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What Do Board Game Retailers Care About the Most?

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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! And that’s fine!

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Why Board Game Publishers Like Some Games and Don’t Like Others

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It’s no secret that board game publishers like to reduce risks. Most publishers have a system in place to help them filter marketable game ideas from unmarketable game ideas. Yet the process, so heavy on rejection, has left many game designers heartbroken. Need help on your board game?

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What is your board game worth?

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Specifically, you need to be thinking about how people determine what’s valuable. The way you value your game is way different than how everybody else will. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. CC BY-SA 2.0, License , Source ).

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How Cons Can Help You Get Your Board Game into Retail

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If you want to get your board game into retail, you’ve probably heard the advice “go to cons.” ” But what exactly do you do at board game conventions? Why are cons so useful for getting into retail or even launching a Kickstarter? Look around for the retailers.

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A Crash Course in Board Game Marketing & Promotion

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Self-publishing a board game is a long, drawn-out process. Some of this goes back to the process of creating your game, getting it manufactured, and raising funds. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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How to Design the Mechanics of Your Board Game

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Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the third of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? What are game mechanics? Who is Jesse Bergman?

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How to Prepare for a Kickstarter Campaign That’s 1 Month Away

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Things are starting to get hectic around the Pangea Games office / my home office. Things are starting to get hectic around the Pangea Games office / my home office. Need help on your board game?

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