PAX East 2025 game industry event. Visit our calendar for more industry conferences and conventions.

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PAX East 2025 game industry event. Visit our calendar for more industry conferences and conventions.

YouTube video by Tabletop Bellhop

Curious about GAMA Expo? In this podcast segment Moe and Deanna talk all about GAMA Expo, what it offers, who it's for and who we think should look into attending future events. GAMA Expo is a lot more than just a board game retail trade show. 🛎️ This is one segment from The Tabletop Bellhop Ep 236, GAMA Expo 2024 Recap: https://youtu.be/z953iuzL8ks 🛎️ We record The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast live on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop), every Wednesday at 8pm Eastern 🛎️ Please subscribe to http://www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop and support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tabletopbellhop). Disclosure: We were invited to attend GAMA Expo 2024 as hosted media. ******************** 00:00:00 🛎️Intro 00:00:50 🛎️ What about the games!?! 🔸The Games of GAMA Expo 2024 Video https://youtu.be/I3uG4W3GT4M 🔸The Games of GAMA Expo 2024 Audio & Notes https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep235/ 00:01:27 🛎️ What is GAMA and what is the GAMA Expo? 🔸Learn about GAMA https://www.gama.org/ 🔸Learn about GAMA Expo: https://www.gama.org/page/gama-expo 00:03:40🛎️Why did we attend GAMA Expo? 🔸Networking! 00:07:10 🔸Getting to see the new hotness 00:12:53 🔸GAMA was a learning experience for us 00:14:45 🔸Networking lunches were awesome 00:15:57 🔸The panels of GAMA Expo 00:20:47 🔸The Women in Gaming Brunch 00:24:08 🔸Attending as a game reviewer 00:26:56 🛎️ What we didn't know we were going to get out of GAMA Expo 00:30:51 🔸Embargos, what's going on in the industry, a drive to mass market 00:34:35 🔸The Horizons Fellowship https://www.gama.org/page/Horizons 00:36:22 🔸Other surprises at GAMA Expo 00:37:02 🛎️ Was it worth it for us to attend GAME Expo? 00:40:45 🛎️ The six arms of GAMA and why each should attend GAMA Expo 00:41:22 🔸Why Creators should attend GAMA Expo 00:48:33 🔸Why Manufactures should attend GAMA Expo 00:50:29 🔸Why Publishers should attend GAMA Expo 00:54:21 🔸Why Retailers should attend GAMA Expo 01:03:53 🔸Why Wholesalers should attend GAMA Expo 01:04:13 🔸Why Media and Events people should attend GAMA Expo 01:07:54 🛎️Answering questions about GAMA Expo 🔸Interaction between media members 🔸Will embargos impact our thoughts on games? 🔸Disabilities and the Horizons Fellowship 🔸Finding a hotel for GAMA Expo 🔸A growing Canadian presence 🔸We did not see any Crowdfunding fulfillment companies 🔸We're publishers offering POD or pre-orders? 🔸It wasn't all board games, there were RPGs, puzzles, and more. 01:28:16 🛎️Wrapping up Send your questions to questions@tabletopbellhop.com. Website: https://tabletopbellhop.com Dice.camp: https://dice.camp/@TabletopBellhop/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop Discord: https://discord.tabletopbellhop.com BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/tabletopbellhop.bsky.social