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Marc Specter of Grand Gamers Guild joins us for our first ever Publisher AMA. After the AMA we review Endeavor Deep Sea, a game that his company co-published with Burnt Island Games. You are going to want to stick around for that one, as it’s one of the best games we’ve played.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 258, was recorded on October 23rd, 2024. Join us live on Wednesdays at 8 PM EST at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop
For show notes with links to everything we talk about in this episode: https://tabletopbellhop.com/episode258
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(00:00:00) Checking in
(00:01:52) Ask The Publisher Anything – Grand Gamer’s Guild
(01:01:23) A Message From our Sponsor
(01:03:27) The Game Room – Endeavor: Deep Sea
(01:36:11) Closing the Doors
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Marc Specter of Grand Gamers Guild joins us for our first ever Publisher AMA.
After the AMA we review Endeavor Deep Sea, a game that his company co-published with Burnt Island Games. You are going to want to stick around for that one, as it’s one of the best games we’ve played.
Episode 258 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast was recorded on October 23rd, 2024. Join us as we record live weekly on Twitch.
If you’d like to watch the (slightly less edited) video version of this recording you can jump to the bottom of the post.
Disclosure: Some links below are affiliate links. Using these links costs you nothing extra and helps us offset the cost of producing this show. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Some of the games mentioned in this podcast were provided by publishers as review copies.
— Ask The Bellhop: Publisher AMA — [00:01:52]
Marc Spector of Grand Gamers Guild answering questions live!
- Marc’s games (Be sure to use BELLHOP to save 10%)
Topics:
- Who are you and what do you do?
- Favourite game Grand Gamers Guild has published?
- First Game Published?
- How do you decide what games to localise?
- Game pronunciation?
- Advice for new designers?
- Favourite “proud papa” moment?
- Thoughts on games played on Kickstarter?
- Most important lesson learned as a publisher?
- Passion projects that never got published?
- Thoughts on digital prototyping?
- Electronic implementations of Grand Gamers Guild’s games?
- Game naming regrets?
- Grand Gamers Guild principals?
- What’s up with the Artemis series?
- Is there a game you passed on that you regret?
- Most challenging and most fun games games to publish?
- Most expensive publishing mistake?
- What type of games do you prefer to play?
- Where does the name Grand Gamers Guild come from?
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— A Word From Our Sponsor, Grand Gamers Guild —
We asked Marc what he wanted people to check out the most:
- Don’t miss the Holiday Hijinks Collection on Kickstarter
- Subscribe to the Grand Gamers Guild Newsletter. Sign up at the top of the page at: https://grandgamersguild.com/
- Reach out to Marc directly marc@grandgamersguild.com
- Check out Inferno!
— Endeavor: Deep Sea Review — [01:03:27]
We take a look at the Deluxe edition of Endeavor: Deep Sea a poignant and environmentally friendly game about making the most positive impact to the world’s Oceans.
- Watch our Endeavor Deep Sea Unboxing
- Get the Deluxe Edition of Endeavor Deep Sea from Grand Gamers Guild (save 10% with BELLHOP)
- Get the retail version of Endeavor Deep Sea on Amazon
- Check out other great games from Grand Gamers Guild
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