by Thomas Traplin | Jun 26, 2015 | Community, Marketing, Podcasts, Sales, Tech, Tournaments
Today's episode of the Manaverse Podcast features a woman whose store is literally a castle. Pat Johnson comes on the show to talk about her aptly named store Pat's Games. Pat has a fairly unique business. Most local game stores put a lot of emphasis on the games part... 
by Thomas Traplin | May 29, 2015 | General Business, Podcasts, Sales, Tournaments
The featured guest on today's podcast is Steve Port, perhaps you've heard of him? If not him, chances are one of his products has certainly crossed your path. Here's a brief list of the things Steve has added to the Magic community: Misty Mountain Games Legion Games... 
by Thomas Traplin | Aug 1, 2014 | Articles, General Business, Tournaments
The game has changed. In the past two years the growth of Magic and the tournament scene has been both a boon and a curse. I’m sure everyone has heard a horror story or two about a PTQ that was run catastrophically. Too many players, not enough seats.... 
by Thomas Traplin | Mar 7, 2014 | Articles, Tournaments
So GP Richmond is happening this weekend and will likely if not certainly be the biggest constructed Magic event in history. It may even cap out at 5000 players if the registration trends continue to hold. This is an absurd number of people in one spot playing Magic... 
by Thomas Traplin | Feb 12, 2014 | Articles, Tournaments
This is almost the first piece of content I have ever posted on the internet. Before this the last time I participated in the great forum of the internet was answering a few questions about a tournament I was running on www.mtgontario.com. For those who don’t...