Tabletop Games in the DMV: AUGUST

Every month Designed in the DMV highlights events featuring tabletop game designers based in the DC - Maryland - Virginia region. We’re an artist collective helping game designers improve our craft and connect with our audience.

^{DMV fantasy map courtesy Hartly Llosa.}

Get involved!

Join our Discord to chat events and game design.

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Come to our bi-weekly TTRPG designer meetups:
6pm, every other Tuesday (Aug 5, 19)
Tatte City Center, 1090 I St NW, Washington, DC.

What’s the DMV?

Our group covers the entirety of DC, Maryland, and Virginia — not just “inside the Beltway.” For example, check out Sam Leigh’s games and the “Designed in the DMV” placard at Mishap Games in Roanoke, VA!

Upcoming events

Aug 2 (Sat)

Open Table Role-Playing
Washington, DC: Tenley-Friendship Library, Conference Room a
1-4pm
with local designer Gabe, ft. Paranoia XP, the 2004 comedy dystopian role-playing game

Aug 3 (Sun)

Break My Game: playtest tomorrow’s tabletop games
Manassas, VA: Crossroad Tabletop Tavern
3-6pm

Aug 9 (Sat)

Break My Game: playtest tomorrow’s tabletop games
Richmond, VA: One-Eyed Jacques
12-3pm

Aug 16 (Sat)

C.A.T.Fest: a one-day festival of Comics, Art, and Tabletop Games
Baltimore, MD: Peabody Heights Brewery
12-9pm

Aug 17 (Sun)

Break My Game: playtest tomorrow’s tabletop games
College Park, MD: Game Kastle
3-8pm

Aug 24 (Sun)

Fleshwalk demo: an experimental first-person shooter Soulslike inspired by physical health & disability
Washington, DC: Fantom Comics
6:30pm

Aug 26 (Tue)

Break My Game: playtest tomorrow’s tabletop games
Charlotteville, VA: The End Games
6-9pm

Aug 27-31 (Wed-Sun)

NOVA Open Game Convention
Washington, DC: Washington Hilton

Oct 4-5 (Sat-Sun)

District Hunt: a socially-themed treasure hunt to support a specific issue and the local organizations addressing it
Washington, DC: Keegan Theatre

Nov 21-23 (Fri-Sun)

PAX Unplugged Tabletop Game Convention
Philadelphia, PA: Eh, it’s not that far

Crowdfunds from local designers

Gorgon’s Garden, by Mothspire
🚀 Launching soon!

May I Enter: A Vampire Game, by Josh Heath
✅ Successfully funded!

The Bonsai Diary: meditative drawing and journaling, by Gene Koo
✅ Successfully funded!

Nightbringer: a TTRPG about squishy wizards, by Hartley Llosa
✅ Successfully funded!