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Coming to you from Bloomington Il’s Red Raccoon games, staff members of a friendly local game store (FLGS) talk about all the geeky passions that can be found in the shop, such as board games, miniatures games, and an assortment of fun little nick nacks nerds will love. Write to us info@redraccoongames.com to let us know what you like, what we got wrong, and what you want to hear more of!
Episodes

Oct 22, 2025
Oct 22, 2025
1hr 34 min
John and Jamie are joined by Ryan, COO of AEG and someone with an amazing history in gaming! Join us as we talk about the original OGL, CMON's woes, and Essen Speil's triumph!

Oct 8, 2025
Oct 8, 2025
1hr 40 min
John and Jamie are joined by the Creative Director of Rules and Lore for Pathfinder (best title ever) Luis Loza as they talk about Luis's journey to his current role, the new Draconic Codex that he's so excited about, and also news on Magic's new sets and how it's padding Hasbro's margins. Jamie also dives deep into some of the changes at GAMA to be more proactive in the board game world.

Sep 24, 2025
Sep 24, 2025
44 min
With Jamie out and about, John calls in Alexis and Co-founder of Rio Grande Games Jay to speak on Jay's career in the industry, as well as what GAMA is doing to help local game stores, what CMON is selling off next, and is the next big industry event in...dubai?

Sep 10, 2025
Sep 10, 2025
1hr 6 min
Jamie and John realize that Jamie lives "um actually" every day, then explore problematic settings, GAMA's lawsuit success, and start getting excited for FlatCon!

Aug 27, 2025
Aug 27, 2025
1hr 15 min
Jamie and John are on video, and it shows. They still manage to talk about Cmon's continued issues, Lucky Duck change ups, and D&D is heading to true sci fi space!

Aug 6, 2025
Aug 6, 2025
1hr 26 min
Jamie and John are back from GenCon, and can confirm are 50% free of covid! But what the did pick up is a lot of info on new games we love, games we didn't care for, and surprises that were had! But don't worry, we're still relevant, as we talk about Diamond's continued disaster, WOTC bringing the Magic to Romantacy and K-Pop, and how Gamefound still has problems.

Jul 23, 2025
Jul 23, 2025
1hr 58 min
Jamie and John sit down to discuss all the moving and shaking going on in the industry, how warhammer is now going to be hit by tariffs a bit harder, and how John had to stop being an adventurer because he took an arrow to the knee...I mean chest.
Also, stick around if you want a spoiler filled review of James Gunn's Superman!

Jul 9, 2025
Jul 9, 2025
1hr 21 min
Jamie and John discuss a lot of RPGS, an update on the tariff tirade, and proves Cooler Ranch chips did exist.

Jun 25, 2025
Jun 25, 2025
1hr 25 min
Jamie comes back mere hours from Origins to let us know who the big winners were from this year, as well as talks with John about management moves from Embracer and Darington Press, asmodee taking on Jamie's beloved Zombicide, and where you can pet cats and play games in Champaign.

Jun 11, 2025
Jun 11, 2025
52 min
NITRO!!!! With only a limited amount of time, Jamie and John push the petal to the metal to deliver that same amount of content in half the time! But that doesn't mean they don't dive deep into who the game of the year award winners might be, talk more about the decline of CMON's catalog, and discuss how Origins may be making some headway into being a top tier convention!
