A good overview of the situation for board games and manufacturing them (be sure to look at the comments below the article) … here (followed by the 27min interview):
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Alex at Game Board Co. has a reputable reliable background. He had his own board game company and has produced over 3,000 YouTube videos about board games (with over 64,000 channel subscribers). Currently he also works for GameFound (connected with Awaken Realms) so he also understands that aspect of production and marketing as well.
Aren’t tariffs just a minor tack on? (ummm … no!)
How board games are priced (with a tag at the end about how tariffs can play into this):
He works for GameFound (connected with Awake Realms):
And a bit about SPONSORS for his videos (just like Board Game Geek has sponsors):
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