Subscription Box Service: need input

I'm a little confused. Are you sending them a game or materials?

Components for prototyping are pretty easy to get your hands on... probably anyone designing games already has them. Speaking as an amateur designer, my big bottlenecks are finding live playtesters outside of my normal game group, and finding face-time with other designers. Those are at the top of my wishlist.

I think I preferred the box of generic components with rules for games over the "broad appeal" idea.

Just some thoughts here...no particular order

Definitely an interesting idea and the logistics are probably manageable

I am picturing more of a "game of the month" club concept here, however the idea of an expandable universe is interesting.

Assuming there is some kind of basic rule set / guidelines, it might be possible to develop an "open source" gaming community around this idea; this would probably require some kind of forum or website where people share / collaborate on ideas for the box contents;

the above idea would probably need a standard "open use" license

Depending on how well it is managed, it might be possible for the box to showcase a designer, artist or component. Possibly, as the result of an art or design contest.

My gut reaction would be to start with a quartely box and grow towards a monthly box. Generating fresh content on a monthly basis would probably be challenging until the idea takes off

Domestic and Int'l shipping costs could add up; it may take some time to figure out a good subscription price.

In some respects, this sounds like an "open publishing" concept where you will publish anything provided the game uses nothing more than the components in the box.

From a business perspective, this would probably be a slow ramp up to profitability. Figure 6-12 months to set everything up and maybe 1-3 years to drive subscriptions to the level that you are making money? Sadly, I know nothing about magazine or "of the month" business models...

Interesting idea!