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.

Impressions Test & Chill Playtesting

In March we had another playtesting event at CMD, Hanze Applied University. It is early in the current block, yet still some project groups showed up with a concept or even more fleshed out prototype to test out. We also had some external guests -8D Games, Starkx- and a company showcasing their mobile game soon…