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perhaps once you have designed rules, you can then move on to potential model/figure designs.

Finally, playtest the rules with your friends etc. Commission a small batch of the figures to be made and play.

Unless you have already done the above, don't even bother thinking about "starting your own company" or "going to a big game company."

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Also you'll find that if you work for any company, big or small, one of the usual conditions of your contract is that anything you create associated with the business, even created in your own time, remains property of the company.

Personally I think you should try taking it to a smaller company, or at least making the game yourself and finding a distributor. You'll proabably have to have industry credentials to even get in the door at the big companies. And you will need feedback from testing and from market research if you want financial backing.

Whichever way you go I wish you luck.
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The former isn't terribly difficult, just make a ruleset, publish it as a .pdf, and put it up on a website.

If it's the latter, then you've got a lot more to think about. What are you adding to the company? Are you a sculptor? Rulesmaker? Artist (providing plans to sculptors)? Writer? Caster? Distributor?

If you don't do all of this, who are you going to hire to do these things? How are you going to pay them? How do you (ultimately) expect to make a profit?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/381048/3039468.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/381048/3039468.page GMT http://www.freewargamesrules.co.uk/

Unless you really have something special & the money to promote it, you are better off just posting the files online. Or at the best, self publishing at a place like http://www.lulu.com/]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/381048/3039478.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/381048/3039478.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/381048/3039579.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/381048/3039579.page GMT