Event Information
Why Attend Playfest London?
Test & Play Games
Receive valuable feedback to improve your game designs, whether early prototypes or nearly published. Play upcoming games and help sculpt their development!
Social & Networking
Meet, play, and talk with other gamers, designers, and publishers, and learn more about the hobby/industry.
Win Games
Each game you play will enter you into a raffle to win a variety of games from independent publishers supporting the event!
Special Guest
James Wallis, game designer, publisher, and author, will be attending and giving a talk about his experience designing SE!ZE for a luxury brand and setting up industry trade body Big Table.
Playfest London '26 Tickets
About Us
Playfest London was founded in 2022 and has steadily grown over the past five years. Our last event saw roughly 100 people play almost 50 games throughout the course of the day. Each year we donate any profits to selected charities, including community hubs and youth outreach programmes.
We are also organisers in the Playtest UK network, running weekly playtesting sessions every Tuesday evening at The Ludoquist board game cafe in Croydon since 2019.
Scott Lowe-James
Scott plans the event, handles the website and communications, and takes all the credit.
Greg Szulgit
Greg finds us exciting special guests, and if the speakers break, doubles as an excellent megaphone.
Lucy Bursford
Lucy runs the day with an iron fist, making sure attendees are organised and games have players.