The Booster Pack Network

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On this "BOOSTER PACK THROWBACK", Rands is visited by a man of many talents! As a writer, an editor, an art director, a game designer & even president of a publishing company; Matt Forbeck has done so much in gaming—both analogue & digital.
As someone who was coming up in the tabletop gaming industry in the 1990s, it was inevitable that Matt's career would intersect with a number of collectible games.
From being shown Magic prior to its release by Peter Adkison to working with legendary comic artist Jim Lee on a CCG for his Wildstorm comic books, Matt has done a lot. Here he shares those stories, that wisdom & the connections he made over the last 35 years in gaming with us.
Find Matt:
His own blog/website—
https://www.forbeck.com/
Hard West 2 (via Steam)—
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1282410/Hard_West_2/
Matt on Twitter—
https://twitter.com/mforbeck
Find Rands:
https://www.facebook.com/CCGhistory
https://twitter.com/CCGHistory
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CC BY [Music Credit: The Crypts — Rockin' Roman]

On this debut episode of TCG Design Theory, host Jay Dotson kicks off the series with a chat to game designer, content creator & community builder Gabe Barrett.
Gabe is the host of the BOARD GAME DESIGN LAB podcast & has launched several successful board games of his very own. Here he discusses his 7 tips for becoming an accomplished & prolific game designer. These universal principles can be applied to every genre of gaming but are essential to a successful creator's career.
Find Gabe via
https://boardgamedesignlab.com/
or
via his Facebook community:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BGDLCommunity
via his Discord:
https://discord.com/invite/RXuu2rR
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Find The Booster Pack Network via
https://www.theboosterpacknetwork.com/
or on Socials:
YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/ccghistory
Twitter — https://twitter.com/TBPNcontent
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/TBPNcontent/
Insta — https://www.instagram.com/tbpncontent/
Discord — https://discord.gg/F6upsYdYkf
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(find classic CCG & TCG cards at Category One Games!!!)

[[ Originally released as "TBP: Rare Slot" — a Bonus Episode of the former "The Booster Pack Podcast" ]]
We've got something special on this RARE SLOT!
Rands chats to the producers of a brand-new documentary that covers the history & community of Magic: The Gathering.
This film, titled Igniting The Spark, features over 50 interviews with people who have impacted or been impacted by the most iconic & influential CCG of all time: MAGIC!
Join us for this fun & exclusive chat with the filmmakers of this amazing new feature length movie.
[[The last few minutes of this podcast feature audio of the "Igniting the Spark" trailer]]
Find IGNITING THE SPARK on KICKSTARTER (ends 9/14/22):
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cavegirlproductions/magic-the-gathering-documentary-igniting-the-spark
Check out the Cavegirl Prod. teams MTG Twitch channel:
https://www.twitch.tv/covenmtg
or on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/CovenMTG
Watch their first doc together, "EYE OF THE BEHOLDER" (D&D) free on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/520883/eye-of-the-beholder-the-art-of-dungeons-dragons
Watch Brian's first doc PLASTIC GALAXY free on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/286069/plastic-galaxy
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(find classic CCG & TCG cards at Category One Games!!!)
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)
Audio version of this podcast:
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https://twitter.com/CCGHistory
This show is also available on video. Find the episodes via youtube.com/CCGhistory.
The listener survey for The Booster Pack podcast:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZG95TR9
or, email us—
[email protected]
CC-BY [Music Credit: Dan & Forget the Whale - Man Outta Town]

[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]
Today we are joined for our second episode with collectible game pioneer Tom Braunlich.
Tom, along with his design partner Rollie Tesh, designed 2 of the biggest CCGs of the 1990s: Decipher's Star Trek & Star Wars CCGs.
This episode Tom chats to Rands about how he went from the Star Trek CCG design period straight into working on the Star Wars CCG. He also shares how important it was to him that he capture the cinematic feel of Star Wars universe in the rule set of this game.
Be sure to subscribe wherever you're finding this episode because we will be featuring more Star Wars/Star Trek/Decipher CCG stories in the near future on this platform.
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Find out about the new Star Wars CCG virtual sets & discover the current community via:
https://www.starwarsccg.org/
Find @Star Wars CCG here on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/StarWarsCCG
Join the STAR WARS CCG discussion on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/22049...
~SPONSOR~:
https://www.categoryonegames.com/
(find classic CCG & TCG cards at Category One Games!!!)
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)
Video version of this podcast:
https://youtu.be/AXdIdJwnjgc
Find CCG History:
https://www.facebook.com/CCGhistory
https://twitter.com/CCGHistory
This show is also available on video. Find the episodes via youtube.com/CCGhistory.
The listener survey for The Booster Pack podcast:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZG95TR9
or, email us—
[email protected]
CC-BY [Music Credit: The Crypts

[[ Originally released as "TBP: Rare Slot" — a Bonus Episode of the former "The Booster Pack Podcast" ]]
On this RARE SLOT episode of The Booster Pack podcast, Rands is joined by a veteran of hobby card game creation—Andrew Navaro.
For over 15 years Andrew worked with Fantasy Flight Games to produce several hobby card games inc. Android: Netrunner, Call of Cthulhu CCG/LCG, Game of Thrones CCG/LCG & many more.
However, at the start of 2020, Andrew founded Earthborne Games to design, produce & publish a card game of his very own: Earthborne Rangers.
Not only is Earthborne Rangers a unique game mechanically (PvE, Co-operative, open-world), it is also unique in the way it's being produced: As environmentally sustainably as possible.
During this extra-long episode, Andrew leverages his years of experience producing games to help us better understand what choices TCG / CCG publishers & players can make so this hobby can be produced in a less-wasteful manner.
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EARTHBORNE RANGERS
https://earthbornegames.com/
https://www.facebook.com/earthbornegames/
https://www.instagram.com/earthbornegames/
https://twitter.com/earthbornegames
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/earthbornegames/earthborne-rangers/
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Find @CCG History on socials:
https://www.facebook.com/CCGhistory
https://twitter.com/CCGHistory
This show is also available as video podcasts:
https://www.youtube.com/ccghistory
Full TBP series playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_c0a...
EMAIL — [email protected]
The listener survey for The Booster Pack podcast:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZG95TR9
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[Music Credit: Dan & Forget the Whale - Man Outta Town]