by Thomas Traplin | Apr 17, 2023 | Articles
Elements of the Lorcana Organized Play program Ravensburger pulled back the curtain and revealed some of the details of the upcoming Lorcana Organized Play Program. Qualifying local game stores may receive a kit of promo cards, pins, and other prizes they can use to... 
by Thomas Traplin | Apr 11, 2023 | Podcasts
Daniel Vander Kooy comes onto the Manaverse Podcast and talks about the OGL, whether Wizards of the Coast is killing the golden goose, what's happening in the hobby industry, and how game store owners can prepare. Links Mentioned https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us Get... 
by Thomas Traplin | Apr 3, 2023 | Podcasts
***Skip to 7:58 if you don't want to listen to the intro or disclaimer.*** Erik Bigglestone makes his return debut on the Manaverse Podcast to share his experience dealing with an ADA lawsuit last year and talk about ways for game stores to protect their businesses... 
by Thomas Traplin | Mar 29, 2023 | Podcasts
Hypothesis: Customer Lifetime Value highly correlates to a high number of positive interactions within the first 100 days, and the likelihood of those interactions is highly correlated to to the quality of the experience in the first 100 seconds. Your game store may... 
by Thomas Traplin | Mar 29, 2023 | Podcasts
We've got Adam Scholtz on the podcast. Adam is the owner of Cosmic Games in Bellingham. Cosmic Games is Bellingham's premier source for Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon Trading Card Game, Video Games and more. Links Mentioned for Cosmic Games https://www.cosmicbham.com/... 
by Thomas Traplin | Mar 22, 2023 | Podcasts
We've got Maryam Al-Hammami on the podcast. Maryam is the co-owner of The Game Chest, a four location local game store business in California. Maryam and I discuss what it takes for a game store to grow into a multi-location business, how making the in-store... 
by Tom Traplin | Mar 8, 2023 | Podcasts
We've got David Finn on the podcast. David is the owner of Giga-Bites Café in Marietta, near Atlanta. Giga-Bites Café was founded by David Finn 14 years ago and is the host for a gaming community of thousands, and is Atlanta's best stocked tabletop retail space. David... 
by Thomas Traplin | Feb 26, 2023 | Articles
Marketing your game store is crucial to your business’s success but that doesn’t necessarily mean spending thousands of dollars on advertising and cash prize tournaments. There are several ways you can market your game store for free… sort of. You... 
by Thomas Traplin | Feb 26, 2023 | Podcasts
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... 
by Thomas Traplin | Feb 14, 2023 | Podcasts
We've got Whitman Bottiger, the owner of Critical Hit Games on the the podcast today. Critical Hit Games 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...