Hi everyone! I’m honored to have a guest on the blog today. Joe Slack is a renowned board game designer, a prolific writer, and the creator of the Board Game Design Course. He’s helped over 4,000 game designers get their ideas out of their heads and onto tables around the globe. Today he’s sharing some […]

Last weekend we conducted the first prototype play-test of our next game. We didn’t kick a slam dunk in the end zone yet, but we didn’t expect to. That’s why we play-test. A friend recently commented that bringing a creative endeavor into the world is a lot like giving birth, a metaphor that feels especially […]

If you could wake up every morning and do whatever you wanted, what would you do? How would you spend your precious time? Would you create something new? Would you relax? Would you spend more time with family?  If you wanted to start a business, would you have the tenacity to hold yourself accountable to […]

Starting a business is about passion. It’s about planting a flag in the ground and declaring to the world that right here, in this little spot, is where you’re going to start your empire. It’s about working 25 hours a day, and #hustling, and all that  other stuff that sells on emotion. But… there’s also […]

You can find today’s post over on the Pine Island Games blog. Click here to head on over. The article features some tips I’ve picked up over the years when working with artists. Here’s one trick you can start using today (if you use Windows): hit “Windows Key + Shift + S” to take screenshots […]

So much time, and so little to do! Strike that, reverse it. I can’t believe it’s been five months already! Last September, feeling burned out and looking for new challenges, I walked away from my long-time corporate gig so I could spend a year wandering the Texas wilderness and consuming massive amounts of peyote in […]

This week, we’re going deep on everyone’s favorite topic: NUMBERS! More specifically, PERCENTAGES. Most specificalliest, AMAZON ORDER ITEM SESSION PERCENTAGE RATES! Why the hell should an Amazon seller care about the Amazon Order Item Session Percentage Rate? Because it’s a measurement of your conversion rate. Sexy, huh? Let’s say 10 people checked out Marital Bliss […]

This is the first post (of several I have planned for this year) where I’ll track our progress as we attempt to make our way to the top of Amazon search results for some key terms. Reinvigorating Marital Bliss Last week, I mentioned that one of our goals for 2022 is to reinvigorate Marital Bliss! […]

I was recently inspired by Jamey Stegmaier’s recent post: “The 5-Year Plan for Stonemaier Games” and thought something similar would be a fitting topic for the first post on our new website. I’m already looking forward to an end-of-year wrap-up post to measure how we’ve done! If you’re not familiar with Fink & Fink games, […]