Mid-Eastern Pennsylvania Gaming Convention (MEPACON) is the premiere gaming convention in the Northeast. MEPACON features over 200 hours of board, card, roleplaying, miniatures, and other games - as well as an Unpub ProtoAlley space!

Unpub is pleased to announce that we will be attending the Origins Game Fair with events running from Wednesday June 19 through Sunday June 23, 2024 with the schedule below.

Wednesday 6/19

• 10am - 11pm: Open Playtesting

Thursday 6/20

• 10am - 2pm: Reserved Playtesting Block A

• 2:30pm - 6:30pm: Reserved Playtesting Block B

• 7pm - 8:30pm: Speed Pitch Session (Invite Only)

• 9pm - 11pm: Open Playtesting

Friday 6/21

• 10am - 2pm: Reserved Playtesting Block C

• 2:30pm - 6:30pm: Reserved Playtesting Block D

• 7pm - 9pm: Pro-Am Game Jam (All Welcome)

• 9pm - 11pm: Open Playtesting

Saturday 6/22

• 10am - 2pm: Reserved Playtesting Block E

• 2:30pm - 6:30pm: Reserved Playtesting Block F

• 7pm - 11pm: Open Playtesting

Sunday 6/23

• 10am - 2pm: Reserved Playtesting Block G

• 2:30pm - 6pm: Open Playtesting

PLEASE NOTE: You MUST obtain an attendee badge for Origins in order to participate in any of these events. This can be done HERE

RESERVED PLAYTESTING BLOCKS

While we are still working out the final details, there will be at least 24 tables in the room with 4 chairs each. This will allow designers to either play with up to 3 others or observe up to 4 people playing their design. Please plan accordingly when choosing which games you might playtest. Chairs may not be moved to acommodate 5+ player games.

In order to help cover our costs to attend Origins, each of the Reserved Playtesting Blocks will have a $15 fee, giving you the table for the entire 4 hour block.

In order to allow as many designers to participate as possible, we are asking that everyone limit themselves to a maximum of 2 blocks, and only 1 table per block of the same game.

To reserve a playtesting block, purchase a "badge" from the Unpub@Origins Tabletop.Events page - this is separate from your Origins Game Fair badge. Specific information regarding the on-site process (including table assignments) will be sent out to registered designers by Friday 6/14.

NOTE: Table signs are allowed, floor banners are not.

SPEED PITCHING

Want the opportunity to show your game design off to multiple publishers in a short window of time? Our Speed Pitching events could be for you! We will have an In-Person Speed Pitch event. Interested designers must submit their games for consideration using the form HERE. All submissions must be received by Friday June 7 at 11:59 PM EDT (GMT -4). Selected designers will be notified by Friday 6/14.

PRO-AM GAME JAM

Stretch your creative muscles in this game design exercise. Unpub makes a random set of restrictions for a game design: for example, what theme your game has to involve, what kind of genre your game must be, or a twist in what the game can't involve.

Game industry pros will lead their teams of Origins attendees to make a game and playtest it. Then at the end of the game jam period, each team will present what they came up with, and compare just all the different directions the same restrictions can go.

We look forward to seeing you all in Columbus soon!