Ch. 03: Plan 3 Games in 3 Days
I challenge you to our “3 game ideas in 3 days” with a twist. The twist is you have to randomly select which game types your 3 games will be. … Read More
Ep. 11: Eva Xu – Do Fine Games (Board Game Manufacturer)
I don’t know a lot about manufacturing. I’ve made a lot of playable card and board game prototypes over the last decade but I’ve never published one. So I haven’t had … Read More
Ep. 09: Scott Morris – President of Passport Game Studios
Scott Morris now plays a big role for a very successful board game company. But I want to quickly tell you how I met this president of Passport Game Studios (PGS). … Read More
Ch. 01: Aliens vs. Animals
On our quest to encourage and teach others to make games, we have started a new series of articles called the SLG “Academy”. For our first post, we are doing … Read More
3 Reasons You Should Make a Board Game
“Mom!! I’m bored.” She would come up with one hundred and fifty-seven different activities for me to do, but sometimes none of them would be appealing. As you may know, … Read More
How to Make a Kickstarter Page for Your Board Game
Kickstarter is the number 1 place that game designers go to get funding to self publish their own board games. If you want to self publish your board game through Kickstarter, … Read More
How to Deliver a Great Pitch for Your Game
“So what’s your game about?” She asked. I couldn’t move. Couldn’t talk… I was frozen. “Um, uh, ahh…” I stumbled. This is embarrassing. Why would she ever want to sell my game … Read More
5 Attributes of a Great Game
I had just made my first game. I was so excited. Everyone was going to be begging me to play it! I was wrong… I had made Memaw’s Monsters using … Read More