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Our mission: create a stronger community of colleagues and friends in game design while promoting the creative projects of our members and encouraging the improvement of their games through playtesting

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If you have ever been in any Unpub space, you benefitted from the infectious enthusiasm and big brain brilliance that Anthony Amato brought to everything he touched. We miss him every day, and are delighted that Nicole finished BOOM Patrol 💘 🎲✂️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/smi...

BOOM Patrol - Superstar Tank Battling Action. Arcade-style!www.kickstarter.com Crush buildings, find power-ups and make things go BOOM! - with your favorite celebrity tank captain at the helm!

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✂️🎲 The application for the GAMA Horizons Fellowship is open! This is an amazing accelerator program for emerging tabletop publishers and retailers from historically underrepresented groups in the industry. I was a Fellow this past year and highly recommend the program! www.gama.org/page/Horizons

GAMA: THE GAME MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONwww.gama.org The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is the non-profit trade organization dedicated to serving the hobby games industry.

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Table Signups for Unpub at PAX West are now live! tabletop.events/conventions/...

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We're hitting the road!! Thanks as always for a great convention, Origins 🎲✂️ friends! Let's keep building better games together 💘

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What's more fun than playing games? Making games! Unpub Pro-Am Jam going ham. This year's rules: cow themed, must include "dominos," can't be a roll-and-move. #Origins2024 @unpub.bsky.social

Our Pro Am Game Jam is coming up at Origins around 7pm. Come ‘design’ a game with a team of attendees. B130.

Table Signups for Unpub at PAX West are now live! tabletop.events/conventions/...

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Lots of prototypes with openings for playtesting in the @unpub.bsky.social room at Origins. Come, take a load off your feet, find something that strikes your fancy.

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The @unpub.bsky.social room is rocking on the first day of #Origins2024

We're all packed and ready to hit the road early tomorrow morning! See you soon, Origins 🎲✂️ friends! www.unpub.org/upcoming-eve...

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If anyone brings the Pink Lemonade Kit Kats to the Unpub space at Origins this weekend, I’ll trade you some finger guns and a high five. I haven’t been able to find them yet.

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If you're thinking about being a vendor at Indie Games Night Market at PAXU this Fall, go ahead and submit an application! You don't have to have all of the details worked out yet, as long as you know what game you want to sell and have a brief description of it. www.newmillindustries.com/ignm

Indie Games Night Market — New Mill Industrieswww.newmillindustries.com Nothing currently exists in the United States as an in-person marketplace for small batch, unique games in the same vein as Tokyo Game Market. The US game industry landscape doesn’t currently support the innovation and curiosity that arises when designers have a low-risk way to produce their ideas and offer them up to the public.

If you've got a Reserved Block at Origins, check your email for some important updates.

Who wants a spoiler alert? Formal reminder email going out to designers later today. (I should add 🎲✂️ so @americanoonline.com doesn't have to)

I did a thing. Time for lunch now.

Hey you! Are you signed up for our newsletter? If not, maybe you should be cuz we're about to send out a newsletter. Go to www.unpub.org/newsletter-s... and be one of the people in the know.

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We’re still looking for a few more team captains for next Friday’s event at Origins!

Are you an ‘industry professional’ who wants to lead a team in our Pro-Am Game Jam at Origins? We’re still looking for a few team captains.

A lot of people have started reaching out for info about PAX West and PAX Unplugged table sign ups. PAX West signups will go live next week. PAX Unplugged signups will go live in the fall. Keep an eye on our website and sign up for our newsletter for more info!

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🎲✂️🎲✂️🎲 Are you going to Origins? Are you a "professional" in tabletop? (That word is very subjective) We want YOU (yes, you, reader!) to lead a team of random friendly folks through a fast-paced, high-energy, snack-filled game jam! Friday 7pm in B130. All are welcome to participate or spectate!

We’re still looking for some team captains for this! Peer pressure! Peer pressure!

Another Unpub alumni game!! We love this one, go check it out!!!!!!!

I'm excited to share that Knitting Circle is coming out with @flatoutgames.bsky.social! We'll be demoing it at GenCon, so if you're there please stop by and check it out! And if you're excited, take a moment to give it a thumbs up on bgg for the GenCon preview 😻 boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...

We will be contacting everyone who submitted for the 2024 session of Tabletop Mentorship Program over the next 24 hours. We appreciate your patience while we work through the list!

We can’t wait to see the games you all come up with for this!

Excited to announce the Indie Games Night Market, happening at PAX Unplugged on Dec. 7 this year! www.newmillindustries.com/ignm

Indie Games Night Market — New Mill Industrieswww.newmillindustries.com

This deadline is extended to Friday June 7!

The next Unpub Speed Pitching event will be IN PERSON at Origins Game Fair. This will be open for all styles of games (party, light, medium, heavy, storytelling, and rpg). Submission deadline is June 2nd. forms.gle/4Rzeg7EstqaP...

Google Forms: Sign-informs.gle Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

Are you an ‘industry professional’ who wants to lead a team in our Pro-Am Game Jam at Origins? We’re still looking for a few team captains.

Mentee applications close tomorrow at midnight so don’t forget to fill it out. If you’re hoping to participate.

Mentor applications for the 2024 session of Tabletop Mentorship Program (now part of Unpub) are open! www.unpub.org/mentorship Mentor application deadline is April 26th. Mentee applications open May 2nd. We're looking forward to making games better, together!

Still reaching out into the interwebs to see if anyone can help with this.

Does anyone know of any schools/clubs with game design programs in or around the Columbus OH area that might want to playtest their designs at a thing in June?

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Mentee Applications for the 2024 Session of Tabletop Mentorship Program (now part of Unpub!) are open now! www.unpub.org/mentorship Deadline to apply is Thursday 5/16.

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Does anyone know of any schools/clubs with game design programs in or around the Columbus OH area that might want to playtest their designs at a thing in June?

Mentee Applications for the 2024 Session of Tabletop Mentorship Program (now part of Unpub!) are open now! www.unpub.org/mentorship Deadline to apply is Thursday 5/16.

Tabletop Mentorship Program — Unpub: The Unpublished Games Networkwww.unpub.org

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We sent an update after Unpub ‘24 with a survey for attendees to rate their experiences. If you haven’t filled it out yet, can you please tell us what we need to keep and what we need to change?