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JT Smith is a serial entrepreneur and creator of The Game Crafter, a USA Board Game manufacturer that focuses on short-run production (less than 1000 copies). The Game Crafter started as just a crazy idea that turned into the largest print on demand game manufacturer in the world. 

Jamey Stegmaier is the founder of Stonemaier Games. Jamey designed Viticulture, Euphoria, Scythe, Charterstone, and Tapestry, and he has had a lifelong passion for playing and designing board games. His 8 crowdfunding campaigns raised over $3.2 million, and he shares his insights, mistakes, and lessons learned on his weekly blog and podcast.

Board Game Coffee is a high energy fun-filled YouTube channel that brings you the inside scoop on the hottest board games in a fun and refreshing way. Review, Previews, How-to-plays, play-throughs, un-boxings, whatever your flavour, you’ll find it on Board Game Coffee. 

Anthony Hore is a professional graphic designer and illustrator with a passion for gaming. The Pet Cemetery is Anthony's first of many board game designs, and it is currently on Kickstarter. He is passionate about game design and truly believes a well-made game is good for the soul. It brings people together, fosters creativity, and can sometimes even help players practice life skills, such as patience, restraint, and sportsmanship.

James Hudson is a tabletop designer, developer and the creator of Druid City Games, which launched the popular titles Grimm Forest, Sorcerer City, and Tidal Blades. James is currently the Senior Director of Tabletop for Skybound Tabletop, a division of Skybound Entertainment.

Andrew is an entrepreneur, writer, game designer and publisher based out of Orlando, FL. He started Atheris Entertainment while still in school at the University of Florida, as a resident company of UF's Gator Hatchery, an on-campus business incubator. Since then, Andrew has worked six Kickstarter campaigns, which have raised a total over over $100,000, and consulted on a multitude of others. Atheris Games, a division of Atheris Entertainment, will be launching White Elephant and Ruins of Mars straight to retail at the end of 2020.

Andrew Bosley is a freelance illustrator and owner of Wits End Studios. He has illustrated many tabletop hits including Everdell, Tapestry, and Merchants of the Dark Road. Andrew lives in northern Arizona with his wife and five kids. He has a ukulele hanging on his wall, so he thinks he can play it. But he really can't.

Dan Blacklock created BoxThrone in 2017, the world's first made-for-board-games modular shelving system. The campaign in 2017 raised over $900,000, and since then his company, Cloud Puncher Games, has gone on to ship over 10,000 BoxThrones worldwide. Now, they've launched Token Sesame, a modular transforming token holder for board games. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Dan also runs a marketing agency in China helping local entrepreneurs launch their products on Kickstarter.

Eran Back is founder & CEO of Green Inbox, the tech marketing company behind many successful kickstarter campaigns. Green Inbox helps maximize Return on Advertising Spend. Their track record is robust, with recent titles such as Nemesis Lockdown (helped raise $5.9m), Bristol 1350 (helped raise $0.9m), Level-up (helped raise $1.1m), and Suburbia board games.

Richard started Analog Game Studios after successfully funding is own co-designed game, Centrix, on Kickstarter. Since then, he has published several titles including the recently funded Latte Throwdown and has co-developed another title #demiDancer. Richard actively seeks to publish unique and clever games created by fresh new game designers from all over the world. His newest title Cartisora hits Kickstarter on August 11th.