BGG Community design contest for Wargames.

Special Theme: SABOTAGE

 Games entered in this contest should be purpose-designed wargames. Games may be solitaire, two player, multi-player or even co-operative. However it is critical that the game is a wargame. The primary focus should therefore be on conflict and warfare. For the avoidance of doubt, the following themes are allowed: historical war from any time period (e.g. the Irish civil war), hypothetical war from any time period (e.g. hypothetical invasion of Cornwall by Korea in 1248), fantasy war (e.g. ents versus fungusfolk), sci-fi war (e.g. Cthulhu versus Godzilla on Planet X). Any scale of conflict is allowed from 1 on 1 (e.g. gladiators) through to grand strategic (e.g. whole of WW2). If you are in doubt about whether your idea qualifies, please consult BGG’s very detailed definition of what a wargame is.

Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3627732/contest-open-2026-print-and-play-wargame-design-co

This contest is open to any French or International designer, in the limit of 1 GAME per designer in order to promote the participants’ diversity.

Any kind of board game can compete, except for solitaire games, brain teasers, computer games and expansions of existing games.

Only the games that are NOT PUBLISHED (even self-published) at the time of the awards ceremony in September 2026 can participate. If a game were to be published before the final in September 2026, it would no longer be considered a prototype and would therefore be excluded from the Boulogne-Billancourt Contest. Any designer whose game is under publishing process (or just signed with a publisher) before the end of the competition will have to inform the organizers about it.

Source: https://centreludique-bb.fr/concours-collection/le-concours/ledition-2026/

The Premio Archimede is biennial contestof studiogiochi where they look for new games and they sign agent deals with the finalists.

If you would like studiogiochi to be your agent for your creation, you can participate to the contest.

The Premio Archimede is international competition for non professional game authors.
If your game passes the first selection (about one out of two games), it will be exposed during the final ceremony and may be noticed by the public and publishers that will be there as jury members or visitors.
If your game is among the finalists (about one out of ten games), it will be played by jury members (most of them represent major international game publishers). And so, the chances of a publication are very high.
If your game gets one of the first places, you will receive substantial prizes in form of expenses reimbursement for a total of 3500 Euros.

Source: https://studiogiochi.com/en/premio-archimede-2/archimede-2027/

Yearly Chinese design contest organized by  Yoka Games.

NOTE: The source site does not clearly specify if organizer reserves some special rights to participant’s game design or publishing. Read the rules of the contest carefully from the original contest site.

Categories

Strategy games

• Well-structured rule system
• Rigorous gameplay mechanism
• Players：2+
• Playing time: 45-90 mins

Party games

• With simple game play structures and rules
• Players: 1~4+
• Playing time: ≤45 mins

Nine-card Games

Games with 9 cards or cards that are multiples of 9 supplemented by a few other accessories (poker cards, paper and pen, etc.)

The Best Artwork Display

All submissions may participate in this selection by default(entirely or mainly generated using AI will be disqualified accordingly)

Timeline

March~May, 2026

Open for Submissions

June, 2026

Preliminaries starts

June~July, 2026

Preliminaries results Update your submission for the next stage

July~August, 2026

Semi-finals stage starts
The meet-up

Sep., 2026

Semi-finals judgement

Oct., 2026

Semi-finals results and enter the finals

Nov.~Dec., 2026

Finals results
Prize giving
Ceremony

Source: https://wodc.yokagames.com/en

The development team at Bad Comet is on the hunt for the next great board game. They are looking for something warm, inviting, and accessible. The best Family Cozy game designs!

Timeline

• Submission Deadline: June 30, 2026 (11:59 PM EST)
• Finalists Announced: July 31, 2026
• Winner Announced: August 31, 2026

Eligibility Rules

• Theme Requirement: The game MUST fit the Family Cozy theme. Games featuring overly dark, violent, mature, or heavily combat-focused themes will be disqualified.
• Designers: Open to all designers aged 18 and older. Co-designers/teams are welcome. Multiple entries from the same designer are allowed (each requires its own WIP thread).
• Game Status: The game must be an original creation, unpublished, and unsigned. Games currently active on or planned for crowdfunding platforms (Kickstarter, Gamefound, etc.) are NOT eligible.
• Originality: No existing intellectual properties (IPs).
• Language: The rulebook and all game components must be in English.

How to Enter

• Create a Work In Progress (WIP) thread in the BGG Works In Progress forum.
• The title of your thread MUST follow this format: “WIP – [Your Game Title] – Bad Comet Cozy Contest”
• Reply to the contest thread with a link to your WIP thread to officially announce your participation.
• Update the VERY FIRST POST of your WIP thread with all the required materials (see the source) before the deadline.

Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3683796/article/47476847

The game should be exactly 1 poker-sized card (approximately 2.5 inches x 3.5 inches / 63.5mm x 88.9mm) 1- or 2-sided.

Designers will NOT be allowed to provide a larger sized card to the player

The single poker-sized card, however, can be altered (written, drawn on, cut, poked, folded, perforated, etc) as part of setup or during the gameplay, either temporarily or permanently.

Game Components

Each game entered in the contest may optionally use up to a total 24 of the following components. You can also create a game without any components.

• Cubes. You may use any sized cubes metal, wood or plastic.
• Coins. You may use a different sizes of coins in your game.
• Paperclips. You may use metal, wood or plastic clips in a variety of colors or shapes.
• Discs/squares. You may use metal, wood or plastic any size.
• Meeples. You may use mini or standard sized single color meeples from games such as Carcassonne.
• Dice. You can use any of the following dice types; d4, d6, d8, d10. d12, and/or d20.
• Crystals/glass beads. Versions that are commonly found in craft stores or other games may be used.
• Bags/cups. These can be used for randomly drawing other components. Bags/cups do not count toward the 24 component limit when used as containers. Bags/cups can not be used as a component or space for gameplay, only for randomizing.
• Timing devices such as hourglass, phone timer, kitchen timer are allowed and do not count as part of the component list when used to keep time. Timers can not be used as a component for gameplay.
• A pen or pencil. You can use a pen or pencil in your game, on your card or on a scrap piece of paper to keep score.
• Items found in a household, as long as their specific brand, type, size, color or shape are not restricted, and only if the main gameplay happens on the card itself, not on/around the items, can be used as part of your game.

Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3686290/2026-1-card-print-and-play-contest

Design contest by The Game Crafter. Aim is to create a gamewhere the value of things is not fixed, but instead influenced by player decisions or interactions.

This can be achieved in many ways, including auctions, shifting markets, trading, negotiation, bribery, or something entirely new or different. The important part is that players play an active role in determining what things are worth during the game.

Source: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/everything-has-a-price-contest

The Ciutat de Granollers Contest will award 6 games that stand out for their good balance between “fun to play”, originality and solidity as a product suitable for the national and international market, with the aim of giving a seal of quality to the awarded games.

Source: https://ascensio.cat/concurs-ciutat-de-granollers/

This contest aims to encourage the creation of innovative single-player games in a variety of themes and mechanics.

New contests platform is in use for this contest. Create an account on the Design Contests Hub website and fill in the Contest Form.

Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3716853/2026-solitaire-print-and-play-contest

The Board Game Contest is a seasonal challenge where designers, creators, and board game enthusiasts compete to bring their ideas to life. Each season, one participant wins a free prototype of their game, and at the end of the contest, the Grand Winner will have their game produced!

This contest is organized by the company behind Tabletop Creator software. Games participating the contest should be created with Tabletop Creator and it is required to make a presentation (video or aome other format) how the software was used in the process.

Source: https://tabletop-creator.com/board-game-contest/

Word of the Bi-Month: DRAW

A quick overview:

🤔 Designers can spend as much time thinking about a game design as they want, but cannot begin creating (or even physically sketching) until…
🟢 When a designer is ready to start putting pen on paper, they announce their start time on this challenge thread for the bi-month by posting that they are starting
⏲️ From that exact moment, that designer has 24 hours to complete their design, editing their intro post with the game details
🛑 As soon as 24 hours have expired, that designer may not touch their content until the challenge is complete (at the end of the bi-month)
🎲 No restrictions on components, mechanics, player count, etc. – the game just has to relate the word of the bi-month in some manner, however small

Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3734535/july-august-2026-bi-monthly-24-hour-design-challen