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The Game Crafter has Marketplace Buildings in our Board Game Pieces shop. This tile features a building overlooking many small shops. It's available in 8 colors, made of plastic, 3D Printed at The Game Crafter, and is compatible with the other 1" building tiles we have in our shop.
Hi everyone! We are a Convention Sponsor for https://Protospiel.Online (May 3-5) and received 3 badges as part of that. We wanted to share them with the community so we've setup 3 different crafter point auctions that will run until April 29. Check out the 3 auctions at https://thegamecrafter.com/auctions. Happy bidding!
We just had a really fun staff party with many members of our hard working team! Some people couldn't make it due to other commitments, but our folks are the real deal and work hard every day to turn your ideas into games!
We're thankful to have such a great group and we love seeing several staff members reaching 5 and 10 year work anniversaries at TGC!
The Game Crafter turns 15 years old in July of this year and we have so much gratitude for our community. The 450,000+ orders you've purchased from us have helped this American manufacturing business grow into what it is today. When you choose to work with us, you directly support over 45+ staff members and their families.
On behalf of our whole team, thank you!
Small Ball: A Push-Your-Luck Baseball Dice Game is on sale now!
In this video, Kathleen Mercury and Pam Walls share the 5 biggest lessons learned from 20 years of game design.
Keep your board game boxes closed with our Box Bands! We have 3 different sizes available (6", 8", 9") and each size is available in Red, Green, and Blue.
Colorful Chaining is on sale now!
In this video, Daniel from The Dungeon Dive shows off Cozy Oaks, a competitive farming game with unique card and resource management. Available at The Game Crafter.
In this recorded session from Crafter Con 2023, Nicole Fende teaches how to manage your potential playtest adventurers experience from first contact to final feedback and avoid common pitfalls to make the most of each playtest.
Watch all of the Crafter Con Videos from 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022 on our Youtube playlist here.
In this video, The Dungeon Dive looks at GRIT by Sporktopia Games. This is a tabletop and online adventure to save the world for 1-2 heroes. Available at The Game Crafter.
Congratulations to Hot Rockets for winning the Meta Progression Community Challenge!
The detailed scores and brief feedback for each finalist game can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r2G4fb61joLLQBGPjOL9ToOruSV_PIo2iYjyGtzsz6I/edit?usp=sharing
Full reviews for each entry can be found here (also linked from the scoring sheet): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TXslQjKtqdu2jkYN2geGIcdZlUVCbGYlzVZ9CssSNww/edit?usp=sharing
Daniel from The Dungeon Dive Youtube channel made this in-depth video about Quest for The Lost Pixel. It’s an excellent overview video where he explains why it’s one of his favorite dungeon crawler games and why it’s the holy grail game for replayability! Available at The Game Crafter.
The Game Crafter was a proud sponsor of the Designer Day event at GAMA Expo 2024!
Designer Day took place in Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday, March 3 at GAMA EXPO. It was a full day of professional development, networking sessions, playtesting, and game scouting. The goal was to move designers at all levels forward in their careers and introduce them to several publishers.
The Game Crafter loves to support indie game designers and design events like this. We donated prototyping blanks, board game pieces, and some Fail Faster Playtesting Journals (on behalf of the creator, Jay Cormier).
The Game Crafter has Harbor buildings in our Board Game Pieces Shop! They come in 8 colors, are made of plastic, 3D printed at The Game Crafter, and are compatible with the other 75+ buildings we produce. 17mm meeple included for scale.
That Cool Stock Part Challenge is our current game design contest for the community and the challenge is to use one or more of TGC’s stock components as the centerpiece and inspiration for a new game. Embed those pieces into the core of your game’s theme, mechanics, and player experience. The stock pieces shouldn’t feel like basic prototype pieces, or be relegated to counters or currency—they should feel like they were made specifically for your game. In other words, the components should make the fun!
The submission period ends May 22, so there's still plenty of time to work on your game(s)!
The contest will be judged by Emily Willix (Owner/Founder @ Small Furry Games) and Parker Simpson (Illustrator/Owner @ Shiny Pigeon Games)
