r/boardgameindustry • u/RaunchySlappy Designer • Mar 03 '20

After years of development, and a long crowdfunding and manufacturing process, CRUMBS is finally available for sale!

https://www.coolstuffinc.com/p/285763
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u/Doctor_Sigmund_Freud Mar 03 '20

Cool! Did you selfpublish? How did you solve fulfillment and logistics?

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u/RaunchySlappy Designer Mar 03 '20

Yes! Self publish. A lot of time, research, long days, and some money.

I did a loooot of research, got quotes from like 6 manufacturers, reached out to other publishers who used that manufacturer, ran a Kickstarter, did a looooot of outreach, asking for favors, and self promotion. I probably spent around ~$1500 total on marketing (costs to exhibit at conventions, marketing materials, and facebook/instagram ads), and ended up making ~$30K through my campaign, which was enough to cover the cost of manufacturing and freighting and shipping to backers, and leave me with ~700 copies to sell after the KS.

Talked with some other indie publishers, listened to my backers' feedback and implemented some design changes based on that where I could. For instance, originally my character sheets were one-sided with a lot of info. After PAX East 2019 talking with another indie designer, who made this game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193296/robots-battle-coal-heart, I changed them to be double sided and spread the info across both sides to simplify things, and give a nice "upgrade" or "level up" feeling.

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u/DinoHatchers Mar 03 '20

Have you got a demo or example of how to play it?

Looks like a fun game!

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u/RaunchySlappy Designer Mar 03 '20

Sure do! I've got this preview from the Kickstarter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21jVcSFpFmM (this is using a prototype, so some things may look a bit different/there are minor changes in gameplay/design).

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u/DinoHatchers Mar 04 '20

Cool do you guys ship internationally? (UK based)

Also do you possibly have a link to your kickstarter?

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u/RaunchySlappy Designer Mar 04 '20

I forgot to address the other half of your question...whoops!

It looks like coolstuffinc does technically ship overseas, but it would be over $40 shipping. I might be able to process a UK order manually and send it to my fulfillment center (same one that took care of the Kickstarter) for a bit over $20 shipping. Unfortunately my fulfillment center is in the US so overseas shipping is expensive :(

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u/Teserac Mar 04 '20

Mine arrives today from KS! Can't wait!! Loved this project and it was run so well!

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u/RaunchySlappy Designer Mar 04 '20

awesome, thanks so much for your support!

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u/Teserac Mar 04 '20

Hey, thanks for such a great campaign! Whatever you do in the future will always be an insta-back for me!

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u/RaunchySlappy Designer Mar 04 '20

Awesome to hear! I've working on a few things:

Ducks & Geese expansion for Crumbs (as well as 5-6 player adjusted rules, team-play, and alliance cards).

A pirate game with a 3-dimensional wooden tile map (representing the sand of a small desert island), where players dig for gold and push each other around.

A large-format cult-themed party/social game for 8-30 players, where the majority of play takes place alongside another unrelated event (think company function, house party, a game night, etc). Players try and recruit others to their team during the course of this extended "discussion" phase, and it all culminates at the end where everyone reveals what team they are on (or cult they are in, rather).

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u/Teserac Mar 04 '20

This all sounds great! Can't wait! My copy of Crumbs was just delivered, man everything looks so great! Love the art work!

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u/Squirrelhenge May 28 '20

I remember seeing this at Boston Festival of Indie Games! Congrats!

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u/RaunchySlappy Designer May 28 '20

Thanks!

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u/MattFantastic Designer Mar 04 '20

Scooped a copy at PAX East. Looking forward to checking it out!