It’s November! What the heck!? Hope you didn’t miss us too much over the past couple months. We’ve been busy (and by we I mean mostly Matthew Orr, our fearless Convention Coordinator) getting back into the swing of attending conventions: GenCon, Origins, and Gamehole Con, oh my! Our next convention is PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia! Get in touch with Matt if you’re able to volunteer some time to the IGDN booth or if you have product you’d like to sell. We’re also hoping to have a product page up on the site in time for PAXU - I’m writing it here so that I will be accountable! The Annual Meeting ..read more

Happy August! We’re gearing up for the wild ride of Gen Con & Origins back-to-back. But here’s what we’ve got going on in the meantime… And The Nominees Are… Here are the games nominated for this year’s Indie Groundbreaker Awards! Congratulations to all the nominees and thank you to everyone who submitted!   Most Innovative Beak, Feather & Bone The Wizards and the Wastes On the Wings of a Red Dragonfly Our Mundane Supernatural Life This Discord has Ghosts in it Best Setting Barrow Keep Karanduun Visigoths vs Mall Goths Hounds of the Tsar Mainframe Game of ..read more

Happy July! Here’s what’s going on in the IGDN this coming month! 5 Questions with Matthew Orr For those of you who are unaware, Matthew is the IGDN’s Convention Coordinator, a complicated gig in (this, the year of our lord) 2021. With GenCon and Origins right around the corner, Matthew’s been working tirelessly to make sure the IGDN is represented both online and in-person. What is your role as Convention Coordinator and what conventions have you coordinated for the IGDN to take part in this summer? In short, the role is handling all the details that make going to cons possible. From applyin ..read more

The Indie Game Developer Network exists to help make the gaming industry a more vibrant, inclusive, and equitable place for everyone. To further that end, a number of experienced game designers and publishers have developed the Professional Standards and Practices for Analog Game Publishers, which you can view below. The analog game publishing industry is a broad field with a large number of creators from varying levels of experience. This document proposes certain professional standards and practices for all tabletop game publishers. We hope that publishers will sign onto these common st ..read more

Happy Pride Month, IGDN fam! We’re going to try a new newsletter/blog format this month to highlight the month’s going on in the organization and tabletop community. If you have items to include in this newsletter, fill out this form! If you have suggestions or you’d be interested in helping curate this newsletter, email marketing(at)igdnonline(dot)com. On to the good stuff! Submissions for the Indie Groundbreaker Awards are now open! The Indie Groundbreaker Awards recognize games (and game designers) who are creating new and exciting game designs that push the boundaries in innovation, in pr ..read more

The 2020 IGDN Diversity Sponsorship has come to its conclusion after two amazing months of mentoring, information sessions, playtests, and meetings for the winners. This year we were able to provide $2000 to each winner, one-on-one sessions with industry leaders, playtests with industry professionals, and information sessions with industry companies to each winner. None of this would have been possible without the dedication, kindness, and generosity of our corporate sponsors. Over the last two months, the winners have met various industry leaders, playtested their games, and been part of cor ..read more

November marks another Metatopia event bringing game designers from all over to work with one another, test out their games, and provide valuable feedback on each other's work. Each year the IGDN works together with Metatopia to sponsor a few very deserving designers to attend the conference. As we head towards another year of Metatopia, we’d like to look back at the experience of one of our previous Sponsorship winners Camdon Wright written in his own words. This post was originally written in 2017 and is now re-posted here after the re-launch of our blog. Trigger warning: Childhood depr ..read more