Recently we created a couple surveys (see data below) to help us understand the value of a print and play version of our games with regard to how people back and purchase our games. But first let’s cover a few basic things:… Read more ›
Well I’m not dead yet, so I have a tale to tell… We recently completed our 14th Kickstarter campaign for Dead Men Tell No Tales (DMTNT) and we did some things differently this time. Our campaign was a huge… Read more ›
Every month or so I run across another miss-guided designer making a CCG (Collectible Card Game or Trading Card Game). So again, I’m writing a blog so I don’t have to repeat myself all the time. Let’s be clear,… Read more ›
This post is going to be part documentary, part educational, part advice, and part apology to our Kickstarter backers. Minion Games was utterly unprepared to fulfill the logistics and customer service needs of the numerous Kickstarters we successfully funded… Read more ›
So your Kickstarter is over and it was successful… now what? DO IMMEDIATELY Hopefully right before your campaign ended you remembered to update the story page with your home page URL and last minute info on how to order your product… Read more ›
There are other places to get help on the internet like the BGG design forums or the BGDF, but I’ve found this year that Facebook has served me well. I personally run 3 or 4 groups/pages but there are… Read more ›
There comes a time when you realize your Kickstarter campaign isn’t going to make it… realizing that point and dealing with it is what this article is about. I have studied and talk to many campaigns that had failure in… Read more ›
IndieGoGo.com versus Kickstarter.com UPDATE: At bit under half way we are treading toward $60k and have earned over $26k with over 700 backers so far – how can anyone dispute the power of Kickstarter over any other site? There are… Read more ›
The Enlightened Path to Virtual Popularity I’ve seen many great looking games or great ideas just languish on Kickstarter and they really did a good job with their campaign page. So what went wrong? In almost all these… Read more ›
Myth Busters – Kickstarter Referrer Page? REFERRALS I am in the unique position of having run many Kickstarter campaigns myself and knowing personally two other prolific publishers that use Kickstarter. So I reached out to 9 Table… Read more ›
Kickstarter Checklist This guide was created to help people avoid the pitfalls of, and run, a successful campaign for a card or board game through Kickstarter. Kickstarter is like a mall, the worlds biggest, they bring the customers to… Read more ›
Kickstarter Best Practices group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/138469072961355/ Card & Board Game Designers Guild https://www.facebook.com/groups/320445024722916 Crowdfunding Google+ Group https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/118380390691616458392 BoardGameGeek Kickstarter Forums: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/forum/915012/kickstarter/general http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/746926/kickstarter-announcements-thread Quora kickstarter category http://www.quora.com/Kickstarter Funding the Dream podcast: http://www.buzzsprout.com/4646 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epvJtKthsCo&feature=youtu.be KickstarterHQ and the affiliated pod cast: http://kickstartershq.com… Read more ›
(REPOSTED FROM KICKSTARTER CONVERSATIONS) Welcome back to another Kickstarter Conversation! This time I am joined by James Mathe of Minion Games who has brought us a new board game for Kickstarter called Hegemonic. Thank you for joining us today… Read more ›