Facade Games

How We Launched A New Game On Kickstarter

Travis Hancock
Founder, Facade Games
$30K
revenue/mo
2
Founders
2
Employees
Facade Games
from Columbus, Ohio, USA
started March 2015
$30,000
revenue/mo
2
Founders
2
Employees
market size
$48.2B
avg revenue (monthly)
$88K
starting costs
$13.7K
gross margin
40%
time to build
210 days
growth channels
Word of mouth
business model
subscription
best tools
Quickbooks, Shopify, ShipStation
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
35 Pros & Cons
tips
9 Tips
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Hello again! Remind us who you are and what business you started.

My name is Travis Hancock and I’m the founder of Facade Games. We have published 5 board games, 4 of which are disguised in book boxes.

Most of our games focus on a city and year from history and have some kind of lying/backstabbing involved in the gameplay. Our games have raised over $1 million on Kickstarter, and we’ve sold over 100,000 copies of our games around the world. I work full time from home with my wife Holly. We love inventing and publishing games!

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Tell us about what you’ve been up to! Has the business been growing?

We recently launched a Kickstarter for a new game called Bristol 1350. In the game, the dreaded Black Death has descended upon the town of Bristol. You are racing down the streets, desperate to escape into the safety of the...

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