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Kickstarter Journeys
by Wesley Woodbury
Join me as I take some time each week to discuss successful kickstarter projects with the very people who risked it all to create them! Each episode will range from 20-40 minutes, asking questions that are integral to running a successful crowdfunding campaign.The focus will be on tabletop games and accessories, but as time goes on there is always the opportunity to branch out further.
Episodes
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The End of Kickstarter Journeys
Thanks for listening! Feel free to check out the Fun in 5 YouTube channel, soon to have Kickstarter campaign content. 😃
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Ep. 75 Floyd Lu's Journey, with Koi & More
Today I spoke with a master wordsmith, so talented with letters that he can just rip the vowels right out of words and create an interesting game out of it! Learn about this first time creator's experience launching, then relaunching, his 2-6 player card game about words! He tells us a bit about...
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Ep. 74 Cameron Art's Journey, with Vowl
Today I spoke with a master wordsmith, so talented with letters that he can just rip the vowels right out of words and create an interesting game out of it! Learn about this first time creator's experience launching, then relaunching, his 2-6 player card game about words! He tells us a bit about...
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Ep. 73 James Staley's Journey, with Tin Robot Games
Things are getting squirrelly around here! James Staley, of Tin Robot Games, tells us about his Kickstarter journeys beginning with Tanks! or no thanks, Queen of Scots, and Nutty Squirrels of the Oakwood Forest. Some great business tips and general strategies to share here! See the current...
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Sidequest - Questeros Ep. 3 Launch Day!
Some launch day reflections for Questeros. Campaign is live, check it out here: http://kck.st/3rl8u5G
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Ep. 72 Daryl Andrews Journey, with Batman! The Dark Knight Returns
Always be yourself, unless you can can be Batman, then always be Batman! I had the pleasure of speaking with Daryl Andrews, co-designer of the solo Batman, the Dark Knight Returns game that came to Kickstarter this March. Learn about creating solo games, working with licences, mastering custom...
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Ep. 71 Oliver Josiah's Journey, with Theurgy
From the United Kingdom, I join Oliver Josiah of the Ministry of Meeples game company. He and his spouse created a game of godly development in their independent title, Theurgy. It is described as "Jealous gods clash in this deeply immersive midweight strategy game for 1-6 players". Learn about…
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Sidequest - Questeros Ep. 2
Interviews, Video, and Promo Images INTERVIEWS Desks & Dorks Chasing XP Kicking Tables Talking up what makes Q different (Art, and multipurpose deck, and price) VIDEO Time and images and voice and music Storyline ... brief but impactful Visual outline for creator Proofing PROMO IMAGES Minimal...
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Ep.70 Lance Myxter's Journey, with Ragnarocks & More!
Lance Myxter, AKA The Undead Viking, shares some of his extensive experience with Kickstarter and the gaming business as a whole. He has played a part in game development, marketing, design and more with Grey Fox Games, and previously with Tasty Minstrel Games. He shares some interesting stories...
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Sidequest - Questeros Ep. 1
Just 3 weeks out from FunDaMental Games next Kickstarter, a little game called Questeros. In this personal Sidequest episode I speak about the concept and marketing strategies of the game, some of the challenges we must overcome, and the methodology on when to send games out to previewers. Also...
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Ep. 69 Ami Baio's Journey, with Rabbit Rabbit
Ami Baio created a company called Pink Tiger Games a few years back. Her company motto is "We make sweet, kind games to connect people and make them feel seen and heard." Learn how she approaches this in her games, and her very sincere and subtle way of approaching Kickstarter as a funding…
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Ep. 68 Sam Stockton's Journey, with Cult of the Deep
In this episode I spoke with a Cult! Well maybe not a cult, but a creator of Cult of the Deep, a hidden traitor / dice game that launched and funded on Kickstarter this February! As of the recording of this episode they've nearly doubled their funding goal and are on track to exceed $50,000 USD!...
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Ep. 67 Chip Cole's Journey, with Cryptid Cafe
In this episode I discovered what a Cryptid really is, and many other cool things! Most importantly, Chip Cole shares three big things he did that turned a $5k campaign into a $50k campaign when he relaunched Harry's Place into Cryptid Cafe! Definitely worth a listen to anyone who is designing a...
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Ep. 66 Alex Lu, Sarah Mills, and Kiera Purrazzella with Dogs BOND
In this episode I had the pleasure of chatting with all 3 people that brought Dogs BOND to life on Kickstarter earlier this year. We talk about the great diversity presented in their game, the video creation process, and some of the anxiety of launching a Kickstarter during a worldwide pandemic!...
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Ep. 65 Tony Vasinda's Journey, with Beards & Beyond
A role playing game focused on Beards...who knew something like this could generate almost $5,000 on Kickstarter? Hear about Tony's journey in putting this Zine RPG together, and learn about his collaboration with Terrible Games as they plan to launch another one, called Repugnant! (Follow along…
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Ep. 64 Aaron Smith's Journey, with Sheeple
First time creator Aaron Smith put together "The Best Game in the Eweniverse" back in 2018, and delivered it in 2019. Although a few years have gone by, his game is still available for purchase and is another example of successful funding on the platform. Hear what he has to say about his…
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Ep. 63 Rob Wynkoop, Selling Kickstarter Board Games
As a new creator, finding avenues to sell your games post-kickstarter can be a challenge. Rob Wynkoop has built an online game store that focuses on selling kickstarter based board games, even including an option to sell through his site. Learn a bit about his perspective on being a kickstarter...
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Sidequest 2021 Begins
A little recap of FunDaMental Games. Planning more guests/episodes for this year!
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Ep. 62 Matthew Hocker's Journey, with Composition
Matthew Hocker composed a beautiful word game featuring anthromorphic animals in a successful kickstarter in 2019. Learn how he did it, and what he's up to next. Also learn about digital playtesting, and how Break My Game is a growing community of dedicated gamers that playtest multiple times…
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Ep. 60 Quackalope on Kickstarter (Jesse Anderson)
In today's episode I take a break from a standard creator interview, and spend some time with a talented boardgame content creator to hear what they have to say about Kickstarter. Jesse, the creator and host of the Quackalope youtube channel, was kind enough to chat with me about a few…
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Ep. 59 Rob McBride's Journey, with Syther Gaming
Learn how a new game company has tried approaching the hobby. From a $150 monster of a space game, to a $7 small scall card game, Rob McBride is learning all about the industry as he explores Kickstarter. In this episode we talk about Dig! and Overbattle, with some thoughts on conventions,...
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Ep. 58 Michael Bregels' Journey, with Wizards & Relics
A young, yet powerful wizard embarks on a Kickstarter Journey of magical proportions... meet Mike Bregel, the creator of Wizards & Relics. He did all of the artwork for this very visual card game, as well as the graphic design and kickstarter page, and more! Learn about how he prepared some of...
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Ep. 57 Tristam Rossin's Journey, with The Mariana Trench
In this episode we dive deep... VERY deep. The deepest place on Earth, The Marianna Trench! A very talented artist and graphic designer, Tristam Rossin, has now delved into his own game company called Bright Light Games. He has already done art for several published and soon to be published…
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Ep. 56 Zemilio's Journey, with Rune & Kingdom's Candy
A very successful microgame launched last year by a new creator, the game was simply called RUNE. Then, a completely different style of game (visually and mechanically) was created called Kingdom Candy: Monsters. Another success! Listen to the creators process and how he developed a partnership…
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Ep.55 Jonny Pac's Journey, with Endless Winter
A perfect blend of game designer, game developer (Jonny Pac), artists, graphic designers, and a superb manufacturer (Panda Games) has crafted a wonderful kickstarter campaign and boardgame. Learn how deckbuilding and worker placement merged together, and how they shared the prototypes and TTS of...
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Ep. 54 Jim Kavanaugh, with Kleos
A first time successful creator joins the show to share of his experiences. From coming up with the game, to figuring out how to create and playtest it, and some of the challenges he experienced running his first crowfunding campaign. Come have a listen to Jim and his store about Kleos! Have a…
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Ep.53 Jakub Wiśniewski, with Frostpunk
Want to hear the story behind a $2,000,000 Kickstarter campaign? The background of how Frostpunk was turned from a video game to a board game is told by Jakub Wiśniewski, of Glass Cannon Unplugged. This is the FIRST boardgame kickstarter to originate in Poland. Learn about his philosophies to...
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Ep.52 Steve Dee's Journey, with Relics
A new style of RPG that involves a backstory created during gameplay, and a novel use of a Tarot deck. Check out what Steve Dee has to say about his successful Relics campaign, and some lessons learned in his game design experiences. Here is a link to the Kickstarter page: http://kck.st/2U8iCxT...
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Ep.51 Sam Cristall and Tyler Holman's Journey, with Dice Command
Dice, infantry, tanks, and more populate the boardgame called Dice Command, created by Sam Cristall and Tyler Holman of Ejected Planet. Listen to how these two first time Kickstarter creators planned out their game and funded it on Day 1! Here is a link to the Kickstarter page:...
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Ep.50 An interview with Wes for FunDaMental Games Journeys!
For Episode 50 I was approached by a fellow game designer, and fan of the Podcast, about conducting an interview with me. Having heard similar things on other podcasts, I thought this would be a great way to celebrate having 50 episodes, and funding 5 different campaigns now over the past 2…
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Ep.49 Juli Bierwirth's Journey, with Mantis Falls
This interview features another first time creator who smashed through with over $100,000 USD raised on their 2-3 player social deduction game, Mantis Falls. Discover how unique gameplay, displayed awards, and enthusiastic reviewers helped launch this campaign to success! Here is a link to the...
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Ep.48 Anthony Gibbin's Journey, with Bellum Sacrum
First time creator Anthony Gibbins discusses how his passion for language and teaching turned into making a card game. From its elegant, simple art style to its easy to learn but in depth strategy, Bellum Sacrum is worth taking a look at! Here is a link to the original Kickstarter page:...
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Ep.47 Malachi Ray Rempen's Journey, with Itchy Feet & Roll Camera
This episode features a creator who has run just 2 Kickstarters, but exceeded $100,000 on each of their games! Mal shares his initial foray into game creation and Kickstarter with his fun, simple card game about the experiences of travelling. With such amazing success in that game, he went on to...
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Fundamental Games Sidequest
A brief update of where FunDaMental Games is at now. ⚔️⚔️⚔️
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Ep. 46 John DeCampos' Journey Continues... Token Terrors Post-KS Interview
Come and have a listen to a first time Kickstarter creators experience after the journey! Thats right, John DeCampos is back, this time sharing his thoughts on how the Kickstarter for Token Terrors: Battlegrounds performed, lessons learned, and some insight into previews and playthroughs. TOKEN...
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Ep. 45 Ryan Williams' Journey, with Backwoods
Have you ever been lost in the Backwoods? Today it might not be too hard to find your way out, but back in 1830 life was much different! I once died in those woods alongside Kickstarter Creator Ryan Williams! Ryan launched, then relaunched, this 1-4 player co-operative survival boardgame with…
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Ep. 44 Marc Specter, with Grand Gamers Guild
in this episode I speak with Marc Specter, who is currently funding an expansion called Endangered: New Species which has already funded, and is almost at $50,000 on Kickstarter (as of Aug 14th 2020). Marc has 5 other projects that funded, and has some great experience with the crowdfunding...
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Ep. 43 Heather O'Neill's Journey, with 9th Level Games
Heather O'Neill shares her experiences with 9th Level Games. They have been crowdfunding on Kickstarter since 2013 with some great games and Zines. Some examples include "Kobolds Ate My Baby", "Meeple Party", and "Pavlov's Dogs". Learn a little about what a Zine is, and why 9th Level is…
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Ep. 42 Curt Coverts Journey, with The Night Cage & Cindr
Have you ever heard of Smirk n' Dagger Games? After 16 years of self publishing, Curt Covert has now come to crowdfunding! Hear what he has to say about the distribution of board games has changed, what prompted him to jump into Kickstarter, and how he was able to create a mid-campaign spike in...
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Ep. 41 Jeff Chin's Journey, with Road to Infamy Games
An amazing beautiful game, with very unique cards and a perfectly crafted video. Canvas raised over $700,000 on Kickstarter, and Jeff from Road to Infamy has several other games to talk about in this interview. Check out the Canvas Kickstarter page here. Have a look at Road to Infamy's website...
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Recap #4, Episodes 31 to 40
A quick summary of the past ten guests, and some of what we talked about in their episodes. These recaps are primarily for people new to the podcast that may want to know if some of the prior guests would be of interest for them to listen to. Ep. 31 Jeremy Rozenhart with Wizard Thieves…
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DitD Sidequest #8
Its been 4 weeks since DIE in the Dungeon funded, and now I take a few minutes to discuss the funds, the fees, the followers, the video, and more. And then I discuss four different pledge manager options, just based on personal opinion/perspectives.
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Ep. 40 Brenna Noonan's Journey, with Everdell and more!
In the 40th episode of Kickstarter Journeys I had a chance to talk to Brenna Noonan, a game developer and marketer that has been involved in more than 40 boardgames over the past 4 years. Some highlights that we talk about include the Everdell tree, and how her new company, Quillsilver Studios…
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Ep. 39 John DeCampos' PRE-Journey, with Token Terrors
Come and have a listen to a first time Kickstarter creators journey before the journey! Thats right, John DeCampos is sharing the process that led him to the point of his launch, only a few days away as of the launch of this episode! We talk about the creation of his minis, his game, and his...
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Ep. 38 Kristian Fosh's Journey, with Catapult Kingdoms
The designer of Catapult Kingdom shares his thoughts on his nostalgic creation of the game, and how he built up prototypes and interest over the past few years. If you are interested in hearing what it can be like to work with a separate publisher doing a Kickstarter for your game, this is a…
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Ep. 37 Ammon Anderson's Journey, with T.A.C.O.
Do you enjoy Taco Tuesdays? What... you don't? Well that could change if you had this game. T.A.C.O. is a strategic party game for 2-8 players. It's about collecting Taco Points before they run out. Out-think and out-taco your competitors by linking ingredient effects to strip your opponents'…
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DitD Sidequest #7
This Kickstarter Journeys Sidequest features a short discussion about the ending results of DIE in the Dungeon, and three things to be aware of and work on once your KS has funded. I share my thoughts on post kickstarter communications, including planned updates. Also some examples of things I do...
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Ep. 36 Jonny Vance's Journey, with Poo Pocalypse
This is my crappiest podcast episode ever! It is full of Poo.... Poo Pocalypse that is. Game Designer Jonny Vance walks us through how he came up with his game, the thought process behind his marketing efforts, and how he hopes to continue to grow this very successful card game. Don't be fooled…
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DitD Sidequest #6
DIE in the Dungeon is in its final 48 hours of its journey, at least the live part of it anyhow! In here I talk about followers, new components, and how to share and create changes in your game that may impact "conversion" when the final 48hour emails from Kickstarter roll out. Want to see the...
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Ep. 35 Joe Slack's Journey, as a Designer, Writer, and soon to be self publisher!
Joe Slack... game designer, writer, and soon to be independent boardgame publisher with Crazy Like a Box games and his upcoming Kickstarter called Relics of Rajivahara. Joe shares the struggles of funding. Relics of Rajivahara gets some discussion as well, which is Tristams next major game,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join me as I take some time each week to discuss successful kickstarter projects with the very people who risked it all to create them! Each episode will range from 20-40 minutes, asking questions that are integral to running a successful crowdfunding campaign.The focus will be on tabletop games and accessories, but as time goes on there is always the opportunity to branch out further.
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Wesley Woodbury
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Join me as I take some time each week to discuss successful kickstarter projects with the very people who risked it all to create them! Each episode will range from 20-40 minutes, asking questions that are integral to running a successful crowdfunding campaign.The focus will be on tabletop games...
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