One frustrating thing Kickstarter doesn’t make very clear is that you don’t have access to the money of your successful Kickstarter campaign for 14 days after it ends. It says something about it right when you accept their terms and conditions to start the campaign. Well, you are supposed to say when rewards are given out before that, so I wouldn’t be surprised if some rewards are given late because of somewhat unexpected days like that. Continue reading
Children’s Toys & Child Safety Testing
I noticed today that there is a law that requires children’s toys (including card games) to be safety tested, which can cost thousands of dollars. The Game Crafter says that you can’t sell children’s games with them for that reason. (Note that I have not found official costs for child safety tests for card games.)
Information about the law can be found here. I am thinking Crazier Eights does not violate the law (even saying it is for ages 10 and up) because it is not primarily made for children and could be considered to be a “general use product” for that reason. Crazier Eights is not made to be primarily used by children 12 or younger.
Even so, I could consider saying the game is for ages 13 and up to make it clear that it is not primarily intended for children.
Buy Crazier Eights for $22 & free shipping in the USA
Click on one of these links to order copies of Crazier Eights. There is a separate link for orders in the USA and orders outside the USA. Limit: 5 per person.
The retail value is $22, but international orders will cost an additional $20 for shipping.
USA: $22 (free shipping)
Outside the USA: $42 ($22 + $20 shipping for up to 5 copies of the game)
If you have a brick & mortar game store and want to know about options for wholesale, you can contact me here.
Less than two days left
I have a Kickstarter campaign for Crazier Eights (found here). Kickstarter is a crowd funding site. If I reach the funding goal ($5,000), then the game will be manufactured and everyone will be able to get a copy of the game. There are ways to get the game from the Kickstarter campaign. If it does not reach the funding goal, no one loses any money and every reward level will still have access to the print & play version of the game anyway.
There’s less than two days left — The Fourth of July is the final day.
This is pretty much your last chance to help out. If you want the project to succeed, I advise you to share this project on Facebook, Twitter, and anywhere else appropriate. You can tell a friend who might also be interested.
Another thing you can do is talk about the game on Board Game Geek. There are forums for Crazier Eights on Board Game Geek (found here), and I will participate in conversations about the game there.
Whether the game reaches the goal or not, you might want to follow this site and the Crazier Eights Facebook page to keep in touch and find out what happens next.
Crazier Eights First Edition Spoiler (New Look, Updated 8-4-14)
All the regular cards and promo cards have been updated to have the new look, and you can see all the cards here. The new look can be compared to the old look. Go here to see what the spoiler looked like a while back.
Stretch Goal Promo Cards (Updated)
If the Crazier Eights Kickstarter campaign reaches $6000, then the following three cards will be made for every physical copy of Crazier Eights made from the Kickstarter campaign:
Keep in minds that these cards are prototypes, so the final version of the cards could be somewhat different.
These promos were selected from six different cards I thought of a while back. Go here to see them all.
The New Look
I asked people what they want the cards to look like, and this was the most popular option. This is what I plan for the cards to look like. I have to get to work to make sure all the cards use the new look. Take a look at the cards below. Continue reading
Advanced Crazier Eights Spoiler
Update (7/21/15): The Advanced version is now going to be the Second Edition. You can see the spoiler here.
Advanced Crazier Eights is related to various stretch goals on the Crazier Eights Kickstarter Campaign. Here are eight cards from the Advanced Crazier Eights prototype. Three of them were already shown, and five of them are here because there’s now 30 likes on the Crazier Eights Facebook page, and five will be shown for every 25 likes on the Facebook fan page. (That’s a good place to keep in touch and let me know what your preferences are.) Continue reading
Ideas for Changing the Look of Crazier Eights Part II
There’s a good chance that the colors and suit symbol associations will be changed to be pretty much what was discussed as option 4 in part 1. (Go here to take a look.) I am thinking that I will keep the Sun symbol for orange, but I could use a star symbol instead.
Now I have four more ideas for changing the layout and look of the cards that I am considering. Take a look, and let me know what you think. Continue reading
Ideas for Stretch Goal Promo Rewards
I said that if the Crazier Eights Kickstarter Campaign gets overfunded (by reaching $6,000) that I would include some new promo cards with each copy of the game (at least the copies that are made from the Kickstarter funding). I haven’t decided what they should be yet, but I thought of some new ideas. I am thinking that three new cards would be included. Let me know what you think. Continue reading
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