Designing a board game is a thrilling and creative endeavor, but it’s not without its challenges. As a game designer, I recently had the opportunity to work with Gameland Manufacturing to produce the first polished prototype of our eagerly anticipated Read more…
If you like to cook, don’t open a restaurant, go be a chef. If you like to design board games, don’t publish your own game, design it and pitch it to a publishing company. Establishing a new business is a Read more…
I’m a perfectionist which is really hard when you are trying to make something as elaborate as a board game. I often get caught in the trap of feeling the need to make something look 99% complete before asking other’s Read more…
“Stop making bloated games!” I wish someone told me this before I got too far into making my first serious game, Gnomes & Wizards. It took me awhile to figure it out but I realized that the more “specialty rules” Read more…
When in the gaming community, you often hear people describe the theme of a game by a setting or what kind of visual elements it entails. This could be a space theme, a traditional fantasy theme, viking theme, etc. But Read more…
It’s been awhile since we posted part 3 of this mini series. A lot has happened in my personal life but I want to refocus on putting out content that you can read and hopefully learn from by using personal Read more…
In part one of this series, we discussed some of the fundamentals of starting the manufacturing process and then started breaking down some of the components through part 2. In this post, I want to talk more about components that Read more…
In our last post, we kicked off the first of a four parts series on manufacturing. My aim is to demystify some of the unknowns that you may face creating games. Our latest post set the scene of some basics Read more…
When it comes to manufacturing products, specifically a board game that you designed, you may think that manufacturing is the last part of the process, when in fact it comes into play right from the beginning. What’s in the Box? Read more…
Standing out from the sea of board games can be a challenge, especially nowadays when every game you find at your FLGS (Friendly Local Game Store) or even Target has stunning artwork. We have found that the artwork is definitely Read more…
