can this...be a general topic for promoting tabletop games / "physical games" ? i make those too! i do a game about designing magical fashion for witches and some little storytelling games.

it would be cool to see more print-and-play stuff and pdf-format rpgs (the kind you'd get on drivethrurpg) on itch. i wonder if "physical games" is the best catch-all name for this category? i noticed that the physical games page lets you sort by genre, but they're the same genres digital games get. ("role-playing" is still useful here, but probably "platformer" isn't.) dunno if there's enough interest in that part of the site that it'd justify changing it.

ANYWAY IF YOU MAKE TABLETOP GAMES POST ABOUT THEM HERE, ALSO UPLOAD THEM TO ITCH

I actually just Kickstarted a card game I made for Itch! Over the summer I made a print-n-play game called Tiny Swords. It did well enough that I decided to expand it and now it's getting printed as a real-deal game! Not only that, but I got double the funding I asked for, which means I can do a WAY larger print run than I originally planned.

As for the game itself, Tiny Swords is a pocket-sized spin on Rock-Paper-Scissors. In it, players try to find and remove their opponent's Sword Cards. To do that, players engage in a Duel, a game of RPS using a card with a Duel Type on it (the square, triangle, and circle shapes above). Whatever cards get used during a Duel stay revealed, and whoever wins the Duel gets to attack their opponent's hand first. Players take turns picking and revealing each other's cards until someone finds a Sword Card. Tiny Swords are made of Blades and Hilts (which can be used as extra Duel Cards in a pinch), and Charms, which all have different game-changing powers. Some even activate when they're removed from the game, like a trap card! I started with 4 swords, but the final game on Kickstarter has 20 swords, each with their own Blade, Hilt, and Charm. I also wrote a ton of extra game modes, so people can play in tag-team with 4 people and other cool stuff. It's been super fun to make, and I'm really excited to see the final boxed game.

A quick question about paper formats. I assume it is ok to release print&play material in A4? Don't think I can buy US letter around here for test prints.

I put my print and play game called Edge of the Sky up on itch.io some weeks ago. It's a game where you build the board during the game, similar to Carcassonne (I totally love that game BTW), but you explore the world yourself with your air balloon and try to find three of the same type of element on each of the various islands before your opponents do.

It's pretty good so I've been recommended by multiple people to try and take the thing further- which is where I'm stuck. I could try to mail some publishers, but since I've already put this prototype up on itch.io I guess that will cause publishers to hook off, not to mention finding one will take a lot of time. Or I could try kickstarting it, but it's probably way more business and responsibility than I can handle, if it gets funded at all.

So if anyone could share advise on that? Feedback for Edge is also very welcome since it still needs some fine tuning. Thanks in advance. :)