Podcasts about time well spent games

I spoke with David Reed from Time Well Spent Games on his experience buying an online game store that he had grown to love over the course of many years. We go over his future vision for the business and some the advice he'd give for other aspiring business owners.Time Well Spent Games: https://timewellspentgames.com/David's Email: info@timewellspentgames.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/TWSGamesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/timewellspentgamesMore Board Game News: https://www.boardgameatlas.comSupport the show (https://www.boardgameatlas.com)

MHGG’s Fancy Interviews #1 This special episode has our hosts joined once again by David from Time Well Spent Games. This time, however, the questions are gonna be directed towards him as Zach and Adrian TRY and let someone else talk for once. Jeff, The Inquisitor, gets David to open up about how he got his board game online shop, the pros and cons of it already being established, and the ins and outs of this industry from a new retailer perspective. 00:00:30 Introducing the new Fancy Interview series: with David Reed of Time Well Spent Games 00:02:00 Pre-Interview Banter 00:04:26 David' s gaming background 00:09:15 Question 1: What made you decide to buy a boardgame retail website? 00:14:31 Struggles of physical location vs online store 00:17:29 Question 2: What were the challenges/benefits of buying and existing business? 00:24:40 Question 3: What is it like running a boardgame retail website? 00:29:34 Question 4: Competition in the boardgame industry is tough, how do you deal with that? 00:37:22 Question 5: How do you decide what to stock? 00:42:26 Question 6: How do you deal with all the various publishers/distributors? 00:45:14 How much trouble do you have keeping hotness in stock? 00:49:58 Question 7: Have you looked into any specific niches? 00:52:19 Do you carry accessories? 00:53:37 Question 8: Where do you want to take Time Well Spent? 00:57:53 Final Question: What are your plans for the 2017 convention season?

Manhattan Project: Energy Empire This episode has our hosts joined by Special Guest David, owner of Time Well Spent Games. After a brief intro of his gaming history, the weekly game recap begins. David mentions his most recent plays of Adrenaline, Jeff and Zach both bring up Food Chain Magnate and Mint Works!, and Adrian brings up the rear with his plays of Vinhos Deluxe and Lisboa. Jeff gives us a colorful rundown of his latest Blood Bowl game in the Blood Minute, and then they dive into News and Kickstarter. A bunch of games were announced, including Terra Mystica: Gaia Project, aka Terra Mystica IN SPACE, a two player version of Caverna, and the fiascos of Gloomhaven and First Martian Preorders are brought to light. In the Kickstarter section, Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea is taken down to prepare for a future relaunch, and some new tracks for Tramway are up. In the Review of the week, our hosts and David talk about Manhattan Project: Energy Empire. Has this standalone game built enough of an infrastructure to distinguish itself from the Original Manhattan Project, or does it get blasted away? Find out inside! A reminder of our Contest for Imperial Settlers closes out the show.   00:00:32 Introduction Special: David Reed from Time Well Spent Games 00:03:39 Banter! Featuring - Moar Weather, Adrenaline, Terraforming Mars (of course), Battlestar Gallactica, Shadows Over Camelot, Food Chain Magnate, Mint Works, Aye Dark Overlord, Vinhos, Lisboa, Blood Bowl! 00:24:10 Bloody Minute 00:28:37 News and Kickstarter! 00:28:45 Gaia Project (Terra Mystica... IN SPACE!!!) 00:29:57 Bloodborne Expansion 00:30:47 Caverna: Hohle Gegen Hohle 00:34:25 Gloomhaven only shipping 8% of preorders 00:36:16 Paypal is awful (froze Portal games funds for First Martians) 00:38:18 Charterstone details!!!! (and by details we mean tid-bits of info) 00:41:23 Heroes of Land, Sea, and Air re-launch in May 00:44:25 Tramways: Paris and New York 00:49:09 MHGG Review - Manhattan Project: Energy Empire 01:29:52 Episode Wrap-up 01:30:26 BGG Golden Geek Awards 01:31:57 Imperial Settlers Giveaway