Here’s an idea that mixes dating, creativity, and playtesting in a self-sustaining way.

People would sign up and choose one of three roles that best fits their personality type:

* Creative people – imaginative types who love brainstorming and inventing things.

* Analytical people – logical types who like rules, structure, and evaluation.

* Hybrid people – somewhere in between; they like improving and refining ideas.

The event would run in repeating cycles:

1. Creatives are randomly grouped (say, 8 per group) and asked to invent a brand-new board game together. It doesn’t have to be perfect, just original and playable.

2. Analytical groups then play those prototypes on a later day. They give detailed feedback on what worked, what was confusing, and what could be improved.

3. Hybrid groups receive that feedback and refine the most promising games — tightening the rules, balancing mechanics, improving presentation.

4. Finally, another set of Analytical groups plays these improved versions and rates them again.

The dating part

At the end of each session, everyone privately fills out a short dating questionnaire indicating if they’d like to go on a date with anyone they met in their group. (Matches are handled privately, of course.)

Why it’s interesting

* It’s not just another “speed dating” or “paint night.” People build something creative together, which naturally shows personality and chemistry.

* Each event produces real, evolving board games so the system literally generates new games as it helps people meet.

* The three-role setup (Creative, Analytical, Hybrid) keeps things dynamic and makes the social ecosystem self-renewing: games and participants both evolve.

* It balances chaos and structure — Creatives spark ideas, Analytics test them, Hybrids translate between the two.

Essentially it’s a dating ecosystem that also functions as a board-game innovation loop. Every cycle produces new games and new relationships.

What do you think of this idea?