[KICKSTARTER] A new family studio “Wee Robin Games” launching its first game FOR TREASURES!

Good use of an animated GIF. Is there ever a reason to use the areas on the sides of the board, or do you just move right to the middle, more or less?

There are a lot of parts! I'm impressed that you can bring it in for $45, even when not including shipping. It looks more expensive to make than my game, which was pretty close to that when factoring shipping. I'd love to talk component cost specifics if you're interested :) Shoot me a private message if so...

I mean, I'm feeling like I must be overpaying, even though I got like four different quotations within a similar range. Maybe your high funding goal is because you're working on a 2000 or 2500 MOQ? I'm really very curious!

Also, your VAT-inclusive shipping costs to Europe, etc. sound very low.. hopefully you've got that worked out, but it looks like a good place to lose money. My boxes cost a lot more than that to get to Europe with VAT and customs paid..

If the guy sold your party a map of the dungeon, what is the map a map OF? Looks like you're making the dungeon as you go. Just curious about the backstory/lore that makes the tile laying make sense.

Good luck!

Huh.. I use Quartermaster as well. You should bear in mind that there are TWO bills you'll get. One is for the postage within Europe (or Australia, etc.), and the second is for the freight and customs to get from Florida to Europe (or Australia, etc.). It was more than I'd budgeted, personally. That second price is not on their price list.

I did my game with a 1000 unit order, so probably cost more per unit.. don't know if my company does cast miniatures either. Other than that, we have somewhat similar component types (see https://boardgamegeek.com/image/4530889/heroes-treasure)

You have a very high funding goal for a new company (I'm a little surprised QuestCCG hasn't chimed in yet, but maybe he's busy :) ). It might be tough to get 500+ pledges, but good luck!

With a 2000-unit order, I can see why you'd need such a high goal..

I haven't seen your component prices, but if you re-start, you could look to simplify and maybe remove the miniatures (if that's your biggest issue), and maybe you could get a 1000-unit order somewhere (I used Ningbo Lijia, myself). I got very lucky getting to 350 backers..

(edit: Also, for what it's worth, having 4 rulebooks in the box is totally unnecessary.. Put the translations up online in PDF form and you're fine. That must be setting you back at least a dollar, depending on rulebook size.. If the cards can have all the translations on them without increasing costs, great, but I'm sure the (however many) French players can print the rules if needed. I think I sold like 6 into French-speaking areas, including Canada. And I think zero into Spanish-speaking)

I'll note that it might be very nice to get printed manuals in your own language, but if you're adding (say) $1 per box to have 4 manuals, and that results in 1 extra sale... you're not coming out ahead there. Even if you were selling 100 extra, you're not ahead.

And I don't think you can even be sure there's 1 extra sale.

In fact, the only language (in my limited experience) that I would do a translation to is German, and that would be specifically to sell into German stores and maybe be eligible for the Spiel des Jahres award. And I didn't do that :). You'd also need a German box for that, I think.

Anyway, consider having good, solid translations which are available in PDF form rather than in the box, where everyone will ignore 75% of them.

If you're restarting, be sure to carefully consider what it is you're doing differently, and why those changes (to game or KS or marketing, etc.) are going to let you hit your goal.

Best of luck one more time :)