What if you could have an amazing experience at a convention and know that they are taking steps to do what they can to have as minimal an impact on the environment? At Granite Game Summit we are striving to continuously improve and do just that.

Granite Game Summit has fantastic people that help make this event great. One sponsor, William Faust CEO of Top Shelf Fun, stepped up in a big way for #G2S20. Let’s find out a little more about William Faust and Top Shelf Fun.

One of our more popular events at Granite Game Summit is the Play-To-Win. Play-To-Win is where you can play one of our featured games for a chance to win that copy of it. How cool is it that you can come to a gaming event and have a chance to win just by playing a game?

Granite Game Summit has the best community, that includes some amazing sponsors. One sponsor has been supporting us since the very first event. Laura Keith and Ian Hall from Diversions Puzzles & Games have played a key role in making Granite Game Summit what it is today. They run a most wonderful hobby store in Portsmouth, NH (with another location in Portland, ME). Let us find out what makes these two tick.

Designer Alley is happening Saturday March 7th from 10am to 6pm and Sunday March 8th from 10am to 2pm. This is our finalized designer schedule for #G2S20. Make sure to check out each designer’s feature. Come join in the fun!

Today we are featuring Devin Bruno, designer of Time Shifters to our #SGS20 to our Designer Alley!

We are excited to announce a last minute addition to this year’s Stumptown Game Summit: Spiel-a-thon! You can join in on some Spiel-a-thon fun starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday January 18th, 2020. Play games, win prizes and help raise some money for The Spiel Foundation!

Saturday January 18th, 2020 you can play games with some of these great designers at Stumptown Game Summit in Designer Alley!

Today we are featuring Jason Harris, designer of Citizen Heroes. Jason will be joining us at #SGS20 in Designer Alley!

Today we are featuring Aaron Smith, designer of SHEEPLE: The Greatest Game in the Ewe-niverse. Aaron will be joining us in Designer Alley at #SGS20 this year!

Today we are featuring Tracy Alan, designer of Katana. Tracy will be joining us at 3:30 p.m. in Designer Alley to show Katana off.

Today we are featuring Lief and Sani Morin of Postscript Games. Postscript Games is the next project for Lief and Sani Morin after their careers in the technology and child rearing industries!  Their focus is on creating quality and fun board games that can be played many times and then handed down to the next generation. 

Today we are featuring Edward (Ned) Damon, Portland resident for 5 years, originally from the wilds of Central Nebraska. Currently working for a Beaverton-based internet company as a Data Scientist. Ned’s top 4 biggest design influences are Sidereal Confluence, Churchill,  Pax Pamir 2nd ed. and Diplomacy.

Today we are featuring Jess Schoonmaker, co-designer, of the game Turbo Hoverball. Jess will be joining us in Designer Alley at #SGS20!

Today we are feature Aaron Franco, designer of Hunker, which he will be showing off in Designer Alley.

Today we are featuring Marcel Perro. Marcel lives in Vancouver, BC with his wife, Nikki, and their two cats and one dog. He has been playing modern board games since 2006 and co-designed his first game the following year.

Today we are featuring Forrest Gowen, co-designer of the game Sea-dogs. Forrest attended Stumptown Game Summit last year and will be joining us for the first time this year in Designer Alley.

Today we are featuring Randy Flynn, designer of Cascadia, and all around lovely human. His game Cascadia is being published by Flatout Games in 2020. Randy is a software engineer by education and trade.

Are you thinking of starting your own convention? That is amazing! From my experience, it is a fun and stressful labor of love that becomes more rewarding with each passing event. While I am always learning and growing, I can share what we have learned so far. Hopefully, this series of articles can help you create something people will be excited about! This post talks about the art of handling play-to-wins.

Are you thinking of starting your own convention? That is amazing! From my experience, it is a fun and stressful labor of love that becomes more rewarding with each passing event. While I am always learning and growing, I can share what we have learned so far. Hopefully, this series of articles can help you create something people will be excited about!  This post is about the importance of partners.