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The Manaverse Podcast

The Manaverse Podcast is a podcast created for you, the gamer with aspirations of building your own local game store (LGS), the entrepreneur running an LGS who wants to grow their business, and the player who wants a behind the scenes look into their favourite hobby. If you’re looking for inspiration, new ideas, and interesting perspectives then Tom Traplin has you covered. Learn the business of selling some of the best games in the world including MTG, Warhammer, Pokémon, Dungeons and Dragons,

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01:07:54

MVP125: Modern Table Top Gaming

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2023/02/26

We've got Christopher Wood and Deon on the podcast today. Chris is the owner of Modern Table Top Gaming, a WPN Premium store in South Chesterfield, Virginia. MTTG is a fantastically executed game store with an epic sign out front and we dig into what makes the store tick and how they earned the WPN Premium status.https://moderntabletoprva.com/Check out other episodes of the Manaverse Podcast https://www.manaversesaga.com/podcasts/The Complete FLGS Digital Marketing Course: By the end of this 21 day

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47:13

MVP124: Breaking Down the Barriers to Entry for Your...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2023/02/14

We've got Whitman Bottiger, the owner of Critical Hit Games on the the podcast today. Critical HitGames is a WPN Premium game store in Abingdon, Maryland carrying the classic selection of TCG's, miniatures, RPGs, and board games with a special focus on custom TCG formats.Game stores can be an intimidating environment for customers who've never been to one before, so we discuss how to make your game store more approachable and friendly to newcomers.Tons of nuggets in this episode. Check it out!Links

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55:18

MVP121: Versus Games and the Secret Sauce

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/12/22

I've got D from Versus Games in San Francisco with me on today and one of the most consistent threads in our conversation on what makes Versus Games successful is marketing. We kept coming back to how much D's marketing background shaped the business from the start and how important it is for game stores to have their marketing locked down if they want to grow in the future.As you can probably guess, I couldn't agree more. Over the past year and half, I've been working with game stores to shape

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37:37

MVP120: Welcome to the Spellenhuis!

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/11/22

We're going across the pond to talk to Patrick ten Hoorn, the owner of Spellenhuis in the Netherlands! Patrick talks about his journey of taking his dream to open a stylish game cafe and turning it into a reality, navigating the choppy waters of the hobby industry, and how he grew the business into multiple

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01:38:44

MVP119: Gnome Games and The Gnoshery, Tales From the...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/11/01

Today we're talking with Pat Fuge. Pat is the Head Gnome of Gnome Games, Wisconsin’s Family Game store, with locations across the Fox Valley for customers to shop and play in. Pat talks about the early days of Gnome Games and how his approach to planning has helped expand to multiple locations and even venture into the world of gaming cafes.Linkshttps://gnomegames.com/https://www.facebook.com/GnomeGamesWorld/Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up fast, and right after that is the busiest shopping

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01:02:06

MVP118: Rob Gruber The Elf King on Good Times Games

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/10/24

Today we're talking with Rob Gruber, aka The Elf King. Rob is the owner of Good Times Games in Prince Rupert, British Columbia and he's built an incredible business by becoming somewhat of a local celebrity and personality. Rob plays the game store game a little bit differently and today we're going to talk about his approach to working within a small community and what sets his business apart.Linkshttps://good-times-games.myshopify.com/Good Times Games on Facebook If your shop is based in the US,

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14:04

MVP117: Digital Accessibility Lawsuits Are Here, What...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/10/15

Here's what we knowIf you've been active in the game store owner groups on Facebook you've probably seen the posts recently about game stores and publishers being targeted by a law firm in New York and being sued for lack of ADA compliance.So far they've sued Crafty Games of Washington, Games of Berkeley in California, Black Rowan Games in Tracy, California, GMT Games in Hanford, California, GameScape North in San Rafael, California, GameKastle and more. This is not an exhaustive list by any means

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47:47

MVP116: Magic 30th Anniversary Beta Packs, Game Cafes...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/10/07

New round table episode!Wizard's new $999 Beta booster pack product, The future of the friendly local game store, Are game cafes the natural evolution of the FLGS?What separates good retail from bad,And more.Matthew Vercant and Pat Fuge join me to discuss the future of the friendly local game store and speculate on the future of Magic: the Gathering. Are lawsuits incoming? Is the game cafe model the only way to succeed in a world of ecommerce?Listen to the episode and let us know what you think is

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35:50

MVP115: Running a Hands Off Game Store with Jason...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/09/20

Today we're talking with Jason Garvin. Jason is the manager of Total Escape Games, a premium retailer of tabletop games, carrying a vast array of role-playing games, card games, miniatures games, board games, and more in Broomfield Colorado. Jason is going to give us some insight into the origins of the store, dealing with the day to day operations of running a large retail focused game store, how to manage an almost completely hands off owner of the business. So if you want to understand how to

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11:30

MVP114: Is the FLGS Business Model Dead?

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/09/14

Hey, welcome back to the Manaverse Podcast! I'm your host Tom Traplin and this is the podcast where we explore what it takes to build a successful friendly local game store.Before we jump into things, Q4 is coming and I'm looking for more game store owners to feature on the podcast, so if you get an email or phone call from me in the near future don't be too surprised. If you want a chance to tell the story of your game store and get featured on the podcast, I would love to talk to you! Send me an

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58:46

MVP113: The Secrets of Unplugged Gaming's $14K Grand...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/03/04

Jake Tanner is the owner Unplugged Gaming in Manlius New York. Jake came into the tabletop gaming business from a different angle than most of the game store owners that have been featured on the podcast. Before launching Unplugged Gaming, Jake, along with his business partner, owned and operated a highly lauded digital marketing firm called Digital Hyve that they grew to over 50 employees over a handful of years. Digital Hyve was acquired by the advertising firm Butler/Till last year, which allowed

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26:43

MVP112: How to Generate Free Traffic From Google That...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/02/21

For most game store owners, SEO is techno jargon. Something that only the biggest ecommerce businesses need to think about. I've also heard variations of the sentiment that it’s impossible to compete with the big players like BGG and Amazon in the search engines. That’s only half true. SEO definitely sounds like the kind of techno jargon you'd hear from a Priest of the Mechanicum, but your website can absolutely compete with places like Amazon when it comes to the search engines. You just need to

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54:58

MVP111: BGE Tabletop and Dustin Staats on Launching a...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/01/14

Dustin is the owner and founder of Board Gaming with Education and BGE Tabletop. He has experience teaching English as a second language to a variety of age levels – from kindergarten to university. He also works in the field of education in various capacities. BGE started off as podcast in 2017 and has expanded into a platform for educators to learn how to incorporate games into their curriculum, with a brick and mortar storefront planned for

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15:56

MVP110: The Three Biggest Lessons of 2021 and a Look...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2022/01/08

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had a great time celebrating the arrival of 2022. One of the things I like to do at the beginning of the year is to look back a bit and see what happened over the past 12 months and establish a bit of a theme for the coming year. So that's what we're doing today.Let's discuss three of the biggest lessons I learned over the past year and how they've changed the way I think about what I'm doing, and then look forward to the future and talk about the big trends I

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19:52

MVP109: The Most Important Pieces of Content Every...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2021/12/30

This is the second podcast in a series that I'm calling Launch Lessons, where I'll be breaking down the Six Pillars of Digital Marketing and show you just how powerful and important they are to your business's growth. If you haven't listened to the last episode on how much your email list is worth, go back and check that one out.Today we're talking about content and why having the right content on your website and social media channels leads to more sales, more traffic, more customers, and a bigger

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22:09

MVP108: How Much Your Email List Worth?

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2021/12/29

In the spirit of giving value up front, this is the first podcast in a series that I'm calling Launch Lessons, where I'll be breaking down the Six Pillars of Digital Marketing and show you just how powerful and important they are to your business's growth. First up, we're talking about one of my favourite topics and one area of marketing that almost every game store I've looked at could improve on: Email Marketing.We're going to explore the questions: How much is your email list worth?What is the

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12:31

MVP107: The Most Successful Game Stores Have Mastered...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2021/12/20

If you're a game store owner, you're ridiculously busy most of the time.You've got inventory to manage, events to organize, people to hire, and a million products to stay on top of. It's a lot to handle... and marketing your game store often becomes an afterthought. Something that always gets pushed onto the back burner.And it doesn't matter what stage of business you're in. If you're just getting started you have to do everything yourself. You wear all the hats, all the time.If you've been running

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49:46

MVP106: RPG Travel - How to Create The Ultimate...

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2021/11/26

Today we are talking with Alex Thor and Jonathan Adams. Alex is the Director of Operations at RPG Travel and Jonathan is their resident gaming master. Both of these fine gentlemen were featured at the recent 2021 LGS Success Summit and today we are going to explore what RPG Travel is, how it works, and how you, dear listener, as a game store owner can work with them to offer your customers an unforgettable gaming experience that they'll love, while making money and travelling to exciting locations

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57:52

MVP105: Athena Games, The TARDIS of Norwich

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2021/11/08

Athena Games in Norwich, UKIn today's episode of the Manaverse Podcast, we're talking with Jamie Grinstead from Athena Games. Athena Games is Norwich's premier tabletop game destination for gamers of all sorts and we dive into their origin story, what sets them apart, and how they have navigated the changing digital landscape over the last two years to create a thriving ecommerce business using Shopify.Linksathenagames.comshopify.comhttps://www.facebook.com/athenagamesukDid you miss your chance to

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23:28

MVP104: The Allocation Situation

The Manaverse Podcast ·

2021/09/02

Let's have a quick chat about the allocation situation and how distribution can help support game stores that spend years building the communities that create the demand for the products in the first place.Grab your ticket to the LGS Success Summit >> https://lgssuccesssummit.comFollow Dave Salisbury on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dave.salisbury.fanboy3

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