The Booster Pack Network

[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]

Today on The Booster Pack we have a KICKSTARTER launch interview with CCG creator & publisher Assad Quraishi. Assad's company—Haunted Castle Gaming—makes Genesis: Battle of Champions.

We talk though the first 4 years of the Genesis CCG, the philosophy behind the game & its future.

This episode drops at the same time as the KICKSTARTER for the latest Genesis: Battle of Champions expansion: Origins. Find it linked elsewhere in this description & check it out.

GENESIS: Battle of Champions links:

https://www.genesisbattleofchampions.com/

ORIGINS KICKSTARTER:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/genesisboc/1503151307

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/GenesisBoC

Discord:
https://discord.gg/5pChMC4

Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GenesisBOC/

GENESIS Championship 2021 Coverage (YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gGKfHaSZQA



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[Music Credit: The Crypts — Rockin' Roman]

[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]

On this episode of The Booster Pack Rands is joined by games industry maverick James Ernest to discuss the handful of eclectic collectible games he designed throughout his career thus far.

We cover everything from his early work for Wizards of the Coast, him making the first adult-only CCG & even his experience creating a game for the reality show American Idol!

So sit back, settle in & listen to us juggle stories, jokes & more from the earliest years of the collectible game genre.

Linkz-tomania—

Follow JAMES ERNEST or find his work—

Find James:
https://twitter.com/cheapassjames

His current company:
https://www.crabfragmentlabs.com/

Play Tishai (Free!):
https://cheapass.com/free-games/tishai/

Girl Genius: The Works card game  (reworked XXXenophile rules):
https://cheapass.com/girl-genius-the-works/

James' own podcast: HERE ALL WEEK
https://pod.link/1513515996

Magic's old timing rules structure:
https://twitter.com/MTGHistory/status/1389251780899483661

Landyland & Mana Burn (BoardGameGeek):
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5794/landyland
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3884/mana-burn

Cheapass Games in Black or White:
https://store.greaterthangames.com/cheapass-games-in-black-and-white.html

Phil Foglio's Studio:
http://www.studiofoglio.com/


THE BOOSTER PACK—
let us know feedback, topic suggestions or games you'd like to hear about via email or any of our social media (DMs are also open to anyone)

Find CCG History:
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https://twitter.com/CCGHistory

These videos too long? The audio version of this podcast might work better for you:
https://pod.link/1553640008

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https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZG95TR9

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[Music Credit: The Crypts — Rockin' Roman]

This week the lead designer of the Prisoner of Azkaban virtual expansion (POA) for the Harry Potter TCG Revival group is our guest on The Booster Pack bonus show: the Rare Slot!

In this episode Rands & HPTCGR’s Sammy DiSalvo discuss the high quality of work being put into the fan-revival for the Harry Potter Trading Card Game & also chat about their opinions on the very philosophy of TCG/CCG design.

Even if you are not a Harry Potter fan but are interested in CCG/TCGs in general, this is still an episode worth listening to. We chat about everything from factioning (ie color pie, tribal mechanics) in TCGs to the power of the emotional resonance that this genre of games can offer.

As always, if you have any thoughts on the episode, please do not hesitate to reach out via the links here. As you may have guessed, discussing collectible trading card games is something we love & we’d be happy to hear from you!


HARRY POTTER TCG REVIVAL—

The Harry Potter TCG database:

https://accio.cards/

How to play the Harry Potter TCG (Zarthbenn tutorial):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6yPNGBDUbc

Find the Harry Potter TCG Revival Group on social media:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/harrypottertcg

https://twitter.com/harrypottertcg

https://www.instagram.com/harrypottertcg/

Join the Discord server:

https://discord.com/invite/EKJSXBC

Interested in joining the Harry Potter TCG Revival group as a volunteer R&D member?

Get in touch with the HPTCGR design team via this form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGPDxQPtTFNk3JLX_EIqv8do24wIKSVRBVzB8XGu6ZKM_UdA/viewform

THE BOOSTER PACK—

let us know feedback, topic suggestions or games you'd like to hear about via email or any of our social media (DMs are also open to anyone)

Find CCG History:

https://www.facebook.com/CCGhistory

https://twitter.com/CCGHistory

Prefer to see our faces?? find the video version of the show on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/ccghistory

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https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZG95TR9

The brand-new listener survey for The Booster Pack podcast:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZG95TR9

email us—

[email protected]

[Music Credit: Dan & Forget the Whale - Man Outta Town]

[[ Originally released as "TBP: Rare Slot" — a Bonus Episode of the former "The Booster Pack Podcast" ]]

This week we deviate from talking about the past & instead discuss the future. 

In this episode Rands is joined by Flesh & Blood content creator Bronson to chat about the significant shift in the way people perceive the TCG/CCG secondary market, how its changed over the past few years & where it might be heading. 

Are TCGs in an investment bubble or are the high-dollar values & 5-figure sold listing of some new TCG products a new normal for the genre?

Find Bronson via:
https://www.youtube.com/c/FABTCG

Bronson's 'The "Free Trendies Era" of Gaming TCG's Secondary Market' video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieKtTDbOeMQ

Find CCG History:
facebook.com/CCGHistory
twitter.com/CCGHistory
youtube.com/CCGHistory

email us—
[email protected]

let us know feedback, topic suggestions or games you'd like to hear about via email or any of our social media (DMs open)

[[ Originally released as "TBP: Rare Slot" — a Bonus Episode of the former "The Booster Pack Podcast" ]]

In this episode, J Morgyn White—the founder of SCRYE magazine—joins Rands to discuss the origin story of the very first dedicated COLLECTIBLE TRADING CARD GAME magazine.

Over this fascinating discussion, we hear the previously untold stories of how & *why* SCYRE magazine was published.

Not only do we chat about SCYRE's history but also Magic: The Gathering history, how the role of women in tabletop gaming has changed over the past three decades & much more.

If these conversations are something that interest you, please consider subscribing to support this channel. Your sub (or follow on social media) will help bring more CCG/TCG related stories to you in the future.





Find & Follow Joanne on twitter:
https://twitter.com/JMorgynWhite

Also, feel free let us know any feedback, topic suggestions or games you'd like to hear about via email or any of our social media (DMs open)

Find CCG History:
facebook.com/CCGHistory
twitter.com/CCGHistory
youtube.com/CCGHistory

or email us—
[email protected]




[Music Credit: Dan & Forget the Whale - Man Outta Town]

[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]

There is something special about our episode this week because we are talking about history in the making!

In his first-ever interview about his new Trading Card Game, PoE Creative Director Erik Olofsson, talks about his new game— SORCERY: CONTESTED REALM

Erik shares his progress from being inspired by the old school Magic community to crafting a gorgeous-looking & unique tactical-style TCG.

If you want to get into the community early & even help playtest this exciting new TCG, check out these links:

Facebook
facebook.com/SorceryTCG

Discord link
https://discord.gg/hn7vJGGETC

Twitter
twitter.com/SorceryTCG

Subscribe via Steam to get the playtest version on Tabletop Simulator:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2588905101

Find CCG History:
facebook.com/CCGHistory
twitter.com/CCGHistory
youtube.com/CCGHistory

email us via 
[email protected]

[Music Credit: The Crypts — Rockin' Roman]

[[ Originally released as "TBP: Rare Slot" — a Bonus Episode of the former "The Booster Pack Podcast" ]]

On this very special bonus RARE SLOT episode we dig into depths of collectible game history to bring you a previously untold story about a CCG that was never published.

Way back in the mid-1990s, college student Quan Williams created a fan-made collectible card game based on the TRANSFORMERS cartoon & toy line. After posting his ideas online, the project went viral! (...at least as viral as thing went back in 1996).

Soon his ideas had caught the eye of a fellow amateur game designer, Rich Garner. Together they honed the game—titled TF BattleCards—& eventually they were able to get it seen by Hasbro, the world biggest toy company & owners of the Transformers IP.

Quan joins Rands in this episode to tell us about his experiences designing that game & recalling the compete saga, including what happened once Hasbro got involved.

Quan is still creating games today. Find his latest project via The Game Crafter:
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/syndicate:-the-underworld

Follow Quan on Twitter:
twitter.com/bahamutali

Find a PDF of the original 1996 Transformers BattleCards (Rules & Demo cards):

https://pdfhost.io/v/7RB6AcsG~_Transformers_BattleCards_1996_version_Rules_Demo_Cards

Find a PDF of an updated 2004 version Transformers BattleCards (Rules & Demo cards):

https://pdfhost.io/v/GBzDjbWe8_Transformers_BattleCards_updated_2004_version_Rules_Demo_Cards

Find CCG History:
facebook.com/CCGHistory
twitter.com/CCGHistory
youtube.com/CCGHistory

email us via 
[email protected]

[Music Credit: Dan & Forget the Whale - Man Outta Town ]

[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]

This week on The Booster Pack:

 Rands is joined by veteran MMO & CCG designer Shawn Carnes for our longest episode yet. 

Shawn shares his stories from his early gaming days all the way up to leaving Wizards of the Coast in 2000. Along the way he has stories about the CCGs they released while he was there. Those include Pokemon TCG, BattleTech CCG, Jyhad / Vampire: The Eternal Struggle &, of course, Magic: The Gathering.

In this uninhibited interview Rands gets told all about Shawn's experiences & the people, good & bad, that he met along the way.

Kick back, get comfy & take a listen to some of the previously untold stories from the wild years of the world's first & most prolific CCG publisher: Wizards of the Coast.

[Fair warning things get a bit explicit]

Join Shawn on twitch:
https://www.twitch.tv/babashareshow

Find CCG History:
facebook.com/CCGHistory
twitter.com/CCGHistory
youtube.com/CCGHistory

email us via 
[email protected]

[Music Credit: The Crypts — Rockin' Roman]

[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]

This week we feature a listener-suggested game— the Sailor Moon CCG!

Rands is joined by the president of Dyskami Publishing Mark MacKinnon to discuss his brief time away from designing RPGs, when he crafted the surprisingly unique Sailor Moon Collectible Card Game.

We talk all about the origins of Mark's company that designed the game & how a game like this—one of the first CCGs to feature a female-lead cast—came to market.

Mark shares his inspirations for the SMCCG & Rands posits about how much the game may have influenced other collectible games that followed.

All in we go on a light-hearted but still deep discussion about the Sailor Moon CCG, start to finish.

Find Mark's other work that we discuss in the episode at dyskami.ca or find/follow them on social media for product updates:

facebook.com/dyskami 
twitter.com/dyskami
instagram.com/dyskami

Find CCG history on social media:

facebook.com/CCGhistory
twitter.com/CCGhistory
Youtube.com/CCGhistory (inc video version of this episode)

or email us via [email protected]

Use any of those links to let us know if you have any feedback, a collectible game ( TCG / CCG / CSG etc) you want to hear discussed on the show or if you have any suggestions for "kraken" questions.

[Music Credit: The Crypts — Rockin' Roman]

[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]

After barely scratching the surface in our previous episode, Justin Gary returns for another visit to The Booster Pack. This time we go deep on the CCG that started his game design career: VS System!

If you were a player of original VS System or even simply curious about what goes into designing a trading card game, this episode has a ton of behind-the-scenes stories. We talk about VS's legendary R&D team, their ever-changing design philosophy & even a really cool product that never quite came to be.

From there we briefly discuss Justin's influence on the World of Warcraft TCG & his WoW collectible miniatures game before jumping forward to talk about his latest project: SolForge Fusion.

SolForge Fusion is the physical reworking of the digital CCG Justin created with Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield. This time SolForge uses algorithmically printed, combinable decks to deliver an entirely new type of card game experience. Check out the episode to hear more about its revolutionary design.

Stay up to date with SolForge Fusion via
stoneblade.com/solforge

Justin Gary's game design podcast, book & course:
thinklikeagamedesigner.com

Join the Stoneblade community on twitch:
twitch.tv/stoneblade

Find CCG History:
facebook.com/CCGHistory
twitter.com/CCGHistory
youtube.com/CCGHistory

[Music Credit: The Crypts — Rockin' Roman]