New Here

Hi everyone. My name is Kevin and I just discovered this awesome forum.

What brought me here was some research I was doing on game publishers. I'm still a long ways away from actually looking for a publisher for my game design, but I found one I wanted to learn more about. While on their web page I found that they don't accept unsolicited submissions, but one way to get noticed by them was to be active on BGDF. I had never heard of it before, so I checked it out. And here I am.

I'm currently working on my first board game design. The theme is players are all running an 80's style arcade. It's in the playtesting phase and has been played probably 8 or 9 times so far by about 10 different people. I'm still making adjustments after each play, but it's getting closer and closer to where I want it to be. The game's mechanics all seem to work well. Players seem to be enjoying it and have been awesome in helping me make changes to improve gameplay.

I lurked here for all of about 10 minutes before deciding I needed to be a part of this forum. There's a lot of information here that will help me know the next steps in developing my game. I realize it's a competitive industry, and the odds are stacked against me, but I'm sure going to do my best to give my design it's best chance of seeing production one day. I already told my wife that if my game gets published and I don't make a dime...it's mission accomplished!