Adrian Kerrihard's guest appearances

Adrian Kerrihard

The Lost Signals

Indie Board Game Designers

Board Game Marketing Podcast

Malachi Ray Rempen

Wes Woodbury

Carla Kopp

Gabe Barrett

Chris Rossetti

Jay Cormier

Juli Bierwirth

Tim Fowers

Nikki Valens

Chris Anderson

Clive Barker

John McWhorter

Hedy Lamarr

Neil Gaiman

Jason X

OwlTail

In this episode, host Nalin talks with Julianne Bierwirth and Adrian Kerrihard about their incredible crowdfunding journey with Mantis Falls. Learn how Julianne and Adrian put their heart and soul into not only the game creation, but their relationship with their audience and how that has been the biggest factor in their game board success.    We discuss:    [12:13]: How Adrian and Julianne experimented with test playing and used that in cultivating their audience. [16:47]: How letting Facebook ads do the work for their game skyrocketed their success. [19:09]: The biggest influence in pre-launch marketing that worked for them that wasn’t social media.  [20:20]: What to say and what kind of content to release if you’re new to game design and don’t know where to start. [24:42]: How Julianne and Adrian built a community of true trust. Why these people who weren’t even backers yet were rooting for them with all they had. [34:19]: Why Julianne and Adrain had to completely alter their stretch goals mid-campaign and how they pulled it off. [37:48]: How Julianne and Adrian kept people talking on all different platforms during their campaign. [43:47]: Advice from Julianne and Adrian [52:37]: How to get in touch with Julianne and Adrian.    Thanks for listening to the Board Game Marketing Podcast!   Kickstarter Page:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mantisfalls/mantis-falls-a-game-of-trust?fbclid=IwAR1-vdDH2-ZCk4WXxJzyCOCc5UxBHOQxp18lkoSvS5unSRxA_dCs6slvqKE   Mantis Falls Preorder Website: https://www.distantrabbitgames.com/mantis-falls-landing.html Distant Rabbit Games Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DistantRabbitGames Distant Rabbit Games Twitter: https://twitter.com/Distant_Rabbit Distant Rabbit Games Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/distant_rabbit_games/ For more information on how to market your game, be sure to check out the Meeple Marketing Blog.

In this episode, host Nalin talks with Julianne Bierwirth and Adrian Kerrihard about their incredible crowdfunding journey with Mantis Falls. Learn how Julianne and Adrian put their heart and soul into not only the game creation, but their relationship with their audience and how that has been the biggest factor in their game board success.  We discuss: <ul> <li>[12:13]: How Adrian and Julianne experimented with test playing and used that in cultivating their audience.</li> <li>[16:47]: How letting Facebook ads do the work for their game skyrocketed their success.</li> <li>[19:09]: The biggest influence in pre-launch marketing that worked for them that wasn’t social media. </li> <li>[20:20]: What to say and what kind of content to release if you’re new to game design and don’t know where to start.</li> <li>[24:42]: How Julianne and Adrian built a community of true trust. Why these people who weren’t even backers yet were rooting for them with all they had.</li> <li>[34:19]: Why Julianne and Adrain had to completely alter their stretch goals mid-campaign and how they pulled it off.</li> <li>[37:48]: How Julianne and Adrian kept people talking on all different platforms during their campaign.</li> <li>[43:47]: Advice from Julianne and Adrian</li> <li>[52:37]: How to get in touch with Julianne and Adrian.</li> </ul> Thanks for listening to the Board Game Marketing Podcast! Kickstarter Page: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mantisfalls/mantis-falls-a-game-of-trust?fbclid=IwAR1-vdDH2-ZCk4WXxJzyCOCc5UxBHOQxp18lkoSvS5unSRxA_dCs6slvqKE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mantisfalls/mantis-falls-a-game-of-trust?fbclid=IwAR1-vdDH2-ZCk4WXxJzyCOCc5UxBHOQxp18lkoSvS5unSRxA_dCs6slvqKE</a> Mantis Falls Preorder Website: <a href="https://www.distantrabbitgames.com/mantis-falls-landing.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.distantrabbitgames.com/mantis-falls-landing.html</a> Distant Rabbit Games Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DistantRabbitGames" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/DistantRabbitGames</a> Distant Rabbit Games Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Distant_Rabbit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Distant_Rabbit</a> Distant Rabbit Games Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/distant_rabbit_games/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/distant_rabbit_games/</a> For more information on how to market your game, be sure to check out the <a href="http://meeplemarketing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meeple Marketing Blog</a>.

BGMP 034 Mantis Falls with Julianne Bierwirth & Adrian Kerrihard

Learn from Juli Bierwirth &amp; Adrian Kerrihard about how they:  Designed a 2 player hidden role game How you can enter a contest for a showcase And why you don't want to own a swimming pool  Help me support the show: https://www.patreon.com/indieboardgamedesigners

Learn from Juli Bierwirth &amp; Adrian Kerrihard about how they: <ul> <li>Designed a 2 player hidden role game</li> <li>How you can enter a contest for a showcase</li> <li>And why you don't want to own a swimming pool</li> </ul> Help me support the show: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/indieboardgamedesigners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/indieboardgamedesigners</a>

#137 - Juli Bierwirth & Adrian Kerrihard

Steve and Scott have a discussion with Juli and Adrian of Distant Rabbit Games about their upcoming tabletop game, Mantis Falls, and the process of creating it from initial idea and vision to realizing the final form. Distant Rabbit Games is a small tabletop game publisher located in Athens, GA specializing in semi-cooperative social deduction games. Distant Rabbit is co-owned by Adrian Kerrihard (game designer) and Juli Bierwirth (illustrator). Together they build games aimed at squeezing deep strategy, world immersion, and player psychology into small, minimally wasteful packages. In collaboration with myclimate.org every Distant Rabbit game is carbon neutral.   Check out more about Juli, Adrian, and Mantis Falls at: FacebookTwitterInstagramBoard Game Geek  The post Interview with Juli Bierwirth &amp; Adrian Kerrihard, creators of Mantis Falls appeared first on The Lost Signals.

Steve and Scott have a discussion with Juli and Adrian of Distant Rabbit Games about their upcoming tabletop game, <a href="http://www.distantrabbitgames.com/mantis-falls.html" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mantis Falls</a>, and the process of creating it from initial idea and vision to realizing the final form. Distant Rabbit Games is a small tabletop game publisher located in Athens, GA specializing in semi-cooperative social deduction games. Distant Rabbit is co-owned by Adrian Kerrihard (game designer) and Juli Bierwirth (illustrator). Together they build games aimed at squeezing deep strategy, world immersion, and player psychology into small, minimally wasteful packages. In collaboration with <a href="http://myclimate.org" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">myclimate.org</a> every Distant Rabbit game is carbon neutral. Check out more about Juli, Adrian, and Mantis Falls at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DistantRabbitGames/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Distant_Rabbit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/distant_rabbit_games/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291847/mantis-falls" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Board Game Geek</a> The post <a href="https://www.thelostsignals.com/interview-with-juli-bierwirth-adrian-kerrihard-creators-of-mantis-falls/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Interview with Juli Bierwirth &amp; Adrian Kerrihard, creators of Mantis Falls</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thelostsignals.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lost Signals</a>.

Interview with Juli Bierwirth & Adrian Kerrihard, creators of Mantis Falls