If you back small-box games, mark 7 May in your diary. Pocketopia 2026 returns to BackerKit with more than 50 portable, easy-to-learn tabletop games launching together, and last year's edition cleared $1 million across over 20,000 pledges, so the format clearly works.
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See how it worksThe hook is curation. Rather than scrolling through hundreds of disconnected campaigns, you get a hand-picked showcase grouped into five themed banners: Solo Ready Games, Family Friendly Games, Card Games, Tabletop Tavern (TTRPGs), and Quick & Thinky. Back three or more projects within the same banner and creators throw in exclusive freebies, things like dice, pins, stickers and patches. There are also paired "Cross-Collab" projects where backing both at a physical pledge level unlocks bonus goodies.
Notable picks already announced include Riposte! and Cell Block 18, a pair of two-player 18-card duels (one a fencing bluff game, the other an asymmetric prison-break), and The Roots of Soledad, a García Márquez-inspired set-collection card game. London-based Wotan Games is among the participating creators, focusing on gateway games with proper British humour. The campaigns run from 7 May through to 28 May.
Got a regular group? Create a private community, poll for the best date, vote on games, and let your friends RSVP in one place.
Set up your group for freePocketopia leans into a specific gap: short, portable games that work in a pub or on a long train. If your group is the sort that meets in cafes or wedges in a quick game between courses at dinner, this is the format aimed squarely at you. And if you don't yet have a regular crew to play these with, find a game night near you and put one on the table.
