With years of experience as a digital strategist and serial entrepreneur, Javon gained knowledge in all areas of the media and entertainment industry, including film, television, music, video games, publishing, web and mobile media. He most recently served as Chief Product Officer and President, Gaming at Studio71, LP where he oversaw strategic business development for digital celebrities. He built my repertoire at Marvel, where he spent close to a decade, starting in business development with t...
Oct 24, 2023•33 min•Ep. 263
Tanner Yarro is CEO of Yarro Studios, a toy and games maker that has raised millions of dollars on kickstarter, has multiple utility patents in the gaming world, and has sold and licensed toys & games all over the world. Currently Tanner has a Kickstarter campaign running for GameFold, an affordable, foldable game table. Check out his newest Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasmundi/foldable-gaming-table-premium-modular-affordable Check out Episodes 37, 51, and 203 fo...
Oct 17, 2023•42 min•Ep. 262
Matthew got into the board game industry by creating a Party Game called Don't Get Drunk back in 2018. He designed and self published Don't Get Drunk, The Expansion Pack, and What The Pong. He has signed, developed, and licensed many games since then. Some of the more notable titles that he has worked with are, SOS Titanic, MOB: Big Apple, Regicide. Matthew is now signing, designing, and publishing more hobby style games under his brand Envy Born Games. His newest Kickstarter is for The Tiny Gam...
Oct 12, 2023•31 min•Ep. 261
Scott has been designing games for four years. His first published title, Hues and Cues, won Dice Tower's Party Game of the Year and has gone on to sell over 500,000 units. His second game, boop., is following the same trendline and is also been recognized by MENSA, Origins Awards, Tabletop Awards among others. 2024 looks to be another good year with the release of at least four new titles! FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.co...
Oct 04, 2023•37 min•Ep. 260
Split Stone Games is a UK-based board game publisher located on the sunny south coast of England. We're all about creating long lasting, fun and beautiful games that you'd be proud to display in your collection. You can check out their kickstarter for Mycelia here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splitstonegames/mycelia-the-strategic-mushroom-board-game FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebingepodcast/ Twitter:...
Sep 26, 2023•29 min•Ep. 259
Kevin Levy is a game designer and one of the primary organizers for the Knoxville Area Board Gamers group where he actively fosters a vibrant gaming community promoting the love of board gaming with events several nights a week. Recently, Kevin signed on with Tin Robot Games for Cities of Venus franchise with his futuristic civil war game which is expected to launch in 2025. You can still late pledge the Cities of Venus campaign here: https://citiesofvenus.com You can learn more about Cities of ...
Sep 19, 2023•32 min•Ep. 258
Jeffrey Chin and Andrew Nerger are old high school friends from Chicago living out their dream as game designers, publishers, and co-owners of R2i Games. They design light to medium weight games with easy-to-learn rules and strategic gameplay. Famous for titles such as Canvas, Crypt, and After Nova, their newest hit, Fromage, is currently on Kickstarter. Check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/roadtoinfamy/fromage FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgameb...
Sep 13, 2023•30 min•Ep. 257
oakim Engfors is Co-owner & Designer at Mindgate studios. He is an avid gamer, disc golfer, and sauna enthusiast from Sweden who currently lives in Germany with his wife and two kids. In 2017, he embraced a creative outlet that has since blossomed into a fascinating adventure: the world of board game design. His knack for crafting engaging experiences has finally brought us "Feud: The Seer's Prophecy." You can check out Feud: The Seer’s Prophecy on Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.c...
Sep 08, 2023•31 min•Ep. 256
Reed Mascola is a Toronto-based designer and publisher, having designed and published his 2022 release, Vigilante, and having designed CATNIP Auction House by Tin Robot Games. He has a number of designs on the way as well as an upcoming Kickstarter for Vigilante's first expansion, Hidden Motives! With a big focus on theme and replayability, Reed and his publishing company Paranoia Rising Games creates games that draw players in and tell a story. You can check out the campaign for Vigilante, Hidd...
Sep 05, 2023•33 min•Ep. 255
Nigel Matthews is CEO of GamesQuest, the market leader in Kickstarter Fulfillment for Board Games in the EU, and now partner in Mystery and Adventure Games, and new venture that will be bringing a new experience to Murder Mystery games. They will be launching on Gamefound soon, but you can check them out early here: https://mysteryandadventuregames.com FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebingepodcast/ Twitter: https...
Aug 29, 2023•36 min•Ep. 254
Eike Mayer is the Lead Designer & Jarl at Fyrnwest Games. He loves playing thematic strategy games and PnP RPGs. As a game designer, he focuses on creating thematic complex games with elegant mechanisms. He also prioritises decision-based outcomes over randomness. Before starting Fyrnwest Games, he had worked in IT consulting as a project manager for about 15 years. You can check out Midhalla here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eikejmeyer/midhalla FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.f...
Aug 22, 2023•31 min•Ep. 253
Jacob Way is the CEO and Founder of Friendly Skeleton, formerly Deep Water Games. Previously, he served as President and Chief Business Development officer for Ox Eye Media. During that time he led the company through the largest growth period in their history growing their staff from 3 employees to 22. Jacob is an entrepreneur at heart, and now focuses his time with Friendly Skeleton on Brand Strategy for products. He also serves as President of a local non-profit, Potter Street Station, when n...
Aug 17, 2023•40 min•Ep. 252
Josh Roberts is a co-founder of Very Special Games and co-creator of all their products, which include Ransom Notes and Abducktion. With his business partner, Evan Katz, Josh focuses heavily on theming and creative development, and balancing and polishing game mechanics during the design cycle.When not developing games, Josh enjoys jiu jitsu and mountain biking. He lives in Memphis, TN with his wife and two kids. His newest Kickstarter, Tiny Laser Heist, can be found here: https://www.kickstarte...
Aug 08, 2023•31 min•Ep. 251
Dave Clarke is founder and Creative Director for Sinister Fish Games LTD. Dave was introduced to D&D in 1981, founded a LARP club at school in 1987, and has never stopped playing games. He has previously been a LARP weapon maker, a learning support adviser, a web designer, a leatherworker, and a sign maker. In 2015, Dave officially became a board game publisher. Since then, he has published some recent hits such as Villagers, Streets, and Moon. His newest game, Wizards & Co. is currently...
Aug 01, 2023•31 min•Ep. 250
Jesse Conger is the owner/founder of tabletop gaming and entertainment company: GoodDays Games LLC. The company published their first board game title: Escape Deathrace 2182 "Micro" in 2020. They have since gone onto exhibit their game at Tabletop Conventions - Strategicon and Dice Tower West. Currently, they are preparing to release their first comic book, Cammy Zooka volume 1, in the Legendary Stratos League mini series: Escape Deathrace 2182. The comic book will be released alongside a bigger...
Jul 26, 2023•30 min•Ep. 249
Bryan Brammer is the Communication and Facilitation Guru at Tangerine Games, a family-friendly tabletop publishing company specializing in games for all ages & strategy levels. While Bryan moonlights as a podcast editor/producer and avid tennis fan/player, his main passion lies within the tabletop gaming industry. Tangerine Games is in the final days of their debut title, Nestlings, which is currently on Kickstarter. Check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nestlings/nestlings FOLL...
Jul 18, 2023•33 min•Ep. 248
Sophisticated Cerberus Games, LLC is a Minnesota-based board game company started by a trio of board game enthusiasts in January of 2020. The three founders, Ethan, Jeremy, and Matt, have spent many a night playing board games. Eventually, these game nights shifted more from playing into analysis of what they liked (or didn’t like) about the games they played. From that, the question was finally asked: “Why don’t we just make our own game?” The rest, as they say, is history. Their first game, Th...
Jul 11, 2023•31 min•Ep. 247
Mike Dunn has been a writer, reviewer, producer, podcaster, videographer, designer, and leader at Gaming Trend for the entirety of its nearly twenty year existence and even part of it’s pre-existence as a console only gaming site. Much of that time was spent with video games, but for the last five years he has headed up Gaming Trend’s tabletop beat, following his mission to give tabletop the shine that video games have enjoyed, and discovering that is where his heart truly was all along. A retir...
Jul 05, 2023•34 min•Ep. 246
Andrew is a developer for Daily Magic Games who resides within Buffalo, NY. He's a former video games freelance journalist who appreciates media in all forms. With what spare time he has, Andrew is a craft beer and hockey enthusiast who relishes the chance to introduce new people to the wonderful world of board games. Check out the Kickstarter page for their newest Kickstarter, Castellans of Valleria here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dailymagicgames/castellans-of-valeria FOLLOW US ON: F...
Jun 26, 2023•32 min•Ep. 245
Juma is a game designer, founder and CEO of Karma Games. Karma Games produced the critically acclaimed Clans of Caledonia, and now their latest title, Thiefdom, is currently on Kickstarter. Check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/karma-games/thiefdom FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebingepodcast/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/boardgamebinge WHERE TO FIND OUR PODCAST: Spotify: https://open.spoti...
Jun 20, 2023•35 min•Ep. 244
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 his upcoming title, Conquest Princess. Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power is a cooperative, 1-4 player, crisis management, board game. A single bag of destiny determines your fate. Manipulate probability to survive this co-op bag builder. Check out their crowdfunding page here: https://...
Jun 13, 2023•32 min•Ep. 243
In this episode, host James Staley reflects on his recent Kickstarter campaign for Cities of Venus. Cities of Venus is the biggest campaign success that his company, Tin Robot Games, has achieved. In his words, "it was a culmination of learning that drove success. James covers specific strategies that he employed and what he believes were the keys to his success. You can still late pledge Cities of Venus at: citiesofvenus.backerkit.com/survey_stores FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.c...
Jun 07, 2023•42 min•Ep. 242
A 25-year industry veteran, Rob has worked on over 100 published games. For 14 years, Rob was at Hasbro Games, where he worked on Risk 2210 AD, Axis & Allies Pacific, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Star Wars Epic Duels, Heroscape, Clue DVD, Clue Harry Potter, Risk Star Wars, Risk Lord of the Rings, and many more. He was editor of Trivial Pursuit for 8 years and ran the editorial department for 1. His last game with Hasbro was Risk Legacy, which led into a solo career whose games include Pand...
Jun 01, 2023•35 min•Ep. 241
Guillaume is an art director, multi-media designer, and illustrator from Montreal, Quebec. He, along with his partner have been running Remarke, a small marketing firm, for 10 years. They provide services in communications, content creation, design, branding, and packaging. Guillaume started designing games 5 years ago, and his first project was to remake the classic Snakes and Ladders game with a fox and den theme. His research on foxes helped and inspired him to develop the game mechanics. Fou...
May 24, 2023•27 min•Ep. 240
Scott is not one that has a flair for winning games, but he does have it when it comes to enjoying them. Working on the Level Up Board Game Podcast has allowed him to enjoy this aspect of gaming to nearly no end. Always ready with a snarky comment or a good hardy laugh, King Scott (played King Henry at Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival and the name stuck) is always game to learn a new game and make some new friends As an ex Magic the Gathering player, Patrick turned to board games to enjoy a varie...
May 17, 2023•32 min•Ep. 239
Chris is ridiculously passionate about board games! Having played over 1,200 different games, Chris enjoys all types of games but gets most excited by lighter, medium-weight games, family games and has a special love for every kind of dexterity game. He prefers shorter games, enjoys games with a great table presence or a gimmick and doesn’t mind some luck in his games. Chris is a graphic designer and designs and sells t-shirts for board gamers (mugs and game room posters too!) on his website, Ge...
May 10, 2023•35 min•Ep. 238
Konstantinos Manos is the CEO, Lead Developer and Co-Founder of Vesuvius Media. With over 20 years experience in the industry, Konstantinos brings a unique perspective to the company as his expertise includes both the design and technical skills of game development. As CEO of Vesuvius Media, he has been focusing his talents on business development, but continues to develop and design games for both online and on the table. His most recent title, To Glory!, is currently on Kickstarter. Check it o...
May 03, 2023•29 min•Ep. 237
Mike Cassie has been a designer for over 30 years. Originally working as an architect, he went on to careers as a visual artist and then a digital product designer. After years of designing games for friends and family, Mike entered the world of game design full-time when he and Paul Pattison (co-creator of the Weirdwood universe), started Greyridge Games in 2020. Greyridge was founded in order to bring new experiences and stories to the table top world. While running Greyridge, Mike designed an...
Apr 26, 2023•31 min•Ep. 236
Earl Aspiras & Thomas Volpe are board game designers based in Toronto, Canada and co-designers of InsideUp Games’ latest title, Terminus. Earl has had an extensive career in graphic design, media production and animation. His interest in public transit and maps helped inspire Terminus. Tom’s foray into game design came from exposure to a number of creative outlets growing up, such as film, writing, music, and theatre. Terminus is crushing it on Kickstarter and entering their final week of th...
Apr 19, 2023•32 min•Ep. 235
Shuffleupigus Games is the crazed pandemic lockdown brainchild of George Chenery and Claire Shenstone-Harris. Challenging with a hint of ridiculousness, their first game Monster Voices (in collaboration with artist and friend Sean Ward) has players answer questions like: "How would a burping three-eyed potato sound reading Shakespeare?". As avid explorers and creators, George and Claire love to find the play in everything. They aim to make games that turn your brain inside out and leave you seei...
Apr 12, 2023•33 min•Ep. 234
