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You have one week left in your Kickstarter and you're at 85%. What do you do? Laurence O'Brien from Wotan Games discusses actions and steps he is taking to generate the interest and engagement to reach that critical last 15%.And we ask several questions: Why do people back out before a project is finished and give the excuse that they will come back if the project funds?Also, if you surpass your goal at week two, but then backers cancel to drop you below your goal, did you fund?And does Kickstarter prevent you from backing out at the last minute as a backer if it would cause your cancellation to fail a project?We ask the questions but don't necessarily have the answers.Maybe you do. Listen and let us know
Host Richard Bliss and Guest Laurence O'Brien from Wotan Games dig deep into Brexit and the mess it has become. But in this discussion we also talk about Brexit: The Real Deal Kickstarter project. A game about the consequences of Brexit and the break up of the United Kingdom. You can find the project here on Kickstarter: Brexit: The Real DealLaurence and Richard have a great time discussing a wide range of projects, Past, Present and Future, as well as if I Richard should spend his honeymoon at UK Games Expo working the Wotan Booth.Richard and Laurence discuss Richard's book, Stealing the Show and some of the ideas on how to be noticed at conventions. You can find his book on Amazon at Amazon.com/author/RichardBlissYou have to check out the video on Patreon. Laurence appears as a disembodied head during the entire interview.Patreon account located here: Funding the Dream Patreon
Ben and Charlotte share their thoughts on AireCon 2019! Housekeeping Patreon Shout out - Oscar Hartley (01:39) News Critical Role Vox Machina Kickstarter (03:34) Fallout RPG by Modiphius Games (06:10) AireCon 2019 (08:39) Friday - Reichbusters by Mythic Games (12:02) - Comanauts by Plaid Hat Games (15:54) Saturday - Crisis by Ludicreations (20:28) - Jon Hodgson Seminar (22:48) - Duke's Pizza (28:01) - Hive by Gen42 (29:48) - Games Crusade and Emmerse Studios (31:03) - Forks playtest by Radical 8 Games (32:22) - Polyhedron Collider Live Event (34:55) - Brexit: The Real Deal by Wotan Games (38:25) - Koi by Smirk & Laughter Games (44:38) - Cockroach Poker by Jacques Zeimet (45:57) - Fameeple Fortunes with I Play Red (48:39) - Jollyboat (51:39) Sunday - Quacks of Quedlinburg by Schmidt Spiele (52:50) - Altiplano by Reiner Stockhausen (55:07) Final Thoughts on AireCon 2019 (1:01:17) Happy Listening! Unlucky Frog Gaming Mentions: Mark of Dream Big Games Fabled Lands David and Duncan of Tabletop Scotland Giles Pound of Both Sides of The Table Rodney Smith of Watch It Played Paul Grogan on Gaming Rules!
Laurence o brien from Wotan games returns to the podcast live from Essen! the guys talk meeting at uk games expo, being in germany for Spiel 2018, lawrence latest board game War of the 9 realms, how board games help our mental health and why they should be used in schools! plus more geeky awesomeness!
Over the past few years, Wotan Games has cycled through nearly 20 Interns from all over Europe. And has built up a reputation as a go-to experience for new recruits coming into the program. Laurence O'Brien, owner of Wotan Games, shares the success of his interns and the growth of his company. His latest Kickstarter, War of the 9 Realms, is made possible because of his Interns. If you attend UK Expo, you will know Laurence and Wotan Games from the large Double-Decker bus they use as their booth at the convention. Unique and always entertaining, Laurence shares some wisdom on his success. He also shares some thoughts on how to protect yourself against Exchange Rate disasters covered in Ep 285.
Friend of the show Lawrence O Brien from Wotan Games returns to the podcast! We talk Uk Games Expo 2016, We finally talk about UK leaving the European Union, the affect its had on Lawrences industry, Why Lawrence delayed his new kickstarter 'War of the 9 realms', advice/debate on kickstarters in general, and much more random fun times! Great guest, I laugh a lot in this episode. Lawrence's new Game War of the 9 realms is being kickstarted end of this month! go to www.wotangames.com for more info and sign up and follow them on twitter @Wotangames!
Its finally here! 99 shows and around 2 and a bit years and we've hit 100 episodes! So happy :) we are a century old!!! not bad for a show that started in someones bedroom aka mine i wasn't a burgler! So for part one to celebrate: we play a song I wrote for the 100th called 'share the world' and talk to our friends Drew Gotobed, Clive Burrell(Some kind of Star Trek), Laurence O Brien( Wotan Games) and Marty and Fran (Gum on my shoe) about the 100th, their episodes they were involved in and we share some fun stories :)
Lawrence the owner and runner of the great Wotan games joins Steven on the podcast to talk Camelot the build/court, board games and their upcoming expansion for the build and some new games! Also we share video games we like, we tell funny anedotes about MMO's and shooter games, and we also chat about the pros and cons of kickstarter and deciding to run your own business. note:I apologise for the fan noise in the background, we tried to stop it as much as we could although it was Lawrence laptop, I got rid of as much as I could in post. i hope you can live with it as its a good show. to find more info about Lawrence and his board game company, go to their website www.wotangames.co.uk