Board Game Business Podcast

Ed Baraf sits down with Brian Henk to discuss the history of experiments tried at Overworld Games, such as using IPs or releasing a game outside of Kickstarter -- and how games have done in terms of …

Today we talk about how to figure out why your Kickstarter campaign is failing and how to fix it.

Brian's magic recipe for a successful campaign:

1. A page that converts visitors into backers
2. Get backe…

Brian had the pleasure of interviewing Vincent Salzillo, President of Double Exposure, Inc. His company organizes Gen Con events such as First Exposure Playtest Hall and the new First Encounter Desig…

Today we talk about ways to get people to play your ugly prototype! Some topics:

• Imaginary friends
• Design partners or other trusted designers
• Protospiel/Unpub
• Designer groups
• General playtesting gro…

Today our episode is more focused on behind-the-scenes of being a Kickstarter creator. We dig into how CrowdOx works and use it as a vehicle to discuss some topics on how a pledge manager can and sho…

Today we talk about how randomness affects our enjoyment of games. It's slanted towards game design, but also has some publisher/indie creator perspectives as well.

• Low-randomness games
• High-randomn…

This is the Golden Age of Tabletop Gaming Panel from Wondercon 2018 organized by High Voltage. It covers industry trends, game design basics, and how to find events and gamers in your area. The panel…

If you'd rather not listen to the questions and you just want to ask yourself some thought-provoking questions about your game, here is the list!

1. Which feeling(s) am I trying to deliver?
2. Why would s…

Richard interviews Juliana Patel and Ariel Rubin who created the extremely successful Escape Room in a Box: The Werewolf Experiment that is now being published by Mattel. He learns all their secrets …

This episode provides some guidelines for the situation where multiple publishers want to sign your game and how you handle it, both from the designer and publisher perspective. Specifically, we cove…

We talk generally about publishing licensed games and specifically about the unsuccessful Total Recall Kickstarter campaign.

• Why didn't it fund?
• What did you do differently?
• Likeness rights 101
• Timi…

This is a panel organized by High Voltage about how awesome games are and how to grow and build an inclusive gaming community. This took place on 10/28/2017 at Stan Lee's Los Angeles Comic Con, hoste…

We have another mailbag episode! These topics were suggested by listeners:

• Are environmental concerns a factor for publishers, manufacturers, and designers?
• How can I make my game more accessible an…

Today we discuss how to use Amazon to sell your board game.

- Fulfillment by Amazon - Amazon Marketplace - Vendor Express - Amazon Launchpad - Getting Burned Stories - Amazon Marketing Services - Imp…

Today we talk about social media and how we should use this in the board game industry. Specifically, here are some of the questions and topics:

• How should a game designer use social media?
• Which so…

We attempt to define what a reference card is, which isn't as easy as you may think, and then we pull them apart and figure out which games need them and how to design them clearly. Then we end with …

Today we talk about designing and publishing games for a particular market. Here are some of the topics/questions we cover:

• What's a target market?
• Which markets are commonly considered in the board…

Here are our top 7 ways to improve your playtest feedback quality. If you want a spoiler, here's the list!

1. Ask negative leading questions. Trash/talk down your own game
2. Stay focused and interested i…

How-to-play videos are used more and more by designers to show potential publishers or playtesters their game and by publishers after a game has been released to teach customers how to play them. In …