Kickstarter Journeys

Learn how a new game company has tried approaching the hobby. From a $150 monster of a space game, to a $7 small scall card game, Rob McBride is learning all about the industry as he explores Kickstarter.

In this episode we talk about Dig! and Overbattle, with some thoughts on conventions, prototypes, previewers, and more.

Check out their Dig! Kickstarter

Or take a look at Overbattle

To learn more about FunDaMental Games feel free to visit www.thefundamentalgames.com

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A young, yet powerful wizard embarks on a Kickstarter Journey of magical proportions... meet Mike Bregel, the creator of Wizards & Relics. He did all of the artwork for this very visual card game, as well as the graphic design and kickstarter page, and more! Learn about how he prepared some of these challenging aspects during his first Kickstarter campaign.

Visit the Kickstarter Page here: Wizards & Relics

We spoke of some of the amazing advice of Mark Rosewater (of MTG fame), here is one such article! 

To learn more about FunDaMental Games feel free to visit www.thefundamentalgames.com

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In this episode we dive deep... VERY deep. The deepest place on Earth, The Marianna Trench! A very talented artist and graphic designer, Tristam Rossin, has now delved into his own game company called Bright Light Games. He has already done art for several published and soon to be published games, but now we see him venture out on his own. Enjoy!

Visit the Kickstarter Page here: The Mariana Trench

Visit his website here, he is open to commissions as well! Bright Light Games

To learn more about FunDaMental Games feel free to visit www.thefundamentalgames.com

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A very successful microgame launched last year by a new creator, the game was simply called RUNE. Then, a completely different style of game (visually and mechanically) was created called Kingdom Candy: Monsters. Another success! Listen to the creators process and how he developed a partnership to relaunch Rune this year!

Have a look at the RUNE campaign page  HERE

And have a look at Kingdoms Candy site, HERE

To learn more about FunDaMental Games feel free to visit www.thefundamentalgames.com

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A perfect blend of game designer, game developer (Jonny Pac), artists, graphic designers, and a superb manufacturer (Panda Games) has crafted a wonderful kickstarter campaign and boardgame. Learn how deckbuilding and worker placement merged together, and how they shared the prototypes and TTS of the game. Some great learnings from a campaign that has raised over half a million US dollars with just under a week left in its campaign at the time of recording!

Have a look at their awesome campaign page HERE.

And we mentioned their climb on the Boardgame Geek site, here is the games page...

To learn more about FunDaMental Games feel free to visit www.thefundamentalgames.com

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A first time successful creator joins the show to share of his experiences. From coming up with the game, to figuring out how to create and playtest it, and some of the challenges he experienced running his first crowfunding campaign. Come have a listen to Jim and his store about Kleos!

Have a look at his Kickstarter campaign page here!

And here is Azure Horizon Games website...

To learn more about FunDaMental Games feel free to visit www.thefundamentalgames.com

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Want to hear the story behind a $2,000,000 Kickstarter campaign? The background of how Frostpunk was turned from a video game to a board game is told by Jakub Wiśniewski, of Glass Cannon Unplugged. This is the FIRST boardgame kickstarter to originate in Poland. Learn about his philosophies to creating great content, and how important a team of people is to the success of games created in this scope. And in his words, remember that your backers are not only customers, they are investors and dream makers... so inspirational!

The campaign is still on, live until Oct 28th (offering a 25% discount on MSRP). Go check it out here: FROSTPUNK

Also, for more info you can see their website for Glass Cannon Unplugged

And did you watch that intro video! Go visit HEXY  STUDIO to see what else they've done.

To learn more about FunDaMental Games feel free to visit www.thefundamentalgames.com

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A new style of RPG that involves a backstory created during gameplay, and a novel use of a Tarot deck. Check out what Steve Dee has to say about his successful Relics campaign, and some lessons learned in his game design experiences.

Here is a link to the Kickstarter page: http://kck.st/2U8iCxT

Check out their products on DriveThru RPG, here:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/306952/Relics-A-Game-of-Angels-Official-Tarot-Deck?manufacturers_id=11933

and the Baby Bedtime game discussed during the podcast!

https://thequestsuppliers.com.au/collections/instock/products/baby-dragon-bedtime?_pos=1&_sid=9c938881c&_ss=r&fbclid=IwAR2CM5QREDxJoruxqL1BCx0JJMwb4k8qmEY0uZbgQYejhqKgQ7dGXi0w4aM#

To learn more about FunDaMental Games feel free to visit www.thefundamentalgames.com

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Dice, infantry, tanks, and more populate the boardgame called Dice Command, created by Sam Cristall and Tyler Holman of Ejected Planet. Listen to how these two first time Kickstarter creators planned out their game and funded it on Day 1!

Here is a link to the Kickstarter page: http://kck.st/2GprMp4

Learn more about their company, Ejected Planet, here:

https://www.ejectedplanet.com/

To learn more about FunDaMental Games feel free to visit www.thefundamentalgames.com

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For Episode 50 I was approached by a fellow game designer, and fan of the Podcast, about conducting an interview with me. Having heard similar things on other podcasts, I thought this would be a great way to celebrate having 50 episodes, and funding 5 different campaigns now over the past 2 years.

Have a listen, see what kind of approaches I have taken to this amazing hobby and game design, and see if some of my strategies work for you!

Thanks to all of the listeners and supporters, really looking forward to continuing on!

As for the guest interviewer, Michael Bregel will be Kickstarting his own game called Wizards & Relics in November. I highly recommend this as a light yet strategic, fun multiplayer experience! Learn more about his game in the links below:

Wizards & Relics Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/2221795751466374 

Wizards & Relics Website:https://mailchi.mp/235c1ba3a762/wizardsandrelics