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The Few and Cursed is Live on Kickstarter
4 Jun 2019

The Few and Cursed is Live on Kickstarter

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, News | 0

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

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Why you should always get multiple quotes and negotiate
25 Feb 2019

Why you should always get multiple quotes and negotiate

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 1

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

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The Anatomy of a Kickstarter Page
18 Dec 2018

The Anatomy of a Kickstarter Page

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 4

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

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How to better manage your Kickstarter money
15 Nov 2018

How to better manage your Kickstarter money

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 1

Yesterday I was reading this reddit post about how Super Dungeon Legends needs $750k to fulfill it’s $1.29 million Kickstarter.  This isn’t the first tabletop Kickstarter to rip off backers and vanish into the ether (Space Goat’s Evil Dead / … Continued

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Set a Watch is LIVE on Kickstarter!
18 Sep 2018

Set a Watch is LIVE on Kickstarter!

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter | 0

Set a Watch, our new 1-4 player cooperative puzzle adventure game, is currently live on Kickstarter. The Retail version is $22 and the Deluxe version is only $29 on Kickstarter now through October 11th. In Set a Watch, you must … Continued

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Statistically Nobody in Facebook Board Game Groups cares about your Kickstarter
9 May 2018

Statistically Nobody in Facebook Board Game Groups cares about your Kickstarter

by Mike | posted in: kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 3

This post is about something that all of us Kickstarter creators do (probably way too much): Share our project on Facebook (and other social media)! I’m just as guilty as other creators in doing this; we all want our projects to … Continued

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Updated Kickstarter Advertising ROIs based on the Gothic Horrors Campaign
3 May 2018

Updated Kickstarter Advertising ROIs based on the Gothic Horrors Campaign

by Mike | posted in: kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 4

This is a follow-up post to my post last year about how to advertise your Kickstarter.  If you haven’t read that post already, I cover a lot about advertising a tabletop Kickstarter so you really should start there or much … Continued

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Oh yea…Gothic Horrors is on Kickstarter
19 Apr 2018

Oh yea…Gothic Horrors is on Kickstarter

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, News | 0

Funny how I forgot to mention my own Kickstarter on my own website… Don’t let your paranoia and hysteria set in quite yet…save that for when an Old One is staring down at you. As this campaign approaches it’s final … Continued

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Gothic Horrors is coming to Kickstarter March 27th!
13 Mar 2018

Gothic Horrors is coming to Kickstarter March 27th!

by Mike | posted in: kickstarter, News | 4

Gothic Horrors is currently wrapping up Art Production on the last few cards. The Kickstarter page is nearly complete and we’re ready to launch on the morning of March 27th! I’m really excited for everyone to start slicing up Vampires with the Ronin … Continued

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The Top 3 Mistakes I Made on the Maximum Apocalypse Kickstarter
14 Nov 2017

The Top 3 Mistakes I Made on the Maximum Apocalypse Kickstarter

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 1

I posted about my top 3 mistakes for Brass Empire and even though I learned a lot from that and am very proud of the Maximum Apocalypse campaign, but there are always mistakes. This is simply a post-mortem on the campaign … Continued

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