Table of Contents

Playtesting

Competitions

• Play-to-win
• Giveaway

Logging games for your kids

Blog posts

• Organize and plan your board game events
• A game changer for event organizers
• Host a 24-hour board game marathon

Playtesting

Whatever state your game is in (prototype, pre-published) you can add it to Aftergame which will allow you to schedule playtests that people can sign up for in advance, either within larger events you’re attending, like conventions, or anytime. Aftergame distinguishes between playtests, demos and learn-to-play games so players will always know what they’re signing up for.

How we can help

1. Track the stats you want

   • When you submit your game, you can add as many or as few details as you like and relevant fields will show up when you log a play of your game. For example, if you have different factions and a bunch of different scenarios, when logging a play, each player can be assigned a faction and you can choose the scenario that was played. When viewing the aggregate stats, you’ll start to get a picture of what is working and what might need to be tweaked.

2. **Schedule games to get it played as many times as you need**

   • Scheduled games at a convention will show up in the big list of games happening throughout the convention to give you more visibility and put you in front of people who may not have thought to try playtesting before. You can plan as many games as you like ahead of time so people can get excited about trying your game and add more games on the day as needed.
   • You can also create your own event and schedule multiple playtests there so people have a choice of times.

3. Invite people to play again

   • If someone joins one of your planned games, you’ll be connected and can invite them to future games. Maybe you’ve reiterated and want to hear from someone who can do an A/B comparison, maybe you liked their depth of feedback, maybe you just want to try a new game, you can invite them to play.

4. Get notes later with shared game logs

   • Once you’ve finished the test and the play is logged (you can add notes specific to this play of the game in the notes section if you like), it will show up in each player’s logs and anyone who was a part of that game can edit it or add a comment. That means that if one of the players has a revelation about the turn structure three days after the playtest, they can go back to the play log and leave a comment with their revelation. You’ll be notified of the comment so you can go check it out.

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   **Submit your game to get started!**

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