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CheckPoint Gaming
Bradley P. Thomas
147 episodes
1 day ago
CheckPoint Gaming is your go-to podcast for learning how to play board games, card games, and tabletop systems. Instead of giving quick overviews, we take a deep dive into the rules—consolidating, organizing, and explaining them in a way that’s easy for new players to grasp and useful for experienced gamers who want a clear rules refresher. Whether you’re learning Mahjong, Gaslands, or classics like Chess and Ticket to Ride, you’ll find everything you need to play with confidence.
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CheckPoint Gaming is your go-to podcast for learning how to play board games, card games, and tabletop systems. Instead of giving quick overviews, we take a deep dive into the rules—consolidating, organizing, and explaining them in a way that’s easy for new players to grasp and useful for experienced gamers who want a clear rules refresher. Whether you’re learning Mahjong, Gaslands, or classics like Chess and Ticket to Ride, you’ll find everything you need to play with confidence.
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CheckPoint Gaming
Cribbage: Episode 1 - Basic Play

With this episode, it goes over the basics of cribbage which includes the components, the basic mechanics of the game, and scoring. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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1 day ago
15 minutes 4 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
RummiKub

With this episode, we will be going over the game RummiKub which is a tile based version of Gin Rummy. It goes over the basics of the game, tile arrangement, and scoring. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


⁠https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming⁠


Ghost and Campfire Stories of Huntington Lake (Amazon)

Ghost and Campfire Stories of Huntington Lake (Spotify)


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

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2 weeks ago
9 minutes 51 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Canasta: Episode – 3: Variants

With this episode, it goes over the variants that exist for canasta which includes different numbers of players as well as different game mechanics one can engage in.  So with that said, we hope you enjoy.

 

Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas

 

https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming

 

Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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4 weeks ago
8 minutes 14 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Canasta: Episode – 2: Scoring

With this episode, it goes over the means by which the players engage in scoring as well as the score objective for a given game.  So with that said, we hope you enjoy.

 

Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming

 

Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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1 month ago
7 minutes 10 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Canasta: Episode – 1: Basics

With this episode, it goes over the basics of canasta which includes team formation, game mechanics, and the nature surrounding melds.  So with that said, we hope you enjoy.

 

Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas

 

https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming

 

Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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1 month ago
21 minutes 39 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Bridge: Episode – 4: Variants

With this episode, it goes over some variants to bridge so that people can engage in alternate means of playing the game.  So with that said, we hope you enjoy.

 

Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas

 

https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming

 

Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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2 months ago
13 minutes 34 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Bridge: Episode – 3: Irregularities

With this episode, we will be going over irregularities that have the possibility of occurring in bridge as well as how to deal with them.  This can be done by either referring to the officially published rules or the players discussing the matter amongst themselves in order to find a satisfactory solution.  So with that said, we hope you enjoy.

 

Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas

 

https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming

 

Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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2 months ago
14 minutes 6 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Bridge: Episode – 2: Bidding and Scoring

With this episode, we’ll be going over the bidding process for bridge as well as scoring the game.  With the bidding process, it centers upon a team establishing a contract followed by and trying to complete it.  With scoring, it is typically to that of an agreed upon value that is established beforehand.  So with that said, we hope you enjoy.

 

Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas

 

https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming

 

Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

 

Contract Level

High to Low: No-Trump, Spades, Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs

7 No-Trump

6 No-Trump

5 No-Trump

4 No-Trump

3 No-Trump

2 No-Trump

1 No-Trump

7 Spades

6 Spades

5 Spades

4 Spades

3 Spades

2 Spades

1 Spades

7 Hearts

6 Hearts

5 Hearts

4 Hearts

3 Hearts

2 Hearts

1 Hearts

7 Diamonds

6 Diamonds

5 Diamonds

4 Diamonds

3 Diamonds

2 Diamonds

1 Diamonds

7 Clubs

6 Clubs

5 Clubs

4 Clubs

3 Clubs

2 Clubs

1 Clubs

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3 months ago
13 minutes 56 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Bridge: Episode – 1: Game Play

With this episode, we’ll be going over gameplay for bridge. This includes team formation, the dealing process, and general gameplay mechanics. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.

 

Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas

 

https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming

 

Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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3 months ago
24 minutes 14 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Mancala: Episode 8 - Kalah

With this episode, it goes over Kalah. It originates from the United States although it was initially pitched as being Sumerian in origin with a board design that consists of a two-by-six grid, it uses forty-eight seeds, and its objective is to claim all of the pieces that are found in front of the opposing player. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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4 months ago
4 minutes 51 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Mancala: Episode 7 - Congklak

With this episode, it goes over Congklak. It originates from Southeast Asia with a board design that consists of a two-by-seven grid, it uses ninety-eight seeds, and its objective is to claim as many seeds as possible. On top of this, the game is to be played across multiple rounds with the number of seeds a player has at their disposal varying based upon how well they played in the previous round. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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4 months ago
5 minutes 12 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Mancala: Episode 6 - Pallanguzhi

With this episode, it goes over Pallanguzhi. It originates from South India with a board design that consists of a two-by-seven grid, it uses fifty-six pieces, players are able to engage in a unique form of capturing, and the game’s objective is to capture all of the pieces that are found in front of the opposing player. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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5 months ago
2 minutes 45 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Mancala: Episode 5 - Omweso

With this episode, it goes over omweso. It originates from Uganda with a board design that consists of a four-by-eight grid, it uses thirty-two pieces, and it comes with multiple win conditions. And what are these varying win conditions you might ask? Well, you’ll have to consume this episode in order to find out. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – (Credit) ElevenLabs:

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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5 months ago
5 minutes 51 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Mancala: Episode 4 - Hawalis

With this episode, it goes over hawalis. It possesses a board design that consists of a four-by-seven grid, it uses fifty-six pieces, and the game’s objective is to capture all of the pieces that are under the control of the opposing player. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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6 months ago
3 minutes 5 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Mancala: Episode 3 - Gabata

With this episode, it goes over gabata. It originates from Ethiopia with a board design that consists of a three-by-six grid, it sees movement be conducted in a snake-like pattern around the board, and the game’s objective is to clear the opponent’s side of the board. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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6 months ago
4 minutes 45 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Mancala: Episode 2 - Bao

With this episode, it goes over bao, it is one of the more complicated versions of mancala, and it is known as the king of mancala. It originates from East Africa with a board design that consists of a four-by-eight grid, it uses sixty-four pieces, it sees never-ending moves, and the game’s objective is to either empty out the opponent’s front row or prevent them from performing a legal move. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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7 months ago
13 minutes 48 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Mancala: Episode 1 - Oware

With this episode, it goes over oware and it is one of the simpler versions of mancala. It originates from West Africa with a board design that consists of a two-by-six grid, it uses forty-eight pieces, and the game’s objective is to clear the player’s side of the board before their opponent does. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


Credits 

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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7 months ago
13 minutes 6 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Stadium: A Sport Odyssey

With a Stadium: A Sport Odyssey, it is a tabletop trading card game version of gridiron football set in a post-apocalyptic world where each player, known as a coach, does what they can to score points and to take control of the spacecraft that is known as Stadium.


https://www.stadiumasportodyssey.com/


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


https://linktr.ee/Check_Point_Gaming


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.


https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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7 months ago
40 minutes 23 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Star Wars: Outer Rim: Episode 3 - Single-Player Game

With this episode, we'll be looking at the single-player version of the game. This includes playing against one or two AI players. When playing against a single AI player, it'll always be against the Smuggler Player. But if playing with two AI players, it'll include the Smugger Player and the Bounty Hunter Player. So with that said, we hope you enjoy and as always, happy gaming.


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent - ElevenLabs: Taylor and ElevenLabs: Rachel

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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8 months ago
20 minutes 2 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
Star Wars: Outer Rim: Episode 2 - Mechanics

With this episode, we'll be looking at the game mechanics for Star Wars: Outer Rim. With these mechanics, we go over that of the base game alongside that ofUnfinished Business. So we go over things such as how to engage in movement, market actions, combat, and bounty collection. On top of this, withUnfinished Business, we discuss how to deal with the Core Worlds endcaps. So with that said, we hope you enjoy and as always, happy gaming.


Credits

Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent - ElevenLabs: Taylor and ElevenLabs: Rachel

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

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8 months ago
54 minutes 56 seconds

CheckPoint Gaming
CheckPoint Gaming is your go-to podcast for learning how to play board games, card games, and tabletop systems. Instead of giving quick overviews, we take a deep dive into the rules—consolidating, organizing, and explaining them in a way that’s easy for new players to grasp and useful for experienced gamers who want a clear rules refresher. Whether you’re learning Mahjong, Gaslands, or classics like Chess and Ticket to Ride, you’ll find everything you need to play with confidence.