thread: 2008-08-31 : Killing Darlings
On 2008-09-17, Joshua A.C. Newman wrote:
Slash, those prices are very good for this kind of thing.
I spoke with a box manufacturer in RI a couple of weeks ago and they have a minimum order of $2500, whatever the project. They seemed hesitant to get involved in boardgames, but only because they tended to be too physically large for their machines. I'm sure we can work around that.
I also agree with you about the game being at 95% and have debated back and forth about whether its worth tearing it down to get it beyond that or whether this is the time to stop and move this onto publishing and leave the improvements for the next game.
Only you can answer that, of course, but internal dialogue will neither improve the game nor will it get people playing it and handing you money.
You have a game you can be proud of now. If you make it better, you will be prouder of it, but it will take you more design and testing time when you could be applying what you've learned to another game. It's a hard question!
