Business or Pleasure?

Design, development and publishing tabletop games. A Big Nerd Ranch Tech Talk presented by Oil & Rope Games.

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1. Business or Pleasure? Design, Development, and Publishing Tabletop Games by
2. Introduction Clint Miller @MrClintMiller clint@oilandrope.com Loren Norman @lorennorman loren@oilandrope.com
3. Let’s talk about... • The Tabletop Renaissance • How Are Games Designed? • The Key to a Quality Game: Iteration • Getting the Game Out • Harsh Reality
4. Introduction: The Tabletop Renaissance “Takenoko” photo credit: Scott King
5. New “Classics” & Recommendations “Ticket To Ride” photo credit: Scott King
6. New “Classics” & Recommendations “The Resistance” photo credit: Scott King
7. New “Classics” & Recommendations “King Of Tokyo” photo credit: Scott King
8. New “Classics” & Recommendations “Flip The Script” by Clint Miller
9. Introduction: The Tabletop Renaissance “Takenoko” photo credit: Scott King
10. Gen Con: The Best Four Days in Gaming
11. How Are Games Designed?
12. Where Do Fresh, New Game Ideas Actually Come From? Vlaada Chvatil Friedemann Friese
13. Game Design Applications Elsewhere
14. Theme vs Mechanics
15. “Ameritrash” vs “Eurogames”
16. The Key to a Quality Game: Iteration Prototype, Playtest, Repeat
17. Our Process- Crazy 8s
18. Our Process - Rapid Iterations
19. Our Process - Prototyping Materials
20. Our Process - Break Out The Bits
21. The Key to a Quality Game: Iteration Prototype, Playtest, Repeat
22. Getting the Game Out On Corporations and Kickstarters
23. • Parker Brothers • Milton Bradley • Hasbro Old School Publishers
24. • Parker Brothers • Milton Bradley • Hasbro Old School Publishers
25. What About Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons? • TSR • Wizards of the Coast
26. What About Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons? • TSR • Wizards of the Coast
27. The New “Large Publishers”
28. Self-Publishing • Kickstarter • The Gamecrafter • DriveThruCards
29. Harsh Reality Don’t quit your day job
30. Apps vs. Tabletop
31. How Do I Make It Big?
32. ...or Do It Because You Love It
33. Credits • Scott King Photography: http://scottking.info/