Sponsors For 2026!

These great companies make sure you have the best possible experience at Protospiel Twin Cities. Thank you all for your continued support of this amazing gaming community!

The sponsor for this years Protospiel is the Twin Cities Tabletop Games Expo! It is great to see more and more opportunities for local designes, players, and publishers get together for a good time!

	DISCOVER LOCAL TABLETOP PUBLISHERS, DESIGNERS, AND COMMUNITIES. TTGX brings together publishers/designers of your favorite games, local indies in your city, and the board gaming communities that tie it all together. Join us for scheduled and free play board games, card games, big-game events, raffles, local board game communities, and a one-of-a-kind exhibitor hall packed with local publishers big and small! April 16th - 18th, 2027 • Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
	The Game Crafter (TGC) is the world’s first web-to-print game publishing company and offers a print on demand game publishing service. TGC empowers game designers around the world by allowing them to make a board game, card game, and custom playing cards through a website. Using the latest web technology, TGC developed an online publishing platform that simplifies the design, manufacturing, and retail processes related to tabletop games.
	Games by James is based in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. We strive for welcoming stores with friendly staff and a wide selection of games. We want to share our love of games with everyone; our stores should have something for everyone.
	Sporktopia Games is a company that designs tabletop games with the goal of bringing people together by delivering quality games to facilitate social connections. In today's world, everybody is communicating through social media, spending hours each day watching television and growing apart. Games are a great way to rebuild those friend and family ties.
	Omnibus Gaming is a new agency for game designers. With our innovative catalog and sales approach, we turn concepts into contracts. For our first catalog issue we're in beta test mode. So for now our service is risk-free. You only pay us when you sign a contract with a publisher. Omnibus gaming is the new way to market your prototype.
	Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, we are a spunky indie board game publisher with asymmetric tendencies. We strive to make exciting, engaging games that are fun to play and bring players of all kinds to the table. We are best known for publishing the following acclaimed games: Vast: The Crystal Caverns, Vast: The Mysterious Manor, Root: A Game of Woodland Might and Right, Fort and Ahoy!
	Founded over 30 years ago in Minnesota, Mindware has partnered with toy and game inventors around the world and scoured the globe for the most engaging assortment of building sets, toddler toys, board games, science kits, crafts, puzzles, pretend play, STEM, and more. Our top-notch brainy toys have been honored with over 300 awards and recognitions. When you give a gift from MindWare, you know they'll play with it again and again.
	Czech Games Edition (CGE) is a renowned Prague-based board game publisher known for innovative, highly thematic games and their digital adaptations. Founded in 2007, their diverse catalog ranges from deep, strategic heavyweights to massive party hits, including titles like Codenames, Lost Ruins of Arnak, and Through the Ages.