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SPQF Post Mortem

Grant Rodiek | July 29, 2018

The SPQF campaign is now over, so I want to dive into why it was successful, but also identify opportunities for improvement. While this post focuses on SPQF as a case study, I’ll also be using historical data from my previous campaigns to outline changes I made to reach this point in the first place.

Post Mortem: Solstice

Grant Rodiek | June 17, 2017

I sent what I intend to be the final update for Solstice, today, and with that, the Kickstarter campaign is more or less finished. There may be a few customer service requests, which I shall address, and I have a handful of copies left I'll sell once those requests die down.

My 2017 Thoughts on Kickstarter and the Industry

Grant Rodiek | February 20, 2017

Yesterday, February 19, 2017, a new series of threads regarding Kickstarter and really, the industry as a whole, popped up on Twitter. You have people on all sides of the aisle chiming in with this or that.

The Unnecessarily Huge Hocus Post Mortem

Grant Rodiek | August 03, 2015

Post by: Joshua Buergel and Grant Rodiek Grant: The Kickstarter campaign for Hocus, the first published game by Hyperbole Games, designed by Grant Rodiek and Joshua Buergel, is now over. The campaign was an immense success! In 30 days, we raised $31,403 from 1,639 backers.

KS Lessons from the 7th Day

Grant Rodiek | July 02, 2015

We're a week into the Hocus Kickstarter and it's going very well. We're at over 215% funding and 664 backers. Our fewest backers in a day has been 37, and our lowest amount raised has been $707. If this is at all indicative of the rest of our campaign, well, that bodes fantastically for us.

KS Lessons on the Fourth Day

Grant Rodiek | June 28, 2015

Hocus is still performing incredibly well. We've had about 60 backers over the weekend, which is enormous for a small campaign like us. You can see the Kicktraq here. A few days ago I wrote a post about things I'd learned in the first 36 hours, and I wanted to follow that up with a few more observations.

KS Lessons 36 Hours In

Grant Rodiek | June 26, 2015

Our Kickstarter for Hocus launched 36 hours ago and I'm now an expert on Kickstarter! Actually, not at all, but I thought it would be interesting to share my thoughts about things 36 hours into it. As always, taking things with a grain of salt.

One Week 'Til Magic

Grant Rodiek | June 18, 2015

Post by: Joshua Buergel and Grant Rodiek Next Thursday, June 25th, a week from today, Hocus will go live on Kickstarter. We've been more or less ready for a few weeks now, with only a few tweaks to our Kickstarter page here and there per feedback.

5th Street Bankruptcy and You

Grant Rodiek | June 13, 2015

There is a lot of confusion surrounding the bankruptcy of 5th Street Games. I see a great deal of confusion on the Kickstarter page, people I haven't seen in years are sending me emails, and folks are upset on the Board Game Geek forums.

The Thumb Commotion

Grant Rodiek | June 12, 2015

I've been rather annoying this week on social media (Twitter, Facebook) asking people to click a link to our cover image for Hocus. This link leads to Board Game Geek and the image, at which point I'm hoping people click a little green image where they thumb it.