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June
It took about six months of hammering (or, probably more appropriately, “chopping”), but the production plan for the Flapjacks & Sasquatches Dice Game was finally locked down. There were many twists and turns for the Deluxe Edition and Collector’s Edition dice — metal? multi-color? something else? — until Andrew at Foam Brain finally suggested suspending little flapjack stacks inside clear resin occlusion dice. Concrete progress toward the Kickstarter launch can resume!
May
May was heads down and in the trenches on a variety of consulting, Left Justified, and Prolific Games projects. No much public to report, but lots of progress on many fronts!
April
I was at GAMA Expo. In addition to thanking my retail partners and connecting with industry contacts, I presented a seminar, “Game Publishing Projects Management for Aloof Visionaries and the Easily Sidetracked.”
March
It was a month full to the brim of convention travel: SaltCON, Dice Tower West, and AdeptiCon. • After setting a small number of copies aside for promotions and web sales, Broken and Beautiful sold out its entire first print run to distribution even before its street date, so we’re back to reprint already!
February
Broken and Beautiful arrived at the Left Justified Studio warehouse! We fulfilled domestic Kickstarter orders ourselves and relied on Pick & Pack in Canada and Spiral Galaxy in the UK to help around the world. All backers were fulfilled before the end of February, as promised during the campaign.
January
After about a year as CEO of WorldWise Imports, I stepped down from that position as of December 31 to focus on Left Justified Studio & Prolific Games. Running two companies at once was worth trying, but too ambitious. The capable and fantastic Cindy Shipp will take over leadership at WorldWise.
November
After horrific freight delays — the worst I’ve ever experienced — the reprint of Flapjacks & Sasquatches finally made its way to our shipping partner’s warehouse in Indiana, and is available for sale once more!
September
The pledge manager — and thus, pre-order store — for Broken and Beautiful has launched. If you missed the Kickstarter, now’s your chance to reserve your copy!
December
I’ve undertaken a new adventure and have accepted an offer to become the CEO of WorldWise Imports. I’ll work remotely from Minneapolis (WorldWise is based in Las Vegas) and split my time roughly 75/25 between WorldWise and Left Justified. Wish me luck!