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Top 10 Games for Large Groups

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 Posted in articles | Comments Off

Just got another article up, with a list of games for large groups.  I've restricted the list to games that come pre-built for large groups (i.e. more than 6) rather than games that can expand to accommodate large groups.  I've ...

Negotiating : Understanding Incentives

Monday, April 30th, 2012 Posted in articles, best practices | Comments Off

This is a 'best practice' article in many ways, but delves into something I've discussed before - negotiating.  One of the most important aspcets of negotiating is understanding the motivations & incentives of the parties involved.  As an example, let's ...

Products Sold by Quantity for Manufacturers

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 Posted in articles | Comments Off

Knowing you like seeing things like this, thought I'd post the latest updates on what has been selling. This is by Quantity by Manufacturer, so someone like Mayday Games with their dozens of sleeves pop-up really high.  Same with FFG ...

Top 10 Science Fiction Board Games

Friday, April 20th, 2012 Posted in articles | Comments Off

We just released a new article - the Top 10 Science Fiction Board Games.  I've been playing with that list for ages now; but till recently hadn't been that excited about that many SciFi games.  Now, I'd say there's a ...

Video Reviews : A Business Perspective

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 Posted in articles, business | 1 Comment »

We've recently been creating video game reviews of our various board games (and soon, our role-playing games).  It's our newest marketing push on the site, and there's a few reasons we've gone about doing it.   Obviously, it's a great marketing ...

Boxing Day Sale Publishers Breakdown

Monday, December 26th, 2011 Posted in articles, business | Comments Off

As many of you might have noticed, our current Boxing Day Sale is quite extensive - 268 items to be exact.  Outside of a few games where we guessed quantities wrong (Quarriors : Rise of the Demons, Dreadfleet); a lot ...

Perception Change & XMas

Thursday, December 1st, 2011 Posted in articles, business | 2 Comments »

I haven't been posting much about the business lately, mostly because I've been swamped.  With a new employee (the 2nd) one going full-time; I've had to deal with the various bureaucratic issues that go with that.  In addition, we've taken ...

Top 10 Board Games for 2011 & Quarriors Review

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in articles | Comments Off

We just posted our annual Top 10 Board Games for 2011 on the site. In addition, the new Quarriors video review is up on its product page as well.

Business Culture : An Introspection

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 Posted in articles, business | 4 Comments »

Business culture is a strange thing - you hear about it a lot, but until you actually work in a few companies you don't realise how different it can be from company to company.  It's even stranger when you are ...

Data & Analysis

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 Posted in articles, business | 2 Comments »

Thanks to my trusty new employee, I've finally been able to get some time off so that I can actually get some work done on a number of areas that have been neglected.  In particular, business analysis and review. In many ...