Earliest date for game components to be available is October 2, 2025 (the day after the close of entries for last year’s contest). Any game which appeared before this is not eligible.

Submissions close October 1, 2026. No further entries will be accepted after this date, but existing entries may be further developed. By this date, entries must be playable, with all components and rules available for download, though these need not necessarily be the final versions.

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

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/

NOTE: The submission period has been extended from original date to 26th June 2026.

Main requirements (key rules excerpt from the actual contest rules)

• Games submitted must use 18 cards and must be poker size (3 ½ x 2 ½ inches). Cards may be double-sided. 

• The game is to be used in conjunction with a single normal deck of playing cards.

• Except for the 18 cards and the deck of poker cards – only a pad and pencil for scorekeeping is allowed; no other outside bits and pieces may be used. 

• Any game mechanic, with the exception of legacy games (so no destroying, coloring on, or changing cards), may be used.

• Game can be used with any standard deck of poker cards (different backs).

•  You may submit up to two games (this includes any co-designs with their name on it). 

Submission material required:

• A 3 minute video overview of how your game is played
• PDF rules and PDF of your game

The Prize for 1st place: $100

Source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ai8IGnXFJxfCbaQPt42Yp9Qn7bvebC5fSomHeprqQbA/edit?tab=t.0

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!

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

Button Shy is looking for a 18-card game where randomness is minimized. No shuffling of any kind is allowed.

Create an 18 card game that has no shuffling during setup or during the game. $100 prize and potential publication.

Use the form (link not yet published on 11th Aprill 2026) and provide following details:

• Game Description
• Print-and-Play File
• Short Pitch Video

Source: https://buttonshygames.com/blogs/news-1/the-18-card-challenge-no-shuffling

NOTE: Earliest Date for Games to be Publicly Available (Contest Start Date): January 1st, 2026

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

You have 24h to create your game start and finnish before end of February.

🤔 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)

Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3706306/may-june-2026-bi-monthly-24-hour-design-challenge

Earliest date for game components to be available is October 2, 2025 (the day after the close of entries for last year’s contest). Any game which appeared before this is not eligible.

Submissions close October 1, 2026. No further entries will be accepted after this date, but existing entries may be further developed. By this date, entries must be playable, with all components and rules available for download, though these need not necessarily be the final versions.

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

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/

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!

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

Button Shy is looking for a 18-card game where randomness is minimized. No shuffling of any kind is allowed.

Create an 18 card game that has no shuffling during setup or during the game. $100 prize and potential publication.

Use the form (link not yet published on 11th Aprill 2026) and provide following details:

• Game Description
• Print-and-Play File
• Short Pitch Video

Source: https://buttonshygames.com/blogs/news-1/the-18-card-challenge-no-shuffling

NOTE: Earliest Date for Games to be Publicly Available (Contest Start Date): January 1st, 2026

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

You have 24h to create your game start and finnish before end of February.

🤔 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)

Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3706306/may-june-2026-bi-monthly-24-hour-design-challenge

Earliest date for game components to be available is October 2, 2025 (the day after the close of entries for last year’s contest). Any game which appeared before this is not eligible.

Submissions close October 1, 2026. No further entries will be accepted after this date, but existing entries may be further developed. By this date, entries must be playable, with all components and rules available for download, though these need not necessarily be the final versions.

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

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/

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!

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

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

You have 24h to create your game start and finnish before end of February.

🤔 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)

Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3706306/may-june-2026-bi-monthly-24-hour-design-challenge

Earliest date for game components to be available is October 2, 2025 (the day after the close of entries for last year’s contest). Any game which appeared before this is not eligible.

Submissions close October 1, 2026. No further entries will be accepted after this date, but existing entries may be further developed. By this date, entries must be playable, with all components and rules available for download, though these need not necessarily be the final versions.

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

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/

Earliest date for game components to be available is October 2, 2025 (the day after the close of entries for last year’s contest). Any game which appeared before this is not eligible.

Submissions close October 1, 2026. No further entries will be accepted after this date, but existing entries may be further developed. By this date, entries must be playable, with all components and rules available for download, though these need not necessarily be the final versions.

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

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/