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Interview with Game Designer Jason Wong

In this episode, I am joined by Jason Wong. He and his wife traveled the country and visited all the national parks. While there, he took pictures. Then, he knew there was a game in there somewhere. They worked on a spreadsheet, that I really want to see, giving out 16 different tags to these parks. Things like size, age, how visitied, and geography. In the end, Jason put out a rummy style game called PocketParks. It is a great game that celebrates the national parks, and looks great doing it!

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Interview with Game Designer Jason Wong
July 2, 2026

Interview with Game Designer Jason Wong

In this episode, I am joined by Jason Wong. He and his wife traveled the country and visited all the national parks. While there, he took pictures. Then, he knew there was a game in there somewhere. They worked on a spreadsheet, that I really want to see, giving out 16 different tags to these parks. Things like size, age, how visitied, and geography. In the end, Jason put out a rummy style game called PocketParks. It is a great game that celebrates the national parks, and looks great doing it!
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Interview with Kirk Damman
June 18, 2026

Interview with Kirk Damman

I am joined by Kirk Damman, a patent lawyer who has worked in the gaming industry on what is, and is not, protected by the law. We talk the usual, find out we have a weird history together we didn't know about, and more. Thanks for listening. Cover of the magazine:
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Interview with Moe Poplar of Ashy Feet Games
June 11, 2026

Interview with Moe Poplar of Ashy Feet Games

In this episode, I am joined by Ashy Feet Games founder Moe Poplar. We talk about how he is a converted TTRPG player and a recovering Magic The Gathering addict. How we met also was a bit serendipitous. All this and more follow. Thanks for listening. www.ashyfeet.com
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Chopper Strike
June 4, 2026

Chopper Strike

There are so many great looking games from the 70’s and 80’s. Games that were probably too expensive at the time. Games that just had table presence to spare. Sub Search was one such game. Edward and I loved that game. It has led us to search out other games in that realm. Chopper Strike was our next purchase. Chopper Strike has a tag line on the box that reads: “The Two-Level land/air Battle Game.” And that was precisely what drew us to the game: the two-level aspect. Since the game came out in
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Finspan with Expansion Sharks & Reef
May 28, 2026

Finspan with Expansion Sharks & Reef

A lot of past guests have mentioned Elizabeth Hargrave’s Wingspan as an answer to a question. Whether as the current game, 60 minute game, or just in passing, there is no denying Wingspan’s impact on the industry since its debut in 2019. It was nominated for, and won, lots of awards that year and in 2020. It has had four expansions so far with a fifth in the distant queue according to the Stonemeir emails. Its deeper impact came in 2024 with the release of Wyrmspan, a reimaging, or reimplementat
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Catch 33 by Buddy Pal Games
April 22, 2026

Catch 33 by Buddy Pal Games

Well, Facebook ads’s algorithm targeted me perfectly, again. While doomscrolling (which I have tried very hard NOT to do lately), an ad for a new dexterity game came across my feed. It was for a game called Catch 33, published by a company called Buddy Pal Games. So, of course I hit the notify me button and backed it on Kickstarter, probably on day one. What caught my attention were the ramps. Yes, ramps. In Catch 33, you and your opponent are ramping dice up and into the bottom of the box tryin
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Recent Blog Posts

Free Parking (1988)
Feb. 8, 2022

Free Parking (1988)

Free Parking debuted in 1988. It was designed by Charles Phillips. It is one of the games that uses the Monopoly IP, but it is not a Monopoly game. Free Parking has a subtitle, "Parker Brothers Feed the Meter Game." And that is just what it is. It i…
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Skulls of Sedlec (2020)
Jan. 17, 2022

Skulls of Sedlec (2020)

When I set out to play every game on my Shelf of Shame, I did not count all the print and play games on my hard drive. I tried to stick to games that I owned a hard physical copy of. Then, as I was going through the list of games, I noticed I had a …
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Game of Gnomes
Jan. 15, 2022

Game of Gnomes

I received this game for Christmas. I love garden gnomes. I love games. This is an oddly specific intersection of these two loves. Game of Gnomes is a fast and hilarious matching game. To set up, hand everyone a suction grabber and spread the gnome …
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About the Hosts

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Adam F. Collins

Host, Editor, Producer

Adam has been playing games all his life. He started out with the classic Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley games of Clue, Monopoly, Operation, Risk, and Axis & Allies. His extended family was avid card game players. Euchre and rummy were big. Then, along came The Settlers of Catan and it all changed. Since that fateful day, Adam has consumed all this board gaming. He and his business partner started a board game publishing company. Adam started this podcast.

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Edward "The Son"

Co-Host

Edward "The Son" has literally been a gamer his whole life. He started playing King of Tokyo when he was three and hasn’t looked back. He is an avid chess player as well. He and his dad play any game that comes their way. Edward has recently shown interest in being a podcaster. So, here he is!

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