Ep. 15 - How Crowdfunding Changed the Board Game Industry

The Hobbies + Happiness Podcast

Today's episode is all about how crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter have completely changed the board game industry. Crowdfunding is a fantastic way for businesses and individuals to raise money for individual or business needs, like getting a new project off the ground and funded. Back in the day, only big companies had the money and resources to create board game products, but crowdfunding completely changed the way these types of projects were completed. Thankfully, now with the sites like Kickstarter, so many more and new products and projects are being able to get made and into the market. Today, Dan and Jim talk about how the industry has changed, and the positive and negative effects because of it.

Browse the current Kickstarter Games projects: https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/categories/games

The Kickstarter Blog: The Year of the Game (2012): https://bit.ly/3ylbJhp

Board Game Atlas: How Kickstarter Changed Board Games: https://bit.ly/3x5FDWE

Kickstarter Stats: https://www.kickstarter.com/help/stats

BGG: What Was the Best Year for Board Games? A Statistical Analysis: https://bit.ly/3hidg0K

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