200 episodes

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.

Board Game Binge James Staley

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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.

    Episode 293: Drake Villareal, The Sixth Realm

    Episode 293: Drake Villareal, The Sixth Realm

    Drake Villareal is an American designer living in Macedonia, working as lead developer for Final Frontier Games. His first published title was Merchants Cove in 2019, and since then he's gotten designer, developer, or solo mode designer credits on a dozen games. His most recent release, Tallywood Rally is now delivering to backers, and his newest game, The Sixth Realm is now on Kickstarter.
    Check it out on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/512772051/the-sixth-realm
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    Tin Robot Games: https://tinrobotgames.com
    Elixir Board Games: https://www.elixirboardgames.com/our-games

    • 34 min
    Episode 292: Marvin Hegen, MindBug (Nerdlab Games)

    Episode 292: Marvin Hegen, MindBug (Nerdlab Games)

    As a passionate game designer and podcaster, Marvin began his journey in 2019. In 2021, he launched his first Kickstarter campaign for Mindbug, which was a resounding success and allowed him to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a game designer and publisher. Since then, he has been hard at work developing new Mindbug expansions and card games.
    Check it out on Gamefound: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/marvin-hegen/mindbug-battlefruits
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    Elixir Board Games: https://www.elixirboardgames.com/our-games

    • 33 min
    Episode 291: Cameron Dueker, REDLINE: Tactical Card Combat

    Episode 291: Cameron Dueker, REDLINE: Tactical Card Combat

    Cameron wears many hats at Saving Throw Studios, chief among them, REDLINE: Tactical Card Combat game designer. An ex history teacher for 14 years, Cameron is happiest when he is able to be creative. REDLINE is the culmination of many of his nerdier hobbies and pursuits from over the years.
    Check it out on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/camx/redline-payday

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    • 31 min
    Episode 290: Malachi Ray Rempen, Keen Bean Studio

    Episode 290: Malachi Ray Rempen, Keen Bean Studio

    Malachi is a board game designer, illustrator and publisher with a background in filmmaking and cartooning originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico now living in Ravensburg, Germany. He started his weekly web comic Itchy Feet as a side project and it blew up into a viral success. From there, he made a card game based on the comic, then a board game (Roll Camera!) about filmmaking. Now his full time gig is board game publishing and illustration with Keen Bean Studio.
    Check out Power Vacuum on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/malachi-rempen/power-vacuum-the-treasonous-trick-taking-game
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    Elixir Board Games: https://www.elixirboardgames.com/our-games

    • 34 min
    Episode 289: Hagen Behr, Board Game Bear

    Episode 289: Hagen Behr, Board Game Bear

    Hagen Behr. lives in Halle, a medium-sized town in the middle of Germany. By day he works as a general practitioner, by night he is a board game designer. His fascination of area control and war games led to the development of Nerthania, a unique area control game. Nerthania is currently on Kickstarter. 
    Check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tectonia/nerthania

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    Visit Our Websites: 
    Board Game Binge: https://boardgamebinge.com/
    Tin Robot Games: https://tinrobotgames.com
    Elixir Board Games: https://www.elixirboardgames.com/our-games

    • 30 min
    Episode 288: Mark & Maria, Launchboom

    Episode 288: Mark & Maria, Launchboom

    Mark Pecota - the CEO and Co-founder of LaunchBoom ⁠– a global team of experts who help creators turn their product ideas into real businesses.
    His deep knowledge of crowdfunding, digital marketing, and scaling companies has been critical to the success of not only his clients, but also his company LaunchBoom, helping creators raise over $125M through crowdfunding since 2013. He is the author of Crowdfunded – the #1 best selling book on crowdfunding, where he breaks down the step-by-step system he and his team have used to launch thousands of products in dozens of categories.
    Maria Dutton - Maria Dutton is the Product Launch Director at LaunchBoom, spearheading the LaunchBoom Games program with a focus on crowdfunding initiatives within the tabletop game realm. With over three years of dedicated experience in the crowdfunding space and a love for tabletop games, Maria leads LaunchBoom's client relations and plays a pivotal role in guiding creators through strategic planning for their upcoming launches.
    To learn more about Launchboom and how they can help your next campaign, visit launchboom.com

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    • 45 min

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