In this edition of Q&Play, Ryan looks at Circle the Wagons. A 2-player map-building game that fits in your back pocket.
Category: Features
Publishing Insights: Taxes
It’s tax season and in this edition of Meeple Speak, Kirk Dennison of PieceKeeper Games tackles dealing with taxes on his first published Kickstarter game, Flag Dash.
Thematic Mechanic
Designer Benny Sperling talks becoming a thematic mechanic.
Q&Play: Climbing the Ladder to the 29th Floor
Find out why The Inquisitive Meeple says that Ladder 29 should be in every gamers collection, and then check out an interview with both designers to learn the story behind the game.
Lesson #14 – Building an Email Subscriber List
Compiling and utilizing and email/subscriber list remains one of the best assets a creator can use to spread the word when launching a campaign. However; an email list will not just appear out of nowhere and it is up to the creator to develop a large, engaged following. Unfortunately though, there is no “get-rich quick” method for making this work outside of hitting the pavement and making connections. All of the promises to grow your subscriber lists exponentially will often add subscribers but they will not be engaged, will not read your emails, and will not be interested in your products. It can be hard and frustrating to get your email list subscriber numbers to a level you are happy with, so here are just a few tips I have utilized to help grow Letiman Games’ mailing list.
Q&Play: A Double Scoop of Rocky Road
In this Q&Play, The Inquisitive Meeple combines (and remixes) his previous (p)review of Rocky Road a la Mode and interview with designer Joshua Mills into a single article giving you a double scoop of Rocky Road.
Q&Play: Thyme to Talk Herbaceous
The Inquisitive Meeple reviews and then talks with designer, Stephen Finn, about Herbaceous.
Dan Goes Inside Dwarves of Iron Peak
Dwarves of Iron Peak Launch date: February 14, 2017 (Valentines day!) End date: March 19, 2017 Goal: $12,000 Cost for a copy of the game: $45 Designed by: Greg Breault Published by: RocketSlug Games Campaign link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rocketsluggames/dwarves-of-iron-peak/?ref=TIGR Why don’t you start us off by giving us a brief overview of Dwarves of Iron Peak. Dwarves of Iron Peak, or ‘DoIP’ (go ahead, say it, its fun! Doy-p!) is a 2 player game that take about 30 minutes to play. One player takes charge of 8 Dwarves sent by their King to retrieve an ancient Relic. The other player plays the Troll, who’s represented by two large dwarf crushing 2 inch feet, and a Hammer of extreme dwarf bashing. He also has Cave Spiders under his control who just mainly eat things that enter the trolls cave. Which happens to be Dwarves this day. This is your second time launching a campaign…
Dan Goes Inside Dragon Dodge
Today, Dan discusses the current Kickstarter campaign by Hidden Creek Games: Dragon Dodge. He talks with these first time creators about the challenges they faced, components, art and reviews.
Lesson #13 – Including a Print & Play
I often browse many kickstarter forums (mostly the groups on Facebook) and I often see the question come up of “Should I include a Print and Play (PnP) in my campaign?” Whether you decide to offer it for a price or give it out to everyone free of charge, I definitely think it is a good idea to include a Print and Play in your Kickstarter campaign. This post will explore all of the reasons why I feel the way I do.