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Gathering Playtest Feedback without Conventions
26 Jan 2021

Gathering Playtest Feedback without Conventions

by Mike | posted in: blog, game design tips | 0

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

Advice for Aspiring Game Designers and Publishers
13 Aug 2020

Advice for Aspiring Game Designers and Publishers

by Mike | posted in: blog, game design tips | 0

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

Games are Ready when they’re Ready
24 Feb 2020

Games are Ready when they’re Ready

by Mike | posted in: blog, game design tips | 0

Here are Rock Manor Games, our games take quite a bit of time. Our fastest turnaround on developing a board game was probably Gothic Horrors and that was an expansion and still took over a year. Most of our new … Continued

Game Design: Our Art Production Process
23 Aug 2016

Game Design: Our Art Production Process

by Mike | posted in: blog, game design tips | 0

Over the course of showing Brass Empire at conventions we have gotten a ton of complements about the art and overall design of the game. I thought it would be helpful for other small publishers and designers to learn about … Continued

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How to Make a Professional looking Sell Sheet
28 Jun 2016

How to Make a Professional looking Sell Sheet

by Mike | posted in: blog, game design tips | 0

I got a lot of praise for a recent sell sheet I put together for Brass Empire, so I thought I would share my process and delve into the subject a bit. What is a Sell Sheet? A sell sheet … Continued

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Take on the role of magical merchants in a business where supply and demand are essential. Craft items based on dice rolls and satisfy the exact needs of fickle customers. Failing to do so will result in them visiting your opponents' shops! https://buff.ly/3tlV6Vi Merchants of Magick is live on Kickstarter! Pledge today and save on this fantastic roll&write game along with its 2 Brand New expansions: Merchants of Magick + 2 New Expansions are coming to #kickstarter tomorrow so if you missed out on one of the best roll&write #boardgames around, now is the time to grab it! New Learn to Play video for Lawyer Up: Season 2 Case 05 is up on our youtube: https://buff.ly/3LD5s9A Unboxing videos of Forsaken Isles and Doomed Run just uploaded to our Youtube channel today: https://buff.ly/3f53Yo3  Don't forget to lik/subscribe! Learn how to setup Case 04 of Lawyer Up: Season 2 against a solo AI opponent in our new youtube video.  Once you learn to setup Lawyer Up, you can watch our solo playthrough of Case 04. Project Approved on Kickstarter -> Click Notify on Launch so that you don't miss it https://buff.ly/3PwxoOW If you’re attending #paxwest, our games are located in the TabletopCoop booth (TT89). Stop by today to demo with Lawyer Up designer and then tomorrow one of the designers of Seas of Havoc should be there. Played through Stardriven:gateway twice today working through cooperative mode and playtesting small tweaks and balance changes.

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