Publish, Pitch, or Get Off the Pot
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Publish, Pitch, or Get Off the Pot

Cool Table, Rocket Cats in Space, The Candyman Can, Camp Friendship, BEARanoia… I’ve been designing games for the past three years – and some of…

The Top 5 Things I Look for in a Board Game Illustration Portfolio
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The Top 5 Things I Look for in a Board Game Illustration Portfolio

When I’m not playing/designing games, I’m a comic artist (shameless plug: my comic Kickstarter is going on until May 16). Which means people love to…

Following rules is hard, writing rules is harder!
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Following rules is hard, writing rules is harder!

The number of people who are willing to put in the effort to research rules online and figure out how to play your game is…

A PR Perspective on Reaching Out to Reviewers
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A PR Perspective on Reaching Out to Reviewers

When I’m not writing for the Internet, I’m a professional Internet writer. (I just can’t get away.) Part of my everyday job involves doing outreach…

Enjoy the Work, Not Your Expectations
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Enjoy the Work, Not Your Expectations

The Happy Mitten Games podcast has recently featured guests such as James Ernest, Darrell Louder of Unpub, Richard Bliss, Stronghold Games, Calliope Games, and more….

Team-Building, Transparency, and Tastiness – an Interview with Michael Mindes
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Team-Building, Transparency, and Tastiness – an Interview with Michael Mindes

Luke Laurie recently sat down (digitally) to interview the prolific founder of Tasty Minstrel Games, Michael Mindes. The outcome: a wealth of gamemaking knowledge and…

Designers and creative control

Ryan Sanders (A.K.A. The Inquisitive Meeple) told me he was starting a new interview series about advice for people designing games or navigating the publishing…

Goodbye, Obscurity Mode
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Goodbye, Obscurity Mode

Randy Hoyt found that great tweet and quoted it in the comment wall last August on Kelsey’s “One Tip” Kickstarter post-mortem, advocating outside feedback. Randy…

Getting Published Through the Back Door
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Getting Published Through the Back Door

Guest post by Scott Caputo, who previously wrote the piece Stepping into the Big Leagues at Essen I have had the good fortune of getting…

The Price is Right!
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The Price is Right!

Now that we are moving toward getting Stones of Fate out to retail stores, one thing on my mind has been “How do I set…

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