Case Study

Ascendancy: Making Your Game Undeniably Great With Matthew Meeple
Audience, Case Study, Personal Growth
Matthew Meeple joins The Crowdfunding Nerds to talk about the virtuous cycle of board game marketing and the challenges of game development iterations.
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Diagnosing Underperforming Crowdfunding Campaigns With Marco Pecota
Behind the Business, Case Study, Ecommerce, Emails
Marco Pecota of Raybox Games joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss the underperformance of a crowdfunding campaign with a proven IP.
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How To Leverage YouTube As A Games Publisher
Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Case Study, Community Growth
Gabe Barrett of The Board Game Design Lab joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to talk about everything he has learnt about YouTube.
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Playing The Long Game In The Board Game Industry
Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Case Study
The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss catastrophic success and cover some things that will help you think about the long game success in the board game industry.
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What To Do If Your LIVE Kickstarter Has Not Funded Yet
Behind the Business, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign
Ben Levy of Strongbox Games joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss co-authoring Mantle of The Keeper and the challenges of running a Kickstarter campaign that has not funded yet.
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Interviewing Board Game Reviewer Alex Radcliffe of BoardGameCo
Behind the Business, Case Study, Nerding Out
Alex Radcliffe of the BordaGameCo sits down with the Crowdfunding Nerds to talk about his journey of becoming a full time YouTuber who plays and reviews board games.
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Backerkit Crowdfunding? First Thoughts With Alex Radcliffe of BoardGameCo
Audience, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign
The popular pledge manager Backerkit, has announced that they will be diving into the crowdfunding arena! Do they have enough buffs to out DPS Gamefound? Or will Kickstarter receive an epic heal and make a comeback?
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Disingenuous Funding Goals
Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign
The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss some of the latest board game crowdfunding news while addressing the problem of artificially low fund goals.
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How To Stand Out On Kickstarter With Marco Pecota
Behind the Business, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign
Marco Pecota of Raybox Games joins the Crowdunding Nerds to discuss marketing games through combining themes.
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How To Make An Awesome Kickstarter Video w/ David Diaz
Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign, TTRPG
The Crowdfunding Nerds are joined by David Diaz of Mesa Game Lab to talk about crowdfunding video trailers.
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Post-Kickstarter Discussion: Kickstarter Board Game Creator Launches Successful Kickstarter on Kickstarter – Part 2
Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign, Distribution & Fulfilment
The Crowdfunding Nerds continue their discussion with Eric Geller of Quest & Cannons in Part 2 where pledge managers are covered!
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Post-Kickstarter Discussion: Kickstarter Board Game Creator Launches Successful Kickstarter on Kickstarter
Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign, Facebook Ads, Personal Growth
A discussion with Eric Geller of Quest & Cannons (Kickstarter) who launched a successful Kickstarter on Kickstarter joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss said Kickstarter.
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6 Video Types For Your Kickstarter Board Game Advertising
Audience, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign, Facebook Ads, Pre-marketing, Video Games
In this episode, Sexy Irish Sean and the Crowdfunding Nerds go over the 6 different types of video marketing you can do on Facebook, and how to implement them.
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Marketing A Video Game Through Kickstarter With Ryan Wiancko of Fractured Veil – Part 2
Audience, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign, Facebook Ads, Video Games
The Crowdfunding Nerds continue the discussion with Ryan Wiancko of Paddle Creek Games while covering the importance of community building, and live streaming in video game marketing.
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Marketing A Video Game Through Kickstarter With Ryan Wiancko of Fractured Veil – Part 1
Behind the Business, Case Study, Facebook Ads, Landing Page, Personal Growth, Video Games
Ryan Wiancko of Paddle Creek Games (Also Iron Belly Studios) joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss the Kickstarter pre-marketing for Fractured Veil, a massive-multiplayer online survival video game.
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Interviewing Ant Lab Games: Part 2 – Dealing With Community Toxicity
Audience, Behind the Business, Case Study, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign
Anthony and Frances of Ant Lab Games join the Crowdfunding Nerds in part 2 to discuss dealing with community and social media toxicity as a board game publisher.
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Interviewing Ant Lab Games: What To Look For In Content Creators Who Review Board Games
Behind the Business, Case Study, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign
Anthony and Frances of Ant Lab Games join the Crowdfunding Nerds to give you an inside look into the process of Kickstarter board game review videos.
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How Deliverance Raised $39,000 On Kickstarter in 8 Minutes
Audience, Behind the Business, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign, Emails
Andrew has been developing Deliverance for 5 years and has finally launched on Kickstater! Having raised $39,000 in 8 minutes he explains how he got to this point.
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A First-Hand Organic Kickstarter Pre-Marketing Case Study
Audience, Board Gaming, Case Study, Crowdfunding Nerds, Emails, Pre-marketing
On this episode of Crowdfunding Nerds Andrew describes everything that he discovered about board game marketing when creating his board game Deliverance!
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