TTGDA is a new organization dedicated to supporting Tabletop Game Designers. As the tabletop game industry grows, and the number of designers, both independent and within publishers, skyrockets, the need for support has grown.
Launching in Q1 2024, TTGDA will support designers of all types of tabletop games, including board games, role playing games, card games, miniature games, and others, whether mass market, specialty, or hobby.
We are building on three pillars:
ADVOCACY
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY
Membership Benefits
Available at Launch
Contract Reviews
Advocacy and Dispute Mediation with Publishers
Model Contracts
Newsletter with Industry Updates
Planned
Discounts for Design Conferences
Discounts at Prototyping Services
Peer Mentoring
Opt-in Member Directory and Individual Web Pages
Publisher and Resource Directory
Online Seminars and Whitepapers
Media Relations Support
Founding Leadership Team
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Elizabeth Hargrave
FOUNDER
Elizabeth Hargrave is an award-winning game designer whose games include Wingspan, Mariposas, The Fox Experiment, and Undergrove. When she's not gaming, you'll often find her hiking, birding, or collecting mushrooms in and around Washington, DC.
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Sen-Foong Lim
FOUNDER
Sen is constantly dreaming, even when awake. He’s passionate about helping others lose track of time through meaningful play. When he's not working on games, Sen is teaching psychology and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Sen has co-designed many tabletop games including Akrotiri, MIND MGMT, and Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall.
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Geoff Engelstein
FOUNDER
Geoff is a game designer, educator, and author. Game credits include Super Skill Pinball, Space Cadets, and The Expanse. He is the co-founder of the influential Ludology podcast, and co-author of Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, Achievement Relocked, and other books on game design.
Interested?
Register now and be informed when we launch early 2024!
If you register now, you will be eligible for a Founding Membership, which qualifies you for discounted dues and other benefits.
Launch Supporters
| Scott Brady | Boop, Hues and Cues | |
| Banana Chan | Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, The Revenant Society, Forgery | |
| Rob Daviau | Risk Legacy, Pandemic Legacy | |
| Matthew Dunstan | Elysium, The Guild of Merchant Explorers | |
| James Ernest | Lords of Vegas, Tak, Kill Doctor Lucky | |
| Sydney Engelstein | Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Aeon's End: Legacy | |
| Matt Fantastic | Team Three, Before There Were Stars… | |
| Jenna Felli | Cosmic Frog, The Mirroring of Mary King | |
| Mike Fitzgerald | Mystery Rummy, Baseball Highlights 2045, Wyvern | |
| Richard Garfield | Magic: The Gathering, King of Tokyo, Netrunner | |
| Jonathan Gilmour | Dead of Winter, Dinosaur Island, Vault Wars | |
| Mark Herman | Churchill, Empire of the Sun, We the People | |
| Justin Jacobsen | Downforce, Unmatched | |
| Matt Leacock | Pandemic, Pandemic: Legacy, Forbidden Island | |
| Tom Lehman | Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy, Res Arcana | |
| James Lowder | Knight of the Black Rose, Pulp Cthulhu, Hobby Games: The 100 Best | |
| Jason Matthews | Twilight Struggle, Imperial Struggle, Founding Fathers | |
| Alan Moon | Ticket to Ride, Elfenlands, Incan Gold | |
| Jason Morningstar | Fiasco, Night Witches, The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach | |
| Danielle Reynolds | HerStory, Secret Clue Animals, eBay Buy It Now | |
| Scott Rogers | Pantone, Alien, Texas Chainsaw Massacre | |
| Volko Ruhnke | Cuba Libre, A Distant Plain, Fire in the Lake | |
| Fertessa Scott | Wicked and Wise, Mansplaining | |
| Isaac Shalev | Seikatsu, Show & Tile | |
| Tony Tran | Kiss the Goblin | |
| Nikki Valens | Quirky Circuits, Mansions of Madness, Eldritch Horror | |
| Isaac Vega | Dead of Winter, Forgotten Waters | |
| Martin Wallace | Brass, Age of Steam | |
| Cole Wehrle | Root, Oath, Pax Pamir | |
| Avonelle Wing | Metatopia, Envoy, First Exposure | |
| Eric Zimmerman | Quantum, Rules of Play, The Metagame |