Board Game Publisher AMA - Chatting with Marc Specter of Grand Gamers Guild
In this podcast segment the Tabletop Bellhop Team sit down with Marc Specter of Grand Gamers Guild (who is a sponsor of their podcast). They ask Marc some questions and then open things up to the Lobby, their chatroom on Twitch, who also had some great questions for Grand Gamers Guild. Marc shares how his company got started, the origins of his name, some advice for game designers, and more.
️ This is one segment from The Tabletop Bellhop Episode 258, A Grand Time with Marc from Grand Gamers Guild, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/cmX3fwweOUY
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00:00:00 ️ Intro and Question - Marc Spector of Grand Gamers Guild answering questions live!
Marc's games: https://grandgamersguild.com/
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AMA Topics:
00:01:23 ️ Who are you and what do you do?
Dungeons & Dragons https://amzn.to/4ejj0CZ
Origins Game Fair https://www.originsgamefair.com/
Grand Con https://www.grand-con.com/
00:04:44 ️ Favourite game Grand Gamers Guild has published
Gorinto https://amzn.to/3C0DkeM
Our Gorinto-inspired t-shirt https://tabletopbellhop-shop.fourthwall.com/en-cad/products/gorinto-t-shirt
00:08:32 ️ First Game Published
Unreal Estate https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147669339/Unreal-Estate?awid=1091
00:10:44 ️ Deciding which games to localize
La Familia Hort https://amzn.to/4f4OfTu
Inferno https://grandgamersguild.com/products/inferno-bundle
Shikoku https://amzn.to/3AnLZY3
Ovation https://amzn.to/4l9KdfV
Roll Camera https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2148026212/Roll-Camera?awid=1091
00:14:35 ️ Advice for new designers
00:19:41 ️ Proud Papa moment
Holiday Hijinks https://grandgamersguild.com/search?q=holiday+hijinks
Holiday Hijinks Collection on Late Pledge on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grandgamersguild/holiday-hijinks-collection
00:22:32 ️ Games played on Kickstarter
00:26:32 ️ Most important lesson learned as a publisher
Endangered https://amzn.to/4hx7pTA
00:29:53 ️ Passion projects that never got published
Carpe Astra https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147390179/Carpe-Astra---Seize-the-Stars?awid=1091
00:29:53 ️ Digital prototyping
Being Critical Episode 254, https://youtu.be/7vfKShT7ZIc
00:34:24 ️ Electronic implementations of Grand Gamers Guild's games
00:36:48 ️ Game naming regrets?
Gorinto https://amzn.to/3C0DkeM
Bouba/Kiki https://grandgamersguild.com/products/boba-kiki-stroop-preorder
Ahau https://amzn.to/40k3L9a
Pillars of Hercules https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391549/
00:40:30 ️ Grand Gamers Guild principals
00:44:12 ️ What's up with the Artemis series?
Sid Sackson's Bazaar https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147462683/Bazaar?awid=1091
00:46:57 ️ Is there a game you passed on that you regret?
Tiny Towns https://amzn.to/4ffiKW8
00:46:57 ️ Most challenging and most fun games games to publish
Holiday Hijinks https://amzn.to/3FP50VM
00:49:48 ️ Most expensive publishing mistake?
The Artemis Project Satellites & Commanders https://amzn.to/4hn07BB
Endeavor Deep Sea
https://grandgamersguild.com/collections/endeavor-deep-sea/
Tir na nOg https://grandgamersguild.com/products/tir-na-nog-kickstarter-edition
00:53:02 ️ What type of games do you prefer to play?
Snowdonia https://amzn.to/42bz4lY
S'mores Galore https://grandgamersguild.com/products/smores-galore-1
The Crew https://amzn.to/4j74KAt
00:53:02 ️ Where does the name Grand Gamers Guild come from?
00:57:30 ️ Some self promotion from Marc
Holiday Hijinks on Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grandgamersguild/holiday-hijinks-collection
Subscribe to the Grand Gamers Guild Newsletter https://grandgamersguild.com/
Reach out to Marc directly marc@grandgamersguild.com
Inferno https://grandgamersguild.com/products/inferno-bundle
01:00:40 ️ Wrapping things up
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