EP 258 Protospiel San Jose with Jeremy Commanduer

03/31/17 • 20 min

You may raise $100,000 on Kickstarter for your board game, but without proper playtesting, you won't raise it your second time. There are common mistakes that new game designers make when creating a game. Proper playtesting can flush those problems out and help move your game from good to great. Jeremy Commanduer has been running Protospiel San Jose for four years and discusses how the importance of these prototype conference are to the success of Kickstarter boardgames.

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John has raised more than $500,000 for his games on Kickstarter. They are hard core science games. He teaches a crowdfunding course and game designer course at Webster University in St Louis. Genius Games has found their niche, and now expands into children science books, raising more than $100,000 on Kickstarter on a product that many of us would find hard to believe there is that much interest. John explains how finding your niche can bring lasting success to Kickstarter

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