Technical | Man O' Kent Games

Setting a Price Point for Kickstarter

There are few decisions that will more seriously affect the long-term prospects of your game’s success, and in turn the success of your b...

A list of Artists and Graphic Designers working in the boardgame industry.

This blog, even more than most of what I write, owes its existence to Jamey Stegmaier’s blog on the subject. In fact, the main part of th...

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SSO: Rage of Montalbano Kickstarter Post-Partum

We’ve recently (as in at the time of writing this within 48 hours) successfully funded our third Kickstarter, this time for SSO: Rage of ...

The UKCA mark for independent games designers

I’ve written a few times about CE marking for independent games designers and people have found it reasonably useful (https://www.manoken...

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CE marking – Responsible Agents

I’ve had some creators reach out to me and ask about Responsible Agents in relation to CE marking, specifically paid Responsible Agents. ...

Quotes, Components and Companies

By a huge distance the most important thing to get right when looking to become an independent games designer and publisher or self-publi...

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Building your TTS mod

With lock down still ongoing (I’m writing this blog at the start of July 2020 in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic) more and more ga...

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CE Marking Advice: Technical Documentation

When I first posted my blog on CE marking advice the British Toy and Hobby Association provided a wide range of excellent and, more to th...

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Graphic Design for people who don’t know anything about graphic design

Right off the bat, I want to make very clear, this is in relation to designing your Kickstarter page only. Unless you're a professional d...

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Kickstater Post-Partum for SSO and Moonflight

I had intended to do a post kickstarter examination of SSO but never got around to it, at least partly due to a feeling that I didn’t rea...

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