Play Creators Festival

“The Mojo Pitch attracts a talented, international audience and I am looking forward to forming new partnerships and to seeing old friends in the inventor community,” said Adam Hocherman, SVP of Product Development and Innovation at Fat Brain Toys.

“The team and I are energised by the success of last year’s event and looking forward to new partnerships that will continue Jazwares’ explosive growth!” said David Winter, Senior Director at BlueJ, Jazwares’ Blue Sky Design and Development division.

The Play Creators Festival will take place at London’s Twickenham Stadium from September 5th to 7th, with events including conferences, awards and pitching sessions.

This session focuses on how The Last Gameboard is looking to bring innovation to the tabletop space and features Gameboard co-founder and CEO Shail Mehta, COO and co-founder Tim Schukar, with Raising Nerd’s Lee Allentuck chairing.

Among the winners this year are Fuse, Seven Towns and TOMY, while Triclops Studio’s Rob Ames and Luc Hudson scooped the Design Icon accolade.


Julia Posen – Development Director at Gamepath – tells us about the design process behind Monopoly Lifesized, a new live Monopoly gaming experience in the heart of London.

We speak with Seven Towns’ Elizabeth Moody, Thomas Moore and Jacques Priestner about the origins of Seven Towns and dive into the studio’s approach to invention.

If you could only take one toy, one game and one of your own inventions to a desert island, what would you take and why?

If you could only take one toy, one game and one of your own inventions to a desert island, what would you take and why?

Bean’s Sally Jacobs, Big Ideas’ Simon Skelton and Tricky’s Geoff House discuss all things game design in this panel session.