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Funding the Dream Ep 34 VivaJava with Chris and Cherilyn from Dice Hate Me Games |
February 22, 2012 |
| The Midas couple is what I call them. Dice Hate Me Chris and Cherilyn sit down to talk about their success on Kickstarter with VivaJava as well as the changes that have occurred in the Kickstarter community since August of 2011 when they launched their first project, Carnival.
We cover a wide range of topics concerning Kickstarter, including what the future holds and how Kickstarter is affecting the hobby game industry.
Don't forget to back our own Kickstarter project, Funding the Dream, at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardbliss/funding-the-dream-podcast?ref=live |
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Funding the Dream Ep 33 with Kim Vandenbroucke |
February 21, 2012 |
| You think you want to make a living inventing board games? Let me introduce you to Kim Vandenbroucke who has the envious job of doing just that. She has become so prolific as a game designer, sometimes she develops one new game concept a day.
Listen in as we chat about the challenges of getting a game published, the amount of effort and work that goes into game design, and how she came to be an award winning game designer.
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Funding the Dream Ep 32 Live from Dundracon with Aldo Giozzi |
February 20, 2012 |
| I sit down at Dundracon with Aldo Giozzi from Impressions and talk about how to get your Kickstarter game on to store shelves. Aldo has been in the business for many years and spends his full time as a distributor for the board game industry. Some of his clients include the wildly successful Order of the Stick |
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Funding the Dream Ep 31 with Cindy Au from Kickstarter.m4a |
February 17, 2012 |
| Cindy Au is the Community Director for Kickstarter. She has been with Kickstarter for two years and shares some of her background with the company. She also talks about the impact the board game community has had on Kickstarter themselves.
Don't forget to become a backer of Funding the Dream Kickstarter campaign http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardbliss/funding-the-dream-podcast?ref=live |
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Funding the Dream Ep 30 NY Toy Fair 2012 Special Edition |
February 13, 2012 |
| This episode is recorded live at the New York Toy Fair. We chat with Indie Board and Games, Stratus Games, and PSI about the show and Kickstarter. |
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Funding the Dream Ep 29 Genegrafter $14k successfully funded with Erik Dahlman |
February 10, 2012 |
| We sit down in the studio with Erik Dahlman, creator of Genegrafter, to discuss how he arrived at the position of having a successful game on Kickstarter. |
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Funding the Dream Ep 28 Going Cardboard Documentary with Lorien Green |
February 3, 2012 |
| Lorien Green had a crazy idea. She decided she wanted to produce a film documentary on the board game industry. She begged her family for a video camera for Christmas, and then, without any formal training, set off on a 3 year adventure to document the board game industry.
Lorien sits down with The Game Whisperer and talks about this journey. What prompted her to do it. How she paid for it, and how the $15,000 she raised on Kickstarter made it possible for her to bring the project to a new level. |
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Funding the Dream Ep 27 Launch of Farmageddon on Kickstarter |
February 1, 2012 |
| Farmageddon, the game designed by Grant Rodiek and Phil Kilcrease from game publisher of Fifth Street Games, talk about their new Kickstarter campaign. Listen to Grant and Phil discuss how they brought the game to market and how Kickstarter is changing the expectations game designers can have on how fast their designs can expect to come to market. |
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Funding the Dream Ep 26 Hero Games RPG Steven Long |
January 31, 2012 |
| Hero Games is finding success on Kickstarter with their latest project, Book of the Empress. Steven Long, co-owner of Hero Games, sits down with us to discuss the process of bringing an RPG to life on Kickstarter |
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Funding the Dream Ep 25 S2 - For the Win with Michael Mindes from Tasty Minstrel Games |
January 30, 2012 |
| Michael Mindes and I sit down to discuss their latest approach to finding success on Kickstarter with For the Win. Michael has some interesting ideas and insights on how to be successful on Kickstarter. |
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Funding the Dream Ep 24 S2 Jumping into Kickstarter |
January 24, 2012 |
| In Ep 24 we chat with Mark Baker, creator of 5 to Close, a word lover card game. Mark brings an interesting insight to his Kickstarter experience. He read about Kickstarter, looked at their website, and launched his campaign all within a few weeks. For 20 minutes we talk about the full experience of Kickstarter to someone new to the market |
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Funding the Dream Ep 23 Kickstarter in 2012 |
January 23, 2012 |
| What success does Kickstarter hold for game projects in 2012? Listen to Richard Bliss and Laurence O'brien as we cover the trends emerging for Kickstarter game projects in 2012. |
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Funding the Dream Ep 22 Season 2 Episode 6 |
January 11, 2012 |
| Howard Tayler from Schlock Mercenary spends 20 minutes with us talking about the changes in attitude and expectations concerning Kickstarter now that his project has set a record as the #2 All-time highest funded board game project on Kickstarter |
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Ep 21 S2:E5 Game Salute Guest |
January 10, 2012 |
| Getting the money for your Kickstarter project is a major step. Getting your game onto game store shelves is the ultimate goal. Dan Yarrington, founder of Game Salute, talks about helping successfully funded Kickstarter projects get their games into the retail channel and on store shelves. |
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Ep 20 Season 2 Kickstarter shares their own stats |
January 9, 2012 |
| Kickstarter sent out a document that shows how they raised $99 million dollars in 2011 and which categories the projects funded.
We also cover some new game Kickstarter projects that you might want to follow. |
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Funding the Dream Ep19 S2:E3 Last Chance Projects |
January 6, 2012 |
| We cover projects that are ending soon that you may want to take a look at before they end. Also, The London Whisperer joins me to talk about Kickstarting Funding the Dream |
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Funding the Dream Ep 18 S2:E2 Kickstarter as a disruptive innovation |
January 5, 2012 |
| Kickstarter is fundamentally changing the board game industry. We cover in depth the changes and why they are happening. 20 minutes because you're in a hurry and we all would rather being playing board games |
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Funding the Dream - Ep 17 S2:E1 2011 Year in Review |
January 4, 2012 |
| The Kickstarter Podcast for Boardgamers starts its 2nd Season with a year in review for 2011. $2 million in funding. Who saw that coming? |
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Funding the Dream Kickstarter Podcast Ep 16 S1:E16 |
January 1, 2012 |
| Our last episode of 2011 is with Patrick Nickell from Crash Games who successfully funded Rise! At the halfway mark in their campaign he switched tactics and found success. |
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Funding the Dream Ep 15 with Dice Hate Me |
December 30, 2011 |
| The team at Dice Hate Me Games joins The Game Whisperer to talk about the year of the Independent, Game Crafter, and being successful with your Kickstarter project. Great insights from two great guests. |
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Funding the Dream Ep 14 Creating a Kickstarter Video |
December 21, 2011 |
| There are four key parts to making a video. Cammon Randle, Co-founder of Blufire Studios, is my guest as we talk about how to make a nice video for your Kickstarter project |
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Funding the Dream Ep 13 Tasty Minstrel Games Michael Mindes.m4a |
December 20, 2011 |
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Funding the Dream Ep 12 Self-Publishing after Kickstarter |
December 15, 2011 |
| What do you do with all the money a successful Kickstarter project sends your way? Byron Collins of Collins Epic Wargames discusses the reality of what you must deal with when publishing your own game. |
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Funding the Dream Ep 11 D-Day Dice with Laurence O'Brien |
December 13, 2011 |
| We cover the numbers for November and December and talk about the success of D-Day Dice |
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Funding the Dream Ep 10 with INGRI:DAHL co-founder Kine Paulsen |
December 9, 2011 |
| Kine Paulsen, co-founder of INGRI:DAHL joins us on the podcast to talk about getting started and setting up a company and how Kickstarter is allowing them to expand their line of stylish 3-D Glasses |
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Funding the Dream - Ep 8 Improving the Kickstarter experience |
December 6, 2011 |
| Finding new Kickstarter projects can be a challenge on the Kickstarter Webpage. I discuss these challenges with Chris James, Founder of Stratus Games.
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Funding the Dream Ep 9 Top 10 Board Game Geek Kickstarter List with Doug Click |
December 5, 2011 |
| Doug Click maintains the Top 10 Most funded board game projects on Board Game Geek. We speak with him about the growth of Board Game projects on Kickstarter |
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Funding the Dream - Word of Mouth Marketing |
November 30, 2011 |
| Kickstarter success is all about WOM, Word of Mouth Marketing. Listen in as the discussion focuses on how to manage a Word of Marketing campaign |
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Funding the Dream Kickstarter Mistakes with Thomas Rushing Ep 6 |
November 30, 2011 |
| They say learning from mistakes is much more valuable than learning from success. Thomas Rushing joins us to talk about some of the mistakes made in their Kickstarter Project Time Flux and what they have done to fix them. |
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Funding the Dream - Laurence O'Brien Ep 5 |
November 18, 2011 |
| Oftentimes the reason for our support for a Kickstarter project is because of the emotional link we established with the project. Richard Bliss and Laurence O'Brien discuss this emotional side to backing Kickstarter projects |
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Funding the Dream - Kickstarter Project If I'm Going Down |
November 14, 2011 |
| This episode is with A.J. Porfirio, creator of If I'm Going Down. A.J. successfully raised more than $10,000 for his Kickstarter projects and shares some of the things he did to be sucessful |
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Funding the Dream - Matt Forbeck Episode 3 |
November 11, 2011 |
| A Game Whisperer Podcast for Kickstarters. This episode I'm joined by Matt Forbeck, author, game designer, and creator of the Kickstarter Project 12 for 12 from his work of Brave New World |
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Funding the Dream - Howard Tayler Episode 2 |
November 9, 2011 |
| Funding the Dream - A Game Whisperer Podcast for Kickstarters talks about how to launch a successful campaign. This episode is with Howard Tayler, creator of Schlock Mercenary, a web comic strip that has run daily for 11 years. Howard's game, Schlock Mercenary, went live this week. |
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Funding the Dream: A Game Whisperer Podcast for Kickstarters Episode 1 |
November 7, 2011 |
| Our first episode of Funding the Dream. We talk about key elements of being successful on Kickstarter. We cover the top 10 funded games and the games that are currently scheduled to end this week. |
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