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Board Game Business Podcast

On The Board Game Business Podcast, we discuss the business side of the tabletop gaming industry. We don't review games or tell you which ones we like, but instead focus on how to price, distribute, d... Read more

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Top 5 Biggest Changes in the Board Game Industry in the Last 5 Years - Ep. 84

Top 5 Biggest Changes in the Board Game Industry in the Last 5 Years - Ep. 84

How has the board game industry changed in the last 5 years? Brian co-founded Overworld Games about 6 years before this ... Read more

8 Jun 2019

32mins

Ranked #2

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Board Game Legal Issues with Zachary Strebeck - Ep. 20

Board Game Legal Issues with Zachary Strebeck - Ep. 20

In this episode, we interview Zachary Strebeck about legal issues in the tabletop game industry. He talks about his laun... Read more

19 Jul 2015

24mins

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10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Designing a Game - Ep. 65

10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Designing a Game - Ep. 65

If you'd rather not listen to the questions and you just want to ask yourself some thought-provoking questions about you... Read more

8 Mar 2018

19mins

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What Makes a Good Theme? - Ep. 29

What Makes a Good Theme? - Ep. 29

What themes should designers and publishers target for their games? Here are some topics we discuss: - How important is ... Read more

2 Dec 2015

21mins

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Working with a Manufacturer - Ep.19

Working with a Manufacturer - Ep.19

We cover lessons learned in talking to tabletop game manufacturers so you can better prepare for the next time you need ... Read more

8 Jul 2015

23mins

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Top 10 Mistakes New Designers Make (Designer Perspective) - Ep. 37

Top 10 Mistakes New Designers Make (Designer Perspective) - Ep. 37

We continue with our top 10 mistakes new designers make with a list from the designer perspective, led by Jeremy Command... Read more

7 Apr 2016

20mins

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Top 10 Mistakes New Designers Make (Publisher Perspective) - Ep. 36

Top 10 Mistakes New Designers Make (Publisher Perspective) - Ep. 36

Brian makes a list of the top 10 mistakes new designers make from the perspective of a publisher and we all debate about... Read more

28 Mar 2016

16mins

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Conventions and Selling Your Design - Ep. 23

Conventions and Selling Your Design - Ep. 23

Today the topic is getting ready for a convention from the perspective of someone playing games, publishing games, and d... Read more

10 Sep 2015

17mins

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Crowd-funding Marketing with Chris Reynolds

Crowd-funding Marketing with Chris Reynolds

Learn Chris Reynolds' secrets to lay out out your crowd-funding page to give potential backers what they want to see and... Read more

26 Nov 2015

39mins

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When is Your Game Ready? Part 1 - Ep.3

When is Your Game Ready? Part 1 - Ep.3

Richard asks Jeremy and Brian to explain how to get players to playtest a game, how to host a playtest, how to blind pla... Read more

2 Dec 2014

21mins

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Balancing Your Game - Ep. 39

Balancing Your Game - Ep. 39

We sprinkle in these game balancing topics, among others, into our discussion: Easy to Balance Games Hard to Balance Ga... Read more

25 May 2016

21mins

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Finding Art For Your Prototype - Ep.16

Finding Art For Your Prototype - Ep.16

The Forbidden Limb debuts on The Dice Tower Network with tips on finding art for your prototype.

22 Apr 2015

18mins

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Rules for Writing Rules - Ep. 74

Rules for Writing Rules - Ep. 74

Learn all about Jeremy's "7 Rules for Writing Rules" and what Richard and Brian think about them. We actually disagree o... Read more

17 Nov 2018

48mins

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Designer and Publisher Panel at San Jose Protospiel - "No Kickstarter"

Designer and Publisher Panel at San Jose Protospiel - "No Kickstarter"

This panel was from the 2015 San Jose Protospiel and covered design and publishing of tabletop games. It was hosted by G... Read more

6 May 2015

1hr 24mins

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When Is Your Game Ready? Part 2 - Ep.4

When Is Your Game Ready? Part 2 - Ep.4

Jeremy and Brian explain to Richard where he can find a feedback form, the difference between Euro- and Ameritrash games... Read more

9 Dec 2014

27mins

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Packaging Your Game - Ep.6

Packaging Your Game - Ep.6

Jeremy geeks out on his love of all things box, while Richard explores the dynamics of sleeved vs. unsleeved tabletop ga... Read more

23 Dec 2014

30mins

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Conventions and Selling Your Design Part 2 - Ep. 24

Conventions and Selling Your Design Part 2 - Ep. 24

We continue our discussion on getting ready for a convention, running a booth, and getting in front of a publisher at a ... Read more

29 Sep 2015

22mins

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The Golden Age of Tabletop Gaming at Wondercon 2018 - Ep. 66

The Golden Age of Tabletop Gaming at Wondercon 2018 - Ep. 66

This is the Golden Age of Tabletop Gaming Panel from Wondercon 2018 organized by High Voltage. It covers industry trends... Read more

10 Apr 2018

59mins

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Top 5 Ways to Deal with Scope Creep - Ep. 83

Top 5 Ways to Deal with Scope Creep - Ep. 83

Patron Andrew van Ingen suggested this episode on how to deal with scope creep. Here's the list we go through! 5. If som... Read more

25 May 2019

23mins

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Pitching to a Publisher at a Convention - Ep. 27

Pitching to a Publisher at a Convention - Ep. 27

What's the best way to get noticed by a publisher at a convention? What annoys them? What excites them? We talk about ou... Read more

30 Oct 2015

20mins

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