Welcome!

Have you ever wanted to design a board game? Or, seen a cool game on a store shelf and said to yourself: “I wonder how they came up with that?”

ATX Game Designers is a board and card game incubator and social club. It’s a place where game designers and board game enthusiasts can meet to explore board game mechanics, themes, playing styles, and everything in between. Whether you’ve tinkered with a game idea, pitched and published games, or are passionate about sharing your insights to make good projects better, we’d love to help refine ideas and find the fun in the process.

Join us in-person in Austin Monday and Wednesday nights at Dragon’s Lair, Saturday afternoon at Tribe Comic and Games (more details on meetup). Also join our discord to continue the conversation and swap game design and self-publishing advice.

NEW! Join us for our 4th annual board game design convention (ATX Protospiel): October 3rd-4th, 2026. Tickets are $5 for playtesters, $55 for designers.

Come make great games with us!