Richard New, Jeremy Commandeur, and Brian Henk talk about writing rules for a board game. Here are some of the topics we cover in this episode:

Resources:

The top 5 keys to convention preparation from the designer and publisher perspective.

Also, how do you prepare for a smaller convention? Which conventions should you attend? 

Video/YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/5cgYrNqIQWs

We continue our discussion on getting ready for a convention, running a booth, and getting in front of a publisher at a con. What should you put in your convention prep kit?

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Today the topic is getting ready for a convention from the perspective of someone playing games, publishing games, and designing games. How do you get your design in front of publishers? How do you get buzz going for a booth? What are the booth-goer "use cases"? How do you make the most of your convention? We tackles these questions and more.

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Jeremy gives some more tips on running your own Protospiel event and we get more from him about how to create the right environment for game design support and feedback.

Resources

Protospiel website: http://www.protospiel.org/

Unpub website: http://unpub.net/

In this episode, we interview Zachary Strebeck about legal issues in the tabletop game industry. He talks about his launch of his site for do-it-yourself contracts and he also started his own podcast called Legal Moves.

Video/YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/8KLd3DaqsrE

We cover lessons learned in talking to tabletop game manufacturers so you can better prepare for the next time you need to work with one.

Video/YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/h5wEsDtUPPw

Jeremy Commandeur hosts this WonderCon 2015 panel on Indie Tabletop Publishing. These are the panelists:

We talk about improving the relationship between a publisher and an artist. What are some tips to make it mutually beneficial?

Working with Artists | Hyperbole Gameshttp://hyperbolegames.com/2013/04/14/working-with-artists/

Kelley McMorris illustration: Self-Published Authors: 10 Tips on How to Email an Illustratorhttp://kmcmorris.blogspot.com/2015/04/self-published-authors-10-tips-on-how.html

The Forbidden Limb guys talk about different places to go to find an artist for your tabletop game.

Video Version: https://youtu.be/-aC04mNovAo

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