The Pitch

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How to pitch a board game to Pandasaurus Games

Reads unsolicited work

Pandasaurus takes game designs by email at support@pandasaurusgames.com, and its terms let it use what you send without paying. It brought The Mind and Machi Koro to American players.

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SPIEL, the Essen game fair
Where pitches like these are made: SPIEL, the Essen game fair · Ticketautomat, CC BY-SA 4.0

What it says

“For game design submissions, please email support@pandasaurusgames.com.”

What you agree to by sending something

“If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions (for example contest entries) or without a request from us you send creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, 'comments'), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium any…”

“We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments.”

What it has bought from outside

  1. 2018

    The Mind (North American edition) from Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag (designer Wolfgang Warsch)

    “The Mind was first published in Germany in early 2018 by NSV, before its North American release in late 2018 published by Pandasaurus Games.…” en.wikipedia.org

  2. Machi Koro (U.S. edition), later Machi Koro Legacy from Grounding, Inc. (designer Masao Suganuma)

    “Machi Koro has been published in eleven languages, with the U.S. version being published by IDW Games and Pandasaurus Games.” en.wikipedia.org

Other companies that take a board game

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