Designer Owns a Website

At least one designer who hosted the playtest owns a domain name that points to a live website with content supporting the designer's business and/or hobbies.

The website they own doesn't have to be related to the playtest they hosted.

Social Calculus – Entry #8433

As Presented in January 2025

Designer(s) | Grant Van Nostrand

AKA Non-Linear Uno. Seat guests at a table for points, without starting a fight.

Game Length

30 min

Player Count

2 - 3

Nylon Equestriknights – Entry #8418

As Presented in January 2025

Designer(s) | Colin Carter Stratton | Kenneth Zieres

Nylon Equestriknights is the second game in the Nylon series. Play as magical horses that need to stop the evil from destroying Steel City.

Game Length

45 min

Player Count

2 - 5

Audience

Medium

Dev. Status

Playtest Platform(s)

| Tabletop Playground

Interested to Play

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FAB Arcane – Entry #8417

As Presented in January 2025

Designer(s) | Colin Carter Stratton | Kenneth Zieres

FAB, Arcane, Card, Resource Gathering, Competitive, magic, scoring

You’ve been chosen as one of the apprentices in a tournament of wizards. You have three days to see who can most impress the faculty with what you’ve learned at their school before you may graduate.

Game Length

30 min

Player Count

2 - 5

Audience

Casual

Dev. Status

Middling

Playtest Platform(s)

| Screentop.gg

Interested to Play

Leave Playtest Feedback

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Dream Guardians – Entry #8416

As Presented in January 2025

Designer(s) | Colin Carter Stratton | Kenneth Zieres

To battle across three different realms to defend your dreams.
Imagine the thing that is the Guardian of your Dreams. Define the most important things about that Guardian.

Game Length

15 min

Player Count

2 - 2

Audience

Casual

Dev. Status

Final Testing

Playtest Platform(s)

| Screentop.gg

Interested to Play

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Not a Real-Word game – Entry #8389

As Presented in January 2025

Designer(s) | Vicki Langer

playing cards with word parts like prefix, suffix, and root words. Each card has 2 parts and all are color and pattern-coded for placement. The cards are arranged in a way that makes some absurd words and the background says

Parv-grat-sper-pocalypse-osis is that little shred of hope, for hope, that we hang on to during world ending disease events. Thankfully, we have demon-dyna to help us get out of this slump!

Game Length

15 min

Player Count

3 - 9+

Audience

Casual

Dev. Status

Middling

Playtest Platform(s)

| Screentop.gg

Interested to Play

See Details »

Intended Audience

Casual:
This game expects players to focus more on social interaction than strategy and/or takes under 45 minutes to play in full, including the rules teach.

Medium:
This game involves some strategy and takes 45-90 minutes to play, with no more than 15-20 minutes of that time spent on the rules teach.

Heavy:
This game focuses on strategy and takes 90 minutes or more to play, with 20 minutes or more of that time spent on the rules teach.

Development Status

New:
This is more of an idea to workshop than a game.

Middling:
You have playtested the prototype before, but you expect it to still have bugs.

Nearing Completion:
You know the game works but are trying minor adjustments.

Final Testing:
This will feel pretty close to playing a published game, but you’re still taking feedback.

Publication Path

Self Publishing
The game creator(s) will handle marketing, sales, distribution, and all other logistics of bringing the game to market.

Looking for a Publisher
The game creator(s) are looking for someone to partner with them to handle some or all of the process of bringing the game to market.

Under Contract with a Publisher
The game creator(s) have found a company or individual who will partner with them to handle some or all of the process of bringing the game to market. The publisher and designer might be the same person, but, beyond the self publishing option, a game that is “with a publisher” will publish under a brand that publishes for a variety of designers.

No Plans to Publish
The game creator(s) will not make this game available for sale to the public. The fun of creating and playing the game is all the reward they need.

Publication Method

Crowdfunding
The publisher will produce the game after a large group of people have paid in advance. Crowdfunding platforms include Kickstarter, Crowd Sales through The Game Crafter, Gamefound, Indiegogo, etc.

Retail Distribution
The publisher will distribute the game to retailers such as friendly local games stores (FLGS), Target, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Cool Stuff Inc., etc.

Print on Demand
Also known as POD. The manufacturer can print one copy at a time so that the seller doesn’t need to carry inventory. Popular POD services include The Game Crafter, Drive Thru Cards/RPG, and Board Games Maker.

Another Publishing Method
Other methods may include handmade games, print and play or monthly subscription games, creating a seller account on an online marketplace like Amazon or Etsy, and/or selling from your own website — or anything else the publisher can dream up!

Crowdfunding Status

Planning Stage
The campaign is not yet open for backer pledges. Interested players may be able to follow the project on social media and/or via email updates.

Late Stage
The campaign is either open for backer pledges or has recently finished funding. The publisher is making final tweaks to the product before sending final files to the manufacturer.

Rework Stage
A crowdfunding campaign launched in the past did not meet its funding goal or was cancelled before the campaign ended. The publisher plans to launch a new campaign using lessons learned from past campaign(s).

None
There is no plan for a crowdfunding campaign at this time.