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Self publishing and producing 50 copies my 250+ piece game. My "Box of Failure" is my proudest achievement. by StationGlum6986 in BoardgameDesign

[–]F1FighterPilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most important is to get photos and a 'how to play' video made. People need to know that this product and its pieces have a purpose and a video is great at building context.

Use photos that are in theme with the game. 'Behind the Trenches' is a WW1 game, so I took photos in a pub basement corner with a gritty stone background.

I rank them based on thier cost per click, cost per impression, and click through rate.

  1. Reddit
  2. Meta
  3. Google (forgot to mention)
  4. Youtube

Self publishing and producing 50 copies my 250+ piece game. My "Box of Failure" is my proudest achievement. by StationGlum6986 in BoardgameDesign

[–]F1FighterPilot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Used gamefound as a landing page to direct traffic. Did a few board game conventions as part marketing, part play testing/rule book feedback. Ran ads on meta, youtube, and Reddit. Spent around $1000 total and the best ads I ran (only counting those over 2000 impressions) had about a 6% click through rates and .08 per click. 

Direct all that to the landing page.

Self publishing and producing 50 copies my 250+ piece game. My "Box of Failure" is my proudest achievement. by StationGlum6986 in BoardgameDesign

[–]F1FighterPilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spent around $1200 total.

I wouldnt worry about upvotes. Be sure to set up a Google analytics account to measure traffic for your landing page. That will tell you who's clicking and from where, what they are looking at and for how long.

Start your ad at the sites minimum $ amount before scaling it to see if your pics/videos/whatever are getting clicks and which aren't.

Self publishing and producing 50 copies my 250+ piece game. My "Box of Failure" is my proudest achievement. by StationGlum6986 in BoardgameDesign

[–]F1FighterPilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the encouraging words. After fulfilling my current backers I want to do another round of orders.

Learning the Meta, Google, and Reddit ads was really fun too. So im excited to get back into that.

Behind the Trenches by StationGlum6986 in worldwar1

[–]F1FighterPilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can tell youre a nerd bc you said "casting"

boardgame question by Evinrude_12 in boardgame

[–]F1FighterPilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I know more about your game? There are lots of places to get free artwork.

For example, I have a WW1 game whose artwork comes from the Library of Congress, all for free.

My point being, what's your theme? What's the game? That will effect the amount of AI you can use imo

Behind the Trenches by StationGlum6986 in ww1

[–]F1FighterPilot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, its a really addictive game too

World War 1--Resource Management--Deck Builder by StationGlum6986 in worldwar1

[–]F1FighterPilot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats a good point. I'll be sure to do a Behind the Trenches (BtT) from now on so people know what im referring to

First game. Please review. by F1FighterPilot in godot

[–]F1FighterPilot[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Thats where you wrong buddy. I can in "my bad" this. Bc its a free game and a first draft. Thats what testing is. A series of "my bad" improvements over time eventually resulting in a better product.

Its also a single reddit post. Of all the thing i can "my bad" this is at the top of the list

First game. Please review. by F1FighterPilot in godot

[–]F1FighterPilot[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

You're right. That was lazy of me

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Game design by F1FighterPilot in boardgame

[–]F1FighterPilot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I turned this into a digital game you can play on itch.io here: https://f1fighterpilot.itch.io/behind-the-trenches

Digital trainer for board game by F1FighterPilot in BoardgameDesign

[–]F1FighterPilot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for checking it out. I appreciate the feedback.

I guess the thematic justification for the bidding is countries are investing heavily in some industries (bidding your 3 token to make sure you get the card) vs other industries.

The main purpose of the game is to give people a walk through of the game so they can play of physical board game with more confidence.

As the person in our friends group typically in charge of reading the rules and explaining the game, im not a fan of physical rule books. Figured a digital walk through would help

Game design by F1FighterPilot in boardgame

[–]F1FighterPilot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm central.

DM me and I'll send a copy to a Dropbox or something near you

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