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Tag Archives: Kickstarter

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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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 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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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 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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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 87: Incubating with Justin Halliday and Stefan Barton-Ross

May 26, 2015by aaronlime 4 Comments

In this episode: I chat with my co-admins for the Games Laboratory Incubator group, Justin Halliday and Stefan Barton-Ross. We talk about how we got into board game design, what […]

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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 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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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 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 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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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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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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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 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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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 16: Origins Awards and Expansions

July 16, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We discuss some of the winners of the 39th Origins Awards and look at some board game news coming out of the convention, mostly information relating to […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode Delta

March 24, 2013by aaronlime 2 Comments

We’re back again with yet another Action Points podcast! Presenting Episode Delta for our special audio-audio-and-pretty-much-only-audio experience! Will I ever stop using exclamation point?! Who knows?! P.S. Interrobang sounds like […]

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