Playtest Groups

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Online Playtesting Calendar

note: all times Eastern

Sundays

• 12:00 PM    Blind Playtesters.org

• 12:00 PM    Heavyweight Championship Playtesting

• 1:00 PM    PlaytestNW

• 1:00 PM    Break My Game

Mondays

• 1:00 PM    Virtual Playtesting

• 8:30 PM    Break My Game

Tuesdays

• 5:00 PM    Probando Juegos

• 5:00 PM    Remote Playtesting

• 9:30 PM    Break My Game

• 10:00 PM    Taylor's Playtesting Funhouse

Wednesdays

• 5:00 AM    Incubator [ONLINE]

• 1:00 PM    NorthWestPlayers (1st Wednesday of the month)

• 6:00 PM    Game Makers Guild Philadelphia

• 6:30 PM    NJ Board Game Design Group

• 7:00 PM    Break My Game

• 9:30 PM    Seattle Tabletop Game Designers

Thursdays

• 12:00 PM    Break My Game

• 1:00 PM    Virtual Playtesting

• 8:00 PM    Chicago Tabletop Game Design Group (every other Thursday)

Fridays

• 6:00 PM    Blind Playtesters.org

• 8:00 PM    Weird Raptor Games

Saturdays

• 11:00 AM    Remote Playtesting

• 12:00 PM    Break My Game

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• Tabletop Simulator Game Development

• Tabletop Simulator grupa testerska

Note: If you would like to add your group to this list or notify us of any changes, contact us at any of the accounts below.

Local Playtest Groups

Australia

• Kenmore Tabletop Game Designers Australia

• Melbourne Incubator Melbourne

Canada

• Scarborough Board Game Bliss Designer Day

• Toronto Snakes & Lattes Game Designers Night

• Toronto Toronto Playtesting League Of Awesome

• Vancouver Vancouver Playtest

Ireland

• Dublin Board Game Designers Ireland

Netherlands

• Amsterdam Amsterdam Board Game Design

• Ede Spellenmaakgilde

• Groningen Spellenmaakgilde

• Leeuwarden Spellenmaakgilde

• Utrecht Boardgame Prototype Testing

New Zealand

• Auckland Game Artisans NZ

Philippines

• Manila Unpub PH

Poland

• Poznań Pamper - Poznańska Grupa Testerów

• Warsaw Monsoon Group

United Kingdom

• Cambridge Cambridge Playtest

• Cardiff Playtest UK - Cardiff

• Leeds Leeds playtest meet-up

• London Playtest UK

• Manchester North West Playtesters

• Nottingham Break My Game

United States

California

• Los Angeles LA Playtest Exchange

• Los Angeles/Hollywood First to Play: L.A. Board Game Playtesters

• Sacramento Gamer's Grind Play Testing

• Sacramento Sacramento Board Game Designers Meetup

• San Diego San Diego Board Game Design Group

• San Francisco Bay Area Golden Gate Gamemakers

• San Francisco/Berkeley Designer's Night @Victory Point Café

• Santa Clara Isle of Gamers Game Development Meetup

Colorado

• Longmont Longmont Game Design Meetup Group

Connecticut

• New Haven New Haven Game Makers Guild

• Stamford PACT - Playtest Alliance of Connecticut

District of Columbia

• Washington Break My Game

Florida

• Orlando Orlando Board Game Design

• Sarasota Sarasota Game Design & Development

• Sarasota Suncoast Gamers

Illinois

• Chicago/Schaumburg Chicagoland Boardgames Designers and Playtesters

• Schaumburg [toggle Gaming]

• Springfield Break My Game

• Urbana-Champaign CUBED: Champaign-Urbana Boardgame Engineers And Designers

Indiana

• Indianapolis Indy Tabletop Game Creators

Kansas

• Kansas City Kansas City Game Designers

Maryland

• Baltimore Baltimore Game Design Group

• College Park Break My Game

• Frederick Break My Game

Massachusetts

• Boston/Cambridge Game Makers Guild

• So. Mass/Providence Southern Mass Game Designers

Michigan

• Ann Arbor Michigame Design Lab

• Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Unpublished Boardgame Society (GRUBS)

• Lansing Lansing Game Designers

Missouri

• St. Louis St. Louis Board Game Designers

Nebraska

• Lincoln Great Plains Tabletop Designer Network

• Omaha Spielmasons @ Spielbound

Nevada

• Las Vegas Game Design and Playtest Meetup

New Hampshire

• Hanover Upper Valley Game Designers

New Jersey

• Princeton Princeton Board Game Design Group

New York

• Brooklyn Crash Test Games Playtesting

• Liverpool Salt City Meeples (CUSElab)

• New York NYC Playtest

• New York NYC Independent Game Design Association

North Carolina

• Asheville Game Designers of North Carolina

• Charlotte Game Designers of North Carolina

• Raleigh Game Designers of North Carolina

• Wilmington Game Designers of North Carolina

Ohio

• Cincinnati Cincinnati Game Designers

• Cleveland/Akron Northeast Ohio Tabletop Games Playtesting

• Columbus Central Ohio Tabletop Game Designers

• Northwest Ohio NW Ohio Designer Meetup

• Portland Break My Game

Oregon

• Corvallis Corvallis Game Developers

• Eugene Eugene Gamecrafting Group

• Portland Stumptown Gamecrafters' Guild

Pennsylvania

• Philadelphia Break My Game

• Philadelphia Game Makers Guild Philadelphia

Rhode Island

• Providence Providence Area Board Game Designers

Tennessee

• Chattanooga Tennessee Boardgame Designers

• Nashville Game Makers Guild Nashville

Texas

• Austin Austin Board Game Designers and Play Testers

• Carrollton Break My Game

• Houston/Cypress Houston Boardgames and Prototypes

• San Antonio San Antonio Tabletop Game Designers Guild

• San Marcos Board Game Designers of San Marcos

Virginia

• Manassas Break My Game

• Richmond RVA Game Design

Washington

• Bellingham Bellingham Game Makers

• Seattle playtestNW

• Seattle Seattle Tabletop Game Designers

Wisconsin

• Green Bay Green Bay Board Game Designers

• Madison Madison Game Design Cabal

• Milwaukee Midwest Tabletop Game Design

• Stevens Point Break My Game

Note: If you would like to add your group to this list or notify us of any changes, contact us at any of the accounts below.

Special thanks to Gil Hova and Franklin Kentner for their assistance with this page.