r/tabletopgamedesign

Hi everyone! A while ago we shared the prototype of our co-op Backrooms board game. Since then, we've done several playtests and have started working on the final art and design.

We're really excited to share a boardgame that unravels uniquely each time you play it, making the map/monsters/objectives change each time. A boardgame where you can explore and help each other, but can also betray when necessary :)

The game has changed quite a bit through our playtests, especially the searching, items, entities, and objectives. Here are some photos from our playtests alongside some of the newer designs.

We can share more about how the game works if you're interested

What do you think of the direction so far? Any suggestions for our game?

You can follow our progress on IG: fuzzygamesinc

Edit: thanks everyone for the kind words. The project looks to embrace retro fantasy and all the camp that came with it. Hoping to have a rules doc to share soon!

Currently working on the cover for my RPG Skirmish game. It will use the classic dice of D&D and pathfinder to resolve combat and have players building out a party of heroes and hirelings. Hoping to tap into that retro fantasy aesthetic. Feel free to give C/C and let me know what vibe this gives off!

So my wife and I have begun play-testing my new mini/setting agnostic skirmish war game WARSHARD. I have used both terrain I have scratch built as well as 3d printed terrain. We have played 2 games so far and have been extremely pleased with the results. Our play-testing will be extensive as there are multiple ways to play the game. I have some pics attached and am thinking about possibly doing a battle report for the game. There will be additional changes and corrections as the testing continues but I seem to have been able to recreate a really solid game. If you guys would be interested in a battle report let me know in the comments.

Hey everyone! I’d love to get some feedback on the cover art sketches of Sinners.

It’s a dark card game for 2-5 players where you play as members of the clergy who have made a deal with the Devil. Your goal is to lure Sinners into your Church, summon Demons, perform Sacraments, and collect 100 souls before your rivals. The game design is made by the brilliant Nezih Savı

Our cover artist has prepared three different compositions.

Which one works best: A, B, or C? And why?

I’d especially love to know which one catches your attention first and makes you most curious about the game.

He's seen me tinkering with some game design ideas for a while now and he wanted to try his hand at it! He loves the look of Root, so he started thinking up a game with battling forest factions. We decided to make the main focus a capture-the-flag game.

You need to get to another faction's base, collect their flag, and make it back to your base. Each animal faction has a semi-unique deck of cards. On your turn you draw a card and must perform two actions from the following: draw a card, play a card, attack, or regroup. Each card can be played for its power or can be used for its attack/defense value.

We just played our first game tonight and it was a blast! Lots of raucous moments and tons of laughter! Can't wait to refine it and keep making memories with him.

I originally started building a worldbuilding database that could be connected to a playtest log, just for myself.

I wanted a faster way to create and connect all the content for my board game projects — rules, cards, storybooks, etc. — print prototypes, playtest them, and actually keep track of which version I was testing.

Then it kind of escalated, as these things have a tendency to do... 

At some point I realized this might actually be useful to other board game designers too. So I kept working on it, and now I’m ready to share it with you guys.

The basic loop is:

Build → Print → Playtest → Log → Tweak → Repeat

You can lock versions before a playtest, log what happened, make changes, and then test the next version without losing track of what changed along the way.

It can also automatically generate simple wireframe cards straight from your content database. So when something changes, you can quickly generate and print a new prototype instead of rebuilding the cards manually.

It’s now at the point where I think it could become a real product, but I need other designers to actually use it.

So I’m looking for a few beta testers with games in development who want to try it and tell me what works, what sucks, 

what’s confusing, and what’s missing.

The beta will run for 30 days, and I’m starting with 20 beta tester accounts so I can actually keep up with the feedback (and database costs).

If you’re interested, you can apply for a beta account at lorunastudio.com.

There’s also an example project on the site that you can browse around in if you just want to see how it works first.

Would genuinely love to hear what you think — even if you don’t want to beta test.

What’s currently in Loruna:

• Compendium — your game content/database and the source everything else reads from.
• Component Studio — automatically turn your content into printable card prototypes.
• Print sheets — generate PDFs with cards laid out for printing and cutting.
• Rules & Rulebook — keep rules versioned alongside the rest of your game and compile them into a rulebook.
• Playtest logging & findings — log sessions and generate reports from your playtests.
• Analytics — track changes between versions and answer things like “did this change actually work?”
• Piles & component counts — keep track of what’s actually in the box.
• Expansions — group content into products/expansions without duplicating everything.
• Storybooks — for campaign/narrative games.
• CSV import/export — get existing game data in and out.
• Plus templates, todos, timelines, lineage trees, node views, content health checks, and a few other tools that came out of this thing escalating way beyond the original idea.

Hello! I’ve made my first board game, it’s a classic style roll to move game with a magic twist. 2-5 players with a 20-30 minute playtime. I wanted to capture an old school feeling of board gaming, inspiration like Aggravation and Sorry, but have some modern elements. I created all designs in Blender over the last year and half. What do you think of the overall design?

Here is a close up of a player area. Is it too much or too complicated?

A couple of the newest Death Spiral production models getting some paint.
I think we’re finally hitting the balance I wanted—WWI aircraft that still look the part at 1/144, but are tough enough to actually game with.
How are these looking?

I finally finished this Tower House!
It started as a 3D model and went through printing, assembly and a lot of painting before becoming the finished piece. I recorded the whole process.

Free STL for anyone who wants to print one:

https://youtu.be/z1CdNaRB9NI?si=a2L5UO5JPJFe0ubK