We are
SideQuest Games
founded in 2025
by brothers
Justin and Nathan
OUR JOURNEY
SideQuest Games was founded in 2025 by brothers Justin and Nathan — lifelong gamers based in Columbus, Ohio — after spending seven years building and refining our own fantasy dungeon-crawl from scratch.
We’ve been playing modern board games for over a decade. In that time, we fell in love with the kind of experiences only tabletop can create: the shared tension around the table, the moment when the plan actually works, and the story that persists long after the pieces are packed away. We wanted to make games worthy of that feeling — games that aren’t just mechanically clever, but deeply immersive.
At SideQuest Games, every design starts with:
A world worth exploring.
A ruleset that respects and challenges the player and table time that feels magical.
Our goal is simple: deliver unique, thematic games with memorable decisions, satisfying progression, and replay value that earns its shelf space.
Justin works in the lending field, is an amateur author, and his favorite games include Cthulhu Wars, Anachrony, and Clank! Nathan works as an engineer, and his favorites include Terraforming Mars, Scythe, and Secret Hitler.
We’re gamers first — and that drives every design choice we make.
We hope to have our first title on shelves within three years — and we already have several more in development.
This company began as a side quest.
Now it’s the main campaign.
PROJECT
The Wild Path (2028)
Game Core Values: Intense, Fun & Epic
Fantasy Coop Dungeon Crawl Game
Make choices to help build your own adventure
11 playable characters
250+ unique items (weapons/armor/accessories..)
Unique health system
Unique Tactical combat with challenging monster AI
42 distinct enemies