2024Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset
- Videos
- 100
- Creators
- 66
Mainly reviews
1 - 4 players30 - 45 minMedium weight
The Game Makers
2026Ben Rosset
- Videos
- 53
- Creators
- 31
Mainly reviews and unboxings. The Game Makers is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 16 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 9 unboxings, and 17 other videos.
1 - 6 players
60 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Your office job has been grinding you down. Then one mysterious Monday, you receive a letter from your family lawyer informing you that a long-lost relative has bequeathed you a factory. You decide to risk it all, quit your day job, and follow your dream to become the greatest board game manufacturer the world has ever seen! You'll have to hire staff, build an assembly line, invest in additional structures to your factory, gain and fulfill contracts, and market your line of board games to the world. In The Game Makers, players are board game manufacturers racing to build the greatest collection of classic modern board games. Build over 300 real-world games from over 100 real-world publishers. You can build Wingspan, Brass: Birmingham, On Mars, Terraforming Mars, Android: Netrunner, Ark Nova, Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition, and many more! The Game Makers is a love letter to the board gaming hobby. The central warehouse rondel which dominates the center of the gaming table has players simultaneously choosing which game components to manufacture in a given turn and how to use them. The Game Makers features not only multi-use cards but also other multi-use components. Will you use these components to fulfill a coveted contract or upgrade your factory? ● Add plastic components to your factory to unlock special abilities. ● Gain workers to use your special abilities, or use the workers from your break room to gain board game components. ● Roll your dice to increase your marketing for endgame scoring. ● Use punchboard to expand your assembly line, giving you further discounts on manufacturing games. ● Stockpile the necessary plastic, workers, dice, punchboard, and cards to manufacture one of the greatest games of all time?! Gain the necessary requirements to manufacture a game, and then add it to your display case of legendary games! Will you manufacture your favorite board game? Or will you manufacture the game you hate for more points? Score points from the games that you built and how well you marketed them.
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Which video should I watch for The Game Makers?
The Game Makers has 53 videos from 31 creators: 16 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs, 9 unboxings and 17 other videos. They date from 2025 to September 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "The Game Makers: Tutorial & Playthrough" by Gaming Rules!, which runs 1 h 27 min. For a quicker teach, "How to Play The Game Makers - Solo Game" by Gaming Rules! runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Game Makers totally lives up to the hype!" by Rahdo Runs Through. 15 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "The Game Makers - 3p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy Cardboard" by Heavy Cardboard, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Fromage, The Search for Planet X, First in Flight and Excursions, also by Ben Rosset. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2026 and Gen Con 2025.
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About The Game Makers
From BoardGameGeek:
Your office job has been grinding you down. Then one mysterious Monday, you receive a letter from your family lawyer informing you that a long-lost relative has bequeathed you a factory. You decide to risk it all, quit your day job, and follow your dream to become the greatest board game manufacturer the world has ever seen! You'll have to hire staff, build an assembly line, invest in additional structures to your factory, gain and fulfill contracts, and market your line of board games to the world. In The Game Makers, players are board game manufacturers racing to build the greatest collection of classic modern board games. Build over 300 real-world games from over 100 real-world publishers. You can build Wingspan, Brass: Birmingham, On Mars, Terraforming Mars, Android: Netrunner, Ark Nova, Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition, and many more! The Game Makers is a love letter to the board gaming hobby. The central warehouse rondel which dominates the center of the gaming table has players simultaneously choosing which game components to manufacture in a given turn and how to use them. The Game Makers features not only multi-use cards but also other multi-use components. Will you use these components to fulfill a coveted contract or upgrade your factory? ● Add plastic components to your factory to unlock special abilities. ● Gain workers to use your special abilities, or use the workers from your break room to gain board game components. ● Roll your dice to increase your marketing for endgame scoring. ● Use punchboard to expand your assembly line, giving you further discounts on manufacturing games. ● Stockpile the necessary plastic, workers, dice, punchboard, and cards to manufacture one of the greatest games of all time?! Gain the necessary requirements to manufacture a game, and then add it to your display case of legendary games! Will you manufacture your favorite board game? Or will you manufacture the game you hate for more points? Score points from the games that you built and how well you marketed them.
Designer
Ben Rosset
Artists
Zane Huss, Bima Kusuma
Publisher
Bézier Games
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