How to Choose a Custom Board Game Manufacturer
Your prototype looks great on the kitchen table. Then reality shows up with punchboards, carton strength, freight quotes, safety testing, card finish, tray tolerances, and a launch date that will not move. That is the moment a custom board game manufacturer stops being a vendor and starts becoming the difference…
Standing Guard
Right now and for the foreseeable future, I think that we may all want to be extra careful about things. Not just about our physical health. We also need to protect our minds from Fear. We need to seek and find as much calm and strength as possible. I generally…
2020 – The Year of Perfect Vision
The best time to write anything - whether it is a blog, an article or a song, is when you feel you have something to say. Something that, for one reason or another, needs to come out. I have found it difficult, or more precisely I have not felt like…
We’re Doomed! Our New 15 Minute Game (not the state of the world!)
We’re Doomed literally took over PAX EAST for Breaking Games a couple of weeks ago in Boston. This 15 minute game challenges the players to (kind of) work together in order to get enough seats in the “rocket” to get off the planet. Players each play a different “Ocracy" (ie.…
So…what do you do?
So...what do you do? A few weeks ago Mary from Chitag sent me this list of questions about that and some other unexpected questions. I felt particularly talkative and maybe eve a little inspired that night, and so I answered them pretty quickly. Here is a reprint of that article.…
Entrepreneur vs CEO
Generally you start a business of your own because something happens. You get fired. You quit. You have had it with corporate business. You get an idea. You fall into something and love it. Someone closes down the place you are working and hires you to finish the work. Any…
Absolute Perfection in Game Making & when a little “Letting Go” is maybe a little OK
Let it go. Let it be. Chill out. Be cool. Hang loose. Take it easy. No matter how you say it – it means the same thing. You should not literally sweat ALL of the small stuff, especially when it comes to certain aspects of tabletop game manufacturing. Yes -…
A recap of some of my travels for – Ad Magic/Breaking Games
Lots of exciting stuff went on in the past year and a half - and a lot of it was due to manufacturing that went on over in China for Ad Magic/ Breaking Games and in Washington State - where we have Ad Magic Print and Play Games. This past year I…
Growing a Happy Team, not just a Growth Company
I would like to preface this blog by saying that I love my job - and anyone who can say that in the fourth quarter of the year (while running a growth company) and mean it is truly blessed. This is generally the time of year when stress and business take over -…
Pax West 2016 – Breaking Games in Seattle
Its about time for me to blog again - since its been quite some time. Recently - I spent two weeks living in an air b’nb in New York city in midtown on the east side and it was a wonderful experience in a great neighborhood. We did all the…
