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Pricing Changes

Wed, 05/07/2014 - 13:04 — The Game Crafter
The Game Crafter - The Leading Print On Demand Game Publisher

It has been our pleasure to be your game manufacturer over the past nearly 5 years. We want to support you in everything we do. We’re constantly refining our processes, upgrading our raw materials, and equipment, and as a result our costs increase. After careful analysis we found we’ve been losing money on several items. In order to stay in business for another five years, we unfortunately find ourselves in the difficult position of raising prices on some of our printed components.

Champion of the Small Designer

Fri, 05/02/2014 - 06:27 — The Game Crafter
The Game Crafter - The Leading Print On Demand Game Publisher

The Game Crafter got into this business to help the small designer realize his or her dreams. We’ve been working hard over the last 6 months to introduce new bulk and crowd funding features that provide great discounts, save time, and are genuinely useful to designers.

Introducing Community Auctions

Fri, 04/25/2014 - 16:04 — The Game Crafter
The Game Crafter - The Leading Print On Demand Game Publisher

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve built a new auction system that we’ll use to auction off specialty items, rewards, and services from time to time. However, these aren’t regular auctions, in these auctions you’ll be bidding with Crafter Points.

Introducing Market Based Pricing

Thu, 04/24/2014 - 01:43 — The Game Crafter
Market Based Pricing on Game Pieces at The Game Crafter

When it comes to all of the game pieces we stock at The Game Crafter, many of our suppliers vary their prices every time we order. Sometimes the prices go up due to material cost increase. Other times the prices will go down because we’re now ordering in larger volume. Because these prices are so volatile, we needed to update our system to reflect those changes more easily. The result is market based pricing.

New Protospiel Accolade at The Game Crafter

Mon, 04/14/2014 - 13:05 — The Game Crafter
Protospiel Accolade at The Game Crafter

We encourage all designers in The Game Crafter community to find a Protospiel event near them and get their game tested by other designers. And if you do, you can earn this new accolade.

Mystery Challenge Winner Announced!

Fri, 04/04/2014 - 13:49 — The Game Crafter

Sinister has won the Mystery Challenge, just barely edging out Refuge. Congratulations to Mark “Shmitz” Major of Whirling Derby Games for winning his second contest at The Game Crafter.

Supersized Game Pawns Now Available at The Game Crafter!

Tue, 04/01/2014 - 11:14 — The Game Crafter

The Game Crafter is pleased to announce a new line of supersized game pawns! These game pawns will help you step up your game and have some real fun. Bigger pawns, bigger play! Supersized tokens coming soon!

Product video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWExqnl81to

Sanity Test Before and After

Fri, 03/28/2014 - 15:36 — The Game Crafter

The Game Crafter's new Sanity Test service has been in operation for just over a week and already many people have been using the service to improve their games. William Mandry of Mandry’s Gaming Co. has already used it twice on his game Survivalistic.

The Gamers' Table needs our help!

Wed, 03/26/2014 - 16:56 — The Game Crafter
The Gamers' Table Needs Our Help!

The Gamers’ Table (TGT) has been a long time friend and supporter of The Game Crafter community. In late 2011, they launched a new independent edition of their show, (sponsored by TGC), and have aired 68 episodes so far. Most of these are from The Game Crafter community and they have done so without charging designers a dime. They do it for the love of games and because they enjoy supporting indie board game designers.

Introducing Sanity Tests at The Game Crafter

Mon, 03/17/2014 - 16:37 — The Game Crafter
Sanity Tests at The Game Crafter

A sanity test is a professional review of your rules and shop page to ensure they are complete, clear, and enticing. We know it can be hard to get high quality feedback on your rules documents, so that’s why we created the sanity test.

Our sanity testers have a background in both game design and editing. A sanity test costs just $25 and here are 3 examples of the feedback you can expect:

Lacuna Expanse

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