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Giveaway: Hocus

This month we're pleased to be giving away a game by a designer and publisher who has contributed a great deal to the board gaming community: Hocus, the first title from Hyperbole Games!

You might know Grant Rodiek, the game's co-designer with Joshua Buergel, from his extensive writings about board game design and publishing. His b...

Sneak Peek: Favorite Tips - January 2016

Here's your patrons-only preview of our monthly roundup of favorite board game design links!

January 2016 patron supported

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Meaningful Decisions: Matthew O'Malley on Design Choices in Diner

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Sneak Peek: Meaningful Decisions: Matthew O'Malley on Diner

Here’s your patrons-only sneak peek at the next installment of Meaningful Decisions, as chosen by you: Diner by Matthew O’Malley!

Diner was created for a design contest. How did this affect your approach and the design choices you made?

Pretty much every decision that was made had to do with the contest. If I’m designing on my own, I usually have myself in mind as an audience. Wh...

The Publishers: Q&A With Michael Coe of Gamelyn Games

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Sneak Peek: Michael Coe of Gamelyn Games

Here's your patrons-only preview of the next installment of The Publishers!

The Tiny Epic series of games has become something of a calling card for Gamelyn Games. How did you settle on this, and what goes into identifying a potential franchise in the gaming industry?

I fell in love… with Tiny Epic. Initially with Tiny Epic Kingdoms, but I quickly saw that there was more to explore...

Giveaway: Swinging Jivecat Voodoo Lounge

For this month's giveaway, we have a game so new that you can be one of the first to receive it:

Swinging Jivecat Voodoo Lounge, designed by Seth Roback and published by Daily Magic Games, lets you mix a few drinks, schmooze and rack up magical monkey points.

And besides, what other game do you know of that comes with monkeys and martini glasses?

We’ll...

Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources of 2015

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Sneak Peek: Favorite Tips of 2015!

We've gone through our archive to find our favorite board game design links and quotes from the past year. For the patrons that make what we do possible, we have your sneak peek at our big 2015 tips roundup!

Whether you've been with us from the beginning, or you're a new supporter, thank you for all of your support in 2015!

~ Chris & Suz...

December 2015 patron supported

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The Publishers: Q&A With Shari Spiro of Ad Magic & Breaking Games

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Updated Milestones

Patreon recently changed the way they display campaigns' pledge levels, so we've updated our milestones to bring them into line with the new method.

We're incredibly excited by these, and we're closer than ever to reaching them!

MORE INTERVIEWS: At $325 a month, we’ll start a new line of designer interviews. While Meaningful Decisions goes in-depth on one design,...

Sneak Peek: Shari Spiro of Ad Magic / Breaking Games

Here's your patrons-only preview of the next installment in our series of publisher interviews, as voted on by you: Shari Spiro of Ad Magic / Breaking Games!

Between Ad Magic and Breaking Games, your businesses straddle the line between manufacturing and publishing. Tell us about how you reached that decision and how you approach those dual roles.

The only reason I started Breaking Games was because clients basically asked us to. Once I played the prototype of Letter Tycoo...

Giveaway: Bad Medicine

For this month's giveaway, we turned to a designer and publisher who has done a lot to help the board game design community. Gil Hova is letting us give away four copies of his new party game Bad Medicine!

Gil is the designer of games including Battle Merchants (read our interview with h...

Submissions Are Open for the 2016 Cardboard Edison Award!

We're incredibly excited to announce that submissions are open for the 2016 Cardboard Edison Award! 

Your support made this possible, so patrons of Cardboard Edison will receive free submission to the award! (Up to two submissions per designer; judges aren't eligible to submit.) 

Visit the award page on our website, and use the coupon code patron16 when submi...

Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - November 2015

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November 2015 patron supported

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