How to Play
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Open the Unit
One player runs the auction. Flip the unit, set the starting price, and let the chaos begin.
Bid or Bluff
Go big, play it cool, or call someone's bluff. Only the highest bidder walks away with the goods.
Collect Your Loot
Beanie Babies? Gold frame? Total junk? Pop it open and find out what you just paid for.
Crown the Champion
Two rounds of cutthroat bidding. Stack the highest asset value and take home the title.
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Design your board game visually and Tabletop Runner builds all the cards, board, rules, and code for you. Export to Tabletop Simulator and start playtesting in minutes.
- Minutes
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Drag and drop cards, dice, tokens, tiles, boards, and more. See your game take shape in real time on a top-down table workbench.
Zero code required
No Lua scripting. No JSON editing. No programming knowledge needed. Runner writes the code your game needs, the same way every time.
One-click deploy
Export directly to Tabletop Simulator and your Steam Workshop, with working rules, scripted mechanics, and your own art.
Building blocks
Compose games from modular pieces: cards, dice, tokens, tiles, boards, economies, win conditions, and more. Mix and match freely.
Rapid iteration
Change a rule, tweak a card, adjust the board. Re-export in seconds and get the new version in front of playtesters right away.
Automated game logic
Turn order, scoring, dealing, shuffling, win conditions. Configure your rules visually and Runner wires the mechanics for you.
How it works
- STEP 01
Pick a template
Start from a proven framework like party games or trivia, or build from scratch.
- STEP 02
Design components
Add cards, dice, tokens, tiles, and boards. Import content straight from a spreadsheet.
- STEP 03
Set your rules
Define turns, phases, dealing, scoring, and win conditions. Click to configure, not code.
- STEP 04
Export and play
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Games with Chat
The carnival where everyone watching gets to play.
A streamer hosts a carnival booth game on stream, and every viewer plays at the same time from their phone. The broadcast is the spectacle, and progress, pins, and prizes follow one Carnival Pass everywhere.
Everyone plays at once
Thousands of viewers in one live session, not just a couple of guests.
Join in seconds
Viewers hop in from the link or QR code on stream. No download needed.
Stream anywhere
Host on Twitch, YouTube, or Kick, with a Twitch Extension built in.
Win tickets, earn prizes
Trade tickets at the Prize Counter for plush and things to dress them up in.
On the Midway
Mind Your Mustang
The streamer locks in a secret answer. Chat guesses it, and every match runs a horse closer to the finish.
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Duck Duck Choose
The streamer secretly picks a duck. Chat reads the clues and races to find it.
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Grumpy Gopher
Every answer sits on a gopher. Chat dodges the streamer's secret pick, and the last players standing win.
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Strong Feelings
The streamer rates a question on a scale. Chat guesses the number, then the puck flies.
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Running Innovation
We make games that are quick to pick up, with strategy that gets everyone talking, scheming, and laughing loud enough to wake the neighbors.
The Founders
Andrew & Randall
Friends · Gamers · Runners
Between miles on our runs, we talked about everything, mostly board games and improv. Training for the NYC Marathon meant hours of that. Eventually the question changed from "what games do we love?" to "why don't we make one?"
Conversations started in January 2024. More than 2 and a half years later, here we are having officially published and shipped our first game.
Bidder Battle came from our love of storage auction and picker shows. That thrill of finding a gem where you least expect it. Mix that with social deception, playful strategy, and everyone talking at the table, and the game basically designed itself.
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