Welcome. My name is Arjan van Houwelingen. I am a tabletop game designer, lecturer and psychologist. I make entertainment and ‘serious’ games. Playfulness is important for me in all those roles. You can check out my game publications, my blog and read more about me and the playtesting guild I founded, the ‘Spellenmaakgilde’.

This picture is me, a tabletop designer on top of Tabletop Mountain. I couldn’t resist…

About Arjan

Published Games

Check out my published games.

Looking back: Impromptu Playtesting January 2020

An impromptu playtesting afternoon, with help of Glitch, Evgen. Even though we decided to rally students at the last moment, still around 50 students showed up to playtest their game. Well done all!