The Design Dojo

A Studio for Tabletop Game Designers

Between DIY and pro printing — disciplined momentum.

Turn drafts into prototypes.
Without drift.

The Lab is where you build. It’s structured studio time with facilitator-run printing oversight, material credits, and a culture built around one thing: playable progress.

Standard

Playable • Clean • Efficient

  • Prototype-grade output
  • Controlled iteration
  • Less waste, more progress
Build nights

Structured studio sessions

  • Focused build blocks
  • Micro-test windows
  • Closing commitments
Materials

Credits + shared pool

  • $30 material credit/month
  • Shared components access
  • Premium options available

What’s included

Everything is designed to keep you moving — without perfectionism taking over.

Studio time

Structured build nights

  • Session rhythm (build + micro-test)
  • Facilitator pacing support
  • Closing: “What changed tonight?”
Printing

Facilitator-run queue

  • Pre-flight checks (scale, margins, legibility)
  • Batch printing to reduce waste
  • Reprint limits (structural failures only)
Allocation

Monthly materials

  • 50 B&W pages/month
  • 10 color pages/month
  • $30 material credit/month

Printing discipline (why it matters)

The Lab is not a print shop. Printing exists to serve iteration. We keep standards prototype-grade so you can test without wasting time and materials.

Pre-flight

Before anything prints

  • Correct scale (no fit-to-page distortion)
  • Safe margins for trimming
  • Version label visible
Reprints

Allowed only when

  • Wrong file printed
  • Scaling/layout blocks play
  • Text is unreadable
Not allowed

Cosmetic churn

  • Minor wording tweaks
  • Alignment preferences
  • Color dissatisfaction

What this is (and isn’t)

This is: a disciplined studio environment built for progress.

This isn’t: a casual table rental or a perfection-first print pipeline.

We aim for playable prototypes with minimal reprint errors — the middle ground between DIY and pro print shops.