Earlier this year, Kim at Secret Base Games revealed an innovative way of shipping items produced in China directly from China to individual backers around the world by working with a company called Send from China. The concept was heralded as a simpler, less expensive way of reward fulfillment. I like to either test things […]
Recently I’ve become a huge fan of author Brandon Sanderson. First I got hooked on his “superhero” trilogy called The Reckoners. Then I discovered his Mistborn series, which is one of the best fantasy books I’ve ever read–it’s the kind of book I can’t wait to finish, but I also dread the day I read […]
Is Kickstarter still the king of crowdfunding? You may notice that I write considerably more about Kickstarter than any other crowdfunding website, but I try to give its main competitor, Indiegogo, a nod every now and then. Sometimes I wonder if I’m not giving Indiegogo the credit it’s due. So recently when I learned that […]
Recently I was introduced to three interesting (and very different) web applications that my fellow creators might be interested in, so I thought I’d give them a brief overview here. Boardgamedata.com This is a brilliant new website that serves as a nice complement to Kicktraq (the sites aren’t related in any way). Sure, the focus is […]
This is an odd article for me to write. I’ve been an advocate of crowdfunders using Amazon fulfillment (instead of shipping by hand) since the early days of Stonemaier Games. I also like to keep this blog largely positive. But I also feel a responsibility to my fellow creators, especially when I’ve lauded something in the […]
If I met with you for the first time wearing either a crisp, clean, button-down dress shirt or a ketchup-stained, unwashed, torn t-shirt, would my choice of clothing impact your initial impression of me? Most likely it would. First impressions are incredibly important. That’s why the main project image–the first thing backers see when browsing […]
You’re in a job interview every day, all the time, for a job that may not even exist yet. Three years ago, I was running my first tabletop game Kickstarter project (Viticulture). I got a message from a guy named Morten in Denmark asking if he could see the rules to the game (as I […]
This post is geared towards game designers/publishers and game reviewers. For the first year or two of running my publishing company, I had no idea how promo items worked. I still don’t really know all that much, but I’ve learned a little, so I thought I’d share what I know with you. There are lots […]
This is a comprehensive guest post about copyright by our crowdfunding legal expert, Zachary Strebeck. *** While attending a Kickstarter panel at GenCon starring the indomitable Jamey Stegmaier, a question was asked about what Kickstarter creators should be worried about regarding copyright. Since there was a copyright lawyer in the audience, Jamey directed the question to me. […]
Last week, 61,423 people converged onto Indianapolis to attend Gen Con, a massive gaming convention. I was one of them. I’ve attended three Gen Cons in a row, and this one was by far my favorite (I’ll explain why below). The first year, I basically just wandered around the exhibition hall for three days (recap […]
