Board Game Binge
Do you love board games? I do! But do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes? How do meet-up groups get organized? What is the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign? How do publishers get their games to market? How are people reaching their market in an ever more competitive market? What type of social media personalities are springing up in support of this industry? James interviews experts from across the industry and takes a peak under the hood in his quest to understand this far reaching community. Each episode is bite-sized, clocking in around 30 minutes, so you can take nibbles, or binge several episodes at once.
Episodes
Dominik is the CEO of Hopeful Games and one of the designers of NEON HPE. He is a passionate storyteller with experience in the video game industry (Niantic) and as a journalist (WIRED). His creative mind brings the world of NEON HOPE and its colorful characters to life.
To check out NEON HOPE, click here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hopefulgames/neon-hope-cyberpunk-meets-solarpunk
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Matt and Cole have been best friends since Kindergarten. Fast forward a couple decades, and they have launched Moon Crossing Games, an indie publishing studio on a mission to bring their debut title, Get Stacked, to life. While they are newcomers to the board game industry, they are diving in headfirst — learning fast, dreaming big, and hoping to build some staple games for your collection.
Allan holds his BS in Electrical Engineering and Masters in Engineering Management. He has been a computer enthusiast and tinkerer since he was a teen. Allan has spent his 35-year-long career working at small and large technology companies alike, including three fortune 100 corporations. As an entrepreneur, he has run his own businesses, authored several patents, and he shares his knowledge through coaching and mentoring of others....
Max Palmer is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of Bantam Planet, publishers of the Bantam West board game, a competitive sandbox style game with thousands of customers in over 60 countries. Bantam West 1st Edition arrives to North American retail fall 2025.
You can learn more about Bantam West here: https://www.visitbantam.com/
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Grayden Baker is co-owner and lead designer for Warped Reality Games. Before starting Warped Reality Games Gray was a salesman working for various SaaS companies in the US. He began Warped Reality Games with his friend and Business partner Tyler Hansen about 3 years ago with the goal to make insightful and fun games that any "gamer" would enjoy while keeping the games accessible to families and new people joining the hobby. Gr...
Chris Matthew is the founder of Bellows Intent, an indie tabletop game studio. Before launching the studio in 2023, Chris served as the first employee at Panda Game Manufacturing, where he worked to help tabletop publishers navigate manufacturing and logistics to build successful brands. He now uses his expertise to develop games that can help serve gamers in new and interesting ways.
Gaming with the Powers is a board game-focused YouTube channel where Jake and Cierra explore the latest games, unbox exciting Kickstarter editions, and share in-depth reviews. We aim to provide honest insights, engaging gameplay content, and fun reactions to the hottest board game releases. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or new to the hobby, our goal is to help you discover games you'll love!
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Noah Kinsey is the Customer Outreach Manager for Jellop, Kickstarter's official digital ad partner that's helped over 4,000 campaigns raise over $1.1B. Before joining Jellop three years ago, Noah has spent the majority of his professional career in the business development space working with various start up companies as well as in the entertainment industry on both the creative and business side of television and film. N...
Thom Mathews is a game designer and owner of Pet Roc Games. He lives forever entranced by the power of games to entertain and exercise the mind as well as connect people and foster community. He strives to design whimsical, resonant games that are simple but engaging. His first foray into publishing, the 10-minute hidden roles game "Pizza Roles," was just funded on Kickstarter!
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Richard MacRae is the Publisher at Analog Game Studios and Co-Designer of Centrix with Corey Myckan and #demidancer with Elisa Prashad.
Life can always use a whole lot more fun; an attitude that’s been with him a long time, ever since he was a little kid playing board games. He spent over 10 years in the Canadian Army and the past 20+ years as a business professional and entrepreneur, after which he combined his skills with his love...
Fight in a Box believes in the power of laughter & storytelling to bring people together. They make games with ridiculous themes, but serious difficulty.
Seppy has been running the show at Fight in a Box for the past ten years. He's the designer for Squirrel or Die, End of the Line, Processing, Hedgehog Hop, and was lead designer for Mouse Cheese Cat Cucumber, and Conquest Princess.
Timon is the author and designer of Syncanite Foundation, The Ultimate Strategy & Conspiracy Game.
Timon’s dream about Syncanite Foundation began back in 2010, when he decided to write a novel out of the childish dream to make a video game. He completed his novel in 2015, which became the foundation for a prototype of a visual novel in 2017 that he expanded in 2018 by adding 3D content, animations and interaction points th...
Dr. Brian is a psychologist with a practice focused on supporting students with learning or mental health issues. He’s also nerd, about comics, Monty Python, and board games! He reviews games on his channel, Brains On Games, where he also talks about the skills practiced by playing modern board games. His favourite games are medium-weight Euros, clever trick-takers, and Crokinole, the best dexterity game of all time.
Stefan van der Heijden is a passionate gamer from the Netherlands. A lifetime gamer, Stefan dove deep into the hobby when first exposed to Settlers of Catan. He was a translator of Catan tutorials on a Dutch fansite.
Recently Stefan has found a new passion in the online game world of Board Game Arena, where he has been a game programmer.
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Adam Butner is the host and content creator behind Tabletop Vibes an Instagram and Youtube channel dedicated to bringing Good Times, Great Vibes, and Play, with vibrant stylized photography and engaging video content.
Adam takes his passion for all types of tabletop hobbies and shares them through his channels. His favorite part of this hobby is that it brings all kinds of people from different backgrounds and mixes into a shared ta...
Aaron Smith, founder of Littlest Lantern and creator of Sea Beasts, transitioned from a career as a mechanical engineer and project manager, with nearly a decade of experience in tech and custom manufacturing, to pursue his passion for game design and publishing. Driven by his love for fantastical worlds, stories, and games, Aaron embarked on this new path to bring his creative visions to life and share them with players world...
Board games have always been a big part of Juma's life. Juma has been a competitive chess player all his youth. After studying philosophy, economics and Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship, Juma made his long passion his job by founding Karma Games.
Karma Games is a board game publishing company known for its innovative designs and tech-driven culture. The company’s flagship game, Clans of Caledonia, has been released in 1...
Tim Aberli is the founder and Host of Board Game Rundown, a board game channel where friends review and chat about their passion for the board game industry. He is also a Pop Culture Jeopardy contestant, and a life long gamer.
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With over 13 years of experience as a UI/UX designer and a passion for board games, Drew's designs combine simplicity and beauty. Inspired by pop art and guided by user experience principles, he has done the graphic design for titles like Robomon, Hissy Fit!, the HUNTED series, and all of the Solo Game of the Month games. Drew is also a game designer! Small-Time Heroes has been a passion project of his for many years. He start...
Episode 324: Allan Kirkeby, Revenant
Allan Kirkeby worked in the computer games industry for 2 decades, as a designer, producer and later CEO. Designing board games as a hobby since 2016, his first published game “Itchy Monkey” was in 2018. He is the organizer at the Danish roleplaying and boardgames conference “Fastaval” since 2020. Today he works as an advisor/ mentor for game startups.
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