Stephen Buonocore, president of Stronghold Games, goes into all of the ins and outs of researching publishers, contacting publishers, and pitching your game. We talk in depth on how to do things the right way to give your game the best chance of being signed. Then, Stephen closes the conversation with a couple funny stories about some epic game pitch fails.
Opener: Mansions of Madness (2nd edition), TIME Stories, Terraforming Mars, Great Western Trail This is really a double-episode. In the second half we talk about more Essen titles, and the experience of my two guests who attended from England. However, these aren't just any two guests--they are collaborative game designers. Their big release at Essen 2016 was Armageddon, and they tell about the experiences designing, pitching, and launching the game. Along the way there are other stories about the collaborative design process, and how those designer-publisher pitch meetings go behind-the-scenes at Essen. It's a fascinating discussion.
Then I asked them to share just a handful of particular titles they acquired and enjoyed from the event. More good stuff.
Closer: The pitfalls of looking at BGG ratings without context; the Splendor app...and its achievement system; does a game become classic when people forget the rules? -Mark
Now that 2017 is off and running we decided it's time to talk about all the games that got us chomping at the bits to get at this year. Newsman Tony presents our list of 27 games that we're frothering at the mouth for in the coming year.
In this show, we talk about Hero Realms, Batman The Animated Series The Dice Game, When I Dream, Revenge of the dictators, Running with the Bulls, and Jump Drive. A host of contributors join us, talking about everything from randomness to Hare and Tortoise! We have a tale of Horror and Amazement, and end the show talking about our 2017 gaming resolutions. Again.
Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal go off-format in this special episode and discuss their favorites of 2016, as well as what they're looking forward to for 2017.
Alright Alright alright! The day has come for another Secret Cabal Episode! In today's show the gang takes a look at FFG's new tactical combat game, DOOM. Then they take a look back at another FFG game from one year ago, Runebound Third Edition. Then, get ready Cabalists becasue the Founders are going to have a disagreement on the proper way to define the word elegance in regards to a board game.
Gamelyn Games has been killing it with all their Tiny Epic series, but they are expanding into the next realm with their newest Kickstarter Heroes of Land, Air and Sea. […]
In this show, we talk about Vikings Gone Wild, Dicemasters, Santorini, Jorvik, X Nimmt, and the Mysterium app. We answer several questions, hear a tale of sadness, and end the show with our favorite games from ten years ago - 2007!
Richard Launius, designer of Arkham Horror, gives incredible game design advice, talks Cthulu and what makes a great Cthulu game, and goes into how to make games that create epic experiences that stand the test of time.
This episode is packed full of wisdom from a game design legend.
In this show, we take a look at Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, Rubik's Race, Lion Guard: Protect the Pridelands, Flamme Rouge, Liar's Dice, and Phase. Tom reviews a pile of games in a few minutes, we hear from several contributors, and a great tale of Amazement! Finally, we end the show talking about the top ten games we are looking forward to in 2017.
Shelley and I took advantage of a Queen Games sale on Amazon to pick up some of their newer titles to check out. This episode we try TWO of them with mixed results.
BPPP Great Western Trail and 2017 Predictions/Resolutions (click on the text to the left to listen) During this week’s mega sized episode: 1) The Pegs discuss […]
Jay Vales discusses how his game, Conquest at Kismet, came to be and how it got great reviews but underperformed when it came to sales. We go into the contributing factors and what other designers can learn from the experience.
We also talk about some interesting design concepts, dealing with real-life death, and how even Zee Garcia can’t guarantee you sales.
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