Funding The Dream On Kickstarter

Steve Snoey has created a Kickstarter campaign that crosses games and film. Take a lesson as we discuss the impact of Kickstarter on these two industries

Nearly every board game project on Kickstarter has to address the issue of how to get their board game into game stores and how many copies to print. Aldo Ghiozzi, CEO of Impessions, sits down to talk the numbers and how many copies does an average board game sell.

Story Realms game co-designer Angie Hickman shares with us how she and her business partner, Julian Leiberan-Titus, used social media and specifically Twitter, to grow their fan base from nearly zero to a size able to successfully fund a new board game. Angie's insights into how to manage your social networking and how it is about participating in the community that is much more important than simply trying to sell a product.

Seven years is a long time to do anything, but it is a very long time to host a show about board games. The Spiel has become The Show...Audio, Video, and Film...for the board game community. I sit down with Stephen Conway, creator and co-host of The Spiel to talk about the industry and their Kickstarter campaign.

Crowdfund your Indie film into your local theater. Create virtual film festivals through your local cinema. Learn how Nicolas Gonda has created a process to crowdfund movies and films screenings.

Chris and Cherilyn Kirkman discuss how to be successful on Kickstarter. The secret is a lot of hard work and good product. They discuss their success with their three Kickstarter projects and the changes happening on Kickstarter

Imagine having a Star Trek Replicator in your own home. Okay, maybe we aren't that far, but 3D printers have come a long way to being a household item. Matt Strong sits down to discuss 3D Printers and Open Source and his project called Tangi-Bot.A 3D printer in every home.

Michael Laine wants to use Kickstarter to reach the stars. His project is the initial phase of a process to build a space elevator on the moon and then on Earth. His project is fascinating and electrifying.

Matt Forbeck is making a living on Kickstarter. In 2012 he has launched 4 Kickstarter projects to write 12 novels. And as his fourth project wraps up, he has demonstrated that Kickstarter can be a solid part of a business plan to make a living.

Our first stop of the road trip across America was in Ontario California as we spoke with Ta-Te Wu and his project Battle of Red Cliffs

Jason Kotarski, a Pastor in Flint, MI, decided to create a game he could enjoy with his wife. His process of finding a publishers proved to be a more daunting task than he anticipated.

If you have run a Kickstarter project, you are probably aware of the point when you realize that you have offered a reward that is costing you more than the pledge level...and it usually involves Dice.I sit down with Tracy Barnett to discuss the planning and preparation of a project and how Dice can come back to bite you if you don't pay attention.

Kickstarter is changing nearly every category it touches. Tyler James, from Comix Tribe, discusses how Kickstarter is affecting the Comic Book industry and how his organizations is working with the new market dynamics.

Every project experiences the same thing; After the initial launch and enthusiasm the mid project blues set in. Things seem to drag on slowly. We sit down with Robert Harrington to discuss his project and the ways he has found to overcome this mid project downturn.

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.