Tiny Environmental Win for Micro Games?
This week I received a carton of mint tins that will be used to create some of the Mint Tin Games for the September 30th Kickstarter.
I’m not assuming that the Kickstarter will be a success, but I like being prepared.
Plus there are some local opportunities to sell these games at holiday school events and help fundraising too. I also learned that I can get a street vendor permit for $45! Maybe I’ll roam the streets of Portsmouth with an usher tray loaded with games and my PayPal phone swipey dealio! =D
Pinterest DIY on making an usherette tray
The Kickstarter is actually only for funding the game card printing – all the other parts are funded by me. It’ll make more sense once the KS goes live – I figure if others are willing to part with their hard earned money to make this happen, so can I! =)
Back to the carton . . . *those tangents!*
It’s surprising how small the carton is when you consider it has 432 tins in it! That’s 432 game boxes!
So what’s this got to do with the environment?
It’s a stretch but as a former Environmental Science professor, I saw the small packaging as having a much smaller environmental impact for shipping than “normal” sized games (plus a smaller impact on the pocket book!). But then, you could argue that game apps have virtually no carbon footprint – unless you consider that Google has over 3 million servers running and that two searches uses enough energy to boil a kettle of water for tea . . .
Happy Talk like a Pirate Day! =)
Mint Tin Games listed at BoardGameGeek
Another milestone for Mint Tin Pirates and Mint Tin Aliens (MTP and MTA?) – they just became listed in the BoardGameGeek database!
w00t! =D
BoardGameGeek is my Go To source for just about anything and everything board game related. From deciding what games to buy for our family to learning what other game designers are doing and how they’re doing it.
That last bit – how they’re doing it – has been invaluable in developing these little games. The wealth of knowledge and resources are staggering – from die-cut chipboard to custom dice to writing rules.
But . . . now that both of these games are listed, I’m also stressing out! o_O
This is where the rubber meets the road (or the dice roll off the table!) because ratings can now happen and I know that I tend to view those as the gospel when looking for games to buy.
I’ve just uploaded photos (mainly ones already here on the blog) and those have yet to be approved but, overall, this is an exciting milestone. =)
As new games, they have a rating of 0.00 out of 10, so I guess that only means they can go up from here! =D
BGG links -> Mint Tin Pirates | Mint Tin Aliens
