Stonemaier Streams

In a recent article, Colby offers a transparent, humble, and vulnerable perspective about his crowdfunding philosophy, how it didn't result in a successful first launch of The Monolith, and the adjustments he's made for the current campaign. Today I'll share my thoughts Colby's initial goals and how they've evolved.

 

https://stonemaiergames.com/admirable-goals-vs-successful-crowdfunding/

I discuss different resource systems in games; specifically, different types of costs to put things (cards, tiles, miniatures, dice, etc) into play.

 

https://youtu.be/Ow3V4zWB82o

We always try to make games that are easy to get to the table, but this is absurd: Just one month after customers started receiving copies of Wingspan Pocket, the game already has over 1,000 ratings on BoardGameGeek. People are getting the game and actually playing it right away--this is a publisher's dream!

 

https://stonemaiergames.com/one-thousand-ratings-in-one-month/

https://youtube.com/live/2qdjl8wcTGQ

I'm always fascinated by how someone handles communication when things don't go as planned, and we had a few such situations arise during our recent Iceland trip. Here's what happened, how the communication was handled, and what I learned from it as a creator.

https://stonemaiergames.com/4-examples-of-good-bad-and-mixed-communication-from-our-iceland-trip/