About this episode

The episode features board game designer Andy Schwarz discussing his self-publishing experience and sharing valuable insights.

In Episode 294 we invite board game designer, Andy Schwarz, on to discuss his experience with self-publishing a game and he shares lessons learns, tips and tricks, and some real financial numbers. You can read Andy's blog post covering some of the discussed topics here: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3215750/an-analysis-of-what-it-costs-to-self-publish-a-gam If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgamehottakes Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/boardgamehottakes.bsky.social Join our Board Game Arena Community: https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=11417205 Join our Discord server at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/vMtAYQWURd⁠

People in this episode

Host: Board Game Hot Takes

Guest: Andy Schwarz

Topics covered

• self-publishing
• board games
• financial analysis
• game design
• tips and tricks

Keywords

• self-publishing
• board game design
• financial numbers
• lessons learned
• tips

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