Tanner Yarro is CEO of Yarro Studios, a toy and games maker that has raised over 2 million 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 Flip Die, and ground breaking innovation in dice, immersive dice coins. Check out his campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasmundi/pieces-of-fate-immersive-dice-coins Interested in MidJourney AI art...
Oct 05, 2022•44 min•Ep. 203
Meeple Pug is a small indie board game company based out of Greece. The company is led by Vasilis Tsirkinidis, a software Engineer from Thessaloniki and Vasilis Antoniadis, a geophysicist and game designer. Their current title, Age of Inventors, is currently on Kickstarter. Check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/meeplepug/age-of-inventors FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebingepodcast/ Twitter: https:/...
Oct 03, 2022•33 min•Ep. 202
Lucas Vagner is the creator of Lying Pirates, and the Creative Director of Nordic Pirate Games. Nordic Pirate games was founded in 2018 by four board game enthusiasts with many years of experience playing board games. They have spent years perfecting Lying Pirates, gathering feedback from playtesters around the globe to provide backers with a fun, competitive, and beautiful game that combines easy accessibility with genuine engagement. Check out Lying Pirates on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstar...
Sep 28, 2022•32 min•Ep. 201
We are celebrating our 200th episode!!! What a ride. Of course, the natural guest for such a huge milestones is none other than Jamey Stegmaier. Jamey Stegmaier is the founder of Stonemaier Games and the designer of Viticulture, Euphoria, Scythe, Charterstone, and Tapestry. His lifelong passion for playing and designing board games has culminated into one of the industry's leading indie board game publishing companies. His eight crowdfunding campaigns raised over $3.2 million. He is an author, a...
Sep 23, 2022•32 min•Ep. 200
Noah Adelman is the founder of GameTrayz, the industry leader in custom board game inserts. Their inserts are featured in popular games such as The Grimm Forest, Parks, Wingspan, Vindication, My Little Scythe - to name a few. They have recently launched an open sandbox game on Kickstarter called Forsaken. Check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gametrayz/forsaken-5 FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebing...
Sep 20, 2022•35 min•Ep. 199
Marie Eckl and Cathy Tenaglia are sisters and creators of Race To Stupid, a super fun party trivia game where you don’t have to know the answers to win. After playing a bad trivia game, being full of holiday cheer and having no knowledge of the gaming industry, the sisters decided they could create a trivia game that is fun for everyone. Now 2 1/2 years later they are launching their latest game Pirate Blast! Battle for Monkey Island. Check out their games here: racetostupid.com FOLLOW US ON: Fa...
Sep 14, 2022•32 min•Ep. 198
Gabe Barrett is the founder of the Board Game Design Lab podcast, a show that has aired more than 300 episodes about game design and been downloaded over two million times. The Lab is also home to the largest community of game designers on the internet. Gabe is constantly creating things and will have seven books and seven games on the market by the end of this year. He loves bringing new ideas to life, but his main focus is encouraging others to be creative. Check out his campaign for Robomon, ...
Sep 09, 2022•33 min•Ep. 197
Cloud Puncher Games is an over-the-top board game accessory company, founded by Dan Blacklock. In 2017, he created the BoxThrone, the world's first modular board game storage solution, andsince shipped more than 10,000 BoxThrones to gamers across the world. Since then, he has followed up with Token Sesame, a modular Board Game Bit holder, and LAX RAX, a shelf insert for Kalix shelfs. His most recent campaign is for Project Iron Side, a $399 Board Game table. Check out Project Ironside on Kicksta...
Sep 06, 2022•36 min•Ep. 196
Derek Jouppi is the creator of Blackoot. Prior to creating board games, he was the COO & co-founder of Suncayr, a CPG company who created the now viral product SPOTMYUV. Some major accomplishments include a granted US patent, selling into 10k+ retail stores including Walmart, CVS, Boots, and 40+ major retail chains, as well as winning over 50+ pitch and technology awards. Check out Blackoot on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jouppi/blackoot-a-detective-board-game-about-bein...
Aug 31, 2022•30 min•Ep. 195
Andrew Lowen is the CEO of Lowen Games and founder and CEO of Next Level Web (Crowd Funding Nerds), a digital marketing agency established in 2009 that spends a lot of time marketing awesome board games on Kickstarter and beyond! They have worked with board game brands such as Elder Scrolls, Star Trek, Fallout, Conan, Dune, Star Realms, Ascension, and more, and have helped creators raise nearly $15M on Kickstarter through through marketing services. Check out Crowd Funding Nerds at crowdfundingn...
Aug 30, 2022•33 min•Ep. 194
Ryan Courtney is game designer based out of NYC. He enjoys creating thinky games that provide opportunities for folks to challenge themselves. He is the designer of Pipeline, Curious Cargo, and Bear Raid. His most recent game, Trailblazers, is currently live on Kickstarter. Check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitewinggamesnick/trailblazers FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebingepodcast Twitter: http...
Aug 19, 2022•30 min•Ep. 193
Jay Banna is a board game enthusiast and entrepreneur with a passion for game design. His interest towards game design started as early as 2003. One of his most notable achievements can be found within published articles at a university level where he was involved in projects that involve sustainability, ethics and self discovery. Jay now owns and operates a board game company called Grinly Games where he hopes to leave a memorable mark on the board game community for years to come. His debut ti...
Aug 15, 2022•34 min•Ep. 192
Marc Schwämmlein is an opera singers, writer and game designer. Maxvill Witt is a game designer with a background in terrain design for wargames like Warhammer and Star Wars Legion, the missions Cotrolle Board for Star wars Legion and the Heroes Board for the Lord of the Rings. Together, the make up the design team for their first title under Wood Pecker Games, Nanolith. Nanolith is coming soon to Kickstarter. You can see more here: http://www.nanolith-world.com To follow their campaign for Nano...
Aug 10, 2022•29 min•Ep. 191
David Thomas is an instructional and game designer who has designed and published multiple educational video games. As a co-founder of Absurdist Productions, he has also written and published multiple RPG products and card games. Including his first game Churrascaria, a game of fighting over food at a Brazilian steakhouse. Will Thompson is a professional game designer, writer, and instructional designer. He has written and published multiple educational video games in his day job. In addition, h...
Aug 02, 2022•31 min•Ep. 190
Josh Derksen is a game developer and graphic designer from Toronto, Canada and co-owner of Lynnvander Studios. Known for Heroes of the Aturi Cluster, his free, unofficial co-operative campaign expansion for X-wing Miniatures. Josh has worked on everything from initial concepts to design to layout and manufacturing files for a wide range of games, both original and licensed. Games he's worked on include Buffy the Vampire Slayer the Board Game, Cowboy Bebop: Board Game Boogie, Dragon Ball Z The Bo...
Jul 25, 2022•34 min•Ep. 189
Lan Krajnčič is a game designer, project manager, owner of Bona Fide Games. Bona Fide Games is a team of passionate board based out of Slovenia. 5 years in the making, Silver Coin; Age of Monsters is an action-selection adventure game set in a huge open world where you take control of unique asymmetrical characters, solve puzzles and confront challenges. It is currently on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bonafidegames/silver-coin-age-of-monster-hunters Follow them on Instagram:...
Jul 21, 2022•36 min•Ep. 188
Tamas and Krisztina love gaming and travel! They founded Lemery Games in 2019 to create games inspired their adventures. From the theme, to art, to game mechanics, they strive to incorporate bits and pieces of their travels into every single game they publish. Currently, they are running a project that’s really close to their hearts, trying to save the ancient game of Nepal from being forgotten. Check out their Kickstarter for Bagh Chal here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lemerygames/bagh...
Jul 18, 2022•30 min•Ep. 187
Jason Anarchy is an absolute mad man who started an indie publishing company to put out his own silly games. Starting with the Drinking Quest series and moving onto a series of comedy games with different webcomic artists, Jason has published nearly 20 different games. He believes you should be able to open a game, learn it and play it within a group of friends who have no attention spans. His current title, Cheese Factory, is currently on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drinki...
Jul 12, 2022•33 min•Ep. 186
Scott Pease is the co-inventor of Snap Ships and the tabletop game version now funding on Kickstarter, Snap Ships Tactics. The Snap Ships toy line has 22 individual kits, with 48 core builds, hundreds of unique components, and thousands of mind blowing user creations. The tabletop game system uses Snap Ships technology to let players create unique miniature ships and then battle across the tabletop in versus, co-op, and solo play. Scott has a background in game design and production, having led ...
Jul 11, 2022•31 min•Ep. 185
Described by San Francisco Weekly as “a hilariously sharp observer, not one of those tired white-guy bellyachers,” Grant was once a collegiate soccer player. He decided to pursue a career on stage instead of on the field, and that decision’s been rewarded by being chosen as a New Face in comedy at the Just For Laughs Festival, winning the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, and being a finalist in the Big Sky Festival. He’s appeared on Comedy Central, Comics Unleashed, SyFy’s series The Movie Show, ...
Jul 07, 2022•33 min•Ep. 184
David is a first time designer but long-time player of games. He has a particular love for deck-building and strategy types. Drags 2 Riches is the first project under his company Bored Wreckers Inc. It has been developed alongside members of the drag community to try and address the under-representation of LGBTQ+ characters and themes in the tabletop gaming sector You can check out Drags 2 Riches at drags2riches.com FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram...
Jul 04, 2022•32 min•Ep. 183
Ray Wehrs has been deeply involved in the development and support of the hobby game industry for over twenty years. Along with being an integral part of the founding team behind WizKids in 1999, he has lent his talents to Mayfair Games, EDOC, and Smith and Tinker. In 2009, he teamed up with fellow industry leaders Dawne Weisman and Jordan Weisman to create Calliope Games.Best known for their evergreen lines of Tsuro and Roll For It!, Calliope Games seeks to create gameplay experiences that can b...
Jun 30, 2022•32 min•Ep. 182
With over 15 years experience as a branding and product design expert, Gavan has been creative director and overseen production for many board games. Gavan’s true passion lies in game design and development. His most recent game codesigns are Skyrise and the epic Brass: Birmingham. His newest title, Skyrise, is currently on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/roxley/skyrise FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/b...
Jun 23, 2022•39 min•Ep. 181
Jasper is the owner and operator of Pine Island Games which he runs with his wife Chelsea, and their 6 lbs yorkie mix, Ginger. After a thirteen year career on Wall Street, where Jasper worked investing in equities and corporate debt in the US financial sector, an opportunity arose for him to step away from finance and pursue his passion - making board games. Pine Island Games is a formalization of his creative drive merged with decades of expertise around the structure and operations of business...
Jun 20, 2022•34 min•Ep. 180
Jason is co-owner of Talon Strikes Studios and has published several games through his company. Jason first got into gaming in the late 70s and played all types of board games through the 80s. In 89 he played Space Hulk and this was a game-changer for him. Jason was very involved in online gaming from the late 90s up to 2010 when he formed Talon Strikes and began publishing for the tabletop. Jason studied Opera at Nothern Arizona University, and when back to school in 2010 to get a degree in Vis...
Jun 16, 2022•44 min•Ep. 179
Leamon Crafton Jr. is one of the writers for Torg Eternity: Pan Pacifica. He started writing for Torg with Relics of Power Redux in the Cyberpapacy wave and has contributed in the Sourcebooks and various adventures within Tharkold, Orrorsh, and now Pan-Pacifica. Leamon is best known for the Blood on the Blasted Lands mega-adventure for Tharkold and the soon to be released Operation: Soft Sell. Check out Torg Eternity on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ulissesspiele/torg-eternit...
Jun 13, 2022•31 min•Ep. 178
A Detroit native, Dan Rice has lived in Phoenix Arizona since 1964. 10 years ago he was introduced to the new indie board game industry and hasn’t looked back ever since. A small business owner for most of his life, Dan has recently launchd his first game Trailblazer: the John Muir Trail Check out Trailblazer on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/trailblazerjohnmuir/trailblazer-the-john-muir-trail FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: ht...
Jun 09, 2022•30 min•Ep. 177
Ember and Siber are the communication team behind Big Board Theory, an animation and digital marketing group. Based out of Thessaloniki, Greece, this team of hardworking board game lovers apply their day job skills and talents to the board game industry. Check out their group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bigboardtheorygroup FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebingepodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/boardga...
Jun 07, 2022•32 min•Ep. 176
Duane Wulf grew up on a farm in Minnesota and has spent most of his career as a professor of Animal Science at three different universities. A game designer since 2013, his first Kickstarter campaign for Pedigree was successfully funded and fulfilled in 2019. Is latest title, Union Stock Yards - Chicago Illinois, is currently on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/duanewulf/union-stockyards FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://ww...
May 31, 2022•29 min•Ep. 175
Chad Elkins is the owner of 25th Century Games, an independent game studio located in Atlanta GA. Founded in 2016, 25th Century has released 15 game titles and 2 puzzles to date, with another 6 planned for this year. Their current crowdfunding campaign is currently on GAMEFOUND. Check it out: https://gamefound.com/projects/25th-century-games/ra FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebingepodcast Twitter: https://www.tw...
May 25, 2022•35 min•Ep. 174
