DragonStone Mine! A family friendly board game.

A project in Burnsville, MN by Steve Port
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Backers: 283
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Funded: $12,405 of $10,000
Dates: Jun 16th -> Jul 19th (34 days)
Project By: Steve Port
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Latest News

Here we are, the final hour!

July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all so very much! We're excited to bring the game to you all!  Steve, Scott, Milo and Ruby!  (Read More)

Production samples are in!

July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all, you might remember that a couple weeks ago when we hit funding we pulled the trigger to start on actual production to give us a better jump on it. We'd already gotten all the quotes and our factory was ready to roll, so they pulled it off... (Read More)

48 hours to go!

July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We're headed towards the finish line with only 48 hours to go!  I'm looking forward to seeing our first production gems tomorrow and will share those with you as soon as I see them! Thank you all for making Milo and Ruby's dreams a reality! If... (Read More)

Review up on geekdad.com (on the geek mom side) and 3 days to go!

July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone!  It's been a busy couple of days and another review is in! Claire over on the geek mom side of geekdad.com got a chance to sit with Scott, Milo and Ruby a couple weeks ago and has her review posted here:... (Read More)

Gameosity review of DragonStone mine!

July 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We're 4 days from the end of our campaign and we've got another amazing review of DragonStone mine! The folks over at Gameosity were kind enough to take a look at it for us and I think really captured the game well.   Their Summary seems pretty spot... (Read More)

Level 1 Playthrough Video

July 14th - via: kickstarter.com
I was in Sioux Falls SD the last few days so went over to see Robert at Dragon's Den (http://tradingcardssiouxfalls.com/) and brought a copy of DragonStone Mine! We rustled up a few regulars and gave them a run through.  We played 3 games total. The... (Read More)

BJs Geek Nation and DragonStone Mine!

July 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Fans!  Scott stopped by the www.bjgeeknation.com podcast last week. I just listened to it and it was a great interview. They cover the origin story directly from Scott's viewpoint.  We have a link here with a mark at the start of our... (Read More)

We got an unexpected, sweet review!

July 12th - via: kickstarter.com
I was digging around www.boardgamegeek.com a few minutes ago and checked our DragonStone Mine! page before I clicked out and saw we had a new review! The original source is here, but it has been mirrored to bgg if you prefer to go look there.... (Read More)

Scott is recording a bit for BJ Shea's podcast today

July 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Scott has been out in Seattle doing some work, visiting folks and he's going to be stopping by the studio to do a bit with http://bjgeeknation.com/ We'll be sure to link it in once it's up! In the meantime, we're expecting factory prototypes of the... (Read More)

Upcoming reviews and at the 2 week marker, where are we?

July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
I hope you all had an enjoyable July 4th weekend (Even those of you not in the US!) we took a bit of a breather after the first couple crazy weeks and now it's time to press on to final stretch. We have 2 pending reviews coming to you soon. We should... (Read More)

An Excited Game Designer!

July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00    (Read More)

Kicking the table podcast

July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
July 4th weekend! I'll admit, after the crush of stuff getting done leading to origins, the crazy amount of demos we did there, then pouring energy into the KS launch and THEN trying to catch up on other work from being gone so much of the previous... (Read More)

We made it!

July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks everyone! David Tverass was the backer who put us over!  (Sorry Jake Theis, you just missed being "the one") We are funded so now it's all bonus time!  Lets see if we can get to super sparkly in the next 18 days!   Steve  (Read More)

Is today the day?

July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We're in good shape to hit our goal today, leaving us over half of our project time to hit stretch goals! Here's part 2 of the video I made this past weekend of my daughter and I playing the DragonStone Mine set we made!  We're playing this on "kid... (Read More)

A little press and a bit of a rush

June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We had a pretty busy couple days.  Scott's family was featured in their local paper (http://www.edglentoday.com/articles/details/new-board-game-could-make-national-name-for-edwardsvilles-scott-elliott-and-his-children-13874.cfm) and the result was... (Read More)

80% and a Video to share!

June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Wednesday! I shot some video with my 5 Year old daughter while we built a DSM set for ourselves. A few hours of editing later (Took less time to build the set!) and we've got a couple great videos showing us building a set, then playing the... (Read More)

New board game could make national name for Edwardsville's Scott Elliott and his children

June 29th - via: edglentoday.com
[EDWARDSVILLE, IL] - A rainy day in Seattle led an Edwardsville family on a journey of board game development and now it has sparked something that may hit the national market. (Read More)

Gem update

June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Friday! Scott is in Seattle area today and is meeting with one of our reviewers reporting to Geekdad.com to do a little demo and interview there.   This weekend is my "build DSM with my daughter" project weekend, which we hope to have edited... (Read More)

Origins by night podcast and "Projects we love"

June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello DSM Fans!I got a little time on the Origins by Night podcast that the Mike Selinker and the fine folks over at Lone Shark Games (http://www.lonesharkgames.com/) put on at Origins Game Fair. You can check that podcast here... (Read More)

Thanks for the support!

June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all, Thanks so much for your support of DragonStone Mine!We have passed the 40% funding threshold in just 2 days, with your help.Game demos at the Origins game fair are going very well; we are seeing lots of smiling faces.We appreciate the... (Read More)

That's a great first 12 hours!

June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks for the support! We'd love to show you the game, so if you're at Origins game fair in Columbus, come see us at booth #839! Steve  (Read More)

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