Top 7 Big Conclusions from Your 800+ Comments

In early 2021, we released a combo-building, hand-management game featuring 112 characters from one of my favorite book series, Red Rising. The result was one of our best launches up until that point (close to 10,000 copies sold during the launch period), and earlier this year there were close to 160,000 units in circulation worldwide. Then we sold out, and we paused before reprinting. https://stonemaiergames.com/what-happened-to-red-rising/

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Late last night I returned from an amazing 3-day trip to Montreal, primarily to attend a gaming convention called Ludicon (~1400 attendees). Despite a multi-leg flight both ways and a very social weekend for this introvert, I returned feeling rejuvenated, hopeful, and energized. https://stonemaiergames.com/3-rejuvenating-days-at-ludicon-in-montreal/

In today's autumnal video, Jamey and Erica discuss their favorite cozy games. Defining elements of a cozy game include theme, art, comforting, relaxing, no stress or tension, low interaction, curl up with a book with a lot of cushions and hot cocoa. https://youtu.be/3A4Cu39kEcM

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Over the last 45 days, Will has rapidly added some features that exponentially expand Portal’s utility for Stonemaier Games (and, I suspect, other publishers–hence why I’m writing this). To highlight the extent of its positive impact, I appreciated Portal so much that last I week I asked Will if Stonemaier Games could start pay for the service (he said yes).   https://stonemaiergames.com/the-portal-has-rapidly-become-even-more-useful/

In today's video I discuss my favorite dice-driven games. https://youtu.be/mk3IhXnoTQ4

Your generosity of insights, feedback, and ideas is truly amazing: I’ve learned so much from the 800+ comments you’ve made over the last week on the Facebook and website versions of my article about ready-to-ship launches vs crowdfunding. Here are my top 7 big conclusions from your comments: https://stonemaiergames.com/top-7-big-conclusions-from-your-800-comments/

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I'm not surprised that collectible card games are booming, but I am baffled by them. In nearly every way, random booster packs in CCGs do not serve customers as well as the standard tabletop method of including all cards in the game. https://stonemaiergames.com/random-booster-packs-is-there-any-way-they-serve-customers/