Who and how can i tell my idea of a board game?

Question

I want to have a company make my board game i think people would really like it.

Answer 1

Be very Careful You should secure a Patent on it first or someone will steal it.....

Answer 2

you can share your idea in the forums at boardgamegeek.com -or- simply ask for publication advice

Answer 3

You don't need to patent your game. None of the published game designers get patents for their games, so why would you need to?

Build a prototype of your game and play test it until you know it's good. Then you can approach the publishers who still accept unsolicited submissions.

Visit : http://www.bgdf.com/tiki-index.php to get info on board game design from people who actually know what they're talking about.

Answer 4

First, the whole bit about sending a copy of the game to yourself to secure copyright is pure bunk. Here's Wikipedia on Poor Man's Copyright -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_man%27... . As a law student who has taken Evidence, I can tell you with near 100% certainty that you would never get to introduce something like this in court, or if you were to, it would not establish anything.

Now, on to your actual question about designing and marketing a game. First, there is a burgeoning web community for persons just like yourself who design games and seek to get them published. There is a wealth of material for you over at the Board Games Designer's Forum http://www.bgdf.com/. They can help you with information about how to go about marketing and publishing your game.

Before you head over there though, you may want to do some research about games like yours and whether there is a product on the market already that is remarkably similar to yours. It's tough to re-invent the wheel only to find that someone has aready developed the automobile (<-- terrible metaphor). There is a great board game community with lots of information on games over at Board Game Geek.com http://www.boardgamegeek.com/.

In addition, I would recommend having a look at Brian Tinsman's The Game Inventor's Guidebook. It's a good resource for information about the game industry, profiles of prominent designers, and some industry contact information.

http://www.amazon.com/Game-Inventors-Gui...

Answer 5

whats your idea ????:)  tell me!!!!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

do the poor mans patent. Write down every single idea about your game down in a letter (EVERY single detail.. to the finest etc) and mail it to yourself, and never open the letter. That way if you tell someone, you will have proof it was your idea first (it was stamped by the gov on whatever date, etc). Other wise I would have no idea. Maybe contact the company you like the best (or multiple companies) and tell them you have an idea and see if they will be willing to take your idea.