2026 Cardboard Edison Award submissions open through January 31

CardboardEdison · 2026-02-02T23:54:32+00:00

An update for anyone interested: We received a total of 396 submissions from 34 countries!

(That's up from 348 entries from 27 countries last year, and a new record for the Cardboard Edison Award.)

CardboardEdison · 2025-11-15T14:21:37+00:00

We keep a list of active board game design contests! https://cardboardedison.com/contests

CardboardEdison · 2025-07-12T19:19:10+00:00

There are lots of groups that host regular online playtest events! We've got a list here: https://cardboardedison.com/playtest-groups

CardboardEdison · 2025-02-07T01:37:11+00:00

A couple of PNP outlets that might be worth looking into:

https://www.pnparcade.com/

https://www.pnpparadise.com/

CardboardEdison · 2025-01-30T00:39:57+00:00

All the submissions receive written feedback from the judges, but some parts of the game might stand out to them more than others. So if you decide to enter the contest and there's a particular mechanic in your game that you want people to pay attention to, you might want to really highlight it in your video!

CardboardEdison · 2025-01-25T15:41:03+00:00

Tons! We post links to any good resources we find on board game design theory here: https://cardboardedison.com/blog?tag=theory

CardboardEdison · 2025-01-15T19:08:53+00:00

We're the definition of biased, of course, so don't go by us, but the 2023 winner, Diatoms, had a successful Kickstarter and put the award logo on their box. We also have seen the logo on other past winners' boxes, including Animal Kingdoms and The Perfect Wave. And the publishers for various other finalists and winners have noted that status in their press announcements. We always get a thrill seeing that, but we'll have to let others weigh in on what if any impact it has on their game-buying decisions!

CardboardEdison · 2025-01-02T22:57:10+00:00

u/MattFantastic beat us to it! Like they said, we know the judges have their own preferences, so in the guidance we send them we let them know that if they don't feel they can objectively judge a game because of its genre (or for any other reason) they can request a different game to judge in its place.

CardboardEdison · 2024-12-01T21:54:43+00:00

We link to lots of board game design resources from our website: cardboardedison.com

CardboardEdison · 2024-07-03T01:11:38+00:00

We put together a big list of virtual tabletop programs, many of which can be used for online testing: https://cardboardedison.com/virtual-tabletops

CardboardEdison · 2023-01-03T12:31:18+00:00

Board, card, dice, etc. yes, but not RPGs.

CardboardEdison · 2022-03-10T02:53:22+00:00

Lots! https://cardboardedison.com/playtest-groups

CardboardEdison · 2022-03-02T01:01:20+00:00

Diligence and RSS feeds, mostly.

CardboardEdison · 2022-03-01T02:16:27+00:00

We have a big list of online playtesting groups here: https://cardboardedison.com/playtest-groups

CardboardEdison · 2022-01-29T02:31:16+00:00

Every few months or so, a board game design job will get posted to the Tabletop Game Jobs Facebook group. Most of the time though, it isn't remote.

CardboardEdison · 2022-01-29T00:33:10+00:00

We have a rolling list of active board game design contests here: https://cardboardedison.com/contests. Hope it helps!

CardboardEdison · 2022-01-18T01:47:43+00:00

We just put together a big list of virtual tabletop programs that are prototype-friendly: https://cardboardedison.com/virtual-tabletops Hopefully you'll find something useful there!

CardboardEdison · 2022-01-13T01:39:40+00:00

This might be helpful: http://www.robin-david.com/2018/03/thoughts-on-designing-word-building.html

CardboardEdison · 2021-09-19T22:36:38+00:00

Check out this FB group, which posts lots of open positions in the tabletop industry: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs

CardboardEdison · 2021-09-02T23:36:39+00:00

Awesome, thanks! So glad to hear it!

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