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

Rands talks to Jason Robinette, a designer of Collectible Trading Card Games ( CCG / TCG ) for over 25 years.

Jason began as a fan & player, starting out at the legendary Neutral Ground store in New York, before moving on to become a playtester of Collectible Games for companies like Fleer, Decipher & Wizards of the Coast.

Soon after that, Jason joined the team working on the Ophidian 2350 game & later he created the Conan CCG for Comic Images.

We also talk about the importance of randomness & rule books in Collectible/Hobby Strategy games.

Thanks so much for reading this far. If you are still here & you haven't already, you owe it to yourself to at least check it out... 

Music Credit: The Crypts — Rockin' Roman

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

Welcome to The Booster Pack — a show that covers TCG / CCG games & their history.

Our very second episode we talk to the CEO of Stoneblade Entertainment, Justin Gary.

Justin got started in the games industry as a professional player on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. After several trophies & giant checks, he moved onto game design at Upper Deck Entertainment where he helped to create games like the VS System (Marvel/DC) & the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game & World of Warcraft Miniatures Game.

Justin then left Upper Deck & founded Gary Games (later Stoneblade Entertainment). Shortly after that they released one of the most successful deck-building games in the hobby today: Ascension.

In this episode, Rands chats with Justin about his time on the MTG Pro Tour, the need for positive games communities & his exciting new project to bring a classic digital card game to the tabletop.

Gary will return in the coming months, so be sure to subscribe to be notified of that episode & the many more in between.

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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" ]]

Welcome to The Booster Pack — a show that covers TCG / CCG games & their history.

Our very first episode we talk to the CEO of AEG, John Zinser.

AEG is a huge tabletop company that published boxed board games but they got their start in game publishing with Collectible Card Games. Throughout their time publishing Trading Card Games they published titles such as Doomtown, Warlord: Saga of the Storm, 7th Sea CCG & Legend of the Five Rings ( L5R )

Today Rands chats to John Zinser, Todd Rowland & Vlad Orellana about the TCGs / CCGs that got AEG off the ground. John shares the details of how he began in the games industry & share the origin story of AEGs most iconic collectible trading card game: Legend of the Five Rings.

Toward the end of the episode John answers some player questions & we play a game to test John's knowledge of the TCG / CCG cards he published all those years ago.

The Booster Pack is the official podcast of CCG History & is also available on video via the CCGHistory YouTube channel 

Find us @ twitter.com/CCGHistory

intro music credit:
The Crypts - Rockin' Roman