Protospiel Madison is sneaking up on us fast! If you have not booked your hotel, or grabbed your badge yet, snag one now! Last year we sold out. https://tabletop.events/conventions/protospiel-madison-202

Andrew (Shoe) Lee has been Inducted into The Game Crafter Hall of Fame for winning the Fur Feathers and Fun contest. You can read their interview here: https://www.tumblr.com/tgcnews/824846775565385728/andrew-shoe-lee-induction-into-the-game

The Finalists for the Everything Has A Price Game Design Contest have been announced! https://www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/everything-has-a-price-contest

In this new contest, your game must include Clear Card Crafting Deck and/or Clear Euro Poker Deck. The card's transparency must play a key role in the cards usage in your game. Learn more about the new contest here: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/clear-card-design-contest

Congratulations to the winner of the Fur, Feathers and Fun contest: Elephant in the Room. You can find the feedback for all the finalists here: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/fur-feathers-fun#FinalsRubric

Congratulations to the Semi-Finalists for the Everything Has a Price Contest. https://www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/everything-has-a-price-contest

Found our logo in the wild and check out these amazing card towers for charity! TGC at Gen Con

Voting has opened for the Everything has a price contest! Vote for your favorites here: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/everything-has-a-price-contest

We're at Gen Con seeing all the amazing displays, what are you doing at Gen Con?

The Game Crafter at Gen Con!

The Game Crafter has touched down in Indianapolis for Gen Con! Catch us wandering around, stopping at tables, booths and seminars. Look for our hoodies and hats and don't hesitate to say hi! We'll be here Thursday-Sunday. Have a happy con! ~ The Game Crafter Team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A67soFw76a4 Tired of endless messages to plan game night? Dovecote is a free, fast, mobile-friendly scheduling tool for tabletop groups. Create a poll, share one link, and find the best date fast. Get started at dovecote.shufflewick.com

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/playtesting-questions-to-ask/ Joe shares key questions for playtesting and what else to watch for. Read his blog for insights.

Calling all designers, homebrew GMs, and anyone with a game they've been tinkering with, Gamehole Con is one of the best places to actually test your game. Why? Because everyone in that room chose to be there to play games. Submit your game: https://www.gameholecon.com/event

Protospiel Michigan is this weekend! Bring prototypes and games to trade on Saturday the 11th. We’ll have a prototyping table for quick game iterations. https://tabletop.events/conventions/protospiel-michigan-2026

Happy 4th of July, from us at The Game Crafter.

This video walks you through how to upload your own custom images to make decks and stacks of tiles and game boards and anything else you can think of. https://playtestparlor.com

Playtest Parlor

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New dice added for resource management, combat, and nature games! Don't miss out, check our newsletter! https://www.thegamecrafter.com/newsletter/new-dice-at-the-game-crafter

With Protospiel Wisconsin right around the corner, we will be accepting will-call orders until July 15th for pickup at the event. As usual you'll also find our classic table of blanks and parts available to you.

With many Founding Members already onboard, we created an Early Adopter level for those that missed out, it also has a locked-in rate and unlimited sessions. Join before it ends on July 15th, 2026! Get started at https://playtestparlor.com/pricing

We are closed in celebration of Juneteenth. This means it may be an extra day before you hear back from Customer Service, and there will be an extra long weekend break for production. Happy Juneteenth from The Game Crafter.

Thank you to Garrett of NW Game Builders Guild for representing us at Adventure con as part of our Designer Table Sponsorship. It looks like a blast!

This Designer Spotlight features Aaron Gresham, read all the things he has to say here: https://www.tumblr.com/tgcnews/819694109244768256/designer-spotlight-aaron-gresham

Everything you need to playtest your board game digitally. https://playtestparlor.com/pricing/ For a limited time, become a founder and lock in a lower rate forever.

Brandon leads a quick tour of the CS3 site for Component Studio newcomers. This is the first in a walk-through series aimed at novices of the Component Studio tool, covering basic functionality and workflow of the tool using a real-world card game example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKpD6u-fSWM

This video shows you how to get started with Playtest Parlor. You'll create a game, add a dice, roll the dice, change the dice faces, and then save your table so you can use it again later. https://playtestparlor.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeSbURlYa3A