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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Geoff EngelsteinPresidentMind Bullet Games

Geoff Engelstein is an award-winning table-top game designer, whose titles include The Ares Project, Space Cadets, and The Dragon & Flagon. He is also a noted podcaster. Since 2007 he has been a contributor to the Dice Tower, the leading table-top game podcast, with GameTek, a series on the math, science, and psychology of games. He has also hosted Ludology a weekly podcast on game design since 2011. Since 2015 Geoff has been an adjunct professor with the NYU Game Center, teaching Board Game design. Geoff has spoken at a variety of venues, including Pax, Gencon, Rutgers, and USC. He has degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is currently the president of Mars International, a design engineering firm.

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