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New Logo

We have a new logo!

Thank you to everyone who contributed designs, ideas, and opinions. Some of you worked pretty hard on this! Ultimately we looked at logos for a lot of other brands and realized that we needed something that was simple but effective in a variety of contexts. That said, we’ve been thinking for years that we’d love to have Indy TTGC &/ Protospiel Indy tee shirts, and now we’ve got a great start on designs for that. Thank you all for your contributions to our community.

Upcoming Events

Indiana UXPA 2025 Kickoff and Game Day, this upcoming Saturday, February 22 – Play games and playtest your games with user experience designers, prototypes are welcome. (This is at Launch Fishers, the venue for Protospiel Indy 2025.)

Our next playtest session is planned for Saturday, March 15 at The Game Preserve North.

The first ever Protospiel Kansas City will be on April 04-06 – Carl is looking for carpool partners!

Who’s Yer Con, April 18-20 at Indianapolis Marriott East – Let Carl know if you are hosting an event!

Game Design Workshop at Indy Design Week – Saturday, April 26 – Contact Carl to demo / playtest your game!

Protospiel Indy 2025 – May 16-18 – Registration coming soon!

Playtest Log

Thanks to everyone who participated in last Saturday’s playtest session at The Game Preserve North! We had 12 attendees and we playtested at least 6 games!

  • Richard’s 230th of Briarcliff Oelno Derby
  • Di and Nick’s Cabbybara
  • Julia’s Toll the Dead
  • Carl K’s Telepathic
  • Scott’s Anti-Space
  • Carl S’s Tavern of Thieves

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Jan 18 Playtest Log

Thanks to everyone who participated in last Saturday’s playtest session at The Game Preserve North! We had 20 attendees and we playtested at least 13 games!

  • Scott’s Promethean Harvest
  • Ethan’s Food Chain
  • Jake’s Snowball Fight
  • Carl K’s Telepathic: Semi-coop Mode
  • Kristen’s Secret Agent Game
  • Nick’s Bundle Up
  • Matt & Carl S’s Tavern of Thieves
  • Carl K’s That’s My Poison
  • Isaac’s Grassroots
  • Richard’s Outer Space Game
  • Derek’s Mecha Jaeger: Trick Taker

Our next playtest session is Saturday, January 25 (today!) at The Game Preserve North at noon.

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December Playtest Log

Thanks to everyone who participated in last Saturday’s playtest session at The Game Preserve North! We had 7 attendees and we playtested at least 5 games:

  • Richard Baltzell’s Harvest Farm
  • Carl Klutzke’s Telepathic and That’s My Poison
  • Croix Gyurek’s project funding game
  • Kailas McQueen’s Crystal Caverns

Our next playtest session is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, January 18 at The Game Preserve North.

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October Playtest Log

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!

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August Playtest Log

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!

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Jul 2024 Playtest Log

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.

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Feb 2024 Playtest Log

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

  • Kristen Mott’s Imaginationland
  • Scott Ryland’s Labyrinth Race
  • Hanna Seyerle’s My Indoor Garden
  • Richard Baltzell’s Miller Derby

Our next playtest session is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 23, noon-4pm ET.

REGISTER NOW

Protospiel Indy 2024 – May 24-26, Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds, Noblesville
https://protospiel-indy.org/

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 Milwaukee – March 8-10, 2024
Contact Carl for carpool options.

Who’s Yer Con – March 29-31, 2024

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Protospiel Indy Photos

Protospiel Indy 2023 is a wrap! Here are some of the prototypes we playtested there.

Troy Pichelman’s Gnome Mushroom Farmers.
Richard Baltzell’s Magical Camp Mab Bigfoot Obstacle Race.
Gaspar Porta’s Rookie Race.
Stefan Barkow’s Joust.
Adam Sequoyah’s Word Blast.
Troy Pichelman’s Butterflies and Bullfrogs.
Jake Richardson and Brian Hoffman’s Castles and Kings.
Stefan Barkow’s Circumstellar.
Maxine and Randy Ekl’s Magic Tricks.
Randy Ekl’s Origami Trail.
Randy Ekl’s Penguin Rescue.
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Playtesting – 15 Oct 2022

Thanks to everyone who participated in last Saturday’s playtest session at Doughnuts and Dragons! We had six attendees and we playtested four games.

Here’s my playtest log:

  • 12:00-1:30 Richard Baltzell’s Flag Frenzy Freeze with Scott Ryland, Rian Logan, Jack Rosetree
  • 1:30-2:15 Scott Ryland’s Kromazuul with Richard Baltzell, Rian Logan, Jack Rosetree
  • 2:30-3:30 Rian Logan’s Zarot with Richard Baltzell, Jack Rosetree, Scott Ryland
  • 3:30-4:00 My Paddle with Christian Achgill, Richard Baltzell

Our next playtest session will be part of the Open Gaming Day at Fishers Library, on Saturday, November 12, 1-5pm ET.

Also check out these upcoming events:

Protospiel North – November 25-27 in Toronto
https://jslack.lpages.co/protospiel-north-2022/

Protospiel Madison + Crafter Con – December 1-4
The biggest Protospiel in the Midwest, hosted by our friends at The Game Crafter!
https://tabletop.events/conventions/protospiel-madison-2022

Protospiel MN – January 20-22
https://tabletop.events/conventions/protospiel-mn-2023

Game design event at Greenwood Public Library – Saturday, February 4, 1:30-5:00pm
Panel discussion with local game designers and publishers, followed by open playtesting. More details to come.

Pictured: Rian Logan’s Zarot.

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Playtesting – 20 Aug 2022

Thanks to everyone who participated in last Saturday’s playtest session at The Game Preserve! We had seven attendees and I saw at least five prototypes get tested.

Here’s my playtest log:

  • 12:00-12:30 My Row with Scott Ryland, Thomas LeBlanc
  • 12:30-1:45 Richard Baltzell’s As God as my Witness I Thought Turkeys Could Fly with Richard, Croix
  • 2:00-2:45 Croix’s Highest Unique Card with Croix, Thomas LeBlanc, Scott Ryland, Richard Baltzell
  • 2:45-3:15 Richard Baltzell’s Which Way with Richard, Croix, Thomas LeBlanc, Scott Ryland

Our next playtest session is currently planned for Saturday, September 17th.

Also check out these upcoming events:

Protospiel Online – August 26-28
Virtual board game playtest convention + fundraiser to support human rights.
https://protospiel.online/

MadCabal Table Top Simulator Playtest Day – September 3, 12pm ET
Monthly online playtesting with our friends at Madison Game Design Cabal.
https://www.meetup.com/madcabal/

Protospiel Chicago – September 9-11
https://tabletop.events/conventions/protospiel-chicago-2022

Protospiel Madison – December 1-4
https://tabletop.events/conventions/protospiel-madison-2022

Pictured: Croix’s Highest Unique Card.