Stonemaier Streams

Join Jamey for an hour of Stonemaier Games news, questions, answers, and random discussion topics!

https://youtube.com/live/Sz7s4wqrmQ4

On Sunday afternoon I received an email with a question that stumped me. I knew the answer, but I was at a complete lack of resources to provide an adequate response.

The question was, “Do you make any games other than Wingspan?”

https://stonemaiergames.com/this-question-about-our-games-stumped-me/

In today's video I explore games where the art plays a key role in the gameplay.

https://youtu.be/C-ivNU0wmCk

I recently read an interesting announcement on Board Game Wire that Scott Brady (co-designer of one of my favorite party games, Caution Signs, along with some others I really enjoy like Boop and Hues & Cues), is trying a new “proof-of-play” model of publishing through his company, A Game Studio. Their goal and methodology is to make a single, small print run of selected games “to generate real-world sales, player feedback, and retail validation before presentation to larger publishing partners.”

https://stonemaiergames.com/the-proof-of-play-model-my-thoughts/

Join Jamey for an hour of Stonemaier Games news, questions, answers, and random discussion topics!

https://youtube.com/live/GTfjOIXu8sk

Welcome to Gen Con week! In a similar way to Essen Spiel, the games, announcements, and events at Gen Con attract attention well beyond the tens of thousands of attendees (which is both a lot of people and also a very small percentage of people who play games worldwide).

https://stonemaiergames.com/gen-con-2026-stonemaier-games-and-2-hidden-gems/

Have you ever been on the fence about buying or backing a game? You're following along, you've watched some playthroughs and reviews, you have trust in the publisher, and you can afford the price. The game intrigues you, but you're just not sure yet. What questions do you ask to put you over the edge?

https://stonemaiergames.com/what-puts-you-over-the-edge-to-buy-back-a-game/

Join Jamey for an hour of Stonemaier Games news, questions, answers, and random discussion topics!

https://youtube.com/live/lHR0RKD0KsY

I truly believe that the internet would be a better place if we more consistently asked ourselves a self-awareness question.

https://stonemaiergames.com/what-is-your-go-to-self-awareness-question-for-internet-interactions/

In today's video Jamey and Erica discuss our favorite long games (for me this is games that play in 3+ hours). Campaign games weren't eligible for this video.

https://youtu.be/K3MBlhG2_B8