COLLABORATORY

Is your life a maelstrom of scrap paper, scribbled notes and card sleeves? Are you unfathomably excited when you discover the perfect meeple? Are you reciting probability of various dice combinations in your sleep?

We want to share your creations with the world! If you’re designing a tabletop game, whether that’s a board game, a card game, or an RPG, we have the village at the foot of castle ready for you to unleash your Frankenstein. Yes, we know Frankenstein was the doctor. Just go with it. And say hello to PAX Collaboratory!

PAX Collaboratory is a space dedicated to unreleased tabletop games. If you’re a designer with an unpublished tabletop game and you’re ready to unveil your promethean labours to the world, join PAX Collaboratory!

Criteria for entry:
- Your game is in at least beta form
- You are able to bring a physical copy to the show
- You are not funded by an outside party, government grants or attempting crowdsourcing, you will be excluded, or expelled.
- Judges will be looking for fun factor and a great gameplay experience that is well presented
- Please no AI-generated artwork—imperfect art created by a human is always better than AI
- If chosen, you or a representative must be able to demo the game live at PAX Aus 2025, October 10th - 12th in Melbourne, Victoria during open exhibition hours. Two complimentary badges will be given to each game team.

This year all Collab entrants will be entered into the "PAX Collab Best in Show" Competition!
All participants and players are welcome to cast their votes after playing games at the booth. The ratings will be averaged and a winner announced on Sunday night. We invite all Collab entrants to encourage attendees to play as many Collab games as they can and rating them via the QR code provided on tables and at the TDGA booth.

PAX Collaboratory is in partnership with the support of Tabletop Game Designers Australia - Find them at one of the links below.

For any further questions, join the Collaboratory Discord!