Funding the Dream - A Game Whisperer Podcast for Kickstarters
By Richard Bliss
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Podcast Description
Over $100 Million dollars has been pledged to Kickstarter campaigns since its launch in April of 2009. Traditionally a site for funding Film and Music, Kickstarter has become a great place for anyone with a dream see them realized. With Kickstarter you don't need a publisher or a big company, you just need a good video.
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Funding the Dream on Kickstarter Ep 56 Holiday Wars with Scott King | If at first you don't succeed, relaunch. Holiday Wars creator Scott King shares with us what he did to relaunch his project to success. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream on Kickstarter Ep 55 Game Salute Dan Yarrington | Dan Yarrington joins me on Funding the Dream to talk about Game Salute's approach to working with successful game projects on Kickstarter | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream on Kickstarter Ep 54 Steve Jackson and Ogre | Early in the launch of Ogre on Kickstarter, I sat down with Steve Jackson and had a discussion about his hopes for his project Ogre and what he thought of Kickstarter. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream on Kickstarter Ep 53 Albino Dragon and Mr White | The London Whisperer hosts this episode of Funding the Dream on Kickstarter and talks to the founders of Albino Dragon and the names behind Mr White. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 52 Titans of Industry | First time game designer, Brian Lews and Gozer Games sit down with the Game Whisperer to talk about how to find success on Kickstarter. Sometimes all it takes is a random meeting and a touch of passion. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream on Kickstarter Ep 51 Bob Allen and PAX Revenge | When I traveled to Boston for PAX East I tried to broadcast live from the show. I raised some money and paid for a service to be able to broadcast live. There were several backers to help me out. Unfortunately I was not able to broadcast and failed to ... | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream on Kickstarter Ep 50 Richard Bliss Speaks Out | Welcome to the 50th Episode of Funding the Dream on Kickstarter. This episode is just you and me talking about the state of the industry and the tsunami that is coming. The board game industry system is broken and a tsunami is coming that is going to... | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream on Kickstarter Ep 49 Farmageddon revisited | In this episode we have Phil Kilcrease and Grant Rodiek return to discuss the success they had with Farmageddon and what led to their success. Great lessons learned about things that work and things that don't work in a Kickstarter project. | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream on Kickstarter Ep 48 Pulling the Plug on $16,000 | Jon Karis knows miniatures. He has been collecting 60mm figures for a decade and has a very large collection. He launched his Kickstarter campaign to create his own line and his campaign was a success, with over $16,000 in funding. Then, with less than... | 4/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream on Kickstarter Ep 47 Wasteland 2 Raising Millions and Kicking it Forward | Imagine asking for nearly $1 million dollars for a project on Kickstarter and having your fans give you double that number. That is the reality that Brian Fargo is living in at the moment with his Kickstarter project, Wasteland 2. He talks with us abou... | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 46 Kickstarter to Amazon Best Seller with Max Temkin | Cards Against Humanity was one of the top board game Kickstarter projects in 2011. It raised $15k in January of 2011, a lot back then but now a modest success in the current environment. But Max and team chose to make Cards Against Humanity available o... | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 45 Kickstarter Worst-case success | Each Kickstarter owner dreams of seeing their project reach its funding goal so that they can begin to fund their project. But all pledge money is not equal. You need to look at your Worst-case success and plan for the cost of raising funds on Kickst... | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 44 with Sarah Palmero and Pizza Theory Mom | I recently presented a Kickstarter workshop at ConquestSAC in Sacramento. There I met Sarah Palmero who I invited to come on the show to talk about her Kickstarter project, Dragon Undone. In addition, I sat down and interviewed the mother of the desig... | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 43 Live from London Guest Host Laurence O'Brien | Guest Host Laurence O'Brien sits down with our mystery guest to discuss their latest kickstarter project. Topics range from funding levels, rewards, stretch goals, and the humbling experience of being supported by a community. | 3/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 42 Kickstarter Tax answer and Interview with Fleet | John Skeen answers a quick Kickstarter Tax question about Hobby vs Inc. I'm playing Cartoona at my house and losing regularly to my 6 year old. Kickstarter board game projects cross $1 million in funding for 2012. And we sit down with the Fleet creator... | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 41 with Tracy Hickman | Tracy is best known as the co-author of the Dragonlance series. He is an International and New York Times Best Selling Author. Tracy has been involved in the game industry for decades and shares his insights on how Kickstarter is changing the relations... | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 40 with Peter Adkison, Owner of Gen Con | In the first six weeks of 2012, RPGs represented more than 1/3 of all successful Kickstarter game projects. RPGs successfully raised more than $100,000 in funding. I sit down with Peter Adkison, Owner of Gen Con and former CEO of Wizards of the Coas... | 3/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 39 The Presidential Game A non-traditional approach | The Presidential Game holds the distinction of being the board game with the largest initial request for funding and still successfully funding. They started off asking for $35,000. With an extremely unique approach they are a hair-breath away from r... | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 38 Kickstarter & the Law with Scott Pfeiffer | Scott Pfeiffer, an attorney with Pfeiffer, Gleaton, Wyatt, & Hewitt, discusses the legal issues surrounding Kickstarter and why some of the rules are in place concerning funding and pledges. Also discussed are some of the issues to be aware of concer... | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 37 Kickstarter & Taxes with John Skeen CPA | Kickstarter & Taxes. We become so thrilled with the idea of raising the money that we sometimes may overlook the reality of dealing with the taxes and business side of Kickstarter. CPA John Skeen chats with us about the things to think about as a new ... | 3/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 36 Is Kickstarter good for the hobby? | Kickstarter has poured more than $2 million dollars of funding into the board game industry in the past year. Normally this would be seen as a tremendous benefit to the market, the industry, and the consumers. But there is a segment of the board game h... | 2/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 35 with Richard Borg | Richard Borg has been successfully designing board games for 27 years. His first game won the Spiel des Jahres award, allowing him to quick his job of after 25 years and become a full-time game designer. He has contented to be successful and prolific, ... | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 34 VivaJava with Chris and Cherilyn from Dice Hate Me Games | 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... | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 33 with Kim Vandenbroucke | 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 i... | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 32 Live from Dundracon with Aldo Giozzi | 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 ... | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 31 with Cindy Au from Kickstarter.m4a | 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 for... | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 30 NY Toy Fair 2012 Special Edition | 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. | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 29 Genegrafter $14k successfully funded with Erik Dahlman | 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. | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 28 Going Cardboard Documentary with Lorien Green | 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... | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 27 Launch of Farmageddon on Kickstarter | 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... | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 26 Hero Games RPG Steven Long | 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 | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 25 S2 - For the Win with Michael Mindes from Tasty Minstrel Games | 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. | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 24 S2 Jumping into Kickstarter | 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... | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 23 Kickstarter in 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. | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 22 Season 2 Episode 6 | 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 | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 21 S2:E5 Game Salute Guest | 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 th... | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 20 Season 2 Kickstarter shares their own stats | 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. | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep19 S2:E3 Last Chance Projects | 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 | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 18 S2:E2 Kickstarter as a disruptive innovation | 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 | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream - Ep 17 S2:E1 2011 Year in Review | The Kickstarter Podcast for Boardgamers starts its 2nd Season with a year in review for 2011. $2 million in funding. Who saw that coming? | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Kickstarter Podcast Ep 16 S1:E16 | 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. | 1/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 15 with Dice Hate Me | 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. | 12/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 14 Creating a Kickstarter Video | 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 | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 13 Tasty Minstrel Games Michael Mindes.m4a | -- | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 12 Self-Publishing after Kickstarter | 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. | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 11 D-Day Dice with Laurence O'Brien | We cover the numbers for November and December and talk about the success of D-Day Dice | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 10 with INGRI:DAHL co-founder Kine Paulsen | 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 | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream - Ep 8 Improving the Kickstarter experience | Finding new Kickstarter projects can be a challenge on the Kickstarter Webpage. I discuss these challenges with Chris James, Founder of Stratus Games. | 12/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Ep 9 Top 10 Board Game Geek Kickstarter List with Doug Click | 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 | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream - Word of Mouth Marketing | 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 | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream Kickstarter Mistakes with Thomas Rushing Ep 6 | 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. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream - Laurence O'Brien Ep 5 | 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 | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream - Kickstarter Project If I'm Going Down | 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 | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream - Matt Forbeck Episode 3 | 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 | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream - Howard Tayler Episode 2 | 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 M... | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding the Dream: A Game Whisperer Podcast for Kickstarters Episode 1 | 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. | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Brilliant - a must-listen for board game entrepreneurs
I listened to the first episode, and The Game Whisperer told me everything I was doing wrong with my Kickstarter. He interviewed me on the second episode and we figured out that there was still one thing I was doing right.
I'm biased, yes, but if you're a board game entrepreneur looking to use Kickstarter to fund a game, you cannot afford to NOT listen to this.
Interesting and Inspirational
Richard Bliss's podcast about Kickstarter gives you a real sense of what is going on in this exciting new approach to boardgame production More importantly, he and his guests put this information within the context of the boardgaming industry and other types of Kickstarter projects -- something I'd never taken the time to consider. It's truly fascinating to find out what works, what doesn't, and what Kickstarter can and can't do to help you realize your dream.
This podcast makes you want to set up your own project; it also introduces you to some really cool people and projects that are already out there. After listening to the interview with Matt Forbeck, for instance, I couldn't help myself -- I went out and bought a stack of his old books. And I'm curious to see more.
Great information from a great host
I have really enjoyed the 10 episodes to which I have listened. Richard Bliss is an inspired and level-headed host who always has great questions for his guests. The pacing and contact is excellent.
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