CEO of a 1990s TCG publisher talks history | Booster Pack Throwback #34 | Babylon 5 CCG | Precedence

[@Clappincardboard]

Haven’t played any of these games but really enjoyed this Interview!

[@TBPN]

Thank you so much for watching. It was a fantastic chat with paul. If there is any content you would like to see specially, or if you have any feedback please feel free to reach me via email on [e-mail] . - Rands

[@Clappincardboard]

@@TBPN only thing I can think of is hearing what each guests favorite ccgs/tcgs are and what they thought was great/innovative about them/

[@foyoGames]

New Babylon 5 coming...hope it comes with a TCG too ...re-reading manuals & pushing pcs ..interesting origin story

[@babcomsk]

Great talk! Thank you so much for this interview!

[@sgr7th]

where did he talk about the Tomb Raider game? and was there an explanation of why a hotel sweepstakes was smacked on the box and what that was about and did anyone even show up. just wonder.

[@TBPN]

So Paul & I start to discuss TR at 1:03:34 .. Unfortunately we didnt get too deep with the hotel thing, However if youre interested in learning more you are welcome to let me know & I will perhaps have that answered on a future episode. - Rands

[@sgr7th]

@@TBPN Cool. It would be great if you could because its hard to go into the lore of these old trading card games because theres no one out there talking about this information, which is the reason why I really appreciate this podcast. I like those old quirky unique side projects like this game, Xenia, or Sailor Moon that had their tcg history ended early. Im also trying to find more podcasts that go into how hard it was to collect Magic and Pokemon when they first came out because of the product scarcity. I remember year 2000.

[@googleruinedyoutube4707]

It was a nice surprise to hear him say Shadowfist was his favorite CCG. Absolutely the best IMO. It actually had sets published up to 2015, with gradually diminishing print runs and playerbase. The modern owners eventually sold the rights to a playgroup in Spain, who took three years to spoil the worst-designed cards you've ever seen, like to the point that they probably didn't even fully understand the rules of the game. The kickstarter was embarrassing. They are now suing a fan group for publishing a free PDF of actual competent new cards they designed. I enjoyed Babylon 5 and Tomb Raider too, though I've played the latter a lot less. I was wondering what the competitive scene for TR was like, if any.