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Category Archives: Magic: the Gathering

The Action Points Podcast! Episode 129 – This Episode Is Entitled This Episode Is Entitled…

October 7, 2016by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: We tackle the topic of gamer entitlement, spurred on by the furor around the marketing and release of No Man’s Sky. Also, Sye from the Victory Pointers […]

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Action Points Podcast, Board Games!, Comic Books!, Magic: the Gathering, Movies!, Podcast, Video Games!

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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Action Points Podcast, Board Games!, First Impression, Game Design, Magic: the Gathering, Netrunner, Podcast, Video Games!

The Action Points Podcast! Episode 62: Couching Trigger, Hidden Drag-and-Drop

October 29, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We haven’t had an episode without a guest for while, so we get rambly as we talk about some couch multiplayer games that we’ve been playing. Evan […]

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Action Points Podcast, Board Games!, First Impression, Magic: the Gathering, Netrunner, Podcast, Video Games!

Hyper-cube: More than one way to draft sweet magical cards.

July 5, 2014by CallanHP Leave a comment

Cube is a fantastic format, in that it is essentially ‘design your own limited environment’, and this means your personal Cube can be built in such a way as to promote which ever sort of gameplay you and your playgroup enjoy the most. Where Aaron aims for EDH-like insanity, I aim for Legacy-like interactions.

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Game Design, Magic: the Gathering

Shuffling Up: Born of the Gods Prerelease

February 6, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

I enjoy shuffling up some Magical Cards from time to time. It’s part of my yearly quota for my Geek Card renewal. (It’s like a Green Card, but it only […]

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First Impression, Magic: the Gathering, Session Report

The Action Points Podcast! Episode 27: Theros Noble Magical Experience

December 19, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: I round up some Magic-playing friends (frequent podcast guest/co-host Adam, Jonathan and Gerald) to talk about Magic, and the (then) new release of the Theros expansion. We […]

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Action Points Podcast, First Impression, Magic: the Gathering, Podcast

State of the Cube: December 2013

December 14, 2013by aaronlime 4 Comments

Since the State of the Cube posts, I’ve been updating my Massive Multiplayer Cube to add new cards from the Gatecrash, Dragon’s Maze,  Magic 2014 and Theros expansions. I’ve taken […]

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Game Design, Magic: the Gathering

The Action Points Podcast! Episode 24: Horse Master Korra Batman CCG

November 6, 2013by aaronlime 2 Comments

In this episode: We talk about Batman, Ponies, Horses, Horse Mastery, and some superhero themed board games. Note: Massive spoilers for Horse Master. Lots of talk about horses, Magic: the […]

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Action Points Podcast, Board Games!, Comic Books!, First Impression, Magic: the Gathering, Podcast, Video Games!

State of the Cube – RTR Update Part 5: Green(e Daye)

April 8, 2013by aaronlime 3 Comments

(I’ve previously written about my Magic: the Gathering Cube here, which also contains a link to the spreadsheet I have been using to track the cards in my cube. This […]

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Game Design, Magic: the Gathering

State of the Cube – RTR Update Part 4: Red (Light Company)

April 1, 2013by aaronlime 1 Comment

(I’ve previously written about my Magic: the Gathering Cube here, which also contains a link to the spreadsheet I have been using to track the cards in my cube. This […]

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Game Design, Magic: the Gathering

State of the Cube – RTR Update Part 3: Black (Rebel Motorcycle Club)

March 25, 2013by aaronlime 1 Comment

(I’ve previously written about my Magic: the Gathering Cube here, which also contains a link to the spreadsheet I have been using to track the cards in my cube. This […]

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Game Design, Magic: the Gathering

State of the Cube – RTR Update Part 2: Blue (Oyster Cult)

March 18, 2013by aaronlime 4 Comments

(I’ve previously written about my Magic: the Gathering Cube here, which also contains a link to the spreadsheet I have been using to track the cards in my cube. This […]

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Game Design, Magic: the Gathering

State of the Cube – RTR Update Part 1: White (Stripes)

March 11, 2013by aaronlime 3 Comments

(I’ve previously written about my Magic: the Gathering Cube here, which also contains a link to the spreadsheet I have been using to track the cards in my cube. This […]

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Game Design, Magic: the Gathering

A Field of Stone Hydras

March 9, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

I was playing Duels of the Planeswalkers, the intro level Magic: the Gathering computer game, when I encountered this amusing situation: I was playing Liliana’s deck against the Hydra encounter, […]

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Magic: the Gathering, Mini-Review, Video Games!

The Cube: Six Sides of Magical Mayhem

March 4, 2013by aaronlime 9 Comments

I am a huge fan of Magic: the Gathering as a system (Insert joke about my weight here HA HA HA). It is an amazingly robust game system that can […]

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Game Design, Magic: the Gathering

Returning to Ravnica

October 2, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

Back in Melbourne! And just in time to attend the midnight prerelease event for the latest Magic: the Gathering expansion set: Return to Ravnica! The prerelease event this time was […]

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First Impression, Magic: the Gathering, Mini-Review, Session Report

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