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
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
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
This is a follow-up to my Kickstarter Advertising ROI post after Gothic Horrors and my original How to Advertise your Kickstarter series of posts. You may want to refer to some of these past posts since I certainly reread them … Continued
Two weeks ago, we launched Lawyer Up on Kickstarter. It’s a game we have been laboring over for several years and a Kickstarter we had scheduled internally back during PAX Unplugged (Dec 2019). Of course that was all before COVID-19, … Continued
AlderQuest is back on Kickstarter. We spent a lot of time sifting through all the feedback and have a new cover image, some new pledge tiers and a lot more press flowing in after showing the game at PAX Unplugged. … Continued
Unfortunately, we’re not going to be at Essen this year so consider this our Essen release. Check out the trailer for our upcoming 1-4 player area control game of animal guilds competing to find and match acorns before the start … Continued
I almost always forget to update the website with our Kickstarter announcements, but luckily I’ve been using a checklist these past few times. It’s always a busy busy morning when you launch a Kickstarter and this morning was no different. … Continued
I’m writing a quick post about why you should always get multiple quotes on board game manufacturing and negotiate with a few reputable companies because the question came up on Facebook: I would argue that this advice extends beyond just … Continued
After running 5 successful Kickstarters for board games, we have put together a pretty good playbook for how we organize and build our Kickstarter pages. We are sharing this guide with other creators so that they can improve their own … Continued