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Tag Archives: Board Games!

The Action Points Podcast! Episode 65: Shooting Kewpie Mayo Everywhere is Dangerous

November 25, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: Now that we’re done with PAX on the podcast, it’s time to talk about things that aren’t videogames. So we talk about some videogames. Damn. We chat […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 63c: PAX Aus 2014 Part 3 – PAXtravagant Lifestyles

November 21, 2014by aaronlime 5 Comments

In this episode: It’s the third and final part of our podcast coverage of PAX Australia 2014. We talk about some more games we checked out and final impressions of […]

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Embassy Cast Episode 07 – Special Guest Sally, PAX Australia

November 20, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

Our very first special guest Sally joins us to talk about her experiences with board games, some favourites and some great commentary to go with it. Sally’s a regular in […]

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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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Embassy Cast: Episode 06 – Spiel 2014, Out of Print Games, Five Tribes & Panamax

November 12, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

It seems like only yesterday that we were all up late (here in Australia) watching the live feeds from Essen Spiel 2014, but after a more surprising event than we […]

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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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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 63a: PAX Aus 2014 Part 1 – PAXtraterrestrial Beings

November 7, 2014by aaronlime 8 Comments

In this episode: In part 1 of our PAX Aus 2014 coverage, we recap the PAX weekend sounding really tired but also pretty pumped from all the cool stuff that […]

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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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Let’s Kill Trees: Paperback

October 16, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

“The lazeroids crashed against the cliff as we hastily made our ascent with on graviboot-shod feet. As we were almost halfway up the vertical expanse, I heard a faint beeping […]

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Embassy Cast: Episode 05 – Rules

October 13, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

This is actually three weeks old, originally recorded on September 14th, however Tim’s PC just happened to die at that point plus his ma was in hospital and if that […]

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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 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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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 53: In the Lab with James and Shayne

September 18, 2014by aaronlime 3 Comments

In this episode: Aaron and Adam went down to favoured local gaming haunt, Games Laboratory, and had a chat with owner James and events wizard Shayne about running a game […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 52: Fighting Particular Times with Paul Sztajer

September 16, 2014by aaronlime 2 Comments

In this episode: We had a chat with Paul Sztajer of SeeThrough Studios about their story-driven physics puzzle video game, Particulars, and also Paul’s involvement in board game design with […]

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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 04 – Minutes

September 4, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

We’ve been playing a lot of interesting games of late and wanted to discuss them, so instead of a feature topic, we’ve discussed a few of them with a bit […]

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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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Embassy Cast: Episode 02 – Penalties

September 4, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

We decided to record another episode after all, this time talking about the semi-controversial mechanic of copping penalties in board games, sometimes known as the dreaded Feeding Phase. Have a […]

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Embassy Cast: Episode 01 – People’s Choice Awards

September 4, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

Listen to us briefly introduce ourselves & then discuss the People’s Choice Awards we selected and posted on Instagram (search for #CBEPeoplesChoice). We’re intentionally unpolished and conversational, as we strongly […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 48a: Eduardo Baraf Lifts Off

August 24, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: I sit down for an interview with board game designer (and video games too!) Eduardo Baraf who has just reached funding for his Kickstarter for the Lift […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 47: Allen and Alistair’s Rise to Power

August 19, 2014by aaronlime 12 Comments

In this episode: We have a chat with Allen Chang and Alistair Kearney from Rule & Make to discuss their successfully funded Kickstarter for the Rise to Power board game, […]

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Running the Nets: Upstalk review

August 19, 2014by adamkirkland 3 Comments

We kick off the Lunar cycle with a stellar new pack (hur, hur) serving up a whopping two new identities and a few potential game-changers. Let’s strap a rocket to […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 46: What Makes a Geek

August 12, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We get together to discuss what makes a geek and how each of us approaches our geekdom. Audio is a bit wonky on this since we tried […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 45: Fate Coins with Mark Morrison

August 5, 2014by aaronlime 4 Comments

In this episode: Aaron goes it alone this episode and sits down for a chat with Mark Morrison of Campaign Coins, discussing their first foray into Kickstarter with metal Fate […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 44: Annie May Shen

July 31, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: That title is possibly the worst I’ve ever crafted. ANYWAYS. In this episode, Daniel gives us a report from the Carnegie Comics Market and we review Splendor […]

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Let’s Kill Trees: Dungeon Heroes

July 29, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

If you’re familiar with the fantasy gaming genre, you should be familiar with the concept of a dungeon crawl or a dungeon delve. Many games are based on this concept, […]

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Running the Nets: Sneaky Thiefses

July 17, 2014by adamkirkland Leave a comment

With the release of Honor and Profit (my copy taking its sweet time to finally arrive here in Oz) I finally had the pieces I needed to try out my […]

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Board Games!, Netrunner

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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Running the Nets: Dumpster Diving

June 25, 2014by adamkirkland Leave a comment

This is the first in a series of posts I’ll be writing about the terrific game Netrunner that you should be playing right this very instant, and how I go […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 38: Free Comic Book Day 2014

June 18, 2014by aaronlime 3 Comments

In this episode: It’s a very belated recap of Free Comic Book Day 2014, and Adam gives us his perspective as a non-fan at his first ever Free Comic Book […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 37: Nathan Teo of Cafe Myriade

June 11, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: We talk to Nathan Teo, owner of Cafe Myriade in Perth about getting into board gaming and running a board game cafe. We also talk about gender […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 36: Plastic Nostalgia for Mother and Misery

April 14, 2014by aaronlime 7 Comments

In this episode: We talk about the finale to How I Met Your Mother, Burial at Sea, The LEGO Movie and the G.I. Jeff episode of Community and how they […]

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Boardgaming in Perth Redux – A Return to Cafe Myriade

March 4, 2014by aaronlime 2 Comments

I previously wrote briefly about my experience with Cafe Myriade back in 2012. Well, since last November I’ve been back in Perth again for work and I’ve been attending more […]

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Let’s Kill Trees: Airlines Europe

February 20, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

Airlines Europe Designed by Alan R. Moon Published by Rio Grande Games At the most recent WABA Mount Claremont meetup, I had the pleasure of joining in on a game […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 31: 2013 Recap

February 3, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We take a moment (or hour) to reflect on geek culture/media from the past year. Our hosts Aaron, Daniel, Evan and Adam discuss their favourite video games, […]

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2013 Recap – Favourite Board Games

January 28, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

2013 was a great year for board games. There were multiple standouts in the casual and hardcore strategy board game categories. It also marked a crazy period of expansion in […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 30: All the Spiels

January 27, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: We get together to review a whole truckload of board games that we played including The Manhattan Project, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Forbidden Desert, Trains and the […]

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Session Report: WABA Decembacon 2013 – 14 December 2013

December 18, 2013by aaronlime 5 Comments

I’m back in Perth for work, for what is starting to become a trend of yearly work relocation. I was in Canberra for 3 months in 2011 and Perth for […]

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Board Game Review: Copycat

November 11, 2013by aaronlime 1 Comment

Copycat Designer(s): Friedemann Friese Publisher: Rio Grande Games Copycat or Fremde Federn, in keeping with Herr Friese’s tradition of having his game names start with the letter F, is a […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 21: Everything and Manifest 2013

September 26, 2013by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: Evan catches us up on all the happenings at Manifest 2013 and we review everything we can! Spiel de Jahres 2013 winner Hanabi and nominee Augustus; Sharknado!; […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 19: Dota 2 and Ouya

September 23, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We have special guests Wern and Mark on to talk with us about the official release of Dota 2 and the release of the Ouya! (Apologies for […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 17a: PAX AUS 2013

August 9, 2013by MostStrange 4 Comments

In this episode: We talk about stacks at PAX Aus! Woo! We got to test the Oculus Rift, played some great local and international indie titles (Duet, Tasty Fish, Johann […]

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(Fake) Love Letter

June 21, 2013by aaronlime 5 Comments

I’ve spoken about making my own crappy fake version of Love Letter on the podcast. I was originally planning to wait until the copy I ordered arrived to post some […]

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Village

June 18, 2013by aaronlime 1 Comment

Village Designed by Inka & Markus Brand, art by Dennis Lohausen, English edition published by Tasty Minstrel Games. It is an action drafting game about managing your family’s life in […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 11: Cartoon Adventure Times

June 11, 2013by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: It’s another episode of the Action Points Podcast! I talk about making my own copy of Love Letter (there are some photos I put up on Instagram […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 10: Movies, Geek Culture and Female Armour

May 30, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

Two episodes this week! It is because I am a horrible hack and didn’t get last week’s episode edited :( In this episode: Daniel and I have some movie talk […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 9: Storytelling in Boardgames

May 29, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

Firstly, apologies for missing last week. This week we have two episodes for your aural enjoyment! In this episode: We talk about storytelling in boardgames – boardgames that tell stories, […]

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Board Games Recap: October 2012 – April 2013

May 18, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

It’s been quite a while since I’ve done a weekend gaming recap or written pretty much anything solely board game related. In fact, the last six months have been really […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode Beta

March 8, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

Welcome back to the Action Points podcast – now playing Episode Beta! We now have two podcasts in the bag, and I’ve just started adding a little bit more to […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode Alpha

March 2, 2013by aaronlime 1 Comment

Well, well. What do we have here? It appears to be a Moving Pictures Expert Group Audio Layer III type file. I wonder what’s in it? Action Points Podcast – […]

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