Podcast Episodes

MVP151: Game Stores, Community, and Conventions – The LFG Con Origin Story

Episode 151

In this episode of the Manaverse Podcast, I sit down with Dustin Staats from BGE Tabeltop and Dae from Fire & Dice to talk about their journey as local game store owners and their ambitious plans for…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

MVP150: The Biggest Lie in the Tabletop Games Industry

Episode 150

Today’s episode is called "The Biggest Lie in the Tabletop Games Business." And that lie is some variation of this thought: "You can't be really successful or make a substantial amount of money runni…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

MVP149: The Future of 2nd Hand Geek: Updates, Features, and Benefits for Game Stores

Episode 149

In this special update episode of the Manaverse Podcast, host Tom Traplin sits down with Blake Edward Hawkey, one of the co-founders of 2nd Hand Geek. Together, they discuss the evolution of the plat…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

MVP148: Local Game Stores Can Save The World

Episode 148

How Game Stores Can Change Lives and Build Community

In today's episode of the Manaverse Podcast, I dive deep into a topic that's been on my mind a lot lately: the growing loneliness and division many…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

MVP147: Category One Games and How Scott Church Built a Business on "Dead" TCG's

Episode 147

This interview that you’re about to hear with Scott Church is fascinating. Scott is the owner of Category One Games, an online only store he started way back in the mists of time, also known as 2004.…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

MVP146: Millennium Games - Building the Biggest Game Store in the USA

Episode 146

Welcome to another episode of the Manaverse Podcast! In this episode, I sit down with Travis Severance, the co-owner of Millennium Games in Rochester, New York. Join us as we dive into Travis's incre…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

MVP145: Manapool.com - The Marketplace for Magic Cards

Episode 145

Andrew Johnson comes onto the podcast to talk about creating Manapool.com, a marketplace just for Magic cards. Learn about the hottest new marketplace for Magic players and local game store owners to…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

MVP144: Michael Bahr on Selling Your Game Store

Episode 144

Welcome to another episode of the Manaverse Podcast! My name is Tom Traplin and I am your host and this is the podcast where we talk about building successful friendly local game stores. Today, we’re…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

MVP143: Behind the Scenes of Altered TCG: A Conversation with Game Designer Marcus Kearsey

Episode 143

In this episode of the Manaverse Podcast, I interview Marcus Kearsey, a game designer for the Altered TCG team. We discuss the unique aspects of Altered TCG, including its non-combat focus, digital i…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

MVP142: The Deck Box - Josh Pyle-Carter on 10 Years of Building Halifax's Premier Local Game Store

Episode 142

Welcome to another exciting episode of our podcast! Today, we dive deep into the world of gaming retail with Joshua Pyle-Carter from The Deck Box. Joshua shares his incredible journey of building a s…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago