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Featured Guests
Protospiel Online is excited to welcome several tabletop game publishers and media personalities. Keep reading to discover more about the guest we'll have joining us in the Discord server!
Osprey Publishing: Anthony Howgego
Oxford-based publisher of board games, card games, wargames, and more!
Seeking to Publish:
Generally a preference for light and medium weight games, erring towards euro-style.
Not Seeking to Publish
Mass-market, party games
Pangea Games: Tyson Mertlich
Brandon Rollins heads up Pangea Games with assistance from Tyson Mertlich. With publications including War Co. and Tasty Humans, they focus on creating big worlds in small boxes.
Tyson will be representing Pangea at Protospiel. You may recognize his name from his work in the past with the Gamesmiths blind playtesting service.
Seeking to Publish:
Small footprint games with large footprint feel.
Not Seeking to Publish
Large games with lots of components.
XYZ Game Labs: Lauren Nepomuceno
XYZ Game Labs is an independent tabletop game publisher based in Chicago, IL. Our mission is to invent new gamers by creating properties that act as a gateway to tabletop gaming.
Check the XYZ Game Labs website for detailed submission guidelines. The high points are:
Seeking to Publish:
We enjoy a wide variety of games. They can run anywhere from 30 min to 2 hours and have player counts anywhere from 1 to 8+.
If you’re submitting a design for the XYZ Quarks line it must match 3 criteria: Fits in a pocket, can be learned in 3min or less and playtime must be under 30 minutes.
Not Seeking to Publish
All audiences, please. We’re not going to publish NSFW themed games.
You have to own the thing you’re showing us.
Improbability Entertainment: Alex Yeager
IP management, game evaluation/development
Seeking to Publish:
Small, portable games
Not Seeking to Publish
Large box games, minis games
Adam’s Apple Games: Adam Rehberg
Indie board game publisher from Minnesota. Creators of Brewin’ USA, Swordcrafters, Truck Off, Thrive, and recently Planet Unknown.
Seeking to Publish:
Unique theme, unique components, and pushing the boundaries of mechanics are the games that interest us most for publishing.
Not Seeking to Publish
Minis games
Toresh Games: Thomas Shepherd
Toresh is a relatively new game publisher (10 titles so far) based out of Colorado Springs. Our goal is to get people together, to have fun, and to increase interpersonal communication through enjoyable and exciting board and card games.
You can learn more about Thomas and his publisher journey on his Indie Game Designer Podcast interview with Patrick Rawland.
All of Toresh’s game titles are affordably priced and in stock on their online store.
Seeking to Publish:
Family Friendly games, Standard Euro and American
Not Seeking to Publish
RPGs, Pencil Games, games with extensive miniatures.
Board Game Brothas: Hamu Dennis & Omari Akil
Creators of Rap Godz, Board Game Brothas is a New Orleans based game design company that is focused on unique themes, dope gameplay, and stupid fun.
Hamu and Omari are real-life brothers working together to build a publishing company that creates tabletop games in the worlds they want to play in.
Hoop Godz will be their next game release and is coming soon to Kickstarter.
Seeking to Publish:
Board games and card games with unique themes focusing on cultural diversity.
Not Seeking to Publish
D&D / Role Playing Games