Pledge Managers Update 2021
This is a follow up to my essay and in-depth look at the 3 major pledge managers that I have used. It’s been almost a year since that post and these services have changed quite a bit since then. More … Continued
Gathering Playtest Feedback without Conventions
Before the Pandemic, nearly all of our player feedback was handled in-person. We went to conventions like Unpub, Metatopia, PAX Unplugged and the First Exposure Playtest Hall at Gencon to playtest games we were working on. Those conventions all came … Continued
Someone did a Deeper Dive into Kickstarter’s Referral Metrics
If you were interested in our dive into Kickstarter referral metrics, we inspired a much more indepth post by the Crowdfunding Nerds about the topic over here. The article does a great job expanding on what the referral metrics mean … Continued
Deciphering Kickstarter’s Referral Metrics
This is a follow-up to my ongoing series of How to Advertise your Kickstarter posts, which directly resulted in me getting invited to the amazing “How to think like a Game Designer” podcast. As a disclaimer, remember there are NO SHORTCUTS to … Continued
Running your 1st Kickstarter campaign? You need 500 backers.
When should I launch my Kickstarter? What’s the best time to launch? What should my funding goal be? How do I build up interest for my game? Creators ask these questions all the time and Kickstarter is all about bringing … Continued
Advice for Aspiring Game Designers and Publishers
Most podcasts/interviews always ask me what advice I would give to aspiring game designers. I generally say something along the lines of, “Just start creating the game, playtest and iterate, iterate, iterate on it.” Great game designers find the failures … Continued
Pledge Manager Pricing Calculator
For many creators, the most important thing about a Pledge Manager is the cost and pricing. I wrote a very long essay comparing 3 of the different pledge managers that I have used and created a pricing calculator that was … Continued
Black Lives Matter
A lot transpired in the Board Game community yesterday. In case you missed it, Origins Online has been cancelled (also Kotaku article) due to their silence on the Black Lives Matter movement. After waking up to this news, I felt … Continued
Maximum Apocalypse RPG is coming!
We’ve been hard at work on the Maximum Apocalypse RPG in the background here for several years. Some of you may have even played it at one of our many Origins game sessions. Obviously Origins was pushed back this year … Continued
The Tale of 3 Pledge Managers
This blog post is 100% inspired by James Mathe’s excellent post about Pledge Managers. Like many creators, Mathe’s blog and facebook group helped me immensely when I was getting started. I am writing this to add to that discussion and … Continued