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.

Day Jam November Impressions

Once again a few students took up the challenge to develop a game with a preset theme within 24 ours. Design muscles were flexed, custom art was made, the 3D printer set in motion and the lazer cutter burned wood. In the end, with various amount of night time playtesting, 3 games reached the finish…