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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 40: Kickstarters and Dimension-Hopping Sociopaths

July 1, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: Evan and Aaron talk about their experiences with Kickstarter and also review a whole bunch of comics, games and anime in this cozy episode. Things we talk […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 138 – When He Blew Up That Boat, He Blew Up My Pants

March 20, 2017by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We talk about villains that we love to hate, love to love and the role of tragedy and pathos in boners. In our roundup: Dan went to […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 135 – Hello 2017

February 4, 2017by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We start off our first recording session of 2017 with a big catch up on what we’ve been up to during our holiday breaks, including some big […]

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Victory Pointers 016 – GenCon 2016 with Sean Carroll

September 2, 2016by aaronlime Leave a comment

We are joined by Sean Carroll of 93 Made Games to chat about Gen Con 2016 from the perspective of a publisher attending for the first time. Sean Carroll – […]

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GEEKY SHIT: The Four Horsies of the ‘Pocalypse, art toys by Bigshot Toyworks

August 29, 2016by MostStrange 1 Comment

Bigshot Toyworks sits at the intersection of great design, cool IPs, and excellent production. Their work on Maddie, the Cthuloid My Little Pony inspired character, was followed up in 2015 […]

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Victory Pointers 015 – Designing and Publishing with David Harding and Phil Walker-Harding

July 12, 2016by aaronlime Leave a comment

We are joined by guests Phil Walker-Harding and David Harding (in a rare back-to-back appearance) to chat about their different paths taken in designing and publishing games, getting your foot […]

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Victory Pointers 014 – BorderCon with Joel Finch and David Harding

June 27, 2016by aaronlime 1 Comment

We were just in Albury for BorderCon, an annual board game convention that attracts plenty of board gamers from the surrounding states.  While we were there, we caught up with […]

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Victory Pointers 013 – Designing Experiences and Tabletopia Playtesting with Philip duBarry

June 9, 2016by aaronlime Leave a comment

We are joined by consummate game designer, Philip duBarry to talk about designing games around experiences, working with intellectual property, getting games published in the era of Kickstarter, playtesting on […]

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Victory Pointers 012 – Designing for Kids and Networking with Peter C Hayward

May 2, 2016by aaronlime 2 Comments

Kim’s game, Monstrous, is now being shipped to backers! We also chat about shipping games, dexterity games and designing games with kids and families in mind. In the second half […]

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Victory Pointers 010 – Kickstarting Publishing with Allen Chang and Alistair Kearney

April 2, 2016by aaronlime Leave a comment

We are joined by Allen Chang and Alistair Kearney from Rule & Make to discuss collaborating on designs, focusing on the core of games, Kickstarting a publishing company, communicating with […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 116 – The Wars in Our Stars

February 24, 2016by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: We finally get around to chatting about Star Wars Episode VII at length, since Evan was the last holdout who had not seen it. We talk about […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 115 – Coming Up 2016

February 18, 2016by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We are joined by officially new host (AKA replacement Adam) Jackson to chat about what we are looking forward to in 2016. We talk about the movies, […]

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Victory Pointers 008 – CanCon, Looking Back at 2015 and Ahead to 2016

February 17, 2016by aaronlime Leave a comment

We are at yet another board game convention, recording at CanCon 2016. We take some time to take stock of what we’ve achieved in our game design journeys in 2015 […]

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Victory Pointers 007 – Seeking Excellence with Jamey Stegmaier

February 10, 2016by aaronlime 1 Comment

We are joined by Jamey Stegmaier to discuss seeking excellence in board game design. We discuss setting expectations, blind playtesting, how our views on excellence have changed, and figuring out […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 110b – PAXtraordinary Convention Food Wrap Up

November 17, 2015by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We’re joined by Ken Lee of the Hyper Pixelcast for a wrap-up of PAX Australia and what games and experiences delighted us at the convention. We also […]

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Victory Pointers Episode 003 – Indie Board Game Designers at PAX Australia 2015

November 13, 2015by aaronlime 2 Comments

Aaron interviewed some indie board game designers, publishers and artists while he was at PAX Australia 2015. Listen on to find out what’s going on here in Australia. Episode link […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 110a – PAXceptional Indie Video Games

November 5, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: We were just at PAX Australia this weekend and spent some time chatting with some indie video game developers about the games that they were showing at […]

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Board Game Design Resources (Australia Edition)

(This page is still under construction. If you know of a great resource that’s not on here, please mention it in the comments or email us and we’ll add it […]

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Victory Pointers Episode 001 – Designing Board Games in Australia

October 29, 2015by aaronlime Leave a comment

Welcome to the first ever episode of the Victory Pointers podcast! In our inaugural show, we talk about what it’s like to be designing board games in Australia. The panel […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 105 – They See Me Ragnarolling Through the Norse Apocalypse

October 2, 2015by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We’re joined again by Jason Kotzur-Yang to chat about his latest Kickstarter project, Ragnaroll. We talk about thematic integration and learning about your own design sensibilities. In […]

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Aaron’s Games Played Digest – August 2015

September 14, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

I’m hoping to do these digests monthly, although this took me way longer to write than July’s since I had a break of 2 weekends without board games in July […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 101: Getting Crafty with Alan and Josh

September 2, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: We are joined by Alan Sutcliffe and Josh Sommerfeld, currently Kickstarting Crafted Labs, to talk about 3D printing and making things. Download link below or on iTunes, […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 98: Getting CatTube Famous with Josh and Liam

August 12, 2015by aaronlime 2 Comments

In this episode: Aaron chats with the creators of CatTube Famous, Josh Harvey and Liam Alkamraikhi about their successfully funded Kickstarter project, game jams, cats, emus, game aesthetics, web addresses, […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 96: Comics and Cons with Fred Atkins

July 21, 2015by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We chat about a whole bunch of comics and comic-related news as we are joined by Fred Atkins, from our friendly local comic shop and writer of […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 95: Ask Aaron Anything

July 14, 2015by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: It’s Aaron’s turn in the hot seat as we get him to answer a bunch of questions sourced from our friends and enemies. Also, Aaron reviews The […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 93: Squidkids Grow Up Into SplatE3ns (FIXED)

July 7, 2015by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: Guess who’s been playing Splatoon? It’s all of us. But mostly Evan. Evan is a squid now. We just have to accept that fact. A delicious, crunchy, […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 91: Ale and Tall Tales with Dylan Shearer and Aaron Sparke

June 16, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: The board game focus continues on the podcast, as Aaron chats with Dylan Shearer and Aaron Sparke of Table Tyrant Games. Their Kickstarter for Tavern Fame will […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 89: Getting Monstrous with Kim Brebach

June 12, 2015by aaronlime 2 Comments

In this episode: Aaron chats with Kim Brebach of Secret Base Games, currently Kickstarting the monster-throwing game of Monstrous. We chat about Kickstarter, shipping woes, lowering barriers for Kickstarter backers, […]

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Phantasmal and Monstrum, a rogue-lite survival horror showdown

May 24, 2015by MostStrange Leave a comment

You know that feeling when you just want to step into a randomly generated set of cold, brutally functional rooms that are littered with otherworldly monstrosities that may or may […]

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Selling a Horse at an Automobile Conference: Talking Australian Board Game Design at Freeplay 2015

April 22, 2015by aaronlime 3 Comments

If you’re just here for some slides, they’re at the bottom. Hope you find them useful?     α Let’s start things off with a crisis of identity: Halfway through […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 80: Getting Nostalgic with Ken Lee (If Living Is Without You)

March 24, 2015by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We are joined by Ken Lee from the Hyper PixelCast as we discuss nostalgia in media. We also talk about what we get nostalgic about, remakes, licensed […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 79: Goblin Hunting with Ray Williams

March 17, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: We speak to Ray Williams of Munji Studios and his second foray into Kickstarter with Goblin Hunters. We also talk about Kickstarter’s “Remind Me” function, games to […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 78: Ask Adam Anything

March 11, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: It’s time for another podcast host interview! This time Adam takes the hot seat as we quiz him about anything that comes to mind: Malaysia, his TED […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 76: Morgan Jaffit and (the) Hand(s) of Fate

February 25, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: We are joined by Morgan Jaffit of Defiant Development to talk about their latest project: Hand of Fate. In addition to discussing the game and how it […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 75: Kickstarting with the 3 Al-migos

February 17, 2015by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: I have a chat with the 3 Al-migos (Al Caynes, Alistair Kearney and Allen Chang) about their experiences and lessons learned from their Kickstarter forays. We also […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 68: Now You’re Cooking with Cardboard with Tim and Rok

December 10, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: We chat with Tim and Rok from Cardboard Embassy about food, cooking, curry, board games, Game Salute, Kickstarter, the Southern hemisphere, game pricing, getting started with board […]

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Review: The Old City: Leviathan (PC)

December 5, 2014by MostStrange Leave a comment

I’m sick of all these so-called “walking simulators” bombarding me with too much action. I want walking. I’ll open a door or two if I have to, as long as […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 66: Racing Dragons as eSports with Myles O’Neill

November 27, 2014by aaronlime 2 Comments

In this episode: I chat with Myles O’Neill, another Australian indie board game designer who is Kickstarting Dragon Racer, a tactical card drafting game about racing dragons. We also talk […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 64: Wrestlin’ Crits with Al Caynes

November 19, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: We interrupt the PAX Australia 2014 coverage to bring you this interview with Al Caynes of Hittin Crits, Senyac Games and El Luchador Fantastico Grande. I checked […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 63b: PAX Aus 2014 Part 2 – PAXtracurricular Activities

November 12, 2014by aaronlime 6 Comments

In this episode: In part 2 of our PAX Aus 2014 coverage, we cover the tabletop side of PAX. We also interview some indie board game designers behind Robots & […]

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PAX AUS 2014 Indie Games Roundup

November 12, 2014by MostStrange 1 Comment

Welcome to the first of (hopefully) many PAX Aus reports from the Action Points Crew! Head on over to the podcast to hear interviews with all these developers, or read […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 60: Picking Vowels with Sam Gallon

October 20, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: This week we talk to another board game designer who has a project on Kickstarter: Sam Gallon of Gallon Games with his word game, Pick A Vowel. […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 59: Sushi Heroes and 90s Comics with Phil Walker-Harding

October 14, 2014by aaronlime 4 Comments

In this episode: We talk to Phil Walker-Harding, designer of Sushi Go!, Pack of Heroes and many more games from Adventureland Games. We chat about his process for designing Sushi […]

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Session Report: Games Laboratory Incubator Meetup 0.1

October 9, 2014by aaronlime 3 Comments

I’ve been interested in board game design from a young age, starting with statistic sheets for robots I drew in my notebooks and on to trying to design my own […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 57: Phantasmal Fears with Joe Chang

October 6, 2014by aaronlime 3 Comments

In this episode: We chat with New Zealand based developer Joe Chang of Eyemobi and currently Kickstarting a procedurally generated horror game, Phantasmal. We also talk about horror games in […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 56: Smashing Hedrons with Jason Kotzur-Yang

October 2, 2014by aaronlime 10 Comments

In this episode: We speak with Brisbane-based board game designer and host of the Tablepop podcast, Jason Kotzur-Yang. We talk about his design process and setting goals for Hedron (successfully […]

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Phantasmal – An Action Points Playthrough

September 29, 2014by MostStrange 2 Comments

Evan treads where Aaron dares not… in the randomly generated horror title, Phantasmal. Currently up on Kickstarter and on Steam’s Greenlight, Phantasmal has to reach $15,000NZD by Friday, October the 10th, […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 51: Ninja Pizza Girls and Board Games with Jason and Nicole Stark

September 9, 2014by aaronlime 4 Comments

In this episode: Apologies for our lackluster audio in this episode as we had a few Skype Issues (TM). Nonetheless, we had a wonderful chat with Nicole and Jason Stark […]

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Embassy Cast: Episode 03 – Australian Games

September 4, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

After a lovely email from Hammond and a bit of a think about our funny accents, we put together a bit of a list of Australian board games and designers. Super […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 50: Turning COGZ with Wesley Lamont

September 2, 2014by aaronlime 5 Comments

In this episode: We chat with Perth-based game designer and man of many talents Wesley Lamont about his upcoming board game, COGZ. There’s also some talk about game jams, Kickstarter and […]

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