda Kallang and the Orang Selat. These groups shared some degree of Malay ethnicity, and a preference for living on boats rather than on land.

The Orang Selat were believed to have traversed the waters of Keppel Harbour since the early 16th century, making them one of the earliest settlers on the island, according to ethnologist Carl Alexander Gibson-Hill. By the early 19th century, there were more than 1,000 orang laut residing in Singapore, with about 500 Orang Biduanda Kallang, 150 of whom were boat dwellers. In 1840s, at least 450 orang laut, including the headman, were relocated to Tanjong Rhu, while others were moved to Telok Blangah, Selat Singkeh, Pasir Panjang, Geylang and Pulau Brani. 

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