[Prime 2013] Indie Tabletop Devs call for Playtesters

dufflehead

Indie tabletop game devs will be out and about in the various tabletop gaming areas again this year looking for playtesters.
Here's where you can find us:

@Bitza
When: [Fri,Sat,Sun] TBA
Where: main convention center freeplay area (tentative)
What:
-Cards & Dragons: quick, card-based RPG for 2-6 players

@CVM
When:TBA
Where:TBA
What:
-Sakura: game of samurai

@dufflehead
When: [Fri,Sat,Sun] 5pm
Where: main convention center freeplay area (tentative)
What:
-Wizard Dodgeball: sports game for two players (or two teams of two)
-Space Relics: adventure race for 2-4 players
-Adventure Capitalists: adventure business game for 2 - 6 players

@Galdre
When: [Mon] morning (tentative)
Where: main convention center freeplay area (tentative)
What:
-Duelist: 2 player fighting card game

@Yamara
When: [Thu] 9:30-ish pm, [Fri,Sat,Sun]2:30pm-4:30pm
Where:[Thu]Sheraton, [Fri,Sat,Sun]room 205 main convention center freeplay area (tentative)
What:
-Paiko: abstract strategy for 2 players

(Are you an indie tabletop dev and have a prototype and need feedback? Add your game info (text description, no external links, please) and play times below and I'll put them in the OP)

zerzhul wrote:

Thank you in advance for not posting self-advertising links in this thread.

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/rules

PottedMeat

Saw Father Geek's review of Wizard Dodgeball, seems like everyone loved it. I'll definitely show up to give it a go, I mean seriously....dodgeball...wizards.....how can I resist?

dufflehead

Excellent! I'll have a pnp set with a more final version of the art.
Also, I'll have a sign up with the Mind the Gap Studios logo on it.

Bitza

I will be showcasing my game Cards & Dragons, but I don't have a planned time nor schedule. It's a pretty quick game for 2 to 6 players.

CVM

I will be bringing my game as well to play test. It is called Sakura. It is Japanese Themed samurai game.

CodeMonkey76

CVM wrote: »

I will be bringing my game as well to play test. It is called Sakura. It is Japanese Themed samurai game.

I've playtested this game once already. Pretty fun. A mix of Settlers of Catan & Risk elements. Looking forward to seeing how the rules have been adjusted since my playtest.

Galdre

I will be out and about play-testing the first print prototype of my game Duelist.

I have a print-and-play edition out right now that's pretty easy to put together if anyone is interested. (And a play-tester survey available to let me know how it went)

Duelist is a 2 player stripped down fighting card game, designed to be played in about 10-30 minutes depending on how much time you spend giving each other
intimidating glares.

If I see you playing in a line at PAX you'll definitely be getting one of the DUELIST buttons I'm bringing. Also the joy of making a grown man make a face
reserved for boxes of corgi puppies.

Here is a pick of the prototype I'll be running.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BRGh6aeCAAE30Yu.jpg:large

And BUTTONS!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQmfq-7CYAA0lLP.jpg:large

dufflehead

Whew. Glad there will be more than me out there. Was starting to feel awkward about this thread...

michaeldemoss

These look fun! Let us know where you will be setting up.

Yamara

Due to popular request, Mike and I will be doing more playtesting of Paiko (and hopefully multiplayer variants) at Prime. It's a two-player abstract strategy, less daunting than chess but more grit than checkers. We get a lot of play on the PAXtrain up, getting on near Sacramento. We plan to playtest during the expo, but haven't nailed down times yet.

We have a print-and-play black and white version, and info on BoardGameGeek. And I'll be sure to Facebook and Tweet while at PAX if there are any impromptu playtimes.

We also have buttons and score cards for our friends who come and play with us.
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/395406_233141980096307_1184812359_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/319399_362246543852516_1477166328_n.jpg

Our game is also available in a super swank, full-sized color boxed version (one of only two currently in existence), in the PAX Tabletop Library.

Galdre

Current plans are to run some playtests of Duelist on Monday morning in the free-play tabletop area. Duelist is a 2 player game and I will have one prototype edition and two print-and-plays that we can run. I'll try to get this updated when I have some exact times .

Oh and if anyone is in town on Thursday I'll probably be up at Card Kindom Thursday evening with the prototypes as well.

Yamara

Just figured out our schedule for Paiko:

- First, we'll be on the PAXtrain. We'll be on all day Thursday, the 29th. (Also on the way home!)
- After the train, Mike will head to the Sheraton Pre-PAX Board Game Night, around 9:30pm Thursday, after the train gets in.
- On Friday through Sunday, we'll find a table in the Convention Center in Tabletop Freeplay, 2nd floor, from at least 2:30-4:30pm. We'll try for room 205 first, if there's space.

Hope to see you there!

Bitza

Thanks for putting this list up and organizing it dufflehead! It looks great, Good work!

Regarding my game, Cards & Dragons, I don't have an exact time for the gameplay yet, but it will be happening in the tabletop free-play lounge. I'm also only at PAX for Friday through Sunday, so the game test will happen on one of those days.

Here's a preview of a player's mat with a few cards on it. Yes it is all hand made, so it's low quality, but it allows me to play with some of the rules and modify the cards without spending a lot of money constantly reproducing cards.

dufflehead

Glad to help. I'm hoping that if there's enough of us we can get something a bit more official. Maybe one day...

dufflehead

Hope everyone got some traffuc for playtesting. Thanks again to the TabletopHQ fir listing us in the guide!