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Launching a board game YouTube channel in 2025: tariff impact, side gigs and getting back in the saddle

Part 2 of our ongoing series exploring the trials and tribulations of launching a board game-focused YouTube channel in 2025. JC Wollslager is now seven months into his attempt to “flip the script” on How To Play videos with his channel How To Teach, which he believes fills an underexplored niche in the industry. But the chaotic US tariffs situation is affecting more than just publishers and manufacturers - and in this edition JC details the impact on his fledgling channel, his mental health, and what the future holds for the project.

Mike Didymus - True
22 May 2025

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Flipping the script on How to Play videos: How To Teach’s creator on the trials and tribulations of launching a new board game YouTube channel

Launching a board game-focused YouTube channel in 2025 is a sobering prospect, with hundreds of existing video makers large and small already fighting over the eyeballs of tabletop gamers. Having a unique selling point is practically essential for helping a…

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“It’s important to us that we find new CMON fans all the time”: CMON hires board game YouTube channel Man vs Meeple’s CEO to run its global marketing campaigns

Crowdfunded board game major CMON has hired the CEO of tabletop gaming YouTube channel Man vs Meeple as its new global director of marketing, as it looks to continue expanding its player base beyond its traditional core market.

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Dice Tower production manager Roy Cannaday leaves after success of Last Light design “opens up new opportunities”

Roy Cannaday, the production manager for board game review behemoth The Dice Tower, has left the company following the success of his tabletop game design Last Light.

Mike Didymus - True
11 September 2024

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“It’s frustrating all that work can be wiped away”: board game YouTuber Grant Lyon still waiting for answers two weeks after his channel was permanently deleted

Board game video content maker Grant Lyon says he is still in the dark about why his popular YouTube channel was deleted two weeks ago amid accusations of 'spam, scams and deceptive practices'.

Mike Didymus - True
3 January 2024

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No Rolls Barred scraps Twitch channel after three-month deal expires

No Rolls Barred, a group of board game entertainment video makers with more than 300,000 YouTube subscribers, has scrapped its three month-old Twitch channel after failing to pull enough fans across from its other outlets.

Mike Didymus - True
16 November 2023

Designers at board game publisher Czech Games Edition including Vlaada Chvatil sit around a table playing a game

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Czech Games Edition to shine a light on its creative process in 8-part documentary

Czech Games Edition, the publisher behind board games including Codenames, Through the Ages and Lost Ruins of Arnak, is releasing an eight-part documentary delving into how it made the most notable games in its 16-year history.

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Dice Tower deletes Darwin’s Journey review video after ‘pretty big’ rules mistake

Board game reviews giant The Dice Tower has deleted its review of Kickstarter success Darwin's Journey after acknowledging it made a "pretty big rules mistake" before handing the game a 7/10 rating.

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Board game YouTuber Quackalope sheds 10% of subscribers in wake of Aeon Trespass: Odyssey emails controversy

Quackalope, the board game YouTuber at the centre of a massive controversy over paid promotions in the industry, has lost 10% of his channel's subscribers so far in the wake of the storm.

Mike Didymus - True
30 May 2023

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