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Advertising your Kickstarter on Facebook
6 Jul 2017

Advertising your Kickstarter on Facebook

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

This post is a follow-up to How to Advertise your Kickstarter. So this post has taken me the longest to write-up because Facebook is the most robust advertising platform that I used this time around.  Before I delve into the … Continued

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Advertising your Kickstarter on Reddit
29 Jun 2017

Advertising your Kickstarter on Reddit

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

This post is a follow-up to How to Advertise your Kickstarter. Reddit launched their new ad platform about a month before my Maximum Apocalypse Kickstarter.  I was a fan of their last self-serve system, but their new one is just … Continued

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Advertising your Tabletop Kickstarter on BoardGameGeek
27 Jun 2017

Advertising your Tabletop Kickstarter on BoardGameGeek

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

This post is a follow-up to How to Advertise your Kickstarter Advertising on BoardGameGeek for a tabletop Kickstarter project should come as no surprise.  If by some miracle, you’re reading this and don’t know what BoardGameGeek is then you’re not … Continued

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Advertising your Kickstarter on Kicktraq – Is it worth it?
21 Jun 2017

Advertising your Kickstarter on Kicktraq – Is it worth it?

by Mike | posted in: kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 2

This post is a follow-up to How to Advertise your Kickstarter. So if you read my previous post, you know that Kicktraq by far performed the worst out of all the places that I advertised.  I spent $140 and directly … Continued

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The Top 3 Mistakes I Made on the Brass Empire Kickstarter
13 Jun 2016

The Top 3 Mistakes I Made on the Brass Empire Kickstarter

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 2

Now that I am nearing the completion and fulfillment of my first Kickstarter campaign, I thought it would be nice to share a few mistakes I made along the way. ย This isnโ€™t meant to be overly negativeโ€“Iโ€™m thrilled that players … Continued

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May Kickstarter Update: Production is Complete
2 May 2016

May Kickstarter Update: Production is Complete

by Mike | posted in: blog | 0

I got word a few weeks ago that production is complete on all the rewards for Brass Empire. ย All of my Kickstarter funds have been spent prepaying for shipping and paying for all the rewards so we are very close … Continued

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Brass Empire from Prototype to Kickstarter
3 Dec 2015

Brass Empire from Prototype to Kickstarter

by Mike | posted in: blog, game prototype | 0

The Idea The idea for Brass Empire came from my addiction to deckbuilding games over the past few years. I first discovered deckbuilding with Ascension (I have 3 sets/expansions and the app) and played the game heavily. When I played … Continued

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How to deal with a Kickstarter IP dispute
29 Oct 2015

How to deal with a Kickstarter IP dispute

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter lesson | 10

I was unlucky enough to have to deal with Kickstarterโ€™s integrity team and an IP dispute with my very first Kickstarter campaign.ย  It was incredibly stressful and frustrating, but in the end I was able to get everything back on … Continued

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I still can’t post to Kickstarter so here’s an abbreviated update
26 Oct 2015

I still can’t post to Kickstarter so here’s an abbreviated update

by Mike | posted in: blog | 1

As you all can imagine, I had a very stressful weekend.  At 11am on Friday, I received a notice that my project was hidden due to an IP infringement.  Apparently there was another Kickstarter named Steamcraft RPG and that guy … Continued

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Watch Us Play a Match of Steamcraft
16 Oct 2015

Watch Us Play a Match of Steamcraft

by Mike | posted in: blog, video | 0

Matt and I play a 2 player match of Steamcraft. I lose by 1 point ๐Ÿ™

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