How to Make Money as a Board Game Content Creator

How to Make Money as a Board Game Content Creator

Every few months, the conversation comes up about “Paid Reviews”, and there’s generally a thread or two that gets fairly heated at the concept that some people out there are taking money from publishers in return for a good review. I’ve already laid out my thoughts on...
Top 5 Vladimír Suchý Games (That I’ve Played)

Top 5 Vladimír Suchý Games (That I’ve Played)

Over the last 6 months, my table has been somewhat inundated with the works of Vladimír Suchý. This wasn’t entirely on purpose, but his games have just happened to come into our possession. Last night (at time of writing) I played my 5th game of his, so I felt the...
Where Has All the Engagement Gone?

Where Has All the Engagement Gone?

Want to hear my voice read this post? Catch it on Episode 8 of the Talkin’ Tabletop Podcast I never really gave ‘engagement’ much attention before I started this blog. I was never all that into social media, beyond having a Facebook account to keep up to date with the...

Big Box Paradox

Want to hear my voice read this post? Catch it on Episode 7 of the Talkin’ Tabletop Podcast! For the purposes of this discussion, I’m going to define what I consider to be the “Big Box” trademark. A Big Box edition of a game is a single release that contains the base...

Shelf of Dust

Want to hear my voice read this post? Catch it on Episode 6 of the Talkin’ Tabletop Podcast As board gamers, we’re all acquainted with the idea of a ‘Shelf of Shame’, or ‘Shelf of Opportunity’ if you’re looking to put a positive spin on your pile of unplayed games,...