Tales from the Trade

Tales from the Trade

Remaking the Game: KickStarter and the Morphing of Marketing

It used to be that sometimes in order to get a game made someone had to die, and insurance money needed to be collected before a game designer’s 10 year project ever saw the light of day and actually got printed and packaged for retail sale in a true production run.  …

Gen Con 2015 – a full on blast for Breaking Games!

Gen Con this year was an amazing ride!! From planning which games were going to trying to alot booth space for them, arranging rooms for some of our designers to having giant 10 people dinners (with the greatest local IPA's in Indy) it was an up at 7 in at…

Get on top of your game – Game Designers Can Balance Life & The Dream

I am sorry for not blogging for a while - not because people are waiting for me to say something - but because someone noticed I had not been blogging in a while and wanted to know WHAT was wrong. So I would just like to say that nothing is…

There’s a giant kitten in the room

People have asked me - "What is it like to be printing one of the biggest kick starters ever?" I was asked this about Cards Against Humanity many times - and most recently people have asked me this about Exploding Kittens. The answer is, I find that, in general,  I absolutely need to…

Ad Magic in China – Get Your Game Made 001

As most of my clients know - because I put a rare away message on my gmail account -  I went to China a week and a half  ago to oversee and discuss some aspects of a few little  jobs I have been working on like Cards Against Humanity, Exploding Kittens, Poop the Game, and others…

Exploding Kittens LA CAH and the Press

My clients Cards Against Humanity referred a nice guy - Elan Lee - to me a few months ago and asked me to help him out on a little project.  The little project we quoted was for 1000-5000 card games - and it had a cute title - Exploding Kittens.…

boat tracking

A little fun movie I made to show where a boat is for a client. boat movie APL Holland - Small

Things you would never expect to happen in manufacturing – how it relates to Kick starter

I could write a book.  I got a call at 8 am this morning from a fulfillment center out in the midwest.  I have now taken to giving them my cell number - because delivery problems require immediate decisions and 8 am calls are something I don't mind and would…

Ad Magic Events At Gen Con

Its been a while since I had so much exciting news to blog about - but I have to talk about GEN CON in August - since we are bringing some of our clients there with us and we have a TON of events running.  As an Indie Game Printer…