Board Games - Creation And Play

I've mentioned a few times recently that cash is tight at the moment. We're owed thousands of pounds by the government. Tax refunds....

It's been a slow week. Photo by Luismi Sánchez on Unsplash With everything going on it's understandable. But we need to get to the ...

It's possible the website is fixed. I think I've found the issue with the false orders. And fixed it. Meta is no longer reporting fa...

It's been a bad week for the website and ads combo. We normally get 7-10 orders a week. Pretty reliably. We spend a chunk of money on Fa...

The recent change to the De Minimis customs rule in the US is a real pain. Historically, about half our sales have gone to the US. Half! Now...

In a lot of ways we’re lucky. We make FlickFleet in Paul’s garage. In York. In the UK. So it’s not getting hit by the made in China tariffs ...

Box of Flicks 2 was largely designed by fans of the game. A fan contributed to Box of Flicks 1. There was lots of fan content in the Box of ...

It’s been a weird week. I’m still trying to get to the point where web sales cover overheads and we have a viable business that doesn’t rely...

Businesses live or die on their cashflow. We're lucky that we've been profitable for five of our six years. We had to replace a lase...

I’m an idiot. I’ve been fixated on our financial year. This one is going to be worse than last year. Not by much. Only 5% or so. But I’ve be...

Paul has started fulfilment. But the laser cutter is on the blink again. A bit of a pain This one is much less reliable than the previous on...

We’ve had some (more) problems with the laser-cutter. It’s cost Paul time while he worked around them. He phoned the manufacturer. They’ve d...

Xeno Wars is now shipping. The non-EU playmats have all gone. Simple orders to the UK have gone too.  We’re ready to send the non-EU interna...

… is one word for it. Frustrating is another. Worrying also works. I’ve placed the order for all the wooden bits we need. There’s a long lea...

Our laser cutter caught fire two weeks ago. Our supplier had two in stock and could install in early December. It took us a few days to cons...

The week before last week everything was rosy. Fulfilment was back on track. I was enjoying game design and making progress. This last week ...

A heat haze forms. Yet it is not that warm on this late September afternoon in Germany. The air begins to bubble. Then boil. An eldritch scr...

The box that’s stopping us fulfilling the Kickstarter has spent two weeks in a depot in Germany. Why? I guess returns aren’t a priority. The...

If you follow me on twitter you'll know I loathe everything about Brexit. A monumental act of self-harm From the nationalist lies that ...

I usually write my blog posts on the weekend or before work on a Monday. I’m currently in Scotland in a tent though, and have been since Fr...