Join us at BGG.CON
November 18 – 22, 2026 • Get Tickets
In a wild 90-minute sprint, build a board game from nothing but a mystery box and cryptic clues.
Applications due by November 7
Select indie game designers show off their latest creations and get feedback on their games.
Applications due by November 7
Can you sell someone on your game without them seeing it? Find out in this game show event!
Designers create unique, experimental games in small batches and sell them directly to players in this pop-up market.
at the Market
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A Company of Merchants
👥 3–5 Players ⏳ 30–60 Minutes
Compete to build the most valuable investment portfolio by influencing the growth of five competing trading companies across an island archipelago.
Created by Taylor Hall
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Candlelight Inquisition
👥 2–6 Players ⏳ More Than 2 Hours
A gothic noir, 2d6-based TTRPG designed for a GM and 1–4 seekers, investigators who seek the fading light of truth among the fog of cynical politics and occult conspiracies.
Created by Will Fish (Black Mouth Cur Gamecraft)
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Detritus
👥 2–4 Players ⏳ 30–60 Minutes
Detritus is a trick-taking tile laying game. Players will predict which suit will cover more of the board at the start of the hand, and then through must-not-follow trick taking gradually fill in the board until eventually a tile corresponding to a card played has no legal placement, thus ending the hand.
Created by Jake Stanley
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Out of Touch
👥 4–8 Players ⏳ 15–30 Minutes
You’re tech-bros brainstorming the best idea for a new startup. Take turns pitching ideas for four different categories to form one increasingly outlandish idea. The startup with the most hype at the end of three rounds will be funded and go on to "make the world a better place™.”
Created by Tyler Barrett
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Pike Lakes
👥 2–4 Players ⏳ 15–30 Minutes
After a long day at the water, you and your fellow anglers compare your catches as the sun sets over a shared coastal landscape that you’ve built card by card, placing anglers along the way. Vie to have the most anglers in each region to claim the fish in its best neighboring lakes, and score the most fish to win the game!
Created by Jonathan Cox & Taylor Hall (Getting Games)
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Possessions
👥 2–4 Players ⏳ 60–90 Minutes
You are dead, but, for a single hour, the barrier between life and afterlife wears thin. Possess your scions, bending them to your will as you search the family manor, finish unfinished business, and fulfill your final wishes.
Created by Dan Nichols (Gadabout Games)
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Press Your Duck
👥 1–6 Players ⏳ 15–30 Minutes
The push-and-pull of a press your luck game — with ducks! Should we flip more cards to get more ducks or to collect duck items? Or will the weasel get us?
Created by Tommy Kerbow
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ROCKS
👥 2 Players ⏳ 15–30 Minutes
A fast, tactical duel of shifting terrain, tight spaces, and no escape. Trapped in a cave that gets smaller every turn, you’ll reshape the space, shifting positions and closing off paths to trap your opponent. The rules are simple, but the tension builds fast.
Created by Ryan King (Gadabout Games)
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Roundabout
👥 2–8 Players ⏳ 15–30 Minutes
Roundabout takes a simple race-home marble game and turns it into a game night full of close calls, lucky rolls, and sending your friends right back where they started. Your goal is simple — get all four marbles home first — but with the board literally changing shape to fit the number of players, every game feels a little different.
Created by Nicklas Dingman
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Spirit Vale
👥 3–5 Players ⏳ 30–60 Minutes
Spirit Vale is an auction game with simultaneous entangled delayed auctions. You will have at most two chances to bid in each auction, and it’s up to you to decide when each auction ends. Once ended, the winner receives a blessing, the losers receive gifts of money, and everyone gains a payout for their blessings. Whether you lose auctions, win blessings, or receive blessing payouts, become the richest player when the last auction finishes to win the game!
Created by Jonathan Cox & Srinivas Vasudevan (Getting Games)
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Ventures & Villainy
👥 4–7 Players ⏳ 30–60 Minutes
The road is long, and danger wears many faces in Ventures and Villainy. This is a game of secret roles and subtle schemes, where deception reigns and truth is rarely spoken aloud. Each Traveler guards their identity closely, revealing it only when compelled by the rules of fate. Speak openly if you dare, but remember: secrets find their way into the world only by firelight at camp, or in hushed voices over tavern mugs.
Created by Brett Yanoski & Austin Tesmer (Tablebound Games)
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Zeitgeist
👥 3–5 Players ⏳ 15–30 Minutes
Pop culture comes and goes - ride the wave and collect trinkets that withstand the test of time in this trick-taking game of shifting values.
Created by Jake Stanley
More Events
Autopsy Brunch: Designer Meet & Greet
Thu Nov 19, 2026 • 10 AM – 12 PM
Meet your fellow game designers and grab some grub over the games that shaped us!
Win Condition: Game Design Clinic
Bring a game you’re working on and a specific challenge you’re struggling to solve.
Open Playtesting
Drop in with your prototype or take an in-development game for a spin, no reservations needed.
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Take home a little piece of Homegrown with our 2026 T-shirt.
Celebrate indie tabletop design and remember your visit to Homegrown forever with our 2026 tee.
100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²)
Pre-shrunk fabric
Side-seamed construction
Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US
Disclaimer: The fabric is slightly sheer and may appear see-through, especially in lighter colors or under certain lighting conditions.
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!