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Board Game Business Podcast

Brian Henk

The Board Game Business Podcast is all about the business side of the tabletop gaming industry. We don't review games or tell you which ones we like, but instead focus on things like marketi...

Episodes

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Going Full Time as a Game Developer with John Brieger - Ep. 92

John Brieger talks about some of the biggest mistakes he's made during the development process so we can all learn from them. References: Br...

37:17Jun 13, 2021

Going Full Time as a Game Developer with John Brieger - Ep. 91

Learn why your game needs development help with professional developer, John Brieger. References: Brieger Creative - https://www.briegercrea...

34:56Apr 26, 2021

Top 5 Rough Edges on a Kickstarter Game - Ep. 90

We discuss the top 5 most common rough edges on a Kickstarter game so you can avoid them on yours! Dustin Schwartz Rules Editing: https://tw...

23:04Jan 2, 2021

Top 5 Places to Find Prototype Art - Ep. 89

In this episode, we re-visit our list of top places to find art for your prototype. Links: The Noun Project: http://www.thenounproject.com N...

27:49Oct 4, 2020

Top 5 Predicted Impacts of COVID-19 on the Board Game Industry - Ep. 88

Jeremy and Brian discuss how we think the board game industry will be impacted by COVID-19. This was recorded in early April of 2020. Resour...

26:08May 11, 2020

Top 5 Time Savers for Game Designers - Ep. 87

In this episode, we are going to cover a bunch of tips for you game designers to SAVE YOU TIME. Resources Mentioned Google Drive - https://d...

24:50Sep 22, 2019

Top 5 Tips for Advertising Your Board Game - Ep. 86

We give you our top 5 tips for advertising your board game and how to learn which sources are best for you and your game. This is a little m...

24:17Jul 20, 2019

Mailbag on US Manufacturing, Recovering from Disaster, and Component Cost Considerations - Ep. 85

Today we dig into the Patreon mailbag and answer these questions: How do you recover from being punched in the gut? What is a unique enough...

32:17Jun 29, 2019

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 was recorded so it's...

32:31Jun 8, 2019

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 some people don't hate...

23:24May 25, 2019

Top 5 Ways to Build a Crowd for Your Game - Ep. 82

When you're trying to build up a crowd for your game before Kickstarter or to build your resume for selling your game to a publisher, there...

28:40Apr 19, 2019

Top 5 Tips for Managing Your Day Job and Hobby Board Game Business - Ep. 81

Jeremy and Brian give some tips for how you can better manage your day job and hobby board game business. Resources: Multideck - https://itu...

29:17Mar 30, 2019

Top 5 Things That Are Probably Wrong with Your Game Pitch - Ep. 80

Jeremy and Brian cover the top 5 things that are most commonly wrong with a pitch a game designer gives to a publisher. If you're a designer...

22:16Mar 17, 2019

Signs It Is Time to Give up on a Design - Ep. 79

When you've been working on a design for a while and you're not sure if there's enough there to keep going with it, we have some signs that...

19:28Feb 26, 2019

Reasons to Theme Your Prototype - Ep. 78

We go over the top 5 reasons to theme your prototype and some discussion around them. If you want to have them spoiled, here are some of our...

18:52Feb 11, 2019

Getting Your Prototype Played at Smaller Conventions - Ep. 77

Top 5 Tips for Getting Your Prototype Played at Small Conventions 5) Teach games and then ask if they want to try your own game afterwards....

19:48Jan 21, 2019

Going to Conventions Without Going to Conventions - Ep. 76

Today Brian interviews Erik Dahlman of Albino Dragon about the convention services he offers where his team will demo your game at his booth...

19:33Jan 5, 2019

Funding Goal, Stretch Goals, and Updates - Ep. 75

In this one, we cover different methods for setting your Kickstarter funding goal, your stretch goals, how many updates to send during the c...

29:27Dec 15, 2018

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 on this on more than...

48:41Nov 17, 2018

Designing Around Analysis Paralysis - Ep. 73

Today we discuss designing around analysis paralysis: Is it a bad thing? Limiting your decision space Add more options/decisions as you go A...

25:53Oct 9, 2018