The Booster Pack Network
The Booster Pack Network offers a diverse range of TCG-related content through its quartet of shows.From players to collectors to designers & even academics, we have the show for you.Formally "The Booster Pack" podcast, this feed has expanded to invite new voices & platforms to share our love for collectible trading card games.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 75 minutes
- Episodes
- 83
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
Booster Pack Throwback — 16 — Assad Quraishi : The history & philosophy behind GENESIS Battle of Champions + KICKSTARTER launch
[[ 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 & publishe…
Booster Pack Throwback — 15 — James Ernest ( XXXEnophile CCG / Button Men / Pirates of the Spanish Main / Magic: The Gathering )
[[ 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 …
Rare Slot — 07 — Harry Potter TCG Revival's latest virtual expansion PRISONER OF AZKABAN
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 …
Rare Slot — 06 — The Kickstarter CCG era & the future of TCG/CCG market with BRONSON
[[ 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 …
Rare Slot — 05 — The origin of SCRYE with founder J Morgyn White (the first-ever CCG / TCG magazine)
[[ 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…
![Booster Pack Throwback — 14 — Sorcery: Contested Realm [ERIK OLOFSSON, Path of Exile's Creative Director, introduces his new TCG]](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/xpwy22e9bcldr9idspj2f1vzgr16?.jpg)
Booster Pack Throwback — 14 — Sorcery: Contested Realm [ERIK OLOFSSON, Path of Exile's Creative Director, introduces his new TCG]
[[ 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 …
Rare Slot — 04 — The untold story of the lost TRANSFORMERS CCG with Quan Williams
[[ 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 …
Booster Pack Throwback — 13 — Shawn Carnes ( early Magic: The Gathering / Vampire: The Eternal Struggle / BattleTech CCG )
[[ 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 fo…
Booster Pack Throwback — 12 — Mark MacKinnon ( Sailor Moon CCG )
[[ 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 p…
Booster Pack Throwback — 11 — Justin Gary Returns! ( VS System CCG / the new SOLFORGE FUSION / World of Warcraft Minis & TCG )
[[ 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…
![Booster Pack Throwback — 10 — Jim Ward [aka James M Ward] ( Spellfire / Dragon Ball Z CCG )](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/ifqqwq0nk3t4m4brwzlfyy59z2c1?.jpg)
Booster Pack Throwback — 10 — Jim Ward [aka James M Ward] ( Spellfire / Dragon Ball Z CCG )
In this episode we step back to the dawn of fantasy hobby gaming history with original TSR game designer Jim Ward (sometime credited as James M. Ward)
Jim shares his origin story—working with Gary Gyg…
Rare Slot — 03 — Legend of the Burning Sands Remastered: the story behind the new fan-created set
[[ Originally released as "TBP: Rare Slot" — a Bonus Episode of the former "The Booster Pack Podcast" ]]
For this mini-episode we talk to Chris Malec, the person behind the brand new remastering of th…
Booster Pack Throwback — 09 — Mike Fitzgerald ( Wyvern CCG / WCW Nitro / WWE Raw Deal / X-Men TCG / Pokemon TCG )
[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]
This episode we chat to legendary card game designer Mike Fitzgerald!
Mike is the brains behi…
Rare Slot — 02 — Decipher's lost CCGs & MTGs first format (Outtakes from BPT with Chuck Kallenbach)
[[ Originally released as "TBP: Rare Slot" — a Bonus Episode of the former "The Booster Pack Podcast" ]]
Our mini-episodes are going to be titled the "The Booster Pack: RARE SLOT"... you know that pla…
![Booster Pack Throwback — 08 — Chuck Kallenbach [Part 2] ( .hack//ENEMY / WARS TCG / MegaMan / Battlestar Galactica )](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/vnrwjho19q5bo05mq7hoh0bfs7in?.jpg)
Booster Pack Throwback — 08 — Chuck Kallenbach [Part 2] ( .hack//ENEMY / WARS TCG / MegaMan / Battlestar Galactica )
Welcome to PART 2 of our interview with award-winning collectible card game designer Chuck Kallenbach.
In this episode Chuck talks about some of the IP-based card games he created from scratch. These …
![Booster Pack Throwback — 07 — Chuck Kallenbach [Part 1] ( Star Wars CCG / Star Trek CCG / Lord of the Rings TCG / Young Jedi TCG )](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/pjj8ea5cdrvbyl6hx07wt578ufpx?.jpg)
Booster Pack Throwback — 07 — Chuck Kallenbach [Part 1] ( Star Wars CCG / Star Trek CCG / Lord of the Rings TCG / Young Jedi TCG )
[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]
In this episode, Rands is joined by one of the most accomplished collectible game designers …
Rare Slot — 01 — Retailer talks the 2020-21 Market Surge in the CCG / TCG Market (Outtakes from BPT with Brian Winter)
[[ Originally released as "TBP: Rare Slot" — a Bonus Episode of the former "The Booster Pack Podcast" ]]
Welcome to the first-ever mini-episode of The Booster Pack.
Our mini-episodes are going to be ti…
Booster Pack Throwback — 06 — Bryan Winter ( DoomTrooper / The Crow / James Bond 007 / Kult / Dark Eden CCG )
[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]
This episode Rands is joined by one of the most prolific CCG designers of all-time: Bryan Wi…
Booster Pack Throwback — 05 — John Zinser Returns ( Legend of the Five Rings / Doomtown / Warlord: Saga of the Storm / 7th Sea CCG )
[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]
John Zinser returns to The Booster Pack to continue telling the story of his company, Aldera…
Booster Pack Throwback — 04 — Jason Winter ( Star Trek CCG / Fullmetal Alchemist TCG / 24 TCG )
[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]
Rands talks to Jason Winter about his 25+ years as a professional geek.
Jason was one of the …