Board Game Entrepreneur

In this interview I talk to Omari Akil, co-founder of Board Game Brothas, Twitch streamer, and co-designer of Rap Godz and the upcoming Hoop Godz!  

Follow Omari on Twitter, Instagram and Twitch @Akilaverse 

Also check out Jay Bell @thejaybell

In this episode I chat with Scott Rogers, Professor of Interactive Media at University of Southern California, designer of Rayguns & Rocketships and Pantone: The Game, author of Level Up!, "co-cohost" of the Ludology podcast and host of the Biography of a Board Game segment, video game designer, former Disney Imagineer, and all-round cool guy!

I gained a lot of insight from this conversation, as we delve into Scott's day-to-day work, entrepreneurship vs. working for a big company, and balancing various "jobbies"!

In this episode I chat with local Vancouver designer Jeremy Rozenhart, who last year designed and published his first game Wizard Thieves. He shares some of his experiences and advice, as well as some news on his next game!

In this interview with Chris Cormier, founder and designer at Geeky Goodies, an online platform where you can buy board game and "geeky" themed t-shirts, mugs, coasters, face masks and anything else you can think of, we take a deep dive into how and why he started the company, and what has attributed to its steady growth over the past six years.

This episode is all about my brand new blog, which I'm very excited about! I talk to people who have travelled and played games around the world, and it's been super interesting to hear there stories! Of course the long-term plan is to write about my own gaming experiences while travelling, once it becomes safe to do so again.

Introducing Meeple Leaf Con 20! This a fully online event I've decided to launch, to give people more chances to interact and get some gaming in. It's 20 days of gaming madness, including Christmas Codenames, Board Game Jeopardy, Drawful 2020, a Board Game Arena marathon, Creator Spotlights, and much more!  

You can check out the event details at facebook.com/meepleleaf

If you love board games and want to do something to increase your activity in the community, a podcast is a great place to start. As you'll hear in this episode, it's very inexpensive to start up, and quite easy.

TikTok is the new social media craze, and with a 41% of their demographic aged 16-24 it's definitely a platform with a younger audience. How can businesses use TikTok to grow, and how does it differ from the other platforms?

Here's a bit of background and detail on a fun event that I did for Halloween! I'm planning on doing more.

In this day and age, getting anyone's attention, even for a few seconds, is not always an easy task. If we're going to convince people to buy our product somewhere down the line, it takes a lot of work up front. Here are some of the ways I've sought to foster my community.