I was looking at what we already have, and what we have is a lot of actual plays.
We have a lot of content and a lot of reviews and gameplay.
I just thought, “Wow, there really isn’t a dedicated centralized news source.”
That was the format of this two-hour show.
I also produced ID@Xbox, a few of those sorts of showcase shows for video game publishers.
The more I thought about it, the more I realized my passion isn’t really [games].
This is a great format for a show about just tabletop things."
–and people kept asking me, “What’s your dream project, Michelle?
If this is not making you happy, why?”
And I thought about it and I was like, “You know what?
I like doing that work.
And of course, this isn’t a unique idea.
Rady: I have been very fortunate to produce a lot of live plays and actual plays.
That was really cool…and then they promptly went out of business.
But the point is we got to do that and that was cool!
And that is considered relatively short for an actual play.
It also had commercials in it too.
And then you probably want to watch the new Game of Thrones.
You probably want to watch the new Marvel, the new Star Wars.
And I don’t think that most other people have time for that either.
They’re not just reading a teleprompter to read a teleprompter.
You might be like, “Oh wow, I’d really be interested in checking that out.”
Maybe that might influence you to not try it.
If we really hate something, why would we bring it up?
There’s obviously a lot that falls under the umbrella of “tabletop.”
Is there any portion of the tabletop community you all hope to focus on and explore a bit more?
Rady: The goal is to make a run at get the full breadth of it.
Those are sort of the silos that we’re looking to have a go at cover.
They do really, really deep dives for people who already know a lot.
Rady: Well we don’t have that Comcast money, I’ll tell you that much.
Our intention [with Kickstarter] is multifaceted.
Kickstarter is a great way to engage and build community as well as resources.
So obviously, financially Kickstarter makes sense in terms of wanting to generate some funding.
And if they do back it, then we know we’re doing something right.
So that’s really why we chose Kickstarter.
So we’ve tried to think of this in that way.
We don’t have the resources to produce the thing all the time.
It’s just something we know how to shoot and put audio and lights and experts in front of.
And I think people think we already have a show, and no, there’s no show.
There’s just a teaser and marketing materials.
Rady: We have carefully structured it to be these images that you are seeing.
And oftentimes people are like, “Oh, well you have the set.”
It’s yeah, we have the set.
Tabletop News' Kickstarter campaignwill conclude on April 20.
This interview was edited for both brevity and readability.
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