This post is a
follow-up to my Review of 2014 post. Here I talk a little about plans
for the coming year.
Kickstarters
I currently have a list
of over 20 ideas for Kickstarter projects. Many of them are for
mapping pads to extend the Squarehex range. However, there are a few
other projects I'd like to try. Whilst I hope to run lots of future
projects to extend the Squarehex range of pads and notebooks, in the
coming year I also want to try a couple of different things.
A Kickstarter project
typically takes 2-3 months (funding/transfer of
funds/production/fulfilment) so in 2015 I expect to be able to get
through 4 or 5 new projects.
The current A5 Gaming
Notebook project will be fulfilled in February. The next Kickstarter
project after that will be to print a new A3 pad called the Dungeon
Desk Pad. I'll announce it here and email previous backers/customers
as soon as it launches.
Exhibitions
In 2015 I plan to
attend all the shows that I did in 2014. There's a chance that I'll
slot one or two more in, and I'm going to look at Conception and
Salute for 2016.
Planned 2015 Shows
UK Games Expo
Continnum
Concrete Cow
(September)
Dragon Daze
Derby World Wargames
Dragonmeet
Website
I want to gradually
improve the website. Top priority will be to get some better images
of all the Squarehex products. Paper is surprisingly difficult to
photograph but I think it will make a big difference if I get it
right. I've got mixed feeling about selling products other than my
own on the site but they help keep the site in profit so they can
stay for the time being.
Distribution
At the moment none of
my products are distributed by third parties. I'm not including
print-on-demand (Lulu) or PDFs (RPGNow) in that and they will
continue as they are.
In the next year I plan
to tentatively offer a range of products to a small number of UK
retailers on a trial basis.
I already list several
Squarehex pads on eBay and have found it to a great way to reach new
customers. I also already sell games and RPG books on Amazon, and
this year I will add the Squarehex range as new product listings on
Amazon.
So that's the plan, or as much of it as I can share for the moment. I'll write another review at the end of the year to show what actually happened.