The Asmodee Group has announced the acquisition of acclaimed indie publishing group Rock Manor Games. Founded in 2015 by Mike Gnade, Rock Manors Games is best known for its thematic cooperative game titles such as Set a Watch and Maximum … Continued
I’m a firm believer in bringing your own crowd to Kickstarter. Kickstarter will help boost your signal, but they’re not going to supply all of the backers that you need to fund and they’re a bit overzealous in the referrals … Continued
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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