Categories
event

November Playtesting

Three men sit around a table in a library. They are playing a prototype of a card game.
Jake Kamps's resource distribution game from November 2022

Bring out yer prototypes!

(Or just show up to playtest!)

When: Saturday, November 16th, 10am to 2pm ET. (Google Calendar)
Where: Hamilton East Public Library (HEPL) – Fishers, 5 Municipal Dr
Who: Anyone who wants to help each other make great games.
How to spot us: We’ll be with Who’s Yer Gamers at Librarycon!, pushing around sleeved bits of paper, pencil-scrawled index cards, and random bits from other games.

Indy TableTop Game Creators (https://indyttgc.org/) focuses on board and card games, but we’re interested in all kinds of games. Beginners are welcome! Early hand-scribbled prototypes are encouraged!

Please ADD A COMMENT BELOW telling us about the prototypes you plan to bring for testing!

Save the date

Protospiel Indy 2025 – May 16-18

Other upcoming events

Do you want to organize a playtest event? Let us know and we’ll announce it here! Better yet, join our Discord server and announce it yourself!

Categories
log

October Playtest Log

Scott Ryland's _Promethean Harvest_

Thanks to everyone who participated in last Saturday’s playtest session at The Game Preserve! We had 8 attendees and we playtested at least 7 games:

  • Carl Klutzke’s That’s My Poison and Telepathic
  • Scott Ryland’s Promethian Harvest
  • Croix Gyurek’s blob game
  • Hanna Seyerle’s Great Garden Grow-Off
  • Richard Baltzell’s RB’s Harvest Farm
  • Christian Achgill’s DIE Bots

Our next playtest session is scheduled for Saturday, November 16 from 10am to 2pm at the Hamilton East Public Library – Fishers, as part of LibraryCon!

Categories
event

October Playtesting

Rian Logan's _Die Monster Die_ from October 2023

Bring out yer prototypes!

(Or just show up to playtest!)

When: Saturday, October 19th, noon to about 5pm ET. (Google Calendar)
Where: Game Preserve North at Fashion Mall Commons, 8487 Union Chapel Rd Suite #660
Who: Anyone who wants to help each other make great games.
How to spot us: We’ll be pushing around sleeved bits of paper, pencil-scrawled index cards, and random bits from other games.

Indy TableTop Game Creators (https://indyttgc.org/) focuses on board and card games, but we’re interested in all kinds of games. Beginners are welcome! Early hand-scribbled prototypes are encouraged!

1. Please bring CASH to purchase drinks and snacks, to save our host on credit card fees.

2. Please ADD A COMMENT BELOW telling us about the prototypes you plan to bring for testing!

Other upcoming events

Do you want to organize a playtest event? Let us know and we’ll announce it here! Better yet, join our Discord server and announce it yourself!

  • Protospiel Madison 2024 – Madison, Wisconsin on 2024 November 01
  • LibraryCon – We’ll be demoing our games at Hamilton East Public Library, in Fishers, on November 16

Check our calendar for a complete listing!

Categories
event

September Playtesting

Croix Gyurek's _Intrusion Confusion_ from September 2023

Bring out yer prototypes!

(Or just show up to playtest!)

When: Saturday, August 21st, noon to about 5pm ET. (Google Calendar)
Where: Game Preserve North at Fashion Mall Commons, 8487 Union Chapel Rd Suite #660

Where: Family Time Games at 8796 Michigan Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46268
Who: Anyone who wants to help each other make great games.
How to spot us: We’ll be pushing around sleeved bits of paper, pencil-scrawled index cards, and random bits from other games.

Indy TableTop Game Creators (https://indyttgc.org/) focuses on board and card games, but we’re interested in all kinds of games. Beginners are welcome! Early hand-scribbled prototypes are encouraged!

1. Please bring CASH to purchase drinks and snacks, to save our host on credit card fees.

2. Please ADD A COMMENT BELOW telling us about the prototypes you plan to bring for testing!

Other upcoming events

Do you want to organize a playtest event? Let us know and we’ll announce it here! Better yet, join our Discord server and announce it yourself!

Check our calendar for a complete listing!

Categories
log

August Playtest Log

Carl Klutzke's _That's My Poison_

Thanks to everyone who participated in last Saturday’s playtest session at The Game Preserve! We had thirteen attendees and we playtested at least five games:

  • Ian Winningham’s average game
  • Richard Baltzell’s unnamed train game
  • Jack Rosetree’s Second Best
  • Carl Klutzke’s That’s My Poison
  • Mike Ptak’s Captains
  • Scott Ryland’s Promethean Harvest
  • Adam Phipps’s Alchemist’s Gambit
  • Daniel Dorsett’s Don’t Lose Your Booty
  • Kristen Mott’s Pollenators

Our next playtest session is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, September 21, noon-4pm ET.

We’ve learned that The Game Preserve will not be available to us that day because of a Magic prerelease event. If you have a suggestion for another venue, please leave a comment below!

Categories
event

August Playtesting

Kristen Mott's _Prowl_ from August 2023, soon to be published by Envy Born Games

Bring out yer prototypes!

(Or just show up to playtest!)

When: Saturday, August 24th, noon to about 5pm ET. (Google Calendar)
Where: Game Preserve North at Fashion Mall Commons, 8487 Union Chapel Rd Suite #660
Who: Anyone who wants to help each other make great games.
How to spot us: We’ll be pushing around sleeved bits of paper, pencil-scrawled index cards, and random bits from other games.

Indy TableTop Game Creators (https://indyttgc.org/) focuses on board and card games, but we’re interested in all kinds of games. Beginners are welcome! Early hand-scribbled prototypes are encouraged!

1. Please bring CASH to purchase drinks and snacks, to save our host on credit card fees.

2. Please ADD A COMMENT BELOW telling us about the prototypes you plan to bring for testing!

Other upcoming events

Do you want to organize a playtest event? Let us know and we’ll announce it here! Better yet, join our Discord server and announce it yourself!

Check our calendar for a complete listing!

Categories
log

Jul 2024 Playtest Log

Scott Ryland's _Promethean Harvest_

Thanks to everyone who participated in last Saturday’s playtest session at The Game Preserve! We had ten attendees and we playtested at least five games (before I had to leave):

  • Julia Phipps’s Boil Over
  • Mike Ptak’s Fire Zone
  • Scott Ryland’s Promethean Harvest
  • Carl Klutzke’s Poison
  • Kristen Mott’s Day at the Beach

Our next playtest session is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, August 24, noon-4pm ET.

Categories
event

July 2024 Playtesting

Carl Klutzke's _Haunted House_ from May 2023

Bring out yer prototypes!

(Or just show up to playtest!)

Who: Anyone who wants to help each other make great games.
When: Saturday, July 20th, noon to about 5pm ET. (Google Calendar)
Where: Game Preserve North at Fashion Mall Commons, 8487 Union Chapel Rd Suite #660
How to spot us: We’ll be pushing around sleeved bits of paper, pencil-scrawled index cards, and random bits from other games.

Indy TableTop Game Creators (https://indyttgc.org/) focuses on board and card games, but we’re interested in all kinds of games. Beginners are welcome! Early hand-scribbled prototypes are encouraged!

1. Please bring CASH to purchase drinks and snacks, to save our host on credit card fees.

2. Please ADD A COMMENT BELOW telling us about the prototypes you plan to bring for testing!

Other upcoming events

Do you organize a public playtest event? Let us know and we’ll announce it here! Better yet, join our Discord server and announce it yourself!

MadCabal online playtesting – MadCabal Discord server, July 24

Gen Con 2024 – Indianapolis on 2024 August 1-4.

Protospiel Chicago 2024 – Countryside, IL on 2024 September 13

Protospiel Madison 2024 – Madison, Wisconsin on 2024 November 01

Check our calendar for a complete listing!

Categories
event

June Playtesting

Jack Rosetree's _Seance_ from June 2023

Bring out yer prototypes!

(Or just show up to playtest!)

Who: Anyone who wants to help each other make great games.
When: Saturday, June 15th, noon to about 5pm ET. (Google Calendar)
Where: Game Preserve North at Fashion Mall Commons, 8487 Union Chapel Rd Suite #660
How to spot us: We’ll be pushing around sleeved bits of paper, pencil-scrawled index cards, and random bits from other games.

Indy TableTop Game Creators (https://indyttgc.org/) focuses on board and card games, but we’re interested in all kinds of games. Beginners are welcome! Early hand-scribbled prototypes are encouraged!

1. Please bring CASH to purchase drinks and snacks, to save our host on credit card fees.

2. Please ADD A COMMENT BELOW telling us about the prototypes you plan to bring for testing!

Thank you!

Thank you to all 81 people who helped make Protospiel Indy 2024 a great event! We even had a local news story on WRTV! Looking forward to May 2025!

Other upcoming events

Do you organize a public playtest event? Let us know and we’ll announce it here! Better yet, join our Discord server and announce it yourself!

Protospiel Michigan 2024 – Ann Arbor, Michigan on 2024 June 28

Gen Con 2024 – Indianapolis on 2024 August 1-4.
We’ll be seeing if we can get a table through the Community Row program.

Protospiel Chicago 2024 – Countryside, IL on 2024 September 13

Protospiel Madison 2024 – Madison, Wisconsin on 2024 November 01

Check our calendar for a complete listing!

Categories
event

Protospiel Indy Starts Friday!

Two people playtest a game prototype made from playing cards and a custom board. The designer smiles for the camera.
Playtesters try a game at a previous Protospiel event.

The world’s best game design convention returns to Indy this week, on Friday, May 24. Join us at the Hamilton County 4-H fairgrounds for three days of game playtesting and design!

The Current community news wrote an article on our event!
https://youarecurrent.com/2024/05/09/protospiel-returns-to-noblesville-for-fifth-year/

Publishers Van Ryder Games and The Dietz Foundation are planning to attend this year, in addition to our great refreshment sponsor, Kolossal Games.

Find out more and get your badge at https://protospiel-indy.org !

Sponsors

Thanks to all our great sponsors!

  • The Game Crafter (TGC) is the world’s first web-to-print game publishing company and offers a print on demand game publishing service. TGC empowers game designers around the world by allowing them to make a board game, card game, and custom playing cards through a website. They are a long-time supporter of many Protospiels.
  • The mission of The Game Preserve is to delight our customers and attract new ones by operating game stores which offer outstanding selection, expertise, and organization, and which practice kindness as their most important value. They are a returning refreshment sponsor this year.
  • The mission of Kolossal Games is to create memorable experiences for families and friends to connect and to give designers and artists the means for their creations to shine in a welcoming and collaborative environment. They are a returning refreshment sponsor this year.
  • GravityDrive provides UX research, design, evaluation, and support services to help your products drive a great user experience. They are a returning sponsor this year.
  • The mission of Topshot Games is to make family friendly, earth conscious, and fun dice and board games. Our goal is to give your friends and family a memorable and entertaining tabletop experience. They are a new sponsor this year.
  • Indy Tabletop Game Creators is a group based out of central Indiana that helps game designers and play testers to create great tabletop games together. They organize Protospiel Indy.