Aaron’s Games Played Digest – September 2015
Here we go for September. I was in Sydney for the month, so I didn’t get to go to my regular groups but it was really nice to visit other […]
Here we go for September. I was in Sydney for the month, so I didn’t get to go to my regular groups but it was really nice to visit other […]
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 […]
How was July for board games? Pretty great. I played a bunch of great new games, especially at Mark’s New House Con and managed to play some old favourites as […]
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 […]
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 […]
In this episode: Go play Rabbit Rush. Just go. Once you’re done, come back and listen to us chat with the designer, Kevin Chen. We talk about the game, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In this episode: This is probably our most self indulgent and slightly incoherent episode. I swear to you it was my hayfever meds. Also, because I’m a massive ass. At […]
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 […]
In this episode: We have a more manga-centric comic review session, and Evan also covers some anthology comics that he’s been reading. In video games, we talk about Divekick and […]
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 […]
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 […]
In this episode: We have a guest on the podcast! Daniel is absent due to work, and we speak to our friend Edwin Ng, of Workplay Films, to chat about […]
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, […]
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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
Another week has come and gone, and it’s now time for another Action Points podcast! We are on Episode Gamma right now, and Evan reveals that we have at least […]
(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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
Today I listened to an excellent interview with Donald X. Vaccarino, creator of Dominion, on the Little Metal Dog Show. I was surprised to learn that Dominion had its genesis […]
Back in the saddle! Apologies for neglecting my tiny corner of the web. I had a very good holiday in April, while Jeannie was here visiting, and I managed to […]
I just spent almost 2 hours chatting with Heng Lin and reminiscing about all that’s happened since we moved into our current place on Wells Street. It was quite nice […]
This is where dead trees and dreams live: Late 2010 December 2011 The main shelf (and floor): Home to all the “big” board games. The auxiliary shelf (and floor part […]