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Crowdfunded, Scrappy, and Unstoppable: The Indie Dice Game Creators Who Built Empires From Nothing
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Crowdfunded, Scrappy, and Unstoppable: The Indie Dice Game Creators Who Built Empires From Nothing

They started with spreadsheets, borrowed printers, and Kickstarter campaigns nobody thought would fund. Now some of them are running companies worth millions. The untold origin stories of indie dice game designers who beat the odds are wilder — and more instructive — than you might expect.

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