A good, thoughtful article on Kickstarter  funding (actually, the second half of a longer good thoughtful article - read Part I  too) from C...

Some good advice here from a reviewer - somebody who likely reads a good many more rules documents than your typical game designer.

In my last post , I mentioned my newest game project, tentatively called Horde.  The original submission was for a contest entry at BGDF and...

So, I entered a game in the newly-shrunken monthly BGDF design showdown in January .  I got second in the voting. I'll put up a few pos...

Image from the Game Salute site. SBBQR?  Here's a game-production Kickstarter campaign for a game about recreating the Roman empire...

Mini cards (2.5"x1.75") now available at TheGameCrafter.com - this is a big deal; those could be super-useful for not only card...

BGG Ratings counts as of 2007, by BGG member Joe Grundy My last post , which discussed BGG ratings of a few games, got me wondering what...

The folks at the Opinionated Gamer visit several past themes on the value of Kickstarter to designers, publishers, and players.  It was int...

The Gamer's Table , a boardgame review site, has started what is to become a series on independent games.  For their first episode, they...

This is a good article, with lots of advice I should take to heart but don't always.

Risk battles, thoroughly quantified.   Takeaway:  Even for evenly matched armies, the attacker gets more likely to win the more each side ...

New jumbo card template (from TGC site) TheGameCrafter.com announces a new big card size (they call them Jumbo cards).  At 3.5" b...

Wordy in mid-game - bonus points for anyone who can tell me the last word... I spent a chunk of December working on a JavaScript-based ...

There's a post from Mike Lee at Panda Game Manufacturing  over at the Tasty Minstrel Games blog which goes through the steps of getting...

TGC Hex card template TheGameCrafter.com is now offering  hex cards and square cards. The hexes are 3.5" the short way, 3.75"...

Chris Norwood over at GamerChris  has a detailed takedown of a project he recently supported via Kickstarter.  The details are in his post,...

TheGameCrafter.com medium box (from TGC site) TheGameCrafter.com adds another box size .  This is a bit bigger (and heftier) than their...

In an earlier post today, I mentioned SuperiorPOD 's new distribution service, and I said I couldn't find much detail on what extra...

From a new e-mail I got this morning - SuperiorPOD is trying to bridge the gap between print-on-demand, direct sales (which TheGameCrafter a...

In response to this post , reader Wordman says the following: Grant's critique rings hollow to me. Not because his analysis is wrong,...

Really interesting critique/rant by Grant Rodiek about using Kickstarter for game projects over here at Exiled Here .  I've been aware o...

I'm guest-hosting the monthly Game Design Showdown over at Board Game Designers Forum . I required an ocean theme ('cause I'm a ...

I took some pictures of one of my current projects, Warped, which I entered in TheGameCrafter's vehicle design contest and which I...

Example new TGC board. Image from their post (linked above) See here.   These look as good as regular gameboards, and I assume the print...

I set up a Google+ page for Plankton Games .  Not sure what that's worth.  My Facebook Plankton Games page has never been visited by an...

Zounds!   It  works!  A hex overlay that will sit on top of other art.  Nice.  Now, if I were just a good enough artist to draw a top view...

A neat step-by-step tutorial for making a hex grid pattern in Illustrator .  I'm working on better art for my Zombie Ball game (and may...

From Kickstarter Funding by Days of the Week , Richard Bliss, Purple Pawn, 10/28/2011 Richard Bliss over at the Purple Pawn posted  some...

The contest I entered Warped! in is over, with results here . Short analysis - I didn't place in the top five, which is all the resul...

Really interesting article over at the Purple Pawn  about success people have had using Kickstarter.com  to fund boardgame startups.  I'...