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JP has been kicked off the "First Player" seat and Adrian has secured first player position to start his run of episodes to bring to life the culture all around crowdfunding.

FIRST PLAYER: Adrian
OTHER PLAYERS: Kerley & JP

OVERVIEW
In this episode "First Player" Adrian is joined by our other players Kerley & JP to bring to life experiences of Kickstarter / Gamefound crowdfunding projects.  In this episode you'll learn:

- JP has made it back from Vegas in one piece and tells us about his solo experience of Under Falling Skies
- Adrian time travels back to the 80's to experience HeroQuest
- Kerley is still enjoying building zoos and a card engine in Ark Nova
- How FOMO is a real thing that is used by companies to drive crowdfund campaigns and everything else in between
- the groups thoughts about whether solo modes should be made available in base games as standard
- that JP is looking forward to slitting throats in Game of Thrones, Kerley will "hopefully" experience his first UK Games Expo and Adrian to finally try his kickstarter delivery from last year "The Great Wall"

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:22 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:58 - Kerley: Ark Nova
6:37 - JP: Under Falling Skies
10:54 - Adrian: HeroQuest
14:38 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Crowdfund Culture
14:50 - What is crowdfunding?
16:20 - Fear of missing out is a real thing
17:43 - Problems with add-ons
19:13 - Our experiences with crowdfunding
20:34 - You need a lot of patience
21:17 - The initial buzz doesn't always match your feelings at the end
24:25 - We're much more cautious
25:49 - The importance of game design when choosing
28:07 - Be prepared for it to be late
29:31 - The community can shape the project
32:03 - The balance of hype and disappointment
33:16 - Stretch goals - are they good / bad?
36:15 - The crowdfunding cycle
37:35 - UK shipping fun and games
40:27 - Are we continuing to back games?
41:53 - TURN 4 - Question Time: Should solo modes be included as standard in the base game?
48:16 - TURN 5: The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
48:31 - JP: Game of Thrones
50:57 - Kerley: UK Games Expo & Icaion
53:21 - Adrian: The Great Wall
55:33 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

You can check out JP's new podcast called Just Play right here https://www.justplaypod.co.uk we'd love to have you and also on the new YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast

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