Here's your patron-only preview of the next in our series of reports on board game licensing contracts! This one looks at contracts offered by the new crop of publishers that use Kickstarter, and how they differ from those used by traditional publishers. Enjoy!
2015-02-05 11:53:35 +0000 UTC View Post
This month’s roundup of board game design links features data on Kickstarter trends, advice for finding a publisher and a reminder about loving your designs. Plus, the first installments in our series of reports on licensing contracts and our new series of publisher interviews.
2015-02-02 18:34:36 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your early look at our monthly list of favorite board game design links!
2015-02-02 15:04:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The next infographic in our series on licensing contract terms is just about ready, and here's your sneak peek!
2015-02-02 11:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much for the support this month!
2015-02-01 07:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! You got us to the milestone, then you voted, and now it's here: the first in our new series of publisher interviews! We'll publish this on our blog soon, but in the meantime you get a patrons-only preview. We haven't settled on a name for the series just yet, so let us know if you have any bright ideas in the comments. Thank you again for your support! ~ Chris & Suzanne Interview with Chris Kirkman of Dice Hate Me Games CARDBOARD EDISON: More than any other publisher, D...
2015-01-28 11:29:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! We're excited to give you this sneak preview of Part II of our licensing terms report. There's lots of good stuff in this one--and this is just the tip of the iceberg! We'll be appearing on the Meeple Syrup vidcast this Wednesday night at 11PM Eastern to discuss Parts I and II of our report, and we hope you can join us! Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/user/MeepleSyrup Also, we'll be on Som...
2015-01-20 04:37:49 +0000 UTC View Post
It's here! The first of several infographics based on the survey that YOU made happen! A lot of people wanted us to put together a report on contract terms, and your support on Patreon made it happen. Attached is the first of a half-dozen or so infographics that we'll be releasing over the next couple of weeks. This first one, with perhaps a small tweak or two, will be released to the public Sunday night--to coincide with our live appearance on the Something From Nothing vidcast! Tune in here S...
2015-01-18 07:04:33 +0000 UTC View PostOur year-end roundup of our favorite board game design tips and resources is out! cardboardedison.tumblr.com/post/106828862946/favorite-tips-2014
2015-01-01 21:50:24 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much for the support this month!
2015-01-01 07:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis past year was a busy one for the Cardboard Edison tips blog. We’ve made nearly 1,000 posts over the past 12 months, a 50% increase from 2013. The success of this Patreon campaign means you can look forward to even more from us in 2015: a first-of-its-kind industry survey on licensing contract terms, regular Meaningful Decisions discussions with designers, a new series of publisher interviews and, with your help, even more to come. But for now, we hope you’ll find the attached list of ...
2014-12-31 15:41:57 +0000 UTC View PostHOW DO I SUBSCRIBE TO/UNSUBSCRIBE FROM CARDBOARD EDISON OMNIBUS?
Patrons at the Apprentice level and above will automatically be subscribed to receive our weekly comprehensive email newsletter. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of the newsletter. We have no idea why you'd want to, of course, but it's an option. New patrons at these levels will be able to select a sign-up bonus bundle of their choice, which will be emailed to them within 24 hours of ...
2014-12-17 18:22:56 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons! Because you helped us reach a milestone in our campaign, we promised to conduct an anonymous industry survey of game designers to ask about the terms of their licensing contracts with publishers. That survey is now underway! If you have licensed a design to a publisher, please take some time to fill it out. It takes 5-10 minutes. The more responses we get, the better the results will be. So we're going to ask you, our Patrons, to pass it along to other designers who are eligibl...
2014-12-10 23:08:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons! Two quick updates for you tonight. First, we've started working on the contract terms survey, and we want your thoughts. What information would you like to see in the report? Let us know in the comments or via message this week. Our plan is to send out the survey early next week. And second, thank you to our $5-and-up Patrons for voting on who we should talk to first for our designer and publisher interview series. The results are in, and we'll be talking to Adam McIver, the d...
2014-12-03 01:59:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This month’s roundup of useful board game design links features advice for organizing your rulebook, playtester feedback forms, a reminder about objectivity when designing, and interviews with two giants of the industry.
2014-12-01 16:35:20 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much for the support this month!
2014-12-01 07:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs Patrons of Cardboard Edison, you get early access to all of our original materials! Here's our monthly roundup of our favorite board game design tips for November 2014, which will be posted publicly on Monday. (See the attached PDF.) Thanks for your support! ~ Chris & Suzanne
2014-11-30 00:18:07 +0000 UTC View PostAnnouncing the Cardboard Edison Award Today was a big day for the campaign. Not only did we release our first Patreon-supported material--the Cardboard Edison Omnibus newsletter--but we also got our first Senior Inventor patron AND hit our third milestone! That means you can expect to see our Meaningful Decisions interviews with designers much more frequently. As a Patron, you'll get to see them before anyone else. Plus, Patrons at the Apprentice level and above will be able to vote on who we...
2014-11-29 04:20:43 +0000 UTC View PostLaunching Cardboard Edison Omnibus Today we sent out the first edition of Cardboard Edison Omnibus, our new (and newly named) weekly newsletter containing a comprehensive roundup of all the board game design tips and resources we found over the past week. It’s a great way to make sure you don’t miss anything. Everyone pledging $2 or more a month were sent the Omnibus. Patrons at the Apprentice level ($5) and above were named for their support! On a related note, if you’re eligible for n...
2014-11-28 20:55:28 +0000 UTC View PostHello Day-One Patrons! Thank you so much for being the first group to support the future of Cardboard Edison. We can’t tell you how much we appreciate it! Thanks to your early support, we hit our first milestone in less than 12 hours! That means we’ll start a new series of publisher interviews. We already have some publishers lined up. And those of you pledging at $5 and above will get the chance to vote on who we interview first! We also JUST NOW hit our second milestone: a survey on pub...
2014-11-26 16:32:03 +0000 UTC View Post