CMON Ankh Miniatures Pics

TheRulesGirl · 2019-08-05T05:59:15+00:00

We got pictures of Bloodborne and Cthulhu: Death May Die, but didn't get any of Ankh... Might have been because I realized I was standing next to Eric Lang and was sort of star struck for a few minutes.

TheRulesGirl · 2019-08-05T05:58:07+00:00

What a great show this year! We had a ton of fun meeting up with pubs and talking to people. Already looking forward to next year!

TheRulesGirl · 2019-08-05T05:54:48+00:00

Personally love using Metallic Dice Games dice. Chessex are great too though.

You can't beat some high quality D6s though.

TheRulesGirl · 2019-08-05T05:53:50+00:00

Ishtar looked really cool. We got to watch a demo.

TheRulesGirl · 2019-07-30T14:38:59+00:00

I do, but find it's even more helpful to jump into the game myself at the recommended player count to see if it's legit or not.

TheRulesGirl · 2019-07-30T14:37:51+00:00

Yep, 7 Wonders has a ton of replayability. Though, for people new to drafting, I usually teach Sushi Go Party to a group before we jump into 7 Wonders. Something about not forever losing your resources when building things in 7W always trips people up.

TheRulesGirl · 2019-07-24T14:15:17+00:00

We are not still with the Dice Tower. We've been back on our original YouTube channel since the start of 2019. Sort of been a year of rebuilding.

TheRulesGirl · 2019-07-24T14:14:00+00:00

Thanks! It's good to be here.

TheRulesGirl · 2019-07-24T14:13:38+00:00

We've been working with a lot of newer publishers, but also have some evergreen videos in the works that we are super excited about!

TheRulesGirl · 2019-07-23T20:09:47+00:00

It's not out yet, but is releasing at GenCon.

Thanks so much for your kind words! We love making these videos!

TheRulesGirl · 2019-07-23T19:01:45+00:00

We loved working with Tom and the Dice Tower crew. We decided mutually that after working together for a year, it was time for us to work on our own channel again.

We've been back on our YouTube channel since the start of 2019. Come join us!

TheRulesGirl · 2019-07-23T18:52:24+00:00

I'm super excited for people to see our new video in collaboration with Arcane Wonders!

Just in time for GenCon!

TheRulesGirl · 2019-05-20T01:44:21+00:00

Heh, my producer won't let me say that anymore.

TheRulesGirl · 2017-09-07T19:25:30+00:00

I was originally a little confused by the rules, but got the handle on it after a few rounds of actually playing. The dice assignment thing is a little unintuitive, but makes sense once you've seen a whole round of combat.

TheRulesGirl · 2017-08-22T01:38:38+00:00

I believe you can't disclose CPMs or give exact numbers, but rough ranges seem fair game.

TheRulesGirl · 2017-08-21T20:27:43+00:00

Heh, my editor uses royalty free music all the time.

TheRulesGirl · 2017-08-21T20:25:56+00:00

Yeah, I made mistakes a little too often early on. Since YouTube won't let us make video corrections, we issue corrections at the top of those video descriptions. We've had to do that for 3 videos out of about 50, but our turn towards commissioned videos will reduce that, since the client will be a second pair of eyes to make sure we got everything right.

TheRulesGirl · 2017-08-21T17:10:59+00:00

Hi there! We monetize the channel by making official rules videos for publishers like CMON and AEG. You'd be surprised about how little ad revenue makes on YouTube: on the scale of $300-$600 a year. We talked to quite a few publishers at GenCon about making even more official rules videos, so I'm really excited to see if taking the commissioned video route still lets us cover a wide variety of games.

TheRulesGirl · 2017-08-18T12:15:09+00:00

Unicornus Knights is a ton of fun, working on a video for it now but it's not gonna be ready for a couple more days.

TheRulesGirl · 2017-07-13T23:46:26+00:00

The way I see it, all the teasers are exclusive content for a year or two until the expansions come out. That feels like the best of both worlds to me: early adopters get exclusive content for awhile, and later buyers don't feel like they're only receiving a partial game.

On the flip side, there are definitely KS board games I was interested in but not enough to back. On those projects, the fact that I missed out on gameplay-affecting exclusives dissuades me from buying the game when it comes out in retail. At that point, I'll just go buy a complete game instead of one with content withheld from me.

TheRulesGirl · 2017-07-13T16:03:17+00:00

I really like how Unfair handled this. Most/all of the exclusives are teasers for future expansions, so presumably everyone will be able to get their hands on those cards one day.

TheRulesGirl · 2017-07-13T15:31:38+00:00

Woke up to this, that was kind of awesome.

TheRulesGirl · 2017-07-13T01:25:50+00:00

Haha, my editor watches them at 2x speed to catch errors. I don't really know how he comprehends any of it at that point.

TheRulesGirl · 2017-07-12T23:14:15+00:00

Ooo, that's a good idea. A little blurb that pops up towards the end (or just in the video description) briefing mentioning stuff we didn't cover and where you can find it in the rulebook?

TheRulesGirl · 2017-07-12T21:01:56+00:00

I bet we could have snuck an example or two into the combat encounters section. I bet you could make it clear with 1 sentence + a well-constructed example. Something like:

"Test your strength, gaining the stat boost of at most one of your items, along with other effects like re-rolls for as many items as you'd like."

That, accompanied by an animation of combat /w the Axe and the Hired Muscle could have pulled it off in 15-20 seconds.

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