So you designed a board/card/dice/euro/ameritrash/designer game, now what? Get that prototype together and come playtest it at Spielbany. Spielbany is a gathering of game designers from the northeast for playtesting, discussion, and camaraderie. Spielbany has been meeting quarterly since 2004, and is typically held in the Albany, NY area. This location makes us central and easy to access from New York City, Boston, Tuscon, Montevideo, Rochester, Montreal and other points in the northeast.

More about the Winter 2012 contest

Rich D., who hosted the contest, provides this recap:

"I want to thank all the designers that took part in our roughly assembled game design challenge this past weekend at Spielbany. It looked like people had a lot of fun... We had a spinner of destiny that determined theme and mechanic combinations hat designers could chose from. ..." (More after the jump, or sound off about the contest in this thread.)

Winter 2012 Wrap-Up

Winter Spielbany was a great success! We had about 25 attendees on Saturday and 16 on Sunday. We welcomed about 8 new playtesters to the mix, which enabled us to get through about 30 games on the first day and another 15 on the second day. (*) Additionally, Rich Durham hosted a contest in which ...

(More after the jump...)

Spielchester?

At present, we consistently have a good sized contingent coming from Rochester for Spielbany. We have toyed with the idea of moving one of our quarterly events out to Rochester or perhaps just adding a separate event entirely. Here is your chance to sound off. Answer our question below and leave comments. Be sure to read all the options carefully and please be nice. Questionnaire after the break.

Please check off any that you think are true. We'll see later if you were right.

Winter 2012 Public Previews

Here is the bulk of the games which have been submitted.

RSVP for Winter Spielbany 2012

If you are planning or considering attending our Winter 2012 event you'll want to view some of the details here and submit your RSVP via the form below. Registration closes January 11. Get your details in soon!

SCHEDULE: This event runs over two days. Saturday January 14 and Sunday January 15.

RSVP for Fall Spielbany 2011

If you are planning or considering attending our Summer event you'll want to view some of the details here and submit your RSVP via the form below. Registration closes October 12... or so. Get your details in soon!

SCHEDULE: This is a one-day event taking place October 15, 2011.

RSVP for Summer Spielbany 2011

If you are planning or considering attending our Summer event you'll want to view some of the details here and submit your RSVP via the form below. Registration closes July 21... or so. Get your details in soon! Yes, we know this is tight/late notification, but that happens sometimes for our single day events, especially during the complicated summer months.

SCHEDULE: This is a one-day event taking place July 23, 2011.

Summer Scheduling ... Finally

We finally pushed the scheduling process forward for the Summer 2011 event. You should have a link to a survey in your email. If you are a designer and you have not recieved this notification just ping us... info at spielbany dot com

See you all again soon!

Thank you sponsors!

The dust seems to be settling nicely from our Spring event. The recaps are steadily flowing into our forums and other locales and that design motivation aftertaste is lingering pleasantly.

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