1 - From the board game idea to the crowdfunding project

I'm delighted that you've found your way here! What can you expect on my blog? I designed my board game “Magical Friends and How To Summon Them” myself and self-published it via crowdfunding. I would like to share these experiences with you here.

From time to time, I will write entries about my experiences with board game design, but above all about my experiences on the way to self-publishing the game. Why is there only a small section on design? Because self-publishing is just one of many tasks that need to be mastered. More on this topic in the next article.

There is a lot of excellent information on the Internet about designing and publishing board games, a majority of it is in English. Probably the most important piece of information is Jamey Stegmaier's blog on Stonemaier Games. Jamey enriches the scene not only with great board games, but also with this great blog. You can also find an incredibly helpful and friendly community in the Facebook group Board Game Design Lab Community.

I hope I can also support the German-speaking and european scene with this blog. The experience is also quite different depening on certain circumstances. It makes a big difference whether you read such experiences from someone who are selfpublishing in the USA or in Europe. Whether it's experience from the first, second or perhaps through several crowdfunding campaigns. Whether you are working alone or in a group. How big the game is and whether you're working with a publisher, and probably not all entries will appear in the best possible order.

I started the blog quite early on and a lot of time has passed since then. Depending on when you start thinking about a topic, you've already had a lot of experience with it. Some information would have been great early on, some topics are only relevant in specific times. I will come back to older blog entries and add the views of a later point in time. I may also be able to bring in guest comments from other designers from time to time.

The blog is originally written in German language and automatically translated. If you would like a better translation quality or an additional language, please write to me. Maybe I can think something up.
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An early prototype, year 2020