Your Indie Game Studio business plan (and how to get one)
Looking to start an indie game business? Get yourself a business plan first. This post goes deep into what needs to be in there and how to do get it done.
Sales tax on Online Game Sales – the Supreme Court weighs in
Do you sell your board games or video games online to other states in the US? You may be on the hook for collecting and paying sales tax very soon. Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games reached out to me last week to comment on a recent Supreme Court case dealing with a South Dakota tax law. What’s the deal with South Dakota v. Wayfair? The law requires online retailers who…
Learn some Indie Dev Business Basics – check out my series on Indie Megabooth
Check out the series of Indie Dev Business Basics posts I wrote on the Indie Megabooth blog!
Starting a game business? Check out my guest post on Indie Megabooth!
The Indie Megabooth site is hosting my latest blog post about business basics for indie game developers. It’s the first in a planned five-part series that digs into the basic concepts behind how and why you should form a company. Check it out here. If you like it, let the folks at Indie Megabooth know how much! Hopefully we’ll see the rest of the posts in the series up over…
I’m doing a Reddit AMA on Board Game Law!
On December 7th, I will be doing a Reddit AMA about board game law. Check out this post for more info!
A legal look at Monopoly and “The Monopolists” – a guest post by Jeremy Robins
I consulted on The Monopolists, a book by New York Times journalist Mary Pilon, a couple years ago. The book traces the legal history of the Monopoly board game throughout the last century. Recently, a colleague named Jeremy Robins approached me about the opportunity to write about his legal insights into the book’s subject. I’m excited to post his article here on the Game Lawyer Blog! Here’s Jeremy: The book chronicles the…
Starting a board game company – my Gen Con 2016 panel with Brian Henk, JT Smith, and Jeremy Commandeur
Check out the latest Gen Con 2016 panel release – Starting a Board Game Company with Brian Henk, Jeremy Commandeur, and JT Smith!
Check out my Gen Con 2016 Legal Q&A Panels with Justin Jacobson
During Gen Con 2016, I had the pleasure of conducting two Q&A sessions with fellow attorney Justin D. Jacobson of LAWCRAFT. We had a ton of great questions in each session, so don’t miss these two podcast episodes!
The Game Lawyer at Gen Con 2016 – I’ve been featured as an “Industry Insider”!
Hello readers! I have exciting news – I’ve been accepted into the Gen Con “Industry Insider” program, which makes me a “featured presenter” in a handful of awesome panels. Those particular panels haven’t been revealed yet, but I’ll let you know right here as soon as they are. I’m also appearing on five other non-featured panels, two of which specifically deal with legal issues in the tabletop industry: Publishing Your…
Changing the Legal Moves release schedule – going monthly!
This summer, I’m taking a step back from my weekly podcasting schedule. Find out more in this post!
