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Inside the China Room with Jiang JiangChina's post-COVID diplomacy & Track Ⅱ diplomacy -- views from Wang Huiyao, Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG)This week on Ginger River Radio, Jiang Jiang welcomes Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang, who is the Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a leading non-governmental think tank in Beijing. Wang shares his insights into China's post-pandemic diplomacy and Chinese think tanks' Track Ⅱ diplomacy, including China's potential role in helping medicate the Russia-Ukraine conflict, CCG's efforts to bridge the "cognitive gap" between China and the West after COVID, the Taiwan issue, the comeback of communications between China and the EU, data security hype and the stance of China, China's think tanks boom and much more....2023-05-191h 14
The Booster Pack NetworkBooster Pack Throwback — 34 — Paul W. Brown: Precedence Entertainment's CCGs (Babylon 5 CCG, Wheel of Time, Tomb Raider TCG + more)On this episode of BOOSTER PACK THROWBACK, Rands chats with the CEO of the (former) Precedence Entertainment.Precedence was a major TCG publisher in the 1990s, releasing over 6 different games including Babylon 5 CCG, Tomb Raider CCG & the Wheel of Time TCG.Throughout this chat, Paul not only shares his business & game industry stories but also shares many of the tough lessons he learnt about game design, licensing and management from the many years he spent in the tabletop gaming space.Find Paul's current project, "Lunch Champions" webcomic —https://www.webtoons.com/en/ch...2023-03-141h 50
The Booster Pack NetworkBooster Pack Throwback — 29 — Middle Earth CCG with designer Coleman Charlton[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]We once again follow history's path back to the golden age of collectible trading card games. Our adventure finds us exploring the origins of the Middle Earth CCG by Iron Crown Enterprises.The sagely wizard that is guiding us this time is none other than tabletop gaming veteran S. Coleman Charlton. Coleman shares his personal stories of bring the world of Tolkien to the tabletop throughout his long career & tells us about his design philosophy that led to creating the...2022-09-211h 01
The Booster Pack NetworkBooster Pack Throwback — 28 — Decipher's STAR WARS CCG with designer Tom Braunlich[[ 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...2022-08-241h 19
The Blockchain SocialistCCG Chronicles #12 - Origins of the Crypto CommonsDuring the CCG I interviewed a co-founder of the event and organization that runs it, the Crypto Commons Association, Felix Fritsch (@FelixFritsch2) . Felix is a PhD student who focuses on the synthesis of cryptocurrencies with commons theory and has written articles like "Challenges and Approaches to Scaling the Global Commons" with many others including those who have been on the podcast before. During the interview we spoke about his story for getting involved in the crypto commons movement, starting the Crypto Commons Association and Gathering, and Autonomist Marxism. This will be the final installment of the CCG Chronicles.2022-08-1453 min
The Booster Pack NetworkBooster Pack Throwback — 27 — Decipher's STAR TREK CCG with designer Tom Braunlich[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]Today we are joined for our first of two episodes with collectible game pioneer Tom Braunlich.Tom, along with his design partner Rollie Tesh, designed 2 of the biggest CCGs in the 1990s: Decipher's Star Trek & Star Wars CCGs.This episode Tom chats to Rands about how he came to be involved with gaming professionally & eventually shares how his pre-existing relationship with Decipher lead to the creation of the Star Trek CCG.Be sure to subscribe wherever...2022-08-101h 05
The Booster Pack NetworkBooster Pack Throwback — 26 — OVERPOWER & Star Trek: TOS CCG with Stephen Domzalski[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]On this episode Rands talks to Stephen Domzalski, the former Manager of Game Development for the Fleer Trading Card Company. During the first CCG craze of the mid-1990s, Fleer eagerly jumped into the game publishing world with the launch of 2 collectible games based on huge franchises—Marvel & Star Trek.The Marvel game would become the Overpower CCG, which eventually expanded to incorporate DC characters. Meanwhile their Star Trek CCG would only involve characters from the original 1966 series & be in th...2022-07-271h 36
The Booster Pack NetworkBooster Pack Throwback — 25 — Steven E. Schend on the Blood Wars CCG, TSR, WotC & more[[ Originally released as "The Booster Pack". This show has since been retitled "Booster Pack Throwback" ]]On this episode Rands is joined by lauded Dungeons & Dragon's author & worldbuilder Steven E. Schend. Steven's time in collectible trading card games was short but impactful—he designed the Blood Wars CCG in 1995 at TSR.However, Steven's history with tabletop gaming runs a lot deeper! He & Rands discuss his long history with D&D & how he went from editing RPG books to creating his own CCG.Steven also tells a very unique story about one of the most in...2022-06-291h 33