Design diaries, production updates and lessons from self-publishing card games.https://foursuitstudio.com/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/there-s-no-turn-where-you-get-to-do-all-three/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/there-s-no-turn-where-you-get-to-do-all-three/The Gallery Gambit design diary, part 2Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/my-girlfriend-designed-my-most-striking-game/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/my-girlfriend-designed-my-most-striking-game/She doesn't like board games. This story is about how she designed Gallery Gambit anyway.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/how-i-get-my-games-into-retail-without-losing-my-mind/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/how-i-get-my-games-into-retail-without-losing-my-mind/Why I shifted from individual localisations to global licensing to get my games on tables worldwide.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/why-my-kickstarter-predictions-were-completely-wrong/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/why-my-kickstarter-predictions-were-completely-wrong/The numbers said the project was going to crush it. The live campaign said otherwise.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/the-story-behind-stamp-showdown/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/the-story-behind-stamp-showdown/The first game I published that I didn’t design myselfSat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/stamp-showdown-just-levelled-up/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/stamp-showdown-just-levelled-up/February 3rd, 2026 Hey! As you might have noticed, Stamp Showdown is live on Kickstarter 🎉 And we’ve got two big pieces of news to share. Go to Kickstarter A truly limited Kickstarter edition For the Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/watch-the-stamp-showdown-trailer-before-anyone-else/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/watch-the-stamp-showdown-trailer-before-anyone-else/January 6th, 2026 Hey collector, Happy New Year! I hope you’re having a great entrance to 2026. My last newsletter outlined the progress of Stamp Showdown. Right now, I just want to share early accessThu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/stamp-showdown-is-almost-ready/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/stamp-showdown-is-almost-ready/December 11th, 2025 Hey collectors! My last newsletter was about SPIEL and all the work that goes into having your own booth at a large convention. Since then, we’ve done it again at the largest con iThu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-my-first-spiel-booth/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-my-first-spiel-booth/October 20th, 2025 Hey! This newsletter will contain a personal report on the Spiel conference. If you’re here for the updates, skip the first part and scroll directly to the bottom. Because I’ve beenThu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/river-rats-just-levelled-up/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/river-rats-just-levelled-up/October 20th, 2025 Hey everyone, We’ve got some big news to share this time. And, it’s a very exciting week, since we’re going to the SPIEL conference this Thursday! What we’ll cover: Meet us in EssenTue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/we-re-going-to-spiel-all-river-rats-have-shipped/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/we-re-going-to-spiel-all-river-rats-have-shipped/September 16th, 2025 Hey everyone, It’s been just over a month since the last newsletter! In this edition: SPIEL, Essen information: let’s meet 🙂 River Rats fulfilment update: all games have shipped! Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/stamp-showdown-river-rats-production-update/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/stamp-showdown-river-rats-production-update/August 7th, 2025 Hey everyone, It’s been just over a month since the last newsletter! In this edition: Introducing my new upcoming game: Stamp Showdown. Spoiler: you can already play it! River Rats prThu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/how-our-game-river-rats-was-designed-from-robin-s-perspective/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/how-our-game-river-rats-was-designed-from-robin-s-perspective/The previous article outlined how River Rats was designed from the lead designer’s perspective, Mathijs Jansen. But here is the same story, but now from…Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/marketing-the-river-rats-kickstarter-campaign/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/marketing-the-river-rats-kickstarter-campaign/All the investments, social media efforts and everything.Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/almost-ready-for-production-new-game-ahead/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/almost-ready-for-production-new-game-ahead/June 25th, 2025 Hey everyone, It’s been pretty busy since the end of the Kickstarter campaign. We reached over €20k with almost 750 backers, which is really amazing! From now on, I’ll keep sharing theWed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/guest-post-mathijs-design-diary-for-river-rats/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/guest-post-mathijs-design-diary-for-river-rats/Written by Mathijs Jansen I would have never expected to be making a game about anthropomorphic animals on a river cruise. In game design, you…Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/introducing-river-rats/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/introducing-river-rats/How River Rats was made and what decisions were taken along the way.Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/design-diary-3-dream-guardians-in-the-freezer-welcome-river-rats/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/design-diary-3-dream-guardians-in-the-freezer-welcome-river-rats/We are all in.Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/design-diary-2-new-name-refreshed-game-new-dream-guardian/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/design-diary-2-new-name-refreshed-game-new-dream-guardian/Dream Guardians will become available soon!Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://foursuitstudio.com/blog/design-diary-1-dreamkeepers/https://foursuitstudio.com/blog/design-diary-1-dreamkeepers/Join me in the journey of creating a new game and bringing it to marketMon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT