From Concept to Company: Building the Business of Blood Rune What does it take to start a business? What needs to be done — what forms need to be filed, what deadlines need to be kept, what tasks need completing — once or repeatedly? And how does one do all this while simultaneously building a game and a community? And how does one build those things effectively?These and many more considerations are top-of mind for me as I manage the day-to-day business operations of the Blood Rune team. Setting the team up for success can be complicated and unglamorous, but it’s a vital function, and one that I’ve been more than happy to serve.As crea...
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Progress Update Hello Blood Rune fans!Our Kickstarter campaign isn’t likely to reach its funding goal before it closes. While the game was universally praised by fans at GenCon, we have found that the existing configuration of the core set is too expensive. We’ve decided to suspend this Kickstarter campaign and refocus our efforts on making Blood Rune more accessible without compromising on quality. We’ll be back soon to launch an even better version of Blood Rune.To this end we’ll focus on several key areas:Cost: We will reduce the number of plastic components to lower the overall price of the cor...
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Introducing Blood Rune: The Ember! The first episode of our web series is now LIVE!https://youtu.be/RZEePcDlsqwWe on the Blood Rune team are proud to announce that this Saturday is the debut of the first episode of our web series Blood Rune: The Ember!On June 18th & 19th 2022, we filmed an all-weekend session of Blood Rune at Fonco Studios in Cyprus Park, CA. The adventure was divided into 8 episodes to be released weekly beginning July 9th. The goals of filming the show were threefold:First, we wanted to introduce the game with a witty cast of actual game enthusiasts. Blood Rune is a role-playing game at its roots and we...
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Blood Rune Road Map Blood Rune is all about combining the best of two worlds. The joy of holding cards in your hands and syncing your collection to the Blood Rune App. You can hold our physical game close to your heart, but just wait until you plug into it! ;)We’ve been carefully crafting Blood Rune since late 2020, writing, drawing, playtesting and developing the Blood Rune App. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. We’re delighted to show you what’s coming.We’re hard at work crafting the game’s Core Gameplay, Bestiary, Lore, Pantheons of gods and heroes, and the Game Economy. We want to share thes...
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