If you're planning on making the file server accessable from online, whatever you do, don't post the link. I've never heard of a slashdotted house before, but I can't imagine how hard it would be.
I heard just last night at a Boy Scout meeting on the Communication merit badge, that in 1980 (?), Kenedy spent millions and millions (or.1 sagan) of dollars on advertising his campaign, only to find out afterward that it actually hurt him. He would have been better off if he had spent $0.
I'm 5 or so years into the making of my board game, so I have a bit of experience under my belt. Here's a few tips:
First, expect it to take a while. A long while.
Expect many, sometimes drastic, changes to the game. My game started out on a checker board with two players, now it's on hexagons with 4 players and teams.
Also, test it a lot. Play it with friends and write down ideas and suggestions. When you've got the final rules of the game, write up instructions, and give the game to a friend & his/her family to play for a week or two. Have them play the game from the instruction without your help, so they can evaluate clarity. Have them write up other questions/comments too.
For the board, I just printed it out with our home inkjet and pieced the pages together on a piece of corrugated cardboard. For the pieces, I just used pieces from RISK. Everyone has some extra dice somewhere, and for cards, I just used a regular deck of playing cards and associated each card with the card it's supposed to be. (e.g. Aces are a "Gain piece" and 3s of Spades are "Move ahead 3 spaces")
I'm planing on sending my game to Milton Bradley or some other company and requesting payment in royalties.
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...imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!
You know, a girl who is five foot two and weighs in at 250 pounds wouldn't exactly be placed in the "chix" category.
If you're planning on making the file server accessable from online, whatever you do, don't post the link. I've never heard of a slashdotted house before, but I can't imagine how hard it would be.
4) ??? 5) Profit!
I heard just last night at a Boy Scout meeting on the Communication merit badge, that in 1980 (?), Kenedy spent millions and millions (or .1 sagan) of dollars on advertising his campaign, only to find out afterward that it actually hurt him. He would have been better off if he had spent $0.
For the board, I just printed it out with our home inkjet and pieced the pages together on a piece of corrugated cardboard. For the pieces, I just used pieces from RISK. Everyone has some extra dice somewhere, and for cards, I just used a regular deck of playing cards and associated each card with the card it's supposed to be. (e.g. Aces are a "Gain piece" and 3s of Spades are "Move ahead 3 spaces") I'm planing on sending my game to Milton Bradley or some other company and requesting payment in royalties.