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 […]
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Aaron’s Games Played Digest – August 2015
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 […]
Aaron’s Games Played Digest – July 2015
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 76: Morgan Jaffit and (the) Hand(s) of Fate
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 62: Couching Trigger, Hidden Drag-and-Drop
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 58: A Rush of Rabbits to the Head with Kevin Chen
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 53: In the Lab with James and Shayne
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 […]
Shuffling Up: Born of the Gods Prerelease
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 Recap – Favourite Board Games
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 27: Theros Noble Magical Experience
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 […]
State of the Cube: December 2013
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 25: The Toilet Humour Contrivance
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 24: Horse Master Korra Batman CCG
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 22: Erotic Dubstep Scallop Pies
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 19: Dota 2 and Ouya
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 17a: PAX AUS 2013
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 12: Edwin Ng and Workplay Films
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 9: Storytelling in Boardgames
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, […]
Board Games Recap: October 2012 – April 2013
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 […]
State of the Cube – RTR Update Part 5: Green(e Daye)
(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 […]
State of the Cube – RTR Update Part 4: Red (Light Company)
(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 […]
State of the Cube – RTR Update Part 3: Black (Rebel Motorcycle Club)
(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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode Delta
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 […]
State of the Cube – RTR Update Part 2: Blue (Oyster Cult)
(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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode Gamma
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 […]
State of the Cube – RTR Update Part 1: White (Stripes)
(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 […]
A Field of Stone Hydras
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, […]
The Cube: Six Sides of Magical Mayhem
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode Alpha
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 – […]
Returning to Ravnica
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 […]
Building Deck Building
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 […]
Catching up on Games
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 […]
Remember That Time When…
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 […]
My Game Shelves (circa December 2011)
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 […]
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