Podcast Episodes

MVP096: Dized - How To Automate Your Board Game Demo Table and Sell More Board Games

Episode 96

Jouni Jussilla is on the Manaverse Podcast to talk about Dized, a digital companion designed to be used next to physical tabletop games. We all know that one of the biggest obstacles to picking up a …

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

MVP095: GAMA EXPO 2021 Review

Episode 95

GAMA EXPO 2021 has come and gone so let's talk about what went well and what could be improved on. Today, I'm breaking down my experience with the Expo and some of the difficulties I ran into while r…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

MVP094: Hold The Line! One Star Reviews, Speculators, and Pricing To The Market

Episode 94

If you’ve been open for any length of time in this business you’ve probably run into someone who thinks they deserve a special deal.

Maybe they’ve been a long time customer, maybe they’ve just rolled…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

MVP093: Grow Your RPG Community with StartPlaying.Games

Episode 93

Devon Chulick is the Founder and COO of Start Playing Games, a service that helps connect tabletop RPG gamers and professional game masters together to create amazing gaming experiences.

Devon has be…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

MVP092: How To Run Magic Tournaments Online With Melee.gg

Episode 92

Steve Port joins me on the podcast to discuss his latest project, Melee.gg and the future of Magic tournaments, online and offline. Learn how Melee.gg can allow your game store to run Magic tournamen…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

MVP091: How I Would Improve Star City Games Marketing

Join me as I tell the story of interviewing for the position of marketing manager for Star City Games and my plan for improving the marketing strategy of one of the biggest Magic: the Gathering busin…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

MVP090: Knight Watch Games on the New Gamer Demographic of 2021 and Beyond

Brenda and Paraic Mulgrew are the owners of the incredibly thematic Knight Watch Games in San Antonio. Knight Watch Games is a full service gaming center that specializes in board games, card games, …

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

MVP089: How Games Unlimited Raised $11,085 in Under 24 Hours

Kylie Prymus has been the owner of Games Unlimited in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since 2015 but Games Unlimited is one of the original founding game stores in North America. Opening their doors for the…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

MVP088: The Mana Boardgame Tavern is Open For Business

Shannon Ebbitt is the co-owner with husband Vince, of the Mana Boardgame Tavern in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, a steampunk inspired venue offering a variety of adult beverages combined with a library of…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

MVP087: Three Major Changes for Qualifying as a WPN Premium Store

Wizards of the Coast made an announcement recently on the WPN site detailing the changes to the program and what it takes for local game stores to qualify for WPN Premium status.

So let's dig into the…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago