Booster Pack Throwback — 31 — Matt Forbeck: His work on Trading Card Games

11/15/22 • 95 min

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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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TCG Design Theory — 02 — The Eras of TCG History with Rands Lincoln

On this episode of TCG Design Theory, Jay talks to fellow TBPN collaborator Rands Lincoln about the different historical periods so far in collectible trading card game history.
Trading card games are a notoriously difficult product to produce successfully. With that in mind, an essential lesson for any TCG designer is the history of the genre.
If you are willing to learning from the mistakes of the games & designers which came before, you may be able to avoid some of the less-obvious challenges that creating a TCG entails.
Find & follow Rands:
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Email — [email protected]
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Rare Slot — 16 — Managing an indie TCG with STERLING from D-Spirits

On this episode of the Rare Slot podcast, Rands is joined by previous guest & D-Spirits creator, STERLING.
Since the last time they chatted STERLING has been busy managing and expanding the D-Spirits card game & brand. He catches Rands up on the challenges & successes he has faced since becoming a pioneer in this new era of crowdfunded, indie TCGs.
He also discuss his brand new Kickstarter campaign that brings D-Spirits into a whole new medium.
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Find D-Spirits:
BRAND NEW KICKSTARTER— https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dspirits/d-spirits-beta-and-alpha-video-game-tcg-expansion-set
Website — https://www.dspirits-online.com/
Discord — https://discord.gg/3RHNXmNQAZ
Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/dspiritsonline/
Our previous podcast
https://youtu.be/EP2DNSoDxiw
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Video version of this podcast:
https://youtu.be/q2if46mo7tQ
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Find Rands:
https://www.facebook.com/CCGhistory
https://twitter.com/CCGHistory
Hive—
RandsTCG
Email—
[email protected]
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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)
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Insta — https://www.instagram.com/tbpncontent/
Discord — https://discord.gg/F6upsYdYkf
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https://www.categoryonegames.com/
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