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
Jampus 2024 December 06, 2024 at 06:00 PM December 15, 2024 at 06:00 PM Indie City Games #jampus
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  
Start the Year Right November 26, 2024 at 08:24 PM December 22, 2024 at 08:24 PM Beth and Angel Make Games  
Tabletop Train Jam November 20, 2024 at 05:00 AM December 25, 2024 at 05:00 AM Maggie Mahoney #TabletopTrainJam
🎅Cozy Christmas Kuba Jam | 2024❄️ December 18, 2024 at 05:00 PM December 25, 2024 at 05:00 PM iacopo.schianchi  
Scratch Game Jam #21 December 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM December 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM cocrea, exotic  
Souls-Lite TTRPG Jam November 30, 2024 at 05:00 AM December 30, 2024 at 05:00 AM crystalthefool  
net-yaroze-2024 September 30, 2024 at 03:00 PM December 30, 2024 at 03:00 PM mike-garcia #NetYaroze
One Game a Month #42 December 01, 2024 at 04:00 PM December 30, 2024 at 04:00 PM sneeky_09 #OGAM
The Adventure Calendar - 2024 November 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM December 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM Dice Goblin Games #AdventureCalendar2024
Dreckgullard's Desolation Winter Jam December 01, 2024 at 12:00 AM December 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM LeonardoEstrela, RockinCherry  
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
Best of 2024 TTRPG Jam December 16, 2024 at 05:11 PM December 31, 2024 at 05:11 PM Rayney Day Games #Bestof2024TTRPGJam
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
Indiepocalypse Issue #62 (Paying Anthology) December 06, 2024 at 04:11 PM January 02, 2025 at 04:11 PM PIZZAPRANKS #Indiepocalypse
Bookmark Microgame-jam 2024 December 01, 2024 at 01:35 AM January 05, 2025 at 01:35 AM Sparuh  
Sunday Zine Club #5 December 08, 2024 at 06:00 PM January 05, 2025 at 06:00 PM Jess Driscoll  
Kaleidoscope TTRPG Jam December 06, 2024 at 08:00 AM January 06, 2025 at 08:00 AM Nom  
Femininomenon Jam November 08, 2024 at 05:00 AM January 08, 2025 at 05:00 AM Kay Marlow Allen, Lady Tabletop, Seraphim Seraphina #FemininomenonJam
12 Days of Sketchmas Game Jam 2024 December 25, 2024 at 12:00 AM January 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM Drentsoft Games #sketchmasgj24
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
36-word RPG Jam January 01, 2025 at 12:00 AM January 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM W.H. Arthur, Rook and Role #36WordRPGJam
Horseshoe System TTRPG Jam December 01, 2024 at 06:00 AM January 31, 2025 at 06:00 AM PsychHound #horseshoejam
Gaming Like It's 1929 January 01, 2025 at 08:00 AM January 31, 2025 at 08:00 AM Randy Lubin, Copia Gaming #1929gamejam
Funko pop incident commemoration JAM December 10, 2024 at 07:11 PM January 31, 2025 at 07:11 PM calcium_chan #ohfuckicantbelieveyouvedonethis
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
The Nameless Scriptures Lore Jam December 01, 2024 at 05:00 AM March 01, 2025 at 05:00 AM Gaffy, Johan Nohr #MörkBorgLoreJam
Winter Arc: Learn Something New Jam November 01, 2024 at 07:00 AM March 01, 2025 at 07:00 AM Ashe Lucia #winterarcjam
SHITTY GAL JAM December 21, 2024 at 05:00 AM March 07, 2025 at 05:00 AM canislatransed #shittygaljam
Myths and Legends Jam. January 07, 2025 at 07:39 AM March 07, 2025 at 07:39 AM Jezbr  
Unofficial Otter Jam 2025 February 28, 2025 at 07:59 AM March 08, 2025 at 07:59 AM Katie Green  
New Times, Dumbass January 20, 2025 at 05:00 PM March 15, 2025 at 05:00 PM Rugose Kohn #NTDJ
queer fairy jam November 22, 2024 at 10:46 PM March 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM SWANCHIME  
Campfire Stories December 21, 2024 at 05:00 AM March 21, 2025 at 05:00 AM harpoon__gun  
Below A Bad Moon Jam December 06, 2024 at 05:00 AM March 31, 2025 at 05:00 AM Shouting Crow #badmoonjam
Year of the Dwarf 2025 January 02, 2025 at 12:12 AM April 01, 2025 at 12:12 AM RockDwarf #dwarfjam
Crust Jam 2025 March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM April 09, 2025 at 11:00 PM PotaJoe #CJ25
Pizza Jam (✨Pizza Prize!✨) April 04, 2025 at 06:00 PM April 12, 2025 at 06:00 PM ComputerJames #PizzaJam
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  
Al Gore Rhythm: A Flowchart Jam November 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM Riverhouse Games #flowchartjam
#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: December 12, 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.