The twin cities area in Minnesota (MN) is home to many board game designers and publishers. This site’s purpose is to be an event calendar and resource for that local community.

• Calendar
• Conferences
• Community
• Podcasts

At the moment there is not much here otherwise. If you are looking for information about board game design more generally, we recommend the excellently currated list of resources at The Tabletop Game Designers Association.

Calendar

This calendar is an exhaustive list of events of interest to MN game designers. You can also see a separate list of just the events hosted by Split Perspective Studios.

October 2024

• Fri, October 11th - Game Day!
  3:00pm, (GameZenter)

• Wed, October 16th - IGDATC - Twin Cities Playtest,
  6:30pm, (Noble Robot)

• Sun, October 20th- Design Day (changed from Sat, Oct 19)

• Sun, October 27th - Design Day

November 2024

• Wed, November 5th - IGDATC - Devs Play Games, (Nerdery)
• Fri, November 8th - GAME DAY, 3:00pm, (GameZenter)
• Wed-Sun, Nov 13-17 - BGG.con (Dallas, TX)
• Sat, November 16th- Design Day
• Wed, November 20th - IGDATC - Twin Cities Playtest, 6:30pm, (Noble Robot)
• Sun, November 24th - Design Day

December 2024

• Wed, December 4th - IGDATC - Devs Play Games, (Nerdery)
• Fri, December 13th - GAME DAY, 3:00pm, (GameZenter)
• Wed, December 18th - IGDATC - Twin Cities Playtest, 6:30pm, (Noble Robot)
• Sat, December 21st- Design Day (Canceled)
• Sun, December 22nd - Design Day

2025

• Protospiel MN, Fri-Sun, Jan 24th-26th, 2025
• Protospiel Twin Cities, Fri-Sun, May 30th-June 1st, 2025

See also: events that previously appeared on this calendar.

Last updated 2024-10-11. If you’d like your events included here, please get in touch.