Funding the Dream

Marquis and Lucas from Uniforge talk about the steps to launch Top This, the Pizza Flicking Game

PhD Student Michael Greenberg from Northwestern University joins me to talk about his PhD project on crowd funding. A fascinating discussion on Kickstarter and the dynamics of social crowd funding.

Alien Frontiers was a top 10 Kickstarter board game in 2010 and Alien Frontiers Faction was a Top 10 Kickstarter board game in 2011. Now in 2012 the iPad version is making its debut on Kickstarter. I sit down with Clint Herron, the game designer, as we discuss the challenges facing developers who want their projects to be sold through the Apple store.

Patrick Nickell from Crash Games joins me to talk about lessons learned from a first Kickstarter campaign and how it has been applied to Legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine.

How to print your game in the USA. Eric Salyers talks about his efforts to find a cost effective way to get his game, Disaster Looms, printed in the USA.

Gary Tyrrell from Fleen.com describes himself as a pseudo webcomic journalist, a hack, and a blogmonger. I found him to be entertaining and informative, especially since we both got to talk about Kickstarter projects in the game and webcomic spaces.

He appeared on Shark Tank with his Recyclable Tennis Shoe idea called Remyxx and then launched his Kickstarter campaign to coincide with the broadcast. Gary Gagnon shares his experience of bringing his Kickstarter project to life through massive amounts of PR.

Seth Godin is a guest on Funding the Dream on Kickstarter and shares his thoughts and ideas on the power of Kickstarter and the success of his own project, The Icarus Deception.

The London Whisperer sits down with Michael Fox live in LONDON to talk about the creation of Ace of Spies. The episode is recorded a few hours before the Ace of Spies Kickstarter project ends.

Traveller 5 Ultimate edition with Marc Miller. Traveller showing that the old dogs still have plenty of bite. Marc Miller, creator of Traveller checks in to talk about Kickstarter and its impact on bring the creator and the fan in touch.

Zombicide and Sedition Wars have raised over $1 million dollars for CoolMiniOrNot in just the past six weeks on Kickstarter. I sit down with David Doust, co-founder of CoolMiniOrNot and talk about their success and how they find themselves with two spectacularly successful Kickstarter Campaigns.

David Sanhueza joins me on Funding the Dream to discuss the unique approach to his Kickstarter campaign called Goblin's Drool Fairies Rule.

AJ and I sit down to discuss our differences of opinion on the board game distribution process.

If at first you don't succeed, relaunch. Holiday Wars creator Scott King shares with us what he did to relaunch his project to success.

Dan Yarrington joins me on Funding the Dream to talk about Game Salute's approach to working with successful game projects on Kickstarter

Early in the launch of Ogre on Kickstarter, I sat down with Steve Jackson and had a discussion about his hopes for his project Ogre and what he thought of Kickstarter.

The London Whisperer hosts this episode of Funding the Dream on Kickstarter and talks to the founders of Albino Dragon and the names behind Mr White.

First time game designer, Brian Lews and Gozer Games sit down with the Game Whisperer to talk about how to find success on Kickstarter. Sometimes all it takes is a random meeting and a touch of passion.

The results of the PAX East event.

Welcome to the 50th Episode of Funding the Dream on Kickstarter. This episode is just you and me talking about the state of the industry and the tsunami that is coming. The board game industry system is broken and a tsunami is coming that is going to sweep it all away. Take a listen

In this episode we have Phil Kilcrease and Grant Rodiek return to discuss the success they had with Farmageddon and what led to their success. Great lessons learned about things that work and things that don't work in a Kickstarter project.

Jon Karis knows miniatures. He has been collecting 60mm figures for a decade and has a very large collection. He launched his Kickstarter campaign to create his own line and his campaign was a success, with over $16,000 in funding. Then, with less than five minutes left on his campaign, with his project well beyond his funding goal, he pulled the plug. He cancelled with 3 minutes to go. Why would...

Imagine asking for nearly $1 million dollars for a project on Kickstarter and having your fans give you double that number. That is the reality that Brian Fargo is living in at the moment with his Kickstarter project, Wasteland 2. He talks with us about funding his dream of 20 years and his desire to Kick it Forward

Cards Against Humanity was one of the top board game Kickstarter projects in 2011. It raised $15k in January of 2011, a lot back then but now a modest success in the current environment. But Max and team chose to make Cards Against Humanity available only through Amazon, a decision that now has their product listing as one of the top sellers in Amazon's Toy and Game section. Max talks about t...

Each Kickstarter owner dreams of seeing their project reach its funding goal so that they can begin to fund their project. But all pledge money is not equal. You need to look at your Worst-case success and plan for the cost of raising funds on Kickstarter. Fred Hicks from Evil Hat Productions shares with us his views about the importance of planning for your worst-case success