Pitching to Publishers

In this panel, we will be discussing how to pitch your game (board, card, or roleplaying game) to a publisher who you'd like to work with and what the various ways of publishing could look like. We will also be discussing the pros and cons of self-publishing, co-publishing, and signing with a publisher.

• Banana Chan (she/they) is a Cantonese Canadian game designer, writer and publisher living in the US. They are the owner of a small board game and RPG publishing company called Game and a Curry. Her latest work has been on Suburban Consumption of the Monstrous, Exquisite Crime, Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, Scooby-Doo: Betrayal at Mystery Mansion and Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. You can find them on Twitter and Instagram, like all the time, @bananachangames.


• Sen (he/him) is constantly dreaming, even when he’s awake. He is passionate about helping other people lose track of time in ways that they find meaningful and looks forward to putting  interesting and engaging games on your table. Cutting his teeth on the board and card game side of the table co-designing titles like Belfort, Akrotiri, Junk Art, The Legend of Korra: Pro Bending Arena, Kingdom Rush: Rift in Time, Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Manor, MINDMGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game”, and Rat Queens: To the Slaughter, Sen recently started to explore the RPG side of the table. He has written for Kids on Bikes, The North Sea Epilogues, Gears of Defiance, Never Going Home, The Curse of the House of Rookwood, and co-authored Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall. When he’s not designing or developing games, you can find him rolling around, trying to cuddle people to death while wearing pyjamas or co-hosting the Meeple Syrup Show and the Ludology podcast. Born and raised in Northern Ontario, Sen now resides in the undisputed second-best London in the world with his lovely family. You can discover more about Sen at https://senfoonglim.carrd.co and follow him on Twitter at @senfoonglim.