What is an Unpub?

Unpub is short for Unpublished Games Festival. An Unpub is an event dedicated to the betterment of unpublished, self published and alternatively published games seeking mainstream publishing, player feedback, or just to be played by more people. The first Unpub was held in Woodside, Delaware in January of 2011.

The heart of the Unpub is bringing designers with games together with players who want to play new games. It’s as simple as that.

Cartrunk Entertainment is working with other businesses and individuals who support the ideals of the Unpub to grow the program, making the benefits of this type of focused play-testing available throughout the country to designers at all levels. After two successful Unpubs, it’s time to start thinking towards the future…

Stay tuned for more information about the next steps for the Unpub program.

Until then, check out coverage of Unpub2!

Dicehateme.com’s State of Games Podcast!

Clever Mojo Games write-up of Unpub2!

Matt Morgan’s MTV Geek write-up!

Games and Grub posted an article on Unpub written by attendee and game designer Jason Tagmire!

Fruitless Pursuits posts the same recap as Games and Grub, but on their website. 

Patrick Thunstrom’s Unpub2 Report!

Alex Strang’s Facebook Photo Album!

Photo Gallery! (includes photos from Darrell Louder, Jason Tagmire, and John Moller.) 

The Unpub2 Program Book

Cartrunk’s Epic Unpub 2 Wrap-Up Part 1

Cartrunk’s Epic Unpub 2 Wrap-Up Part 2

Cartrunk’s Epic Unpub 2 Wrap-Up Part 3

Cartrunk’s Epic Unpub 2 Wrap-Up Part 4

Cartrunk’s Epic Unpub 2 Wrap-Up Part 5

Cartrunk’s Epic Unpub 2 Wrap-Up Part 6 

Youtube Video of a game of Wartime between John Moller and Jason Tagmire

Youtube Video compilation of several unpub2 games being played!

Coming Soon!