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Guest Post by Frank Zazanis. Frank is a designer and publisher in Southern California. Check out his company website: General Nonsense Games and be sure to stop his booth at Strategicon or wherever else he might…
Guest Post by Frank Zazanis. Frank is a designer and publisher in Southern California. Check out his company website: General Nonsense Games and be sure to stop his booth at Strategicon or wherever else he might…
This is part 2 of Randy Hoyt’s piece from a publisher’s perspective, describing how he worked to re-theme Lanterns: The Harvest Festival from a game about flowers to become the beautiful game…
Guest post by Randy Hoyt. In his day job, Randy works on the user experience design team for a Silicon Valley startup. But at night, he designs and publishes board games.…
Guest Post by Scott Caputo, designer of the boardgames Kachina and Völuspá, and author of a book of poetry: “Holy Trinity of Chiles“ Introduction by Luke Laurie: I met Scott Caputo at the Celesticon game convention…
In Part 1, Kelsey Domeny introduced the publisher speed dating event at GenCon and had great advice for designers pitching their games. It also included video interviews with designers and publishers…
ON AUGUST 16, 2014, 15 DESIGNERS AND 12 PUBLISHERS GATHER FOR ONE NIGHT TO DATE EACH OTHER 6 MINUTES AT A TIME. Designer/Publisher Speed Dating at Gen Con is exactly…
A good sell sheet can be a key part of getting your game picked up by a publisher. In this piece, I’ll discuss these topics: WHAT IS A SELL SHEET? WHEN DO…
First and foremost, I am not a lawyer. Contract law is a beast, and if you’re unsure about the wording in a game contract, take it to a contract lawyer.…
Jupiter Rescue, our cooperative robot game, met success in a big way. We had already received lots of great support from our playtesting groups, won The Game Crafter co-op challenge earlier in January…
There are a few ways to go about getting your game to print. One is to make it yourself. This involves high financial risk, probable disappointment, and a huge investment…