Sat 3 Feb 2024 I took part in the Game On Lah event, which showcased local Malaysian boardgame designers. It was part of the Ikat Tepi event organised by Locco, which in turn was part of a Putrajaya Open Day event. The main event was huge, and the guest of honour was Dr Wan Azizah. It was a grand fair. The Ikat Tepi event had a school sports day theme, which was fun. Visitor are registered into school houses - red, green, blue and yellow - and as they participate in activities (like playing games) they score points for their houses.
Jon (nPips Games) and Haireey (Meja Belakang) are two follow game designers I often meet, not only at local events but also at TTGDMY (Table Top Game Designers Malaysia) playtesting activities.
I reached Putrajaya around 7am to start setting up. The event started at 9am.
I brought two published games, Snow White and the Eleven Dwarfs and Dancing Queen, and five prototypes. My next game being planned for publication is Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
The crowd was huge. Every game table was occupied almost all the time. Most of us game designers had no break at all until like 3pm or so. When one group finished a game, another would sit down to play. Some of us had to eat our lunch while a group was playing.
There were many families at the event.
I had thought getting Snow White played would be challenging, because the minimum player count is 7. However the crowd was so good that I managed many games of Snow White. There was no group with seven, but there were many groups of three or four, and also some individuals who were happy to play together.
We were under three tents, and we had about 10 tables.
Pinocchio was played a lot. It worked very well with the casual, non-gamer crowd that day. Maybe this will be my fourth published game.
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