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How to Market a Card Game on TikTok
*photo credit to pixabay TikTok is a great tool for getting the word out about your product. There are a lot of niche audiences that you can reach, and there is definitely a growing tabletop gaming and card game community. There are many popular accounts dedicated to reviewing board and card...
The Seaport Games Story Makes the Sunday Paper!
Pirate Party Makes The Peninsula Daily News Sunday Paper Pirate Party: Women of the High Seas and the Seaport Games story was featured on the front page of section B of the Peninsula Daily New Sunday paper on October 3, 2021. The article took the entire full page! This is an amazing amount of...
Launching on Kickstarter September 14!
Pirate Party: Women of the High Seas is Launching! Check out the Kickstarter project page now! You'll see previews, reviews, play though videos, how-to-play videos and the rule book. Be sure to follow along. Thank you to those who have already backed the project. We have fun activities planned...
7 Reasons Why A Card Game Is the Best First Game to Develop
There are many reasons to choose a card game as the first game development project for an independent tabletop game publisher. The business of publishing your first game is more complex than you might think. There is so much to learn: design, development, marketing, manufacturing, international...
Game Testing During A Pandemic
My passion project during COVID-19 has been designing new tabletop games. My first project was a music-themed board game Be A Rockstar. As I mentioned in my previous post on inspiration, I have been testing and revising handmade versions of this game. Like many of you, I had no access to friends...
Inspiration for a New Game
My favorite part of designing a new game comes at the very beginning. For my board game Be A Rockstar, I started with a theme I have a deep knowledge of - music. All I needed was some inspiration, cardboard, a pencil, sticky notes, index cards, and a good eraser. Handmade games are fun, cheap, and...
The Seaport Games Story Makes the Sunday Paper!
Pirate Party Makes The Peninsula Daily News Sunday Paper Pirate Party: Women of the High Seas and the Seaport Games story was featured on the front page of section B of the Peninsula Daily New Sunday paper on October 3, 2021. The article took the entire full page! ...
How to Market a Card Game on TikTok
*photo credit to pixabay TikTok is a great tool for getting the word out about your product. There are a lot of niche audiences that you can reach, and there is definitely a growing tabletop gaming and card game community. There are many popular accounts dedicated to...
Launching on Kickstarter September 14!
Pirate Party: Women of the High Seas is Launching! Check out the Kickstarter project page now! You'll see previews, reviews, play though videos, how-to-play videos and the rule book. Be sure to follow along. Thank you to those who have already backed the project. We...
7 Reasons Why A Card Game Is the Best First Game to Develop
There are many reasons to choose a card game as the first game development project for an independent tabletop game publisher. The business of publishing your first game is more complex than you might think. There is so much to learn: design, development, marketing,...
Game Testing During A Pandemic
My passion project during COVID-19 has been designing new tabletop games. My first project was a music-themed board game Be A Rockstar. As I mentioned in my previous post on inspiration, I have been testing and revising handmade versions of this game. Like many of...