About Us

Anya (L) and Irina (R) with a prototype of the Gelt Galore game board
Anya and Irina are the sister duo behind Gifts Galore. We came to the US as refugees from the Soviet Union, but even when our family had almost nothing, our parents ensured our holidays were filled with joy.

In 2023, we created the first, homemade version of our New Year's game to add something extra special to our family holiday. That started us on the journey of creating the Gifts Galore board games to bring that extra bit of magic to your holiday celebrations, too!

While we started with a New Year's game, we're excited to keep celebrating our culture and traditions with Gelt Galore, our upcoming Hanukkah game!

Outside of developing Gifts Galore, Irina is a violinist performing with multiple Michigan symphonies, and Anya is in California, a former fiction editor living with severe chronic illness.



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