Board Games - Creation And Play

It’s a good news/bad news week. When we do a crowdfunding campaign I feel the weight of the pledges. People have lent us money. Lots of mone...

Lots going on this week. I met Paul last Wednesday and he came up Saturday with the last of the non-EU deluxe rewards. I’ve got to ship them...

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...

I spent last week shipping the Xeno Wars rewards that Paul had brought up last weekend. And starting to flesh out the Rocky ‘Roid Gamefound ...

For the last couple of weeks my focus has been the Rocky ‘Roid rules. Oh, and AireCon. Oh, and shipping Gamefound rewards. But mostly rules....

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...

The game boxes have arrived at Paul’s. 1,425 of them. His house is rammed. The focus now must be shipping rewards and clearing some space! S...

This week we're expecting stuff. A lot of stuff. We've already got 3/5 print runs (Xeno Wars, the freebies, and FlickFleet). And the...

I’ve picked a box manufacturer. Almost 5,000 dice have arrived at Paul’s house: Lots of dice! Three enormous boxes of wooden bits have arriv...

In March I got new quotes for everything we'd need for the Xeno Wars print run. Including boxes. Once the Gamefound campaign was complet...

I’m back now. Cracking on. I want to shut the Pledge Manager but we still have 74 outstanding pledges. I need to shut it so I know what to o...

I’m driving home from Bristol today. The Gower was lovely Back at work tomorrow. And back to Xeno Wars. The pledge manager officially closes...

I’m away for the week. In (old!) south Wales. We’re taking some family time. When I’m back I’ll be closing the pledge manager and starting t...

… 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 first Gamefound campaign finishes in just under five hours. Less than 5 hours left! It’s been ahead of our last one since the beginning....

We’re mid-campaign. It’s slowed down as it always does. We need to keep the momentum up. We’re running some ads. Bizarrely they are generati...

It’s launch day. Just over five hours to go. A time of great excitement. And great nerves. In eight hours I’ll have a pretty good idea of ho...

A week today our next campaign goes live. Our first Gamefound campaign. Can we replicate the success of previous campaigns? Will the switch ...

We have a weird way of making games. Our factory Paul does it himself, in his garage. Why would we do such a thing? Are we mad? Possibly. Ju...

I’ve been wholly focused on the UK Games Expo for a month or so. There was a lot to prepare. Because it was our first show. Now the focus ha...