Isaac Shalev and Stephanie Straw are joined by Joshua Lobkowicz, the head of game development at Grey Fox Games. http://www.greyfoxgames.com/games/ 

Tides of Infamy & Gamewalker Games

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1807984992/tides-of-infamy

A geek list by Matt Wolf

http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/184188/2015-kickstarter-boardgame-projects

Wombat Rescue

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2002188924/wombat-rescue-unlike-any-game-seen-played-or-smelt

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/letimangames/dino-dude-ranch-a-prehistoric-adventure/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/239309591/cunning-folk-a-witch-hunting-game-by-jay-treat/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frame6/crysis-analogue-edition-the-board-game/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1901175822/karnivore-koala/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1459655047/salvation-road/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/532062403/warquest/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/44846941/playing-lean-relaunch-play-leaner/

Steph - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1545517208/defenders-of-the-last-stand-adventure-board-game/

In this episode Erik and Don are joined by Dirk Knemeyer from Artana Games to talk conventions.

In the Review-a-palooza, Erik and Don look at:

Isaac Shalev and Stephanie Straw are joined by Jacob Bunting, designer of Tides of Infamy, a beautiful and very interactive pirate themed game featuring art and design by Peter Wocken, Jon Ariosa, and Corey Godbey.

Other Discussions

Kickstarter continues to improve with the help of Google Analytics. Google Analytics added to Kickstater helps project creators understand how the market is responding to their promotional efforts, and to their page.

https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/introducing-google-analytics-and-an-inside-look-at-the-creator-d

Results from James Mathe’s survey about shipping and early birds.

http://www.jamesmathe.com/survey-says-ks-usage/

Interview

Jacob Bunting of Gamewalker about Tides of Infamy

Twitter @GamewalkerLLC

Kickstarters of Interest

Coup Rebeliion G54
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2012515236/coup-rebellion-g54/

OFFBITS
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theoffbits/the-offbits-the-art-of-spare-parts

Automania
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/331541893/automania-board-game

Xenon Profiteer
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/167427101/xenon-profiteer

Tides of Infamy Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1807984992/tides-of-infamy

In this episode Erik and Don are joined by Michael Keller from Visible Hand Games to talk about first plays of games.

In the Review-a-palooza, Erik and Don look at:

Brikenbrak Games. Check out their latest project, Bill Shakespeare is Dead, funding now on Kickstarter! Later, Paul Cosca, founder of Brikenbrak. 

Bill Shakespeare is Dead

Mighty Heroes  

Kickstarters recently played/received:

March of the Ants

Dawn: Rise of the Oculites

Kickstarters of Interest

Apocrypha
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loneshark/the-apocrypha-adventure-card-game/

Ion: A Compound Building Game
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geniusgames/ion-a-compound-building-game/

Millenium Blades: The CCG Simulator Board Game
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/level99games/millennium-blades-the-ccg-simulator-board-game/

In this episode Erik is joined by Bruce from the Party Gamecast featuring the Party Game Cast to talk about dexterity games.

In the Review-a-palooza, Erik and Don look at:

Geoff Englestein, host of Ludology, and designer of games like Space Cadets and the Ares Project, joins Isaac and Stephanie to talk about applying concepts from game theory, behavioral economics, and game design to Kickstarter projects themselves.

Kickstarters we have recently played/received:

Cheesenomics

March of the Ants

Geoff & Ludology

http://www.ludology.libsyn.com/

On Twitter @gengelstein

Kickstarters of Interest

Posthuman
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/532062403/posthuman

Junking
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/99575233/junking

Dice Display Box and Rolling Tray
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/497057119/dice-display-box-and-rolling-tray

Titan Series https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/781219801/the-titan-series/

In this episode Don is joined by Michael Fox from the Little Metal Dog Show and Dan Yarrington of Game Salute to talk about marketing in games.

In the Review-a-palooza, Erik and Don look at:

Isaac is joined by our new OBG Crowdfunding Edition Cohost Stephanie Straw. You may know Stephanie from her work on the State of Games, her active role in Unpub, or from the convention circuit, where she’s always evangelizing for the latest and greatest games.

Before they get to their guest they talk about the bankruptcy of Phil Kilcrease, the owner of 5th Street Games.

Isaac and Stephanie interview Justin Schaffer, one of the partners who run Terra Nova Games. Their latest release, Far Space Foundry by Dan Manfredini with art by Adam McIver is rocketing through Kickstarter now!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/justinschaffer/far-space-foundry

They also listen to our top entrants from the Haba Rhino Hero Theme Song competition, and announce the winner!

Behroox Shahriari http://youtu.be/O0WKalc9GTo

Justin Ricker https://youtu.be/bn07AH4bP0k

Boardgame Deciples Jaclyn & Joey White https://youtu.be/a_IAMl-W7mg

Michael Cooper https://youtu.be/AeqvslWWqsc

Ray Greenly - not available online (yet).

Kickstarters of Interest

Lord of the Ice Garden 2nd Editions https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1759497187/the-lord-of-the-ice-garden-2nd-edition/\

Pandante
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sirlin/pandante-light-and-dark

Wizards of the wild

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/872048165/wizards-of-the-wild-the-card-game-of-animal-sorcer  

Best Treehouse Ever
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2005228768/best-treehouse-ever-by-scott-almes-and-green-couch  

In this special episode Erik and Don are joined by the amazing Scott Nicholson to talk about his studies into Escape Rooms.