RobDougherty

Good news for you, we also LOVE Star Realms.

I, in fact, have a proxy deck of a future set on the table next to me. Playtest new designs is definitely the most fun part of the job!

We have more sets coming out this year. We are working on adding sets and features to the digital game. So much more Star Realms to come!

Exposure for our games of course. And perhaps a bit of narcissism. :)

New sets of course (with some new abilities thrown in from time to time). I don't want to spoil any cards, but I can tell you we have a new set we are working on currently.
I am really looking forward to how Epic Digital, when in full release, will help grow the game. It's tutorial will show new players how to play, and the online play will mean there is always an opponent at your fingertips.

If we can grow the player base like I think we will be able to with the app, I'm looking forward to doing more and even bigger tournaments.

I am, in fact, one of those geeks who cared about designing for love of the games. I built the games I wanted to play. I had a lot of loved-by-fans-but-not-so-profitable games before my first "hit" games (Ascension then Star Realms).

On the follow up: A lot of people love games and make them out of passion. They try to find publishers, or they self publish. The ones who do well often correlate with those who are good at business and think/talk about things like "the market" and "business moves". So I think you see a lot of that from game companies because that is often what it takes to stay in business and make more games.

The kids are more epic, but Epic Card Game is pretty awesome too!