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OCTOBER 2, 2017

Success is not the endgame of Kickstarter projects. As many as 84% of Kickstarter projects fulfill rewards late. That is because new entrepreneurs don’t know how to get products from point A to point B. The silver lining here being that if you fulfill on time, you will impress your backers and they will remember you.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

When you’re making your first board game, retail distribution is probably not top of mind. Many creators choose to focus on making a brilliant game, well play-tested, with great art, and good Kickstarter potential. Molly's latest game, The Million Dollar Doodle, is live on Kickstarter!

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MAY 27, 2019

Kickstarter vs. retail: it’s an epic battle for the ages. We live in a world where over $165 million of the tabletop game industry’s $1.5 billion was raised on Kickstarter. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Creating board games can be an expensive affair. In fact, minimizing costs is one of the most compelling reasons to create a game and send it to a publisher instead of self-publishing.

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JULY 20, 2020

Over the last four articles of Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game , I’ve talked about a lot of things that are more complicated than you’d think. I’ve written about the five levels of communication game developers must master. Need help on your board game?

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AUGUST 13, 2018

When it comes to Kickstarting your board game, there is no shortage of complicated tasks which you will need to complete. You – or someone you outsource to – must be able to design a game , bring it into physical form , build an audience , and make sure there’s a market for it in the first place.

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JUNE 30, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Last week in the Dev Diary, I talked about how board game development is a long, ongoing process with a lot of different stages. Waiting for Kickstarter to approve your campaign.

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MAY 14, 2018

This is part one of four in the Failure Recovery series in Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game. I didn’t intend to create a series on failure recovery when I created Start to Finish, but after the failure of my Highways & Byways Kickstarter campaign in April , I believe it to be necessary.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Even if you don’t, it’s still helpful – but it’s not as specific to your needs. Fulfillment is one of the trickiest parts of any board game Kickstarter. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

Creating board games takes an enormous amount of time and effort. The simple fact is that there are a lot of distinct tasks that have to be handled to turn a game from an idea into reality. This is why I urge each new board game designer to share the workload , delegating tasks to a team instead of doing them all alone.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Kickstarter. The name alone evokes a lot of feelings in hopeful entrepreneurs and board gamers alike. Kickstarter – Maker and Breaker of Dreams. Kickstarter – Maker and Breaker of Dreams. Need help on your board game? Kickstarter isn’t a magic money machine.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Sometimes it’s hard to know which direction to go in, but by far, the hardest part is that there is a limit to how fast you can go – 16 miles per hour. Need help on your board game?

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JANUARY 12, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. One of the hardest parts of entrepreneurship is knowing when to change your mindset. We all go into our day-to-day endeavors saddled with a set of assumptions on how life works. Click here.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the ninth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Games are more than just what’s in the box.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. In the same week, I’ve released a blind play-test version of Highways & Byways and ordered a physical prototype. Need help on your board game? Click here. That’s all War Co.

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APRIL 13, 2018

I would have much preferred to write a post about how Highways & Byways funded on day 1. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. When I created this blog, I created it to help see creators through the entire game development process.

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APRIL 2, 2018

If you are a board game developer like me, you are simultaneously privileged and burdened to live in this current time. On the one hand, board games have seen a massive surge of popularity, growing about 20% every year for the last few years. It seems like board gaming just broke a billion dollars as a market.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Sending email newsletters to well-targeted mailing lists is one of the best ways you can spread the word of your business and keep customers engaged. Before you create a mailing list, you need to understand how they fit into your marketing strategy. I’m a big fan of mailing lists. Mailing List Basics.

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