The DC area has many game designer and publishers. Here are some of the designers and games they are known for. If you know of a designer or publisher not on this list, email [email protected].

Eurogames, cooperative games, party games, and bluffing games

Andrew Roy

• Blind Business

Connie Vogelmann

• Apiary
• Wyrmspan

Dave Chalker

• Betrayal at House on the Hill: 3rd Edition (2022) (co-designer)
• Heat
• Thief's Market
• Thunder Road: Vendetta

David Smith

• 10 Gallon Tank
• Junk Drawer
• Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game

Elizabeth Hargrave

• The Fox Experiment
• Mariposas
• Tussie Mussie
• Picky Pixie
• Undergrove
• Wingspan

Joseph Frederick

• We're Sinking

Keith Ferguson

• Santa's Workshop

Looney Labs

Looney Labs is a game company owned by Andrew and Kristian Looney and is known for the following games:

• Zendo
• Fluxx
• Chrononauts
• Aquarius
• Loonacy
• Just Deserts

Matt Calkins

• Charioteer
• Tin Goose

Matthew Grosso

• Dead Last

Matthew Hocker

• BitterSweet
• Composition

Matthew O'Malley

• Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig(co-designer)
• Between Two Cities(co-designer)
• First in Flight(co-designer)
• Fromage(co-designer)
• Knot Dice
• The Search for Planet X(co-designer)

North Star Games

Dominic Crapuchettes

• Evolution(co-designer)
• Oceans(co-designer)
• Say Anything(co-designer)
• Wits and Wagers(co-designer)

Ben Goldman

• Paint the Roses

Ben Goldman also worked on Oceans and Evolution

North Star Games is also a publisher for these games:

• Happy Salmon
• Paint the Roses
• Quacks of Quedlinburg
• Warsaw: City of Ruins

Paul Becker

• SysHack

Wargames

Ben Hull

• Fields of Fire
• Under the Lily Banners

Fort Circle Games

Kevin Bertram(Owner of Fort Circle Games)

• The Shores of Tripoli

Other

• Votes for Women

Jack Reda

• Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Odyssey
• Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy
• Arrakis: Dawn of the Fremen

Jason Matthews

• 1960: The Making of the President(co-designer)
• 1989: Dawn of Freedom(co-designer)
• Imperial Struggle(co-designer)
• Twilight Struggle(co-designer)

Josh Temkin

• Wartime: The Battle of Valyance Vale

Matt Calkins

• Magnet
• Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan

Sebastian Bae

• Littoral Commander: Indo Pacific
• Littoral Commander: The Baltic

Stephen Rangazas

• The British Way: Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire

Volko Ruhnke

• Andean Abyss
• A Distant Plain
• Cuba Libre(co-designer)
• Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar
• Fire in the Lake
• Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ?
• Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision: 1240-1242
• Wilderness War