Episode 87: Andrew Stiles - His experience and tips for designers working with publishers - Top 5 games we take everywhere

Episode 87: Andrew Stiles - HIs experience and tips for designers working with publishers - Top 5 games we take everywhere

Get to know Andrew Stiles and his incredible journey to being a published designer. We talk tips for meeting with publishers, pitches, and sell sheets. Then we talk about 5 games that we usually will have with us, just in case. Then end with celebrating meeting people, other board gamers, and the next generation of gamers.

00:00:00 Introduction to Andrew Stiles

00:01:53 Andrew's Journey into Game Design

00:04:22 Inspiration Behind Wine Cellar

00:06:49 The Process of Getting Published

00:10:48 Balancing Hobbies and Game Design

00:15:24 Networking and Pitching to Publishers

00:21:59 The Art of the Sell Sheet

00:25:36 Thoughts on Rejection and Persistence

00:27:38 Crafting the Perfect Pitch

00:30:59 Collaboration with Publishers to develop games

00:32:03 Designing with Expansions or Promos in Mind

00:34:04 Managing Multiple Prototypes

00:34:20 Summary - 3 Key Tips for working with publishers

00:35:00 5 Games we take everywhere

00:36:46 Forest Shuffle

00:38:35 Flip 7

00:40:51 Azul Travel Edition

00:43:24 Duck and Cover

00:45:52 Voyages

00:49:02 Scout

00:51:17 Marvel Remix

00:53:11 Trinket Trove

00:56:54 Wine Cellar and Lost Cities

00:59:28 Rumble Nation

01:03:10 Moment of Positivity

01:10:32 Where to find Andrew and His Games

Andrew Stiles on Facebook

Tantrum Con, Gama, Origins, Gen Con, and maybe Pax Unplugged

Tabletop Submarine & the Dice, Camera, Action Podcasts

Digging for Dinos 

           Garden Club & Pedal

            Wine Cellar

3Tricky Pigs

01:14:42 Outro

(Please note that these time stamps might not be accurate due to the use of dynamic ads.)

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