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Tag Archives: Magic: the Gathering

Aaron’s Games Played Digest – September 2015

October 5, 2015by aaronlime Leave a comment

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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Board Games!, First Impression, Mini-Review, Session Report

Aaron’s Games Played Digest – August 2015

September 14, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

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 […]

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Board Games!, First Impression, Mini-Review, Session Report

Aaron’s Games Played Digest – July 2015

August 10, 2015by aaronlime 2 Comments

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 […]

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Board Games!, First Impression, Mini-Review, Session Report

The Action Points Podcast! Episode 76: Morgan Jaffit and (the) Hand(s) of Fate

February 25, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

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 […]

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Action Points Podcast, Board Games!, 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!

The Action Points Podcast! Episode 58: A Rush of Rabbits to the Head with Kevin Chen

October 10, 2014by aaronlime 3 Comments

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 […]

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Action Points Podcast, Anime!, Podcast, Video Games!

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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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

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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Board Games!, Mini-Review

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 25: The Toilet Humour Contrivance

November 12, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

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 […]

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Action Points Podcast, Board Games!, Comic Books!, Lame, Podcast

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!

The Action Points Podcast! Episode 22: Erotic Dubstep Scallop Pies

October 13, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

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 […]

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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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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 12: Edwin Ng and Workplay Films

June 18, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

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 […]

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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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Board Games!, First Impression, Mini-Review, Musings

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

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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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

The Action Points Podcast! Episode Gamma

March 16, 2013by aaronlime 1 Comment

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 […]

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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

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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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

Building Deck Building

September 16, 2012by aaronlime 2 Comments

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 […]

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Board Games!, Game Design, Musings

Catching up on Games

June 19, 2012by aaronlime 1 Comment

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 […]

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Board Games!, First Impression, Mini-Review, Session Report

Remember That Time When…

February 22, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

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 […]

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Board Games!, Musings

My Game Shelves (circa December 2011)

December 12, 2011by aaronlime Leave a comment

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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