Board Game Binge

Jeff LaFlam is a new board game designer with Dungeon Decorators being his first published design. The day his dad brought home an Atari 800 was the day he became a designer. He works as an engineer by day and game design by night. Dungeon Decorators is currently on Kickstarter and published by SlugFest Games.

Tanner Yarro is CEO of Yarro Studios, a toy and games maker that has raised over 2 million dollars on kickstarter, has 2 utility patents in the gaming world, and has sold/licensed toys & games all over the world.

Alex Young is a Graphic Designer and Co-Founder of Team Pomelo Games, Co-Creator of the upcoming Pretty Princess Pomelo card game. Team Pomelo Games was formed by Alex Young, Morgan Parker and Nicholas Egalon who have been lifelong fans of Anime and avid gamers. Combining their complementary skill sets, love of games and a mission to enter into the gaming and Anime world, the universe of Pretty Princess Pomelo was born. The game is filled with citrus themed Princesses, devastating Pirates, friendship, mystery, betrayal and magic. In October, Team Pomelo Games launches their first game Pretty Princess Pomelo on Kickstarter.

Find the link here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/teampomelogames/pretty-princess-pomelo

Matt and Rosie Parrish are the couple behind the family friendly card game Bots Up. They work in graphic design and the video game industry but this is their debut tabletop project together. Bots Up hit Kickstarter on September 15th and has passed 460% funded with 2 days remaining in their campaign. 

Noah is the founder and President of Game Trayz. Game Trayz is 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 a line of X-Trayz which come in several designs and can be used to store components in any game. 

Tim Eisner has been designing boardgames for the last 8 years. His design credits include Grimm Forest, Tidal Blades, March of the Ants, Wonderland's War, Aquicorn Cove and more.

As a game designer, he draws on skills learned in previous experiences including jewelry crafting, preschool teacher, improvisational theatre and juggling. Tim founded Weird City Games in 2012, ten years after designing his first board game.

At Weird City Games, their goal is to create games that are fun, elegant and worth playing.

Definitely Not Evil Labs is a game company comprised of high caliber nerds that design innovative games to influence the gaming world. In August 2019, they successfully funded their party game, Switchuations, on Kickstarter.

In this interview are chatting with Sara Webb, Creator, Social Media & Codemaster.

Salvador Briggman founded the popular blog, CrowdCrux, which has been cited by the New York Times, The Wallstreet Journal, Forbes, CNN, and more. He has written ten books, including the Kickstarter Launch Formula. He is a YouTuber, Podcaster, and owns several websites about crowdfunding, like KickstarterForum.org. He's dedicated to unearthing and teaching Secret Jedi Mind Tricks that will supercharge your online results!

Round 2 interview with Chandler Copenhaver from CrowdOx. Chandler is the Director of Business Development, Sales and Partnerships at CrowdOx - a leading Kickstarter Pledge Management software company. In this interview, Chandler shares his key learnings from campaigns that he has worked on.