Dara Studios.
Business services to enhance your productivity.
At Dara Studios, our mission is to support and strengthen client businesses by applying industry knowledge & experience and connecting clients to a network of creators & suppliers within the hobby board-gaming industry.
How can Dara Studios help your business?
We provide business support services and worldwide sales representation within the hobby board game industry.
Keep reading for more information about the services we offer…
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Planning
Preparation goes a long way towards success. At Dara Studios we can consult and guide you through the planning of all aspects of board-game publishing. From project planning a new product, to sales and distribution plans and stock management.
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Production and Logistics
Production of a board-game can be fraught with ups and downs and can certainly take up a lot of time. At Dara Studios we can free up your time by managing the production, safety testing and the safe transit of your products.
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Sales and Localization
At Dara Studios we have a well established network of distributors worldwide that we can talk to about your products. As part of this service we can also manage the full sale to international customers, including localization of artwork and liaising directly with the distributors regarding production and logistics.
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Marketing
Dara Studios can create a bank of creative assets that can be used on social media and for general marketing. In a highly competitive marketplace good product images go a long way to establish trust between the game and the customer. From product image shots, social media kits, brochures and event banners, we have you covered. Looking for a marketing strategy, we can put you in touch with our network of marketing agencies who can help.
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Conventions
Dara Studios can attend conventions on your behalf and showcase your games. Our services include but aren’t exhaustive of, booth design, stock logistics and staffing. We can offer reduced cost conventions as we represent multiple clients at one event, spreading cost. Getting people talking about your game is the best marketing money can buy!
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Graphic Design
Dara Studios can assist with all creative aspects within the hobby board gaming sector. We can help with sell sheet, banners & promotional materials as well as development of game artwork for new games and localised product. The graphic designers we work with all have industry experience and consider on shelf impact, user experience and accessibility in their designs.
Don’t just take our word for it.
Here is what some of our clients have to say about us.
“Rich is a true industry professional with an incredible depth of knowledge in game production and sales. His depth of knowledge is rare, what makes Rich legendary is his ability to apply his knowledge as constructive guidance throughout a project. Finally, Rich is honest dealer with an incredibly positive attitude; working with him is like having a helpful hard-working partner.”
— Jay Schneider, Fire Opal Studios.
“With Emma, your project is in safe hands. Whether it is handling production and logistics for a multi-million selling title like Rory’s Story Cubes, through to project managing groundbreaking (and often challenging) titles for Hub Games, Emma is a rare gem - someone who is easy to work with yet forthright, with an attention to detail and communication skills that allow her to effortlessly shepherd complex projects through to completion.”
— Rory O’Connor, creator of Rory’s Story Cubes and co-founder Hub Games.
“Focused, experienced, and professional, Dara has their finger directly on the pulse of what gamers want and how to get our games in their hands. Love having them as part of our team!”