Articles & advice to help with board game playtesting: ift.tt/p6YSr9q

‼️Reminder that UNPUB Tabletop Mentorship Program mentee applications are open now through May 16th! Sign up here: unpub.org/mentorship

Toy and game inventors! There's only a few weeks left to book into our Mojo Pitch event and pitch concepts to the companies listed below. For more information, or to book in, drop us an email at: [email protected].

The Tabletop Game Designers Association is live! Please check out our shiny new website to learn more, and see our broad range of resources!

Thanks to everyone who helped us get to this point, particularly Elizabeth Hargrave and Sen-Foong Lim

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Looking for a job in the tabletop gaming industry? Check out our round-up of positions! #boardgamejobs #tabletopgamejobs #gamecareers wp.me/p6YINE-8kq

Looking for tips & tricks for board game prototyping? ift.tt/HagBs49

World-building for board games: thoughts on the process of creating and fleshing out interesting settings for tabletop games youtube.com/watch?v=qUrU19… via James Hudson

What should you charge for your board game? Some different ways of setting a price point. youtube.com/watch?v=4BMOyS… via Eduardo Baraf

Need help with the board game design process? We have links to lots of useful articles here: ift.tt/R5yqtOS

The word for the May-June 2024 Bi-Monthly 24-Hour Design Challenge on BoardGameGeek is “party.” Prizes include GeekGold. boardgamegeek.com/thread/3293523…

Total Design Live is now available on Spotify, Amazon Music and via your Alexa!! Check out the first two episodes of Season 1 where designers perform a live 45 minute solo game jam. Episode 3 drops next week! 🎲✂️

Protospiel Online May 2024 is now open!

Check out our awesome sponsor lineup!

Wherever you see them online or in person, please tell them thank you for helping support our mission to foster inclusivity, transparency, & collaboration in tabletop games💜

Looking for board game design contests? We've got a table of active contests right here: ift.tt/PjxIZGO

Mentee Applications for the 2024 Session of Tabletop Mentorship Program (now part of Unpub!) are open now!

unpub.org/mentorship

Deadline to apply is Thursday 5/16.

Designers! Have you ever had a project in development that you scrapped because another game was published on the same topic or an innovative mechanism was made redundant? Care to share?

For those interested in the figures side of gaming, here is the distribution of my 2023 royalties by game, and a few remarks.

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Want to read up on board game design theory? All of the articles we've found are available here: ift.tt/hPF1JKR

This Thurs May 2 @ 9pm EDT we'll look through the prototype listing for the May 3-5 2024 event & get hyped about the games we'll get to playtest!

We'll feature all games added to the listing by the end of the stream.

Follow our Twitch for live updates twitch.tv/protospielo

Designing narrative puzzle games: notes on immersion, tactile components, playtesting, and more (audio) ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-321-o… via Ludology Rita🔎PostCurious

Looking to talk to a few fellow board game designers to talk about their play test process.

Anyone interested?
Know someone?

Comment/tag below!