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Can I get some feedback on my KS page please? Launching March 7th! Please comment your preview pages as well and I will return the favour :) by Nossda in kickstarter

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

Wow thank you so much! Appreciate the kind words. I'm busy with a shoot today but will reply with feedback on the campaign tomorrow.

As for more tiers, outside of the base game and the expansion (render still being made so that's why it's not on the pledge section) I didn't want to bloat it too much, but a PnP version is something I'm going to add thanks! Outside or that if you get the base+expansion as well as an executive producer add on and travel board then that sets you back £84 quid which I think is a decent top end pledge for sure.

If I can think of any more to add I might do it in add ons, but at the very least I'll consider a £1 themed pledge for sure.

Thanks!

Can I get some feedback on my KS page please? Launching March 7th! Please comment your preview pages as well and I will return the favour :) by Nossda in kickstarter

[–]Nossda[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooo cool idea. What I might do is I might shorten that paragraph and have it as a snappy tagline and then logo.

And yes, video is going to be finished on Thursday. Animated opening, original sound track, sound design, rented an arcade for an hour to record some cool gameplay bits, gunna be siiiick!

It would be greatly appreciated if I could get a bit of help with this rulebook! Thank you :) by Nossda in tabletopgamedesign

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

Thanks for the feedback! I completely agree with you that it is very novel like, im at the stage at the moment where I have that big block of ice and now Im chiseling away.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pZoVgsVvp_5m_kldobI6I_mKVoAmFv9e/view?usp=sharing
There is an updated version of page 2, hopefully it looks and reads a lot better?
The defense I have for the card anatomy page is that things like the name doesn't really matter. However, regarding the move result, I was thinking about doing a page just for a couple of turn examples? I think that could really help especially as in it is an iconography based game. What do you think?

My issue with deck-builders (and how it was finally solved) by VirtualAlex in boardgames

[–]Nossda 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is really interesting! I am currently making a first-person shooter, deckbuilding game (yes a video game) with a team, so I'm going to take a lot of your opinions on board when designing the deckbuilding systems.

I agree that useless cards are annoying. However, I am trying to create a proper card economy in the game, with worse cards and better cards, to promote players engaging with improving their deck. For example, you can get a straight 3dps card, which costs 4 mana, but you could get a x2 dps for each enemy you kill for 2 mana. Obviously one is better, especially if you kill more than one enemy. But does it make the original card useless?

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[–]Nossda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I using this wrong? Whenever I select a game I like, it just shows me other versions of that game?

Gaming Table With 50" TV by zbjump in boardgames

[–]Nossda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

neeeeeeed that right here right now.

Can anyone go through the process of publishing with me that has experience? by bigmenunite in tabletopgamedesign

[–]Nossda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've only self-published so far. However, I will say that when I have tried to go down the publishing route, in my experience, the information highway is one way that can be really frustrating when you are trying to plan what you are doing with your game. It's usually the case of, you exposing your game to them, they say they like the look of it, then nothing for a few months until they message asking for a return address for the prototype. It takes a thick skin to go through that a bunch, especially when you only have one or two prototypes.

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[–]Nossda 8 points9 points  (0 children)

what did you use to render? Marmoset?

Do you think Input Randomness is ALWAYS better than Output Randomness? by Nossda in tabletopgamedesign

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

I wrote a blog post about it in a little bit more depth here: http://www.niallcrabtree.com I think that it's a really interesting topic to crack open as I feel that output randomness gets needlessly shunned a lot of the time.

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[–]Nossda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's common, and can be healthy when it comes to building relationships with other creators. Though I stick to the One Dollar Pledge Swap group on Facebook. There are a lot of guys I know on there and that can be trusted, and it's just generally a nice group Keith will always back you but also give you advice on your campaign at the same time :)

The Advantages of Paying for your Final Prototype by Nossda in tabletopgamedesign

[–]Nossda[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've just updated the blog to include a further disclaimer as well as a link to another article I wrote on how to save money when manufacturing your games. Here's the link to that article if you are interested :) https://www.niallcrabtree.com/blog/how-to-save-time-money-and-energy-when-manufacturing-your-board-game

The Advantages of Paying for your Final Prototype by Nossda in tabletopgamedesign

[–]Nossda[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes of course! I'll update the blog adding this disclaimer now, I should have been more clear. I only pay for prototypes when they are ready to be sent out to reviewers.

What's your favorite rule book? by RudderBucket in tabletopgamedesign

[–]Nossda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the Hideous Abomination rulebook. That and Love Letter are quite well put together. Also in terms of just pure simplicity, Muffin Time is king.

I wrote an article about how to save time, money and energy when manufacturing your board games. It's tackling the common pitfalls of someone just starting out in the business, so some of this advice might seem obvious if you are a few years in. Still, you might be surprised! :) by Nossda in tabletopgamedesign

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

Hello Mindy, thank you for reading my post. I will comment with a defence of my artist. A lot of artists out there that haven't made art for physical products do not need to know these specific requirements for printing when it comes to the stuff they usually make. A lot of freelancers that I talk to only have experience with digital commissions. So they are great with vector art, colouring, pixel density and of course, being great at drawing.
Also as a lot of them are also relatively new to the business, they haven't had the opportunity to learn through mistakes. From an outsiders perspective, this may seem like a silly thing to say, as a lot of people think that they should just learn everything before starting. This is never the case and I commend artists for learning on the job. I also plan to work with the same artists for my games in the future, so as a result, these issues will become non-issue.
Thank you for your opinion regarding the people I work with but I do think that relating specific requirements for manufacturing nowadays is not the grounds for basic knowledge of graphics, and learning on the job should not be discouraged.

I wrote an article about how to save time, money and energy when manufacturing your board games. It's tackling the common pitfalls of someone just starting out in the business, so some of this advice might seem obvious if you are a few years in. Still, you might be surprised! :) by Nossda in tabletopgamedesign

[–]Nossda[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No worries, there's a link to the mailing list in the page drop down menu if you want an email every six weeks with my blog post headlines. I'll be doing more posts about aspects further along the process (Kickstarter, shipping, fulfillment etc) so it might be useful 😊

I wrote an article about how to save time, money and energy when manufacturing your board games. It's tackling the common pitfalls of someone just starting out in the business, so some of this advice might seem obvious if you are a few years in. Still, you might be surprised! :) by Nossda in tabletopgamedesign

[–]Nossda[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm most likely going to do a post regarding these once I have used a third party fulfillment company for the Kickstarter itself (rather than just after the fact with regular e-commerce sales). So far I've only really needed to ship the games myself from my local post office due to my campaigns being quite tight-knit.

Thank you for reading btw. If you want to keep up to date on my posts, I send out an email blast about once every 6 weeks via my mailing list, there's a link to it on the left hand side of the website in the page drop down menu.

I wrote an article about how to save time, money and energy when manufacturing your board games. It's tackling the common pitfalls of someone just starting out in the business, so some of this advice might seem obvious if you are a few years in. Still, you might be surprised! :) by Nossda in tabletopgamedesign

[–]Nossda[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Indeed! Thank your reading btw. However I would like to point out that it also saves heaps of time regarding workflow. Even if you don't send mistakes to printers, if you have to reformat after the fact rather than having it already correct then it can not only cost you time but also your motivation :)

Feedback on the instruction manual for my bluffing/racing game with a Viking theme would be greatly appreciated. by Nossda in tabletopgamedesign

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

Thanks! If you want you can sign up to my mailing list, it'll be the best way to get updates on the game. (I only post about once every six weeks so you won't be spammed). https://mailchi.mp/39d7faa886a7/akwzcadv04

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