Physical Game Jams

This listing includes all itch.io jams which explicitly accept physical games, including board games, card games, and roleplaying games. It is updated daily. Entries are sorted by end date by default, but you can click on any column header to sort by that column. If you see errors, please email me.

Name Start Date End Date Host(s) Hashtag
Scratch Game Jam #20 November 08, 2024 at 12:00 AM November 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM cocrea #scratchgamejam
Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Tribute Jam September 07, 2024 at 07:00 AM November 22, 2024 at 07:00 AM Lichen #segasaturn30jam
Token Bag Game Jam November 01, 2024 at 11:00 PM November 22, 2024 at 11:00 PM hamZardo, liminalgraces #tokenbagjam
RequeiJam de Mausritter October 10, 2024 at 03:00 AM November 23, 2024 at 03:00 AM igorteuri  
DURF Jam 2024 October 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM November 24, 2024 at 10:00 AM Emiel Boven #DURFjam
Pizza Jam (✨Pizza Prize!✨) November 15, 2024 at 11:37 AM November 24, 2024 at 11:37 AM ComputerJames #PizzaJam
MGK Fall Game Jam 2024 November 10, 2024 at 11:00 PM November 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM Tim S Davis  
CBR+PNK Jam 2024 July 22, 2024 at 11:18 PM November 27, 2024 at 11:18 PM Emanoel Melo #cbrpnkjam24
Transformation Game Jam 2024 October 31, 2024 at 11:00 AM November 29, 2024 at 11:00 AM Mutasheep, Malic #TF24
One Game a Month #41 November 01, 2024 at 04:00 PM November 29, 2024 at 04:00 PM sneeky_09 #OGAM
Tiny Library Jam #6 (Setting) October 31, 2024 at 10:14 PM November 29, 2024 at 10:14 PM Long Tail Games  
Cold Iron Blues: A Bump in the Dark Supplement Jam October 04, 2024 at 11:43 AM November 30, 2024 at 11:43 AM jexjthomas  
Deep Water Jam November 17, 2024 at 06:07 PM November 30, 2024 at 06:07 PM Diwata ng Manila  
FRIGID COLD - HORROR jRPG JAM October 01, 2024 at 10:05 PM November 30, 2024 at 10:05 PM DECENT TREATMENT #frigidcold
HATEF*CK JAM July 04, 2024 at 01:12 AM December 01, 2024 at 01:12 AM snixiy #hatefckjam
Arcade Watch Game Jam 2024 November 28, 2024 at 07:00 AM December 01, 2024 at 07:00 AM Arcade Watch  
Solovember Jam 2024 November 01, 2024 at 07:00 AM December 01, 2024 at 07:00 AM Tiny Table Index, K-Ramstack, Graycastle Press #SolovemberJam2024
ECO MOFOS JAM!! A Ruin, A Glade, A Wasteland October 23, 2024 at 07:20 AM December 01, 2024 at 07:20 AM David Blandy  
Yuri Game Jam 2024 September 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM December 01, 2024 at 11:00 PM sabrina_tvband #yurijam2024
National Game Design Month 2024 November 01, 2024 at 04:00 AM December 02, 2024 at 04:00 AM Seamus Conneely #NaGaDeMon
Indiepocalypse Issue #61 (Paying Anthology) October 31, 2024 at 05:00 AM December 05, 2024 at 05:00 AM PIZZAPRANKS #Indiepocalypse
Tavern Game Jam Mothership Month November 14, 2024 at 10:02 AM December 05, 2024 at 10:02 AM Luigi, Aethewn  
Minimalist TTRPG Jam 3 September 30, 2024 at 11:35 PM December 06, 2024 at 11:35 PM Binary Star Games #MinimalistJam
Fight 4 Better Futur November 07, 2024 at 05:00 PM December 08, 2024 at 05:00 PM erwik_jdr #games4BetterFutur
Sunday Zine Club Jam #4 November 10, 2024 at 06:00 PM December 08, 2024 at 06:00 PM Jess Driscoll  
Winter Horrorland TTRPG Jam 2024 November 18, 2024 at 05:11 PM December 20, 2024 at 05:11 PM Rayney Day Games #WinterHorrorland2024
FIST: JAM OPS V October 31, 2024 at 05:00 AM December 21, 2024 at 05:00 AM CLAYMORE #FISTrpg
Błękitny Game-Jam OSR [Polish TTRPG] November 18, 2024 at 07:00 PM December 22, 2024 at 07:00 PM Błękitny Klucz  
Tabletop Train Jam November 20, 2024 at 05:00 AM December 25, 2024 at 05:00 AM Maggie Mahoney #TabletopTrainJam
net-yaroze-2024 September 30, 2024 at 03:00 PM December 30, 2024 at 03:00 PM mike-garcia #NetYaroze
The Adventure Calendar - 2024 November 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM December 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM Dice Goblin Games #AdventureCalendar2024
Forever Open Source 2024 January 01, 2024 at 05:00 AM December 31, 2024 at 05:00 AM Rev Casey #ForeverOpen
Shitpost TTRPG Jam November 22, 2024 at 05:00 AM December 31, 2024 at 05:00 AM Meghan(IynnFTW) Cross #ShitpostJam
Troika Dungeon Jam! November 01, 2024 at 11:07 AM December 31, 2024 at 11:07 AM jakemartingraves #TroikaDungeonJam
HELLFORGED Jam August 17, 2024 at 03:00 PM December 31, 2024 at 03:00 PM Mitchell Daily #hellforged
HWÆT Jam September 01, 2024 at 09:58 PM December 31, 2024 at 09:58 PM Cats Have No Lord  
FediJam 2 November 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM December 31, 2024 at 11:00 PM njamster #FediJam
MARTIAN COMMUNITY HEXCRAWL October 01, 2024 at 01:00 AM January 01, 2025 at 01:00 AM Taylor Lane #MartianCommunityHexcrawl
Text Heavy Zine Jam September 11, 2024 at 04:00 AM January 01, 2025 at 04:00 AM Metaparadox #TextHeavyZineJam
Deck-Month 2 December 01, 2024 at 08:00 AM January 01, 2025 at 08:00 AM Internet Janitor #deckmonth
Bookmark Microgame-jam 2024 December 01, 2024 at 01:35 AM January 05, 2025 at 01:35 AM Sparuh  
Femininomenon Jam November 08, 2024 at 05:00 AM January 08, 2025 at 05:00 AM Kay Marlow Allen, Lady Tabletop, Seraphim Seraphina #FemininomenonJam
Queer Winter Game Jam 2024-25 December 10, 2024 at 05:00 AM January 15, 2025 at 05:00 AM catsket  
JamCrawler December 02, 2024 at 12:00 AM January 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM MacGuffin & Co. #jamcrawler
OPR Writing Jam #12 February 07, 2025 at 08:00 PM February 09, 2025 at 08:00 PM onepagerules #oprwj12
Love Bug Jam November 14, 2024 at 05:00 AM February 14, 2025 at 05:00 AM BugByteGaming #lovebugjam
THE ELECTRIC ZINE JAM: WINTER 2024 November 05, 2024 at 03:03 AM February 15, 2025 at 03:03 AM MyDogStoleMyLiver #Electriczinejamwinter2024
Winter Arc: Learn Something New Jam November 01, 2024 at 07:00 AM March 01, 2025 at 07:00 AM Ashe Lucia #winterarcjam
Crust Jam 2025 March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM April 09, 2025 at 11:00 PM PotaJoe #CJ25
GCPL Game Jam 2025 March 01, 2025 at 02:00 PM April 13, 2025 at 02:00 PM GCPL Learning Labs  
Now Help Me Plug It Into The Wall Jam June 07, 2024 at 12:03 PM May 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM Riverhouse Games  
#RPGenesis 2026 August 01, 2026 at 11:00 PM August 08, 2026 at 11:00 PM dreamup, Lady Entropy  
Sherlock Holmes Is Public Domain Now January 01, 2023 at 05:00 AM July 11, 2028 at 05:00 AM slugzuki #sherlockpublicdomain
10 Minute TTRPGs Mega Jam April 06, 2024 at 06:39 PM June 27, 2083 at 06:39 PM cutestpatoot #10MTTRPGs

Last updated: November 20, 2024.

This list is semi-automatically generated by a bunch of Python code. The code repo is here.

Much thanks to Emmy Verte, who inspired this project and who gave me gracious permission to pick up the torch.