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A Copy of Our Home Game

Chase & Tyler McPherson

Join Chase and Tyler as we explore the shows behind the games, show off vintage and modern home versions, tweak the rules with our own “House Rules,” and play through the classics from our own game-show-inspired setup.

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61:55

Classic Concentration (feat. John Ricci Jr.)

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2026/10/04

his is a big one - and a big guest too! John Ricci Jr. is a game show producer with credits including $100,000 Pyramid (with Michael Strahan) and his own pilot project, Combination Lock.He offered to run a virtual game of Classic Concentration for us, and we jumped at the chance. You'll first see us try out the 1988 Pressman home game adaptation, and you'll soon see why we much prefer John's more technologically advanced spin on the game.This episode is much more heavily reliant on being able to see

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53:34

Wheel of Fortune (1986 Deluxe Edition)

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2026/09/27

So many wheels! Flying wedges! Tasty preserves! This episode's got everything. We close out our #MervGriffin Appreciation Month with the monster that is #WheelOfFortune. We have eight board games in our collection, and we'll be playing 1986's Deluxe Wheel of Fortune in this episode. Spin along with us if you like, get your good guesses ready, and mind your P's and Q's, along with your RSTLNE's.

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63:29

Merv Griffin's Crosswords

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2026/09/19

We continue our Merv Griffin Appreciation Month (patent pending) with 2006's "Merv Griffin's Crosswords" and its 2008 home game release. If you thought our Jeopardy play through was a hot mess, you haven't seen anything yet - between bad clues, misprints on cards and a write-on-the-board game mechanic, it's no wonder we abandoned trying to keep score on this one!

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81:09

Jeopardy!

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2026/09/13

We're back! And between Tyler forgetting the context to his categories, Chase forgetting to phrase his responses in the form of a question, and general bad game board picks, we think we've racked up the most incorrect answers in an episode of our show to date! How badly do they fare? Let's just say they have a lot more practice to do before they want to take the Anytime Test for themselves.

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60:58

MTV's Remote Control

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2026/08/30

It was already a foregone conclusion that Chase would win our game of MTV's #RemoteControl #gameshow #homegame... so we made it more interesting by incorporating one of the show's famous bits - the Snack Break! (see 28:39) In fact, it happens a few times throughout the game and adds to the overall chaotic nature of this episode. Catch classic trivia categories including BRADY PHYSICS... SIX FEET UNDER... and much to Chase's chagrin, BALD GUYS and see how your pop culture knowledge stacks up. We

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53:04

Blame the WHAMMY or the APP? Press Your Luck | A Copy...

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2026/08/23

We pull up a legacy app to play the 2020 hybrid board game edition of Press Your Luck! In it, we find some challenging and sometimes questionable questions, and we find some bugs in the app that lead to janky sound and, worst of all - FALSE WHAMMIES. How does the board game stack up to the classic game show we all know and love? And, more importantly, who comes out ahead when the final round takes place? #ClassicTV #GameShows #BoardGames #PeterTomarken #ElizabethBanks #NoWhammies #BigBucks

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67:03

High Rollers (1987)

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2026/08/15

1987's Parker Brothers edition of that year's reboot of the game show High Rollers is - serviceable. However, they only included two standard size six-faced dice, which we feel was a travesty.So, an online order from Target and a few Instacarts from hardware and art supply stores later, we have giant white dice and giant golden dice with which to play a true-to-life version of the classic game of luck, strategy and sabotage.(Note, there's a brief discussion of our prior use of GenAI in older

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47:06

Who gets to the top of the $25,000 PYRAMID? | A Copy...

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2026/08/08

This week Tyler and Chase open up an unsealed but never played copy of 1986's $25,000 Pyramid home game - which can also be used to play the $100,000 variant - but only if you're willing to use up one-fifth of the supplied clues in one sitting! The boys aren't, so using house rules, they each attempt to make it to the Winner's Circle, and one of them walks away with $25,000 in fake money! #MentalHealthMatters - Play more games with friends and family! #gameshows #classictv #DickClark #DonnyOsmond

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39:59

Time to get Wet, Wild & Messy with Double Dare

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2026/08/02

Tyler and Chase get more than they bargained for when they crack open copies of Double Dare and Wet 'n' Wild Double Dare from the mid-80s! The super sloppy superfans throw in an homage to the granddaddy of green slime, You Can't Do That on Television to make up for the fact there won't be as much mess in the home games as compared with the TV show. But, what they find when they begin playing the version requiring water may stop the show altogether - GROSS. #DoubleDare #MarcSummers #YCDTOTV

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40:52

Chase wins, Tyler loses HIS MIND playing Hollywood...

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2026/07/25

In our latest episode, we crack open a sealed 1986 copy of the #HollywoodSquares board game issued early in the run of the '80s syndicated edition starring #JohnDavidson. Our main gripe (and there are many) is that the celebrities in the Squares are parodies of real celebrities - thinly-veiled references to John McEnroe, Joan Rivers, and others. Despite the shortcomings, we did have a fun time playing a best two-out-of-three match, with Tyler bringing out his Arnold Schwarzenegger impression that

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56:53

Adding a MYSTERY BOX to our board game collection!

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2026/07/11

In this special edition, we show off every piece of TV game show home game ephemera we own! Special thanks to @GameShowGumbo for the mystery box she donated to our cause! If you have any board games you'd like us to rehouse and play in a future episode, reach out to us! #NowYouSeeIt #NewlywedGame #WheelOfFortune #BigBrother #Traitors #tvgameshow #boardgames #collection #pyramid #highrollers #doubledare

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51:01

Chase CHEATED playing Bridge of Lies! | Episode 05

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2026/07/01

In Chase's defense, he couldn't help it! In this episode we examine the relatively recent British #gameshow, its less-than-stellar American counterpart (known as #BeatTheBridge), and play a few rounds of the #homegame, discovering a fundamental flaw in the game's design in the process. Join us for more #EastEnders references, last-minute plot twists, path turns, and brain-bending clues. Who beats the bridge... even if they had a leg-up in the process? #tvgameshows #BBC #RossKemp #GrantMitchell

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53:48

A G'Day for a Deal! Deal or No Deal Australia

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2026/06/28

After an unfortunate incident involving our lapel mics, we're back with better equipment and an app-enhanced game - the Australian version of Deal or No Deal! Tyler and Chase discuss why they feel the rebooted half-hour format works better among all the versions they've seen - much of the credit due to host Grant Denyer. Then the boys each take a crack at winning the $100,000 AU non-realistic cash prize. Who borks it up and who comes out with the better deal? Watch along and find out. Watch full

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74:13

SEALED since 1986 - Sale of the Century

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2026/06/28

In this episode of A Copy of Our Home Game!, we open a sealed copy of the 1986 Sale of the Century electronic home game, complete with its mysterious little Quizzard devices. After the first unboxing, we take a look at the components, figure out how the game is supposed to work, set everything up, and then play by our own House Rules — because the official game expects at least three players, and there are only two of us. So we each play two rounds, compare our final cash and merchandise totals,

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41:53

Is this the ultimate Wipeout game show fan creation?

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2026/06/28

Tyler is stepping up to the board — but will he clear it, or will he WIPEOUT? In this episode of A Copy of Our Home Game!, we play a fan-made, Flash-based video game adaptation of the classic 1988–89 game show Wipeout, created by a fellow game show fan, @GameShowMachine , who sells his homebrew games on Etsy. This version includes a board generator, allowing players to create custom categories by entering the correct answers and Wipeouts, then copying the generated code into each game folder.

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55:12

TV Scrabble: Why This 80s Game Show Failed as a Board...

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2026/06/28

Welcome to the first full episode of A Copy of Our Home Game! — our series celebrating the board games, video games and electronic games based on classic TV game shows. This time, we’re opening up "TV Scrabble," based on the 1980s game show hosted by Chuck Woolery. We start with a look back at the history of the show, then play one full game using the home game’s original instructions. After that, we each take a turn playing under our own House Rules, designed to stay as close as possible to the

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