About us
Join a community of local board game designers, publishers, and gamers as we test upcoming board and card games! Whether you are a professional designer, a hopeful newbie, or just a person who loves games, this is the place for you!
This group may be right for you if:
- You are looking for a community of creative people serious about game design
- You are respectful, curious, and humble
- You love playing games
- You are able to give kind and constructive feedback
- You are as willing to receive feedback as you are to give feedback
- You would like to play other people's games as much as you would like to test your own
First Play FAQ’s
How to do better playtesting!
How to explain rules for your confusing game prototype!
Upcoming events
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Playtesting at LFG Con in Burbank (and potential indie selling)
Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel and Convention Center, 2500 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, California 91505, Burbank, CA, USHey everyone! The SECOND LFG Con will be occurring August 13-16 at the Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, and we have been invited to participate! Last year was a small but mighty event and incredibly fun, we strongly recommend checking it out!
Learn more about the event here- LFG CON
Please note if you are interested in participating you MUST sign up via the below form, RSVPing to the event on Meetup is not enough.
Public playtesting
Friday, August 14th, Saturday, August 15th and Sunday, August 16th 10am-5:30pm
This will be an Unpub-esque event where con goers can peruse the tables and sit down to playtest games. Any genre and length of game welcome! There will be room for 5-8 games to run at a time, depending on table space required. If you are interested in running a game, please apply to do so here-
https://tinyurl.com/lfgplaytesting(Participating designers will receive a free day-badge for running two time slots on either day, or a full con badge for running at least two time slots on 2 days. IF you have a spouse/assistant who wants to come and you would like a free badge for them, please sign up for at least 4 timeslots. Otherwise, we request that they purchase their own badge. Thanks for understanding!)
Indie Game Night Market
TBD
This is an event for designers to sell games that have no other channel for purchase. These should be games that have not been widely published, and have no intention of crowdfunding or releasing in the near future. Your product must be a game, however it can take any form- a handcrafted work of art, a janky limited print run, or a grab-bag of dollar store items with a stapled together instruction manual for how to use them. If you are interested in selling a game, please email Cassandra directly at cassandra@ixiongameworks.com.
(Participating designers will receive a free day-badge for Saturday.)Please reach out to cassandra@ixiongameworks.com if you have any questions. Hope to see many of you there!
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Past events
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