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Notes from Ephileo

Guides and stories from Ephileo — sharing a home with roommates, splitting expenses, and playing our games.

Roamates app screens showing shared expenses, chore schedules, notes and comment threads for a group
Roommate Life

12 Reasons Roamates Is the Easiest Way to Share a Home (or a Trip)

Splitwise splits the bill. Roamates also runs the house: shared live notes, rotating chore schedules and a chat thread on every expense. It’s free, and here’s how the two compare.

· 11 min read

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Chain Reaction game board with colored orbs exploding across the grid

Games

How to Play Chain Reaction: Rules, Game Modes and 5 Tips to Win

Place orbs, fill a cell, watch it explode and take over your neighbors. Chain Reaction takes a minute to learn and a long time to master. Here’s everything you need to start winning.

· 4 min read

Escape sliding block puzzle board with the big green block and stone pieces

Games

Escape: The Sliding Block Puzzle I Found at the Museum of Illusions Chicago

At the Museum of Illusions in Chicago I met a sliding block puzzle I couldn’t stop thinking about. I couldn’t find an app for it, so I built one.

· 3 min read

People gathered around a campfire in the Ephileo 3D city, under the line “we build products people love.”

Company

Ephileo: Building Technology That Brings People Closer

Who we are, what we’ve built, and the kind of product we’re searching for next: something that helps people in a real way and brings them closer, rather than keeping them stuck to a screen.

· 4 min read