Splotter Con 2026 Contests
Milestones Contest (most Splotters played)
Turn to the Milestones section within your Player Aid where you will see graphics of all 21 Splotter releases plus Pandemic: Rising Tide (which was co-designed by Jeroen).
- The first time you play each Splotter game during the con, find a volunteer to stamp your Player Aid.
- The 20 attendees with the most Splotter stamps will receive a prize, to be selected in descending order.
- Results freeze Sunday, September 6 at 11:00pm ET.
- Tie Breaker: There is a list of 13 games that influenced or inspired Jeroen and Joris at the bottom of the Milestones section. Folks with the same stamp quantity will use the number of these games played as tiebreakers. Check them off as you play each.
- This year, we will be transitioning to web-based reporting but will use the stamp system as backup. This means all of your games must be added within our scheduling system and recorded as Completed Games to count – this goes for Splotters and Influential games.
Spelgids Contest (most Splotters taught)
Turn to the Spelgids section inside your Player Aid where you see a list of all 21 Splotters and an empty line next to each.
- Every time you teach a Splotter game, request one of our con volunteers to stamp next to the respective game.
- The 10 attendees with the most overall Splotter teaches will receive prizes.
- Results freeze Sunday, September 6 at 11:00pm ET.
- Based on feedback from last year, we are implementing a point system this con based on complexity/length of teaches. See below for scoring matrix.
- This year, we will be transitioning to web-based reporting but will use the stamp system as backup. This means all of your games must be added within our scheduling system, recorded as Completed Games & you marked as Teacher to count.
Splotter Con Spelgid (game guide): If you manage to teach any single game 5 or more times, you will achieve this higher status, and will receive a sticker to affix to your badge letting everyone know that you are an expert teacher for this game.
- You may earn Spelgid stickers for multiple games.
Heavy: 5 points
- Antiquity
- Duck Dealer
- Food Chain Magnate
- FCM: Ketchup Mechanism & Other Ideas
- Greed Incorporated
- Horseless Carriage
- Indonesia
- Roads & Boats
- Ur: 1830 BC
Medium: 3 points
- Bus
- Cannes: Stars, Scripts and Screens
- Spol
- Great Zimbabwe, The
- Pandemic: Rising Tide
- VOC! Founding the Dutch East Indies Company
Light: 1 point
- Beest
- Chameleo Chameleo
- D’r Af
- Gossip
- Kiek
- Oraklos
- Web
Features Bonus: 1 point
Teach the following featured Damwise-Splotter collabs:
- Bus: Pittsburgh
- Gossip
- Web
Heavy Bonus: 10 points
Teach all 9 heavy games!
Bus Driver Contest (most unique players)
Turn to the Bus Driver section inside your Player Aid.
- Every time you play a game (not just Splotters), add your competitors’ names to your list.
- Only list an individual once i.e. if you play with someone multiple times, they only count as one.
- The 10 attendees who played against the most different players will receive a prize.
- Results freeze Sunday, September 6 at 11:00pm ET.
- This year, we will be transitioning to web-based reporting but will use the Player Aid system as backup. This means all of your games must be added within our scheduling system, recorded as Completed Games & you marked as a Player to count.
Path of the Polder Pioneer (fun checklist)
Turn to the Path of the Polder Pioneer section inside your Player Aid where you’ll find a checklist of activities to accomplish during the convention.
- Only a single winner.
- Every time you complete an item on the Quest Log, request one of our con volunteers to initial next to it.
- You may continue to check items off to be added to drawing right up until the Wrap Up Event on Monday, September 7 at ~11AM ET.
- Everyone who checks off at least 10 of the 15 items, will have their name entered in a drawing to win a free Splotter Con 2027 badge.
- Check off all 15 & receive 5 entries!
