Wannabe Board Game Designer

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