Did you ever wonder what makes Clue the best movie based on a game’s franchise?

Or what does the doubling cube in backgammon do?

How are trains even supposed to operate in Ticket to Ride: Antarctica?

How does the designer of the board game Pandemic feel now that he’s lived through an actual global pandemic?

And whatever happened to the Monopoly game show from the 90s?

All that and much, much, more, with over one hundred pictures because I’m really bad at limiting myself.

Watch the Promo!

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Gaming History Meets Bathroom Reader

Over two hundred pages and one hundred images, Winning Streak looks at the games we play and asks why?  No seriously, why would you subject your friends to a game like Sorry!? Unless you think you’re only holding your friends back and the only way you think you can get that message across is by grinding it into them with a game of Sorry!. You know, like that scene in Airbud where the kid gives Airbud a pudding cup in a field as a last gesture of friendship and then tells the dog to leave because he’s free now, but the dog won’t leave so he has to yell at him and tell him he doesn’t want him any more, and I’m just crying like a little baby, but the moment is lost when the kid takes a full-sized Globetrotter’s-style basketball out of his backpack and convinces Airbud chase it while the kid makes a run for it? Maybe that’s why Sorry! sold so many copies over the years.

Click on this link to read a sample entry in the book: #40—Candyland. It’s a short and sweet intro to chapter one.

With a special guest forward by Aaron Yonda and/or Matt Sloan! Yes, those same goobers from Beer and Board Games! I haven’t read it yet, either! These guys who get plastered and play games for a living could totally ruin me!

And… the book is now officially funded via Kickstarter! But don’t worry! Just because you missed the Kickstarter campaign doesn’t mean you can’t get your hands on a copy when it hits the Amazon store shelf. Just click “Keep Me in the Loop” at the top of this page, and I’ll send you an email when the book releases!

Advance Praise for Winning Streak!

“This book was deliciously entertaining and I enjoyed reading ever scrap of information this book had to offer. I loved the writing style of the author because it made the book a quick and easy affair and the straightforwardness only made it all the more engaging.”

https://thereadingbud.com/2021/04/19/arc-review-winning-streak-tales-and-trivia-of-the-40-most-popular-board-games-by-john-michael-gariepy

About the Author

New Book. Who ‘Dis?

Hi!  I’m John-Michael Gariepy.  Over the past decade I played and reviewed over four hundred board games for three podcasts, as well as for my personal blog.  I also produce the movie/media conversation show, Popcorn Roulette, edited Stephen Albair’s jewelry and tableau photography art book/memoir Spectacles, and direct and produce the medical audio drama Say Hello to Black Jack.

I have a wide range of interests, a tremendous love of learning, and a goofy sense of humor. It shows in my writing. You can follow me on Twitter @JM_Gariepy or Instagram @johnmichaelgariepy, or check out my blog at jmgariepy.com.

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