by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Apr 15, 2016 | Community, Fundamentals, Podcasts
How to run great events that grow your game storeRunning events is one of the most effective ways to grow the community for your game store. If you do a good job organizing each one and provide a good experience, events can be an excellent source of revenue and...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Apr 10, 2016 | Marketing, Podcasts, Tech
In the grim darkness of the deep internet, there is only war… The featured guest for today’s episode of the Manaverse Podcast is Matthew Glanfield. Matt is the co-owner of the popular YouTube channel MiniWarGaming and the website miniwargaming.com. There...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Apr 1, 2016 | Fundamentals, Podcasts, Tools
Welcome to the first edition of the Manaverse Podcast round table! In addition to the usual one on one interviews that you know and love, I’ve brought on a cavalcade of courageous co-hosts, a torrent of talent, an avalanche of entrepreneurial spirits, just for...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Apr 1, 2016 | Podcasts
The triumphant return of the Manaverse Podcast is here!No, this isn’t a cruel April’s Fools joke. The Manaverse Podcast is back!This episode of podcast is a short bite size update, a way for me to reintroduce myself to you, my listener. I talk about the...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Mar 19, 2016 | Articles, Community
Before we can figure out what make a friendly local game store successful, we need to define what makes a game store a game store in the first place. What defines your friendly local game store? Friendly local game stores come in many shapes and sizes. Some are big,...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Feb 15, 2016 | Articles, Fundamentals, Tournaments
One of the major factors in making Magic: the Gathering successful and popular is how well Wizards supports the game with an organized play program. The strength of organized play has set the game above the other CCG’s. Taking advantage of the systems in place...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Feb 7, 2016 | Articles, Tech, Tools
Today, as part of the continuing series on streaming a live Magic tournament to Twitch.tv we’re going to cover creating an account on Twitch and getting your OBS settings ready to go. If you haven’t read the first entry in the series, you should go do that...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jan 30, 2016 | Articles, Community, Fundamentals, Marketing
Being on the play is generally where you want to be in Magic. There are exceptions, sometimes the extra card is more important but most of the time having the tempo of playing first is a big advantage. The same idea applies to life and our everyday interactions that...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jan 26, 2016 | Articles, Community
Pat’s Games, a pillar of the Austin, Texas Magic community and past guest of the Manaverse Podcast has suffered quite the blow recently. According to a post they made on Reddit, they were broken into in the wee hours of the morning and had $75 000 worth of Magic...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2016 | Articles, Tech, Tools, Tournaments
Streaming is the future If you’ve never heard of Twitch.tv before, you will soon. Twitch.tv essentially allows millions of viewers to watch other people play games live over the internet. It originally focused on PC games like Minecraft and League of Legends but...
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