Stonemaier Streams

I follow Games Unlimited PGH (@gamesunlimitedpgh) on Instagram, and Kylie frequently offers really helpful retailer perspectives for publishers to consider.

One of his recent videos (actually a repost from a few years ago) was both surprising and insightful in a few different ways, as Kylie reveals that he--a very successful retailer--does not like promos.

https://stonemaiergames.com/a-surprising-opinion-about-promos-and-game-store-customers/

Join Jamey for an hour of Stonemaier Games news, questions, answers, and random discussion topics!

https://youtube.com/live/Sz7s4wqrmQ4

On Sunday afternoon I received an email with a question that stumped me. I knew the answer, but I was at a complete lack of resources to provide an adequate response.

The question was, “Do you make any games other than Wingspan?”

 

https://stonemaiergames.com/this-question-about-our-games-stumped-me/

In today's video I explore games where the art plays a key role in the gameplay.

https://youtu.be/C-ivNU0wmCk

I recently read an interesting announcement on Board Game Wire that Scott Brady (co-designer of one of my favorite party games, Caution Signs, along with some others I really enjoy like Boop and Hues & Cues), is trying a new “proof-of-play” model of publishing through his company, A Game Studio. Their goal and methodology is to make a single, small print run of selected games “to generate real-world sales, player feedback, and retail validation before presentation to larger publishing partners.”

https://stonemaiergames.com/the-proof-of-play-model-my-thoughts/