The Action Points Podcast Fri, 31 Oct 2025 21:44:46 +0000 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 21:44:46 +0000 Libsyn RSSgen 1.0 http://theactionpointspodcast.com en http://theactionpointspodcast.com A Melbourne based podcast discussing various geeky topics such as board games, video games, comics/manga, anime, and TV. https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/8/0/1/1801fd2a17893cbc/cover170x170.jpeg The Action Points Podcast The Action Points Crew yes episodic Melbourne,Board,Games,Video,Games,Comics,Manga,Anime,TV no http://actionpointspodcast.libsyn.com/rss A podcast about games, comics and other geeky things.theactionpointspodcast@gmail.comThe Action Points Crew TAPP 152 - Like Taking A Warm Bath TAPP 152 - Like Taking A Warm Bath Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:48:09 +0000 In this episode:

Our second podcast of 2018 appears in the 9th month of the year. We chat about stuff we've played or seen recently, retro gaming on PCs, and media that we use to relax and take a break from the maddening world. We mention and talk about Overcooked 2, Slay the Spire, On Happiness Road, The Breaker Upperers, Octopath Traveler, Voltron: Legendary Defender, LEGO Voltron, Technobabylon, Thor: Ragnarok, Titanic, the 3rd Mobile Suit Gundam Movie, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2, Wash Day, Sweet Blue Flowers, Bao and The Incredibles 2, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, Cockblockers, Taiko no Tatsujin, and Behind The Screen.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

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Our second podcast of 2018 appears in the 9th month of the year. We chat about stuff we've played or seen recently, retro gaming on PCs, and media that we use to relax and take a break from the maddening world. We mention and talk about Overcooked 2, Slay the Spire, On Happiness Road, The Breaker Upperers, Octopath Traveler, Voltron: Legendary Defender, LEGO Voltron, Technobabylon, Thor: Ragnarok, Titanic, the 3rd Mobile Suit Gundam Movie, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2, Wash Day, Sweet Blue Flowers, Bao and The Incredibles 2, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, Cockblockers, Taiko no Tatsujin, and Behind The Screen.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

]]> 01:35:28 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Our second podcast of 2018 appears in the 9th month of the year. We chat about stuff we've played or seen recently, retro gaming on PCs, and media that we use to relax and take a break from the maddening world. We mention and talk about Overcooked 2, Slay the Spire, On Happiness Road, The Breaker Upperers, Octopath Traveler, Voltron: Legendary Defender, LEGO Voltron, Technobabylon, Thor: Ragnarok, Titanic, the 3rd Mobile Suit Gundam Movie, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2, Wash Day, Sweet Blue Flowers, Bao and The Incredibles 2, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, Cockblockers, Taiko no Tatsujin, and Behind The Screen. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Our second podcast of 2018 appears in the 9th month of the year. We chat about stuff we've played or seen recently, retro gaming on PCs, and media that we use to relax and take a break from the maddening world. We mention and talk about Overcooked 2, Slay the Spire, On Happiness Road, The Breaker Upperers, Octopath Traveler, Voltron: Legendary Defender, LEGO Voltron, Technobabylon, Thor: Ragnarok, Titanic, the 3rd Mobile Suit Gundam Movie, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2, Wash Day, Sweet Blue Flowers, Bao and The Incredibles 2, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, Cockblockers, Taiko no Tatsujin, and Behind The Screen. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. TAPP 151 - Hello 2018 TAPP 151 - Hello 2018 Tue, 08 May 2018 08:39:36 +0000  

In this episode:

Our first podcast of 2018 appears in the 5th month of the year. We mainly just chat about games we've played, and how they provide aesthetic pleasure: from the thematic fits and flourishes in board games to simulated props in video games. We talk about Magic Maze, Azul, Ex Libris, Food Chain Magnate, Florence, A Way Out, Sea of Thieves, Dragon Blaze, Gunbirds, Tengai, Super Daryl Deluxe, Genital Jousting, Stardew Valley, Astro Bears Party and Danmaku Unlimited 3.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

 

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In this episode:

Our first podcast of 2018 appears in the 5th month of the year. We mainly just chat about games we've played, and how they provide aesthetic pleasure: from the thematic fits and flourishes in board games to simulated props in video games. We talk about Magic Maze, Azul, Ex Libris, Food Chain Magnate, Florence, A Way Out, Sea of Thieves, Dragon Blaze, Gunbirds, Tengai, Super Daryl Deluxe, Genital Jousting, Stardew Valley, Astro Bears Party and Danmaku Unlimited 3.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

]]> 01:12:13 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)  In this episode: Our first podcast of 2018 appears in the 5th month of the year. We mainly just chat about games we've played, and how they provide aesthetic pleasure: from the thematic fits and flourishes in board games to simulated props in video games. We talk about Magic Maze, Azul, Ex Libris, Food Chain Magnate, Florence, A Way Out, Sea of Thieves, Dragon Blaze, Gunbirds, Tengai, Super Daryl Deluxe, Genital Jousting, Stardew Valley, Astro Bears Party and Danmaku Unlimited 3. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.  The Action Points Crew  In this episode: Our first podcast of 2018 appears in the 5th month of the year. We mainly just chat about games we've played, and how they provide aesthetic pleasure: from the thematic fits and flourishes in board games to simulated props in video games. We talk about Magic Maze, Azul, Ex Libris, Food Chain Magnate, Florence, A Way Out, Sea of Thieves, Dragon Blaze, Gunbirds, Tengai, Super Daryl Deluxe, Genital Jousting, Stardew Valley, Astro Bears Party and Danmaku Unlimited 3. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.   TAPP 150 - Best of 2017 TAPP 150 - Best of 2017 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:00:08 +0000 In this episode:

So hey we recorded this in December before we got to a bunch of cool stuff that came out after that. It's also focused on stuff we first encountered in 2017, not necessarily stuff that came out in 2017.

This is really, really, really late, but I still wanted to get this out because it's been stuck in the backlog for so long. 2017 was certainly a year. We've made it to episode 150 now, and it's taken us 5 years to get here. I was pretty tired out from doing the podcast, and the long breaks due to various issues certainly didn't help; but listening to the end of this one, with the reflection on the year gone by has made me kinda hopeful for getting back into it. We'll see.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

]]> In this episode:

So hey we recorded this in December before we got to a bunch of cool stuff that came out after that. It's also focused on stuff we first encountered in 2017, not necessarily stuff that came out in 2017.

This is really, really, really late, but I still wanted to get this out because it's been stuck in the backlog for so long. 2017 was certainly a year. We've made it to episode 150 now, and it's taken us 5 years to get here. I was pretty tired out from doing the podcast, and the long breaks due to various issues certainly didn't help; but listening to the end of this one, with the reflection on the year gone by has made me kinda hopeful for getting back into it. We'll see.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

]]> 02:30:57 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: So hey we recorded this in December before we got to a bunch of cool stuff that came out after that. It's also focused on stuff we first encountered in 2017, not necessarily stuff that came out in 2017. This is really, really, really late, but I still wanted to get this out because it's been stuck in the backlog for so long. 2017 was certainly a year. We've made it to episode 150 now, and it's taken us 5 years to get here. I was pretty tired out from doing the podcast, and the long breaks due to various issues certainly didn't help; but listening to the end of this one, with the reflection on the year gone by has made me kinda hopeful for getting back into it. We'll see. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.The Action Points CrewIn this episode: So hey we recorded this in December before we got to a bunch of cool stuff that came out after that. It's also focused on stuff we first encountered in 2017, not necessarily stuff that came out in 2017. This is really, really, really late, but I still wanted to get this out because it's been stuck in the backlog for so long. 2017 was certainly a year. We've made it to episode 150 now, and it's taken us 5 years to get here. I was pretty tired out from doing the podcast, and the long breaks due to various issues certainly didn't help; but listening to the end of this one, with the reflection on the year gone by has made me kinda hopeful for getting back into it. We'll see. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. TAPP 149 - Enjoying the End TAPP 149 - Enjoying the End Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:47:14 +0000 In this episode:

It's been a while! We took a long time between episodes as Aaron has been away, and getting back into editing after a month+ not doing so just made things worse. Here are some episodes we recorded at the end of 2017 though. This one's about post-apocalyptic fiction and games, and enjoying the end. In our roundup: Aaron read Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side, The Ancient Magus' Bride, and Goldie Vance, and played Secrets and Crossfire; Evan's been playing Destiny 2, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, and Blue Reflection; Dan has been playing Super Mario Odyssey, watching Stranger Things 2, Punisher, Victoria and Thor: Ragnarok, and played Monument Valley 2.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side

The Ancient Magus' Bride

Goldie Vance

Secrets

Crossfire

Destiny 2

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus

Blue Reflection

Super Mario Odyssey

Stranger Things 2

Punisher

Victoria

Monument Valley 2

Thor: Ragnarok

]]> In this episode:

It's been a while! We took a long time between episodes as Aaron has been away, and getting back into editing after a month+ not doing so just made things worse. Here are some episodes we recorded at the end of 2017 though. This one's about post-apocalyptic fiction and games, and enjoying the end. In our roundup: Aaron read Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side, The Ancient Magus' Bride, and Goldie Vance, and played Secrets and Crossfire; Evan's been playing Destiny 2, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, and Blue Reflection; Dan has been playing Super Mario Odyssey, watching Stranger Things 2, Punisher, Victoria and Thor: Ragnarok, and played Monument Valley 2.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side

The Ancient Magus' Bride

Goldie Vance

Secrets

Crossfire

Destiny 2

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus

Blue Reflection

Super Mario Odyssey

Stranger Things 2

Punisher

Victoria

Monument Valley 2

Thor: Ragnarok

]]> 01:13:57 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It's been a while! We took a long time between episodes as Aaron has been away, and getting back into editing after a month+ not doing so just made things worse. Here are some episodes we recorded at the end of 2017 though. This one's about post-apocalyptic fiction and games, and enjoying the end. In our roundup: Aaron read Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side, The Ancient Magus' Bride, and Goldie Vance, and played Secrets and Crossfire; Evan's been playing Destiny 2, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, and Blue Reflection; Dan has been playing Super Mario Odyssey, watching Stranger Things 2, Punisher, Victoria and Thor: Ragnarok, and played Monument Valley 2. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side The Ancient Magus' Bride Goldie Vance Secrets Crossfire Destiny 2 Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Blue Reflection Super Mario Odyssey Stranger Things 2 Punisher Victoria Monument Valley 2 Thor: RagnarokThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: It's been a while! We took a long time between episodes as Aaron has been away, and getting back into editing after a month+ not doing so just made things worse. Here are some episodes we recorded at the end of 2017 though. This one's about post-apocalyptic fiction and games, and enjoying the end. In our roundup: Aaron read Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side, The Ancient Magus' Bride, and Goldie Vance, and played Secrets and Crossfire; Evan's been playing Destiny 2, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, and Blue Reflection; Dan has been playing Super Mario Odyssey, watching Stranger Things 2, Punisher, Victoria and Thor: Ragnarok, and played Monument Valley 2. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,  @MostStrange,  and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side The Ancient Magus' Bride Goldie Vance Secrets Crossfire Destiny 2 Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Blue Reflection Super Mario Odyssey Stranger Things 2 Punisher Victoria Monument Valley 2 Thor: Ragnarok TAPP 148 - PAXtenuating Circumstances at PAX Australia 2017 TAPP 148 - PAXtenuating Circumstances at PAX Australia 2017 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 03:38:38 +0000 In this episode:

We went to PAX Australia 2017 to check out the latest and greatest indie videogames and happenings in local boardgames design.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Override Function by Art of Escapism is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Links for the things we talked about:

(In the Snowy) Winter's Wake, from Cheeseness

Necrobarista, from Route 59 Games

Projection, from Shadowplay Studios

Star Wars Wayang Kulit

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption, from Dark Star and Another Indie

Paperbark, from Paper House

Ysbryd Games

Masquerada: Songs and Shadows

Florence, from Mountains

Hand of Fate 2, from Defiant Development

Hand of Fate: Ordeals from Defiant Development and Rule & Make

Treasure Hunters Fan Club

Ticket to Earth, from Robot Circus

Tabletop Game Designers Australia on the web, on Facebook and on Patreon

Dice Hard

The Brigade

Ark Angel Games

The Campaigner

Adelaide Tabletop Game Design

Knuckle Sandwich

Rumu

Desertopia

Hiding the Moon

Carta

Codenames Duet

]]> In this episode:

We went to PAX Australia 2017 to check out the latest and greatest indie videogames and happenings in local boardgames design.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Override Function by Art of Escapism is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Links for the things we talked about:

(In the Snowy) Winter's Wake, from Cheeseness

Necrobarista, from Route 59 Games

Projection, from Shadowplay Studios

Star Wars Wayang Kulit

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption, from Dark Star and Another Indie

Paperbark, from Paper House

Ysbryd Games

Masquerada: Songs and Shadows

Florence, from Mountains

Hand of Fate 2, from Defiant Development

Hand of Fate: Ordeals from Defiant Development and Rule & Make

Treasure Hunters Fan Club

Ticket to Earth, from Robot Circus

Tabletop Game Designers Australia on the web, on Facebook and on Patreon

Dice Hard

The Brigade

Ark Angel Games

The Campaigner

Adelaide Tabletop Game Design

Knuckle Sandwich

Rumu

Desertopia

Hiding the Moon

Carta

Codenames Duet

]]> 01:46:21 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We went to PAX Australia 2017 to check out the latest and greatest indie videogames and happenings in local boardgames design. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Override Function by Art of Escapism is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) Links for the things we talked about: (In the Snowy) Winter's Wake, from Cheeseness Necrobarista, from Route 59 Games Projection, from Shadowplay Studios Star Wars Wayang Kulit Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption, from Dark Star and Another Indie Paperbark, from Paper House Ysbryd Games Masquerada: Songs and Shadows Florence, from Mountains Hand of Fate 2, from Defiant Development Hand of Fate: Ordeals from Defiant Development and Rule & Make Treasure Hunters Fan Club Ticket to Earth, from Robot Circus Tabletop Game Designers Australia on the web, on Facebook and on Patreon Dice Hard The Brigade Ark Angel Games The Campaigner Adelaide Tabletop Game Design Knuckle Sandwich Rumu Desertopia Hiding the Moon Carta Codenames DuetThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: We went to PAX Australia 2017 to check out the latest and greatest indie videogames and happenings in local boardgames design. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Override Function by Art of Escapism is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) Links for the things we talked about: (In the Snowy) Winter's Wake, from Cheeseness Necrobarista, from Route 59 Games Projection, from Shadowplay Studios Star Wars Wayang Kulit Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption, from Dark Star and Another Indie Paperbark, from Paper House Ysbryd Games Masquerada: Songs and Shadows Florence, from Mountains Hand of Fate 2, from Defiant Development Hand of Fate: Ordeals from Defiant Development and Rule & Make Treasure Hunters Fan Club Ticket to Earth, from Robot Circus Tabletop Game Designers Australia on the web, on Facebook and on Patreon Dice Hard The Brigade Ark Angel Games The Campaigner Adelaide Tabletop Game Design Knuckle Sandwich Rumu Desertopia Hiding the Moon Carta Codenames Duet TAPP 147 - Back on Our Bullshit Back on Our Bullshit Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:47:15 +0000 In this episode:

We are back after a break for September (and a bit of October) and we are talking about barriers to entry. In our roundup: Dan played Caverna, talks Star Trek Discovery and The Orville, and is getting ready to build a big LEGO Millennium Falcon. Aaron played Heat Signature, Through the Ages on iPhone and watched Ping Pong the Animation with friends. Evan has been playing Yakuza 0, Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle and just beat Cuphead.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

 

Caverna: The Cave Farmers

The new LEGO Millennium Falcon

Star Trek: Discovery

The Orville

Heat Signature

Through the Ages on iOS and Android

Ping Pong the Animation

Golf Story

Yakuza 0

Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Cuphead

Nurture Box

The Good Place

]]> In this episode:

We are back after a break for September (and a bit of October) and we are talking about barriers to entry. In our roundup: Dan played Caverna, talks Star Trek Discovery and The Orville, and is getting ready to build a big LEGO Millennium Falcon. Aaron played Heat Signature, Through the Ages on iPhone and watched Ping Pong the Animation with friends. Evan has been playing Yakuza 0, Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle and just beat Cuphead.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Caverna: The Cave Farmers

The new LEGO Millennium Falcon

Star Trek: Discovery

The Orville

Heat Signature

Through the Ages on iOS and Android

Ping Pong the Animation

Golf Story

Yakuza 0

Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Cuphead

Nurture Box

The Good Place

]]> 01:41:28 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We are back after a break for September (and a bit of October) and we are talking about barriers to entry. In our roundup: Dan played Caverna, talks Star Trek Discovery and The Orville, and is getting ready to build a big LEGO Millennium Falcon. Aaron played Heat Signature, Through the Ages on iPhone and watched Ping Pong the Animation with friends. Evan has been playing Yakuza 0, Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle and just beat Cuphead. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about:   Caverna: The Cave Farmers The new LEGO Millennium Falcon Star Trek: Discovery The Orville Heat Signature Through the Ages on iOS and Android Ping Pong the Animation Golf Story Yakuza 0 Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle Cuphead Nurture Box The Good PlaceThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: We are back after a break for September (and a bit of October) and we are talking about barriers to entry. In our roundup: Dan played Caverna, talks Star Trek Discovery and The Orville, and is getting ready to build a big LEGO Millennium Falcon. Aaron played Heat Signature, Through the Ages on iPhone and watched Ping Pong the Animation with friends. Evan has been playing Yakuza 0, Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle and just beat Cuphead. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about:   Caverna: The Cave Farmers The new LEGO Millennium Falcon Star Trek: Discovery The Orville Heat Signature Through the Ages on iOS and Android Ping Pong the Animation Golf Story Yakuza 0 Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle Cuphead Nurture Box The Good Place TAPP 146 - AP Plays Microscope 02 - We Shall Never See Its Like Again TAPP 146 - AP Plays Microscope 02 - We Shall Never See Its Like Again Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:56:59 +0000 In this episode:

It's our second episode of us playing Microscope together. After setting up the region of the Basket of Wells and some of the key events surrounding the War of the Four Daughters, we get to know some of the inhabitants of this nation better and learn more about heptium. We're super new to this actual play thing and would love to hear from you if you enjoyed it and how we could improve and we're also super happy to answer questions.

Please feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music:

Music:

Where Are Your Friends by Artofescapism is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

The Descent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC Attribution 3.0.

Memories From a Dead Star by Osiris Saline is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Endless Story About Sun and Moon by Kai Engel is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Links for the things we talked about:

You can find Episode 01 of our Microscope game here.

Microscope by Ben Robbins

Here is our final Microscope Timeline

 

]]> In this episode:

It's our second episode of us playing Microscope together. After setting up the region of the Basket of Wells and some of the key events surrounding the War of the Four Daughters, we get to know some of the inhabitants of this nation better and learn more about heptium. We're super new to this actual play thing and would love to hear from you if you enjoyed it and how we could improve and we're also super happy to answer questions.

Please feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music:

Music:

Where Are Your Friends by Artofescapism is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

The Descent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC Attribution 3.0.

Memories From a Dead Star by Osiris Saline is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Endless Story About Sun and Moon by Kai Engel is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Links for the things we talked about:

You can find Episode 01 of our Microscope game here.

Microscope by Ben Robbins

Here is our final Microscope Timeline

]]> 01:19:46 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It's our second episode of us playing Microscope together. After setting up the region of the Basket of Wells and some of the key events surrounding the War of the Four Daughters, we get to know some of the inhabitants of this nation better and learn more about heptium. We're super new to this actual play thing and would love to hear from you if you enjoyed it and how we could improve and we're also super happy to answer questions. Please feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Music: Where Are Your Friends by Artofescapism is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) The Descent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC Attribution 3.0. Memories From a Dead Star by Osiris Saline is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Endless Story About Sun and Moon by Kai Engel is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Links for the things we talked about: You can find Episode 01 of our Microscope game here. Microscope by Ben Robbins Here is our final Microscope Timeline  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: It's our second episode of us playing Microscope together. After setting up the region of the Basket of Wells and some of the key events surrounding the War of the Four Daughters, we get to know some of the inhabitants of this nation better and learn more about heptium. We're super new to this actual play thing and would love to hear from you if you enjoyed it and how we could improve and we're also super happy to answer questions. Please feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Music: Where Are Your Friends by Artofescapism is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) The Descent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC Attribution 3.0. Memories From a Dead Star by Osiris Saline is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Endless Story About Sun and Moon by Kai Engel is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Links for the things we talked about: You can find Episode 01 of our Microscope game here. Microscope by Ben Robbins Here is our final Microscope Timeline   TAPP 145 - AP Plays Microscope 01: The Basket of Wells AP Plays Microscope 01: The Basket of Wells Tue, 08 Aug 2017 00:30:47 +0000 In this episode:

It's a very special episode as we try something new. We get together to play a game of Microscope, which is a game where you create a timeline of events together, which will act as worldbuilding for an RPG that we will play together. This is part 1 of 2 episodes that will cover us playing this game together. This is something pretty new for us, so please let us know if you enjoy it and how we could improve.

Please feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music:

Where Are Your Friends by Artofescapism is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Endless Story About Sun and Moon by Kai Engel is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Links for the things we talked about:

Microscope by Ben Robbins

I wrote about my first time playing Microscope here

Friends at the Table

Critical Hit

]]> In this episode:

It's a very special episode as we try something new. We get together to play a game of Microscope, which is a game where you create a timeline of events together, which will act as worldbuilding for an RPG that we will play together. This is part 1 of 2 episodes that will cover us playing this game together. This is something pretty new for us, so please let us know if you enjoy it and how we could improve.

Please feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music:

Where Are Your Friends by Artofescapism is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Endless Story About Sun and Moon by Kai Engel is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Links for the things we talked about:

Microscope by Ben Robbins

I wrote about my first time playing Microscope here

Friends at the Table

Critical Hit

]]> 01:40:52 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It's a very special episode as we try something new. We get together to play a game of Microscope, which is a game where you create a timeline of events together, which will act as worldbuilding for an RPG that we will play together. This is part 1 of 2 episodes that will cover us playing this game together. This is something pretty new for us, so please let us know if you enjoy it and how we could improve. Please feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Where Are Your Friends by Artofescapism is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Endless Story About Sun and Moon by Kai Engel is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Links for the things we talked about: Microscope by Ben Robbins I wrote about my first time playing Microscope here Friends at the Table Critical HitThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: It's a very special episode as we try something new. We get together to play a game of Microscope, which is a game where you create a timeline of events together, which will act as worldbuilding for an RPG that we will play together. This is part 1 of 2 episodes that will cover us playing this game together. This is something pretty new for us, so please let us know if you enjoy it and how we could improve. Please feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Where Are Your Friends by Artofescapism is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Endless Story About Sun and Moon by Kai Engel is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Links for the things we talked about: Microscope by Ben Robbins I wrote about my first time playing Microscope here Friends at the Table Critical Hit TAPP 144 - Cosplay and Fashion Cosplay and Fashion Sat, 29 Jul 2017 01:25:35 +0000 In this episode:

We are joined this week by guests Brenton Roberts and Sasa LeStrange to talk about cosplay and fashion. In the roundup, Evan's been reading My Brother's Husband and Revolutionary Girl Utena and watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Jackson played T.I.M.E Stories and lamented the passing (not quite) of Sense8, Sasa watched Wonder Woman and has been playing Mass Effect 3, and Brenton's been playing Mass Effect Andromeda and Magikarp Jump and reading Strong Female Protagonist.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Our guests are Brenton Roberts  and Sasa LeStrange

Manifest

Lyris Design

Apone's Armory

Latex Catfish

Houng Taing Costography

My Brother's Husband

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Revolutionary Girl Utena

T.I.M.E Stories

The Witch's House

Sense8

Wonder Woman

Mass Effect 3

Mass Effect Andromeda

Destiny 2

Magikarp Jump

Strong Female Protagonist

Doctor Who

Star Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Harry Potter

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

Destiny

Fire Emblem Fates

Neon Genesis Evangelion

 

]]> In this episode:

We are joined this week by guests Brenton Roberts and Sasa LeStrange to talk about cosplay and fashion. In the roundup, Evan's been reading My Brother's Husband and Revolutionary Girl Utena and watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Jackson played T.I.M.E Stories and lamented the passing (not quite) of Sense8, Sasa watched Wonder Woman and has been playing Mass Effect 3, and Brenton's been playing Mass Effect Andromeda and Magikarp Jump and reading Strong Female Protagonist.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Our guests are Brenton Roberts and Sasa LeStrange

Manifest

Lyris Design

Apone's Armory

Latex Catfish

Houng Taing Costography

My Brother's Husband

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Revolutionary Girl Utena

T.I.M.E Stories

The Witch's House

Sense8

Wonder Woman

Mass Effect 3

Mass Effect Andromeda

Destiny 2

Magikarp Jump

Strong Female Protagonist

Doctor Who

Star Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Harry Potter

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

Destiny

Fire Emblem Fates

Neon Genesis Evangelion

]]> 01:55:13 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We are joined this week by guests Brenton Roberts and Sasa LeStrange to talk about cosplay and fashion. In the roundup, Evan's been reading My Brother's Husband and Revolutionary Girl Utena and watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Jackson played T.I.M.E Stories and lamented the passing (not quite) of Sense8, Sasa watched Wonder Woman and has been playing Mass Effect 3, and Brenton's been playing Mass Effect Andromeda and Magikarp Jump and reading Strong Female Protagonist. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Our guests are Brenton Roberts  and Sasa LeStrange Manifest Lyris Design Apone's Armory Latex Catfish Houng Taing Costography My Brother's Husband Brooklyn Nine-Nine Revolutionary Girl Utena T.I.M.E Stories The Witch's House Sense8 Wonder Woman Mass Effect 3 Mass Effect Andromeda Destiny 2 Magikarp Jump Strong Female Protagonist Doctor Who Star Wars Star Wars: The Clone Wars Harry Potter Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Destiny Fire Emblem Fates Neon Genesis Evangelion  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We are joined this week by guests Brenton Roberts and Sasa LeStrange to talk about cosplay and fashion. In the roundup, Evan's been reading My Brother's Husband and Revolutionary Girl Utena and watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Jackson played T.I.M.E Stories and lamented the passing (not quite) of Sense8, Sasa watched Wonder Woman and has been playing Mass Effect 3, and Brenton's been playing Mass Effect Andromeda and Magikarp Jump and reading Strong Female Protagonist. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Our guests are Brenton Roberts  and Sasa LeStrange Manifest Lyris Design Apone's Armory Latex Catfish Houng Taing Costography My Brother's Husband Brooklyn Nine-Nine Revolutionary Girl Utena T.I.M.E Stories The Witch's House Sense8 Wonder Woman Mass Effect 3 Mass Effect Andromeda Destiny 2 Magikarp Jump Strong Female Protagonist Doctor Who Star Wars Star Wars: The Clone Wars Harry Potter Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Destiny Fire Emblem Fates Neon Genesis Evangelion   TAPP 143 - E3 and Bordercon 2017 TAPP 143 - E3 and Bordercon 2017 Sat, 08 Jul 2017 01:14:02 +0000 In this episode:

We are joined by good pal Sye again to talk about our (not so recent) trip to Albury for Bordercon 2017 and all the fun games we played there. In our news-focused roundup, Evan and Jackson recap their highlights from E3, I caught the Black Panther teaser trailer, and Sye discusses copying in board games.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Find Sye at syelon.com

Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oink Games accuses Bezier Games of 'copying'

Insider

Bethel Woods

Betrayal at House on the Hill

The Big Book of Madness

Gloomhaven

Starving Artists

Stuart Semple vs Anish Kapoor over Vantablack and the Pinkest Pink

Medici: The Card Game

Jonathan Blow: Video Games and the Human Condition

Capital Lux

Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure

Star Wars: Rebellion

Concordia + Salsa

The Castles of Burgundy

 

]]> In this episode:

We are joined by good pal Sye again to talk about our (not so recent) trip to Albury for Bordercon 2017 and all the fun games we played there. In our news-focused roundup, Evan and Jackson recap their highlights from E3, I caught the Black Panther teaser trailer, and Sye discusses copying in board games.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Find Sye at syelon.com

Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oink Games accuses Bezier Games of 'copying'

Insider

Bethel Woods

Betrayal at House on the Hill

The Big Book of Madness

Gloomhaven

Starving Artists

Stuart Semple vs Anish Kapoor over Vantablack and the Pinkest Pink

Medici: The Card Game

Jonathan Blow: Video Games and the Human Condition

Capital Lux

Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure

Star Wars: Rebellion

Concordia + Salsa

The Castles of Burgundy

]]> 02:16:11 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We are joined by good pal Sye again to talk about our (not so recent) trip to Albury for Bordercon 2017 and all the fun games we played there. In our news-focused roundup, Evan and Jackson recap their highlights from E3, I caught the Black Panther teaser trailer, and Sye discusses copying in board games. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Find Sye at syelon.com Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates Oink Games accuses Bezier Games of 'copying' Insider Bethel Woods Betrayal at House on the Hill The Big Book of Madness Gloomhaven Starving Artists Stuart Semple vs Anish Kapoor over Vantablack and the Pinkest Pink Medici: The Card Game Jonathan Blow: Video Games and the Human Condition Capital Lux Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure Star Wars: Rebellion Concordia + Salsa The Castles of Burgundy  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We are joined by good pal Sye again to talk about our (not so recent) trip to Albury for Bordercon 2017 and all the fun games we played there. In our news-focused roundup, Evan and Jackson recap their highlights from E3, I caught the Black Panther teaser trailer, and Sye discusses copying in board games. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Find Sye at syelon.com Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates Oink Games accuses Bezier Games of 'copying' Insider Bethel Woods Betrayal at House on the Hill The Big Book of Madness Gloomhaven Starving Artists Stuart Semple vs Anish Kapoor over Vantablack and the Pinkest Pink Medici: The Card Game Jonathan Blow: Video Games and the Human Condition Capital Lux Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure Star Wars: Rebellion Concordia + Salsa The Castles of Burgundy   TAPP 142 - Hidden Gems TAPP 142 - Hidden Gems Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:59:54 +0000 In this episode:

(Sorry about the delay and the audio quality. It's all Aaron's fault.)

We discuss hidden gems: things we love that aren't as popular as we think they should be. In our roundup: Jackson finished Sense8; we played The Quiet Year and Insider; Dan read Demon; I've been playing iOS boardgame apps; and Evan's been reading Goodnight PunPun and playing more of The Surge.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Sense8

The Quiet Year

Insider

Demon

Patchwork on iOS and on Android

Race for the Galaxy on iOS and on Android

Jaipur on iOS and on Android

Ronny Chieng: International Student

Goodnight PunPun

The Surge

Snowbrawl

Moon

The Legend of 1900

Bunny and the Bull

Happy Go Lucky

Mindhorn

Only Yesterday

Ocean Waves/I Can Hear The Ocean

Grave of the Fireflies

Whisper of the Heart

Pom Poko

Specter Spelunker Shrinks

Boppin

Power Quest

Lethal League

EYEZMAZE's Grow Series

Warp Door

Forest Ambassador

Increpare Games - Your Name

Mother 3

Jet Set Radio Future

Panzer Dragoon Orta

Total Annihilation

Dream Quest on iOS and on Steam

Calculords on iOS and on Android

Hidden my game by mom on iOS and on Android

Behind You!! on iOS and on Android

Rabbit Rush

Expand

Assault Android Cactus

Strong Female Protagonist

Concrete

Tripping Over You

Wuvable Oaf

What Did You Eat Yesterday

Pluto

20th  Century Boys

Sakamichi no Apollon/Kids on the Slope

Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru/And Yet the Town Moves

Amaama to Inazuma/Sweetness and Lightning

The Initiates: A Comics Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs

Young Liars

Rocketo

Top 10

Tom Strong

Afterlife with Archie and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

The Flintstones comic

The Shadow Hero

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Boxers and Saints

NAWLZ

Happy Endings

Outland

Review with Forrest MacNeil

Clone High and the best opening theme song ever

The Katering Show

Please Like Me

Glory to Rome

Funemployed

Snake Oil

Oink Games

Cwali Games

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (which I was wrong and was published in English by Grey Fox Games, and not Tasty Minstrel Games. Hoisted)

Ponzi Scheme (which actually was published in English by Tasty Minstrel Games)

It Is Forbidden

 

]]> In this episode:

(Sorry about the delay and the audio quality. It's all Aaron's fault.)

We discuss hidden gems: things we love that aren't as popular as we think they should be. In our roundup: Jackson finished Sense8; we played The Quiet Year and Insider; Dan read Demon; I've been playing iOS boardgame apps; and Evan's been reading Goodnight PunPun and playing more of The Surge.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Sense8

The Quiet Year

Insider

Demon

Patchwork on iOS and on Android

Race for the Galaxy on iOS and on Android

Jaipur on iOS and on Android

Ronny Chieng: International Student

Goodnight PunPun

The Surge

Snowbrawl

Moon

The Legend of 1900

Bunny and the Bull

Happy Go Lucky

Mindhorn

Only Yesterday

Ocean Waves/I Can Hear The Ocean

Grave of the Fireflies

Whisper of the Heart

Pom Poko

Specter Spelunker Shrinks

Boppin

Power Quest

Lethal League

EYEZMAZE's Grow Series

Warp Door

Forest Ambassador

Increpare Games - Your Name

Mother 3

Jet Set Radio Future

Panzer Dragoon Orta

Total Annihilation

Dream Quest on iOS and on Steam

Calculords on iOS and on Android

Hidden my game by mom on iOS and on Android

Behind You!! on iOS and on Android

Rabbit Rush

Expand

Assault Android Cactus

Strong Female Protagonist

Concrete

Tripping Over You

Wuvable Oaf

What Did You Eat Yesterday

Pluto

20th Century Boys

Sakamichi no Apollon/Kids on the Slope

Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru/And Yet the Town Moves

Amaama to Inazuma/Sweetness and Lightning

The Initiates: A Comics Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs

Young Liars

Rocketo

Top 10

Tom Strong

Afterlife with Archie and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

The Flintstones comic

The Shadow Hero

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Boxers and Saints

NAWLZ

Happy Endings

Outland

Review with Forrest MacNeil

Clone High and the best opening theme song ever

The Katering Show

Please Like Me

Glory to Rome

Funemployed

Snake Oil

Oink Games

Cwali Games

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (which I was wrong and was published in English by Grey Fox Games, and not Tasty Minstrel Games. Hoisted)

Ponzi Scheme (which actually was published in English by Tasty Minstrel Games)

It Is Forbidden

]]> 02:02:00 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: (Sorry about the delay and the audio quality. It's all Aaron's fault.) We discuss hidden gems: things we love that aren't as popular as we think they should be. In our roundup: Jackson finished Sense8; we played The Quiet Year and Insider; Dan read Demon; I've been playing iOS boardgame apps; and Evan's been reading Goodnight PunPun and playing more of The Surge. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Sense8 The Quiet Year Insider Demon Patchwork on iOS and on Android Race for the Galaxy on iOS and on Android Jaipur on iOS and on Android Ronny Chieng: International Student Goodnight PunPun The Surge Snowbrawl Moon The Legend of 1900 Bunny and the Bull Happy Go Lucky Mindhorn Only Yesterday Ocean Waves/I Can Hear The Ocean Grave of the Fireflies Whisper of the Heart Pom Poko Specter Spelunker Shrinks Boppin Power Quest Lethal League EYEZMAZE's Grow Series Warp Door Forest Ambassador Increpare Games - Your Name Mother 3 Jet Set Radio Future Panzer Dragoon Orta Total Annihilation Dream Quest on iOS and on Steam Calculords on iOS and on Android Hidden my game by mom on iOS and on Android Behind You!! on iOS and on Android Rabbit Rush Expand Assault Android Cactus Strong Female Protagonist Concrete Tripping Over You Wuvable Oaf What Did You Eat Yesterday Pluto 20th  Century Boys Sakamichi no Apollon/Kids on the Slope Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru/And Yet the Town Moves Amaama to Inazuma/Sweetness and Lightning The Initiates: A Comics Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs Young Liars Rocketo Top 10 Tom Strong Afterlife with Archie and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina The Flintstones comic The Shadow Hero The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Boxers and Saints NAWLZ Happy Endings Outland Review with Forrest MacNeil Clone High and the best opening theme song ever The Katering Show Please Like Me Glory to Rome Funemployed Snake Oil Oink Games Cwali Games Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (which I was wrong and was published in English by Grey Fox Games, and not Tasty Minstrel Games. Hoisted) Ponzi Scheme (which actually was published in English by Tasty Minstrel Games) It Is Forbidden  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: (Sorry about the delay and the audio quality. It's all Aaron's fault.) We discuss hidden gems: things we love that aren't as popular as we think they should be. In our roundup: Jackson finished Sense8; we played The Quiet Year and Insider; Dan read Demon; I've been playing iOS boardgame apps; and Evan's been reading Goodnight PunPun and playing more of The Surge. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Sense8 The Quiet Year Insider Demon Patchwork on iOS and on Android Race for the Galaxy on iOS and on Android Jaipur on iOS and on Android Ronny Chieng: International Student Goodnight PunPun The Surge Snowbrawl Moon The Legend of 1900 Bunny and the Bull Happy Go Lucky Mindhorn Only Yesterday Ocean Waves/I Can Hear The Ocean Grave of the Fireflies Whisper of the Heart Pom Poko Specter Spelunker Shrinks Boppin Power Quest Lethal League EYEZMAZE's Grow Series Warp Door Forest Ambassador Increpare Games - Your Name Mother 3 Jet Set Radio Future Panzer Dragoon Orta Total Annihilation Dream Quest on iOS and on Steam Calculords on iOS and on Android Hidden my game by mom on iOS and on Android Behind You!! on iOS and on Android Rabbit Rush Expand Assault Android Cactus Strong Female Protagonist Concrete Tripping Over You Wuvable Oaf What Did You Eat Yesterday Pluto 20th  Century Boys Sakamichi no Apollon/Kids on the Slope Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru/And Yet the Town Moves Amaama to Inazuma/Sweetness and Lightning The Initiates: A Comics Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs Young Liars Rocketo Top 10 Tom Strong Afterlife with Archie and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina The Flintstones comic The Shadow Hero The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Boxers and Saints NAWLZ Happy Endings Outland Review with Forrest MacNeil Clone High and the best opening theme song ever The Katering Show Please Like Me Glory to Rome Funemployed Snake Oil Oink Games Cwali Games Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (which I was wrong and was published in English by Grey Fox Games, and not Tasty Minstrel Games. Hoisted) Ponzi Scheme (which actually was published in English by Tasty Minstrel Games) It Is Forbidden   TAPP 141 - Unpopular Faves TAPP 141 - Unpopular Faves Tue, 30 May 2017 10:56:15 +0000 In this episode:

We discuss our unpopular faves: things we love that most other people don't. In our roundup: Dan and Jackson have been watching Sense8; Jackson and Evan have been watching Dear White People and playing The Surge; Evan's also been playing Outlast 2 and Anatomy; and Aaron's been reading Kaijumax Season 2 and My Brother's Husband.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Sense8

Friends at the Table

Dear White People

The Surge

Outlast 2

Anatomy

Kaijumax Season 2

My Brother's Husband

The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions

Speed Racer

Man of Steel

Lilo & Stitch

Dark Souls 3

Back to the Future Part 3

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Happy Endings

Kamigawa Block

Lewis & Clark

Discoveries

ZEAL

Bioshock Infinite

Zoids Legacy

Nintendo WiiU

Aquarius

 

]]> In this episode:

We discuss our unpopular faves: things we love that most other people don't. In our roundup: Dan and Jackson have been watching Sense8; Jackson and Evan have been watching Dear White People and playing The Surge; Evan's also been playing Outlast 2 and Anatomy; and Aaron's been reading Kaijumax Season 2 and My Brother's Husband.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Sense8

Friends at the Table

Dear White People

The Surge

Outlast 2

Anatomy

Kaijumax Season 2

My Brother's Husband

The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions

Speed Racer

Man of Steel

Lilo & Stitch

Dark Souls 3

Back to the Future Part 3

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Happy Endings

Kamigawa Block

Lewis & Clark

Discoveries

ZEAL

Bioshock Infinite

Zoids Legacy

Nintendo WiiU

Aquarius

]]> 01:20:47 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We discuss our unpopular faves: things we love that most other people don't. In our roundup: Dan and Jackson have been watching Sense8; Jackson and Evan have been watching Dear White People and playing The Surge; Evan's also been playing Outlast 2 and Anatomy; and Aaron's been reading Kaijumax Season 2 and My Brother's Husband. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Sense8 Friends at the Table Dear White People The Surge Outlast 2 Anatomy Kaijumax Season 2 My Brother's Husband The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions Speed Racer Man of Steel Lilo & Stitch Dark Souls 3 Back to the Future Part 3 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Happy Endings Kamigawa Block Lewis & Clark Discoveries ZEAL Bioshock Infinite Zoids Legacy Nintendo WiiU Aquarius  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We discuss our unpopular faves: things we love that most other people don't. In our roundup: Dan and Jackson have been watching Sense8; Jackson and Evan have been watching Dear White People and playing The Surge; Evan's also been playing Outlast 2 and Anatomy; and Aaron's been reading Kaijumax Season 2 and My Brother's Husband. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Sense8 Friends at the Table Dear White People The Surge Outlast 2 Anatomy Kaijumax Season 2 My Brother's Husband The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions Speed Racer Man of Steel Lilo & Stitch Dark Souls 3 Back to the Future Part 3 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Happy Endings Kamigawa Block Lewis & Clark Discoveries ZEAL Bioshock Infinite Zoids Legacy Nintendo WiiU Aquarius   TAPP 140 - GX Australia 2017 Recap TAPP 140 - GX Australia 2017 Recap Wed, 17 May 2017 10:20:43 +0000 In this episode:

We were at GX Australia 2017 and recap what we did there, the games we saw, and all the things we love about the convention. In our roundup: Evan has been playing more Nioh and watching Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid; Jackson and Evan went to watch Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn's Stories for the Starlit Sky; Aaron played The Pyramid's Deadline and Ice Cool; and Mickey has been getting boxed games for old PC games.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Mickey is on Twitter @micpp42 and has the best anime blog name at kawaiiuguu.moe

Nioh: Dragon of the North DLC

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn's Stories for the Starlit Sky

Daniel Kitson on Bandcamp

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Pyramid's Deadline

Oink Games

Ice Cool

A video of us playing Ice Cool

The Indie Box

The GX Australia 2017 panels are available on YouTube

ARMS

Virtual On (which is coming back as a crossover with A Certain Magical Index???)

Miss Fisher and the Deathly Maze

Paperbark

Check out all the exhibitors that were at GX Australia 2017 here

Gender Prison

Keep It Together

Quantum Suicide

The Trans Zone by Glamow

Head Chef

Lucidity

It Is Forbidden

Steve's writeup of our game of It Is Forbidden

Invincible Ink games

Crowdfund This!

Wobbegong-12

Hella Gay Games

]]> In this episode:

We were at GX Australia 2017 and recap what we did there, the games we saw, and all the things we love about the convention. In our roundup: Evan has been playing more Nioh and watching Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid; Jackson and Evan went to watch Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn's Stories for the Starlit Sky; Aaron played The Pyramid's Deadline and Ice Cool; and Mickey has been getting boxed games for old PC games.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Mickey is on Twitter @micpp42 and has the best anime blog name at kawaiiuguu.moe

Nioh: Dragon of the North DLC

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn's Stories for the Starlit Sky

Daniel Kitson on Bandcamp

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Pyramid's Deadline

Oink Games

Ice Cool

A video of us playing Ice Cool

The Indie Box

The GX Australia 2017 panels are available on YouTube

ARMS

Virtual On (which is coming back as a crossover with A Certain Magical Index???)

Miss Fisher and the Deathly Maze

Paperbark

Check out all the exhibitors that were at GX Australia 2017 here

Gender Prison

Keep It Together

Quantum Suicide

The Trans Zone by Glamow

Head Chef

Lucidity

It Is Forbidden

Steve's writeup of our game of It Is Forbidden

Invincible Ink games

Crowdfund This!

Wobbegong-12

Hella Gay Games

]]> 01:47:40 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We were at GX Australia 2017 and recap what we did there, the games we saw, and all the things we love about the convention. In our roundup: Evan has been playing more Nioh and watching Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid; Jackson and Evan went to watch Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn's Stories for the Starlit Sky; Aaron played The Pyramid's Deadline and Ice Cool; and Mickey has been getting boxed games for old PC games. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Mickey is on Twitter @micpp42 and has the best anime blog name at kawaiiuguu.moe Nioh: Dragon of the North DLC Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn's Stories for the Starlit Sky Daniel Kitson on Bandcamp The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild The Pyramid's Deadline Oink Games Ice Cool A video of us playing Ice Cool The Indie Box The GX Australia 2017 panels are available on YouTube ARMS Virtual On (which is coming back as a crossover with A Certain Magical Index???) Miss Fisher and the Deathly Maze Paperbark Check out all the exhibitors that were at GX Australia 2017 here Gender Prison Keep It Together Quantum Suicide The Trans Zone by Glamow Head Chef Lucidity It Is Forbidden Steve's writeup of our game of It Is Forbidden Invincible Ink games Crowdfund This! Wobbegong-12 Hella Gay GamesThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: We were at GX Australia 2017 and recap what we did there, the games we saw, and all the things we love about the convention. In our roundup: Evan has been playing more Nioh and watching Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid; Jackson and Evan went to watch Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn's Stories for the Starlit Sky; Aaron played The Pyramid's Deadline and Ice Cool; and Mickey has been getting boxed games for old PC games. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Mickey is on Twitter @micpp42 and has the best anime blog name at kawaiiuguu.moe Nioh: Dragon of the North DLC Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn's Stories for the Starlit Sky Daniel Kitson on Bandcamp The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild The Pyramid's Deadline Oink Games Ice Cool A video of us playing Ice Cool The Indie Box The GX Australia 2017 panels are available on YouTube ARMS Virtual On (which is coming back as a crossover with A Certain Magical Index???) Miss Fisher and the Deathly Maze Paperbark Check out all the exhibitors that were at GX Australia 2017 here Gender Prison Keep It Together Quantum Suicide The Trans Zone by Glamow Head Chef Lucidity It Is Forbidden Steve's writeup of our game of It Is Forbidden Invincible Ink games Crowdfund This! Wobbegong-12 Hella Gay Games TAPP 139 - Mash It Up Real Good TAPP 139 - Mash It Up Real Good Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:43:43 +0000 In this episode:

We talk about mashups and crossovers; why and how they work and our favourite ones. In our roundup: Dan was really into the letters L and G, watching Logan and Legion and building some LEGO; Evan's been playing Night in the Woods and Nier: Automata; Jackson and Evan played Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes; Jackson was at the Lost Trades Fair and was reading Tripping Over You, playing Breath of the Wild, and watching Adam Koebel play RPGs; and Aaron has been listening to Friends At The Table and played a game of Microscope.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Logan

Legion

Night In The Woods

Nier: Automata

Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes

Kyneton Lost Trades Fair

Tripping Over You

Hyrule Warriors

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Adam Koebel

Dungeon World

Friends At The Table

Microscope

Nioh

Cowboy Bebop

Excel Saga

Top 10

Kaijumax

Batman/Hellboy/Starman

Once More With Feeling

The Music Meister

Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Frog Fractions

Rabbit Rush (the website is gone, but Evan did a Let's Play here)

Marvel vs. Capcom

 

]]> In this episode:

We talk about mashups and crossovers; why and how they work and our favourite ones. In our roundup: Dan was really into the letters L and G, watching Logan and Legion and building some LEGO; Evan's been playing Night in the Woods and Nier: Automata; Jackson and Evan played Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes; Jackson was at the Lost Trades Fair and was reading Tripping Over You, playing Breath of the Wild, and watching Adam Koebel play RPGs; and Aaron has been listening to Friends At The Table and played a game of Microscope.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Logan

Legion

Night In The Woods

Nier: Automata

Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes

Kyneton Lost Trades Fair

Tripping Over You

Hyrule Warriors

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Adam Koebel

Dungeon World

Friends At The Table

Microscope

Nioh

Cowboy Bebop

Excel Saga

Top 10

Kaijumax

Batman/Hellboy/Starman

Once More With Feeling

The Music Meister

Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Frog Fractions

Rabbit Rush (the website is gone, but Evan did a Let's Play here)

Marvel vs. Capcom

]]> 01:40:36 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We talk about mashups and crossovers; why and how they work and our favourite ones. In our roundup: Dan was really into the letters L and G, watching Logan and Legion and building some LEGO; Evan's been playing Night in the Woods and Nier: Automata; Jackson and Evan played Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes; Jackson was at the Lost Trades Fair and was reading Tripping Over You, playing Breath of the Wild, and watching Adam Koebel play RPGs; and Aaron has been listening to Friends At The Table and played a game of Microscope. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Logan Legion Night In The Woods Nier: Automata Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes Kyneton Lost Trades Fair Tripping Over You Hyrule Warriors The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Adam Koebel Dungeon World Friends At The Table Microscope Nioh Cowboy Bebop Excel Saga Top 10 Kaijumax Batman/Hellboy/Starman Once More With Feeling The Music Meister Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Frog Fractions Rabbit Rush (the website is gone, but Evan did a Let's Play here) Marvel vs. Capcom  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We talk about mashups and crossovers; why and how they work and our favourite ones. In our roundup: Dan was really into the letters L and G, watching Logan and Legion and building some LEGO; Evan's been playing Night in the Woods and Nier: Automata; Jackson and Evan played Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes; Jackson was at the Lost Trades Fair and was reading Tripping Over You, playing Breath of the Wild, and watching Adam Koebel play RPGs; and Aaron has been listening to Friends At The Table and played a game of Microscope. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Logan Legion Night In The Woods Nier: Automata Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes Kyneton Lost Trades Fair Tripping Over You Hyrule Warriors The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Adam Koebel Dungeon World Friends At The Table Microscope Nioh Cowboy Bebop Excel Saga Top 10 Kaijumax Batman/Hellboy/Starman Once More With Feeling The Music Meister Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Frog Fractions Rabbit Rush (the website is gone, but Evan did a Let's Play here) Marvel vs. Capcom   TAPP 138 - When He Blew Up That Boat, He Blew Up My Pants TAPP 138 - When He Blew Up That Boat, He Blew Up My Pants Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:05:51 +0000 In this episode:

We talk about villains that we love to hate, love to love and the role of tragedy and pathos in boners. In our roundup: Dan went to the circus, played In the Name of Odin and Dice of Crowns, and has been backing Kickstarters; I played Cottage Garden, Great Western Trail and Aeon's End; Jackson played Breath of the Wild and SnipperClips on the Switch, and read Locke & Key; and Evan has been playing Horizon Zero Dawn, Nioh, Hollow Knight and Berserk and the Band of the Hawk.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Our first episode, 4 years ago

Cirque Du Soleil: Kooza

In the Name of Odin

Dice of Crowns

Dogs Board Game on Kickstarter

Massive Darkness

Cottage Garden

Great Western Trail

Aeon's End

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Snipperclips

Locke & Key

Horizon Zero Dawn

Nioh

Hollow Knight

Berserk and the Band of the Hawk

Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra

Robbie Rotten

Camp Disney villains

Suits

Ice King

Earthbound

Bioshock Infinite

Mistborn

I Am Legend

The Music Meister

Dr. Horrible

Infernal Affairs

Dr. Dinosaur

Vanquish

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

The Wolf Among Us

Mid-Boss

Shantae and The Pirate's Curse

Gendo Ikari

Astro City: The Tarnished Angel

The Superior Foes of Spider-Man

Lucifer

The Katayanagi Twins

 

]]> In this episode:

We talk about villains that we love to hate, love to love and the role of tragedy and pathos in boners. In our roundup: Dan went to the circus, played In the Name of Odin and Dice of Crowns, and has been backing Kickstarters; I played Cottage Garden, Great Western Trail and Aeon's End; Jackson played Breath of the Wild and SnipperClips on the Switch, and read Locke & Key; and Evan has been playing Horizon Zero Dawn, Nioh, Hollow Knight and Berserk and the Band of the Hawk.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Our first episode, 4 years ago

Cirque Du Soleil: Kooza

In the Name of Odin

Dice of Crowns

Dogs Board Game on Kickstarter

Massive Darkness

Cottage Garden

Great Western Trail

Aeon's End

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Snipperclips

Locke & Key

Horizon Zero Dawn

Nioh

Hollow Knight

Berserk and the Band of the Hawk

Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra

Robbie Rotten

Camp Disney villains

Suits

Ice King

Earthbound

Bioshock Infinite

Mistborn

I Am Legend

The Music Meister

Dr. Horrible

Infernal Affairs

Dr. Dinosaur

Vanquish

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

The Wolf Among Us

Mid-Boss

Shantae and The Pirate's Curse

Gendo Ikari

Astro City: The Tarnished Angel

The Superior Foes of Spider-Man

Lucifer

The Katayanagi Twins

]]> 01:21:30 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We talk about villains that we love to hate, love to love and the role of tragedy and pathos in boners. In our roundup: Dan went to the circus, played In the Name of Odin and Dice of Crowns, and has been backing Kickstarters; I played Cottage Garden, Great Western Trail and Aeon's End; Jackson played Breath of the Wild and SnipperClips on the Switch, and read Locke & Key; and Evan has been playing Horizon Zero Dawn, Nioh, Hollow Knight and Berserk and the Band of the Hawk. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Our first episode, 4 years ago Cirque Du Soleil: Kooza In the Name of Odin Dice of Crowns Dogs Board Game on Kickstarter Massive Darkness Cottage Garden Great Western Trail Aeon's End The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Snipperclips Locke & Key Horizon Zero Dawn Nioh Hollow Knight Berserk and the Band of the Hawk Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra Robbie Rotten Camp Disney villains Suits Ice King Earthbound Bioshock Infinite Mistborn I Am Legend The Music Meister Dr. Horrible Infernal Affairs Dr. Dinosaur Vanquish Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 The Wolf Among Us Mid-Boss Shantae and The Pirate's Curse Gendo Ikari Astro City: The Tarnished Angel The Superior Foes of Spider-Man Lucifer The Katayanagi Twins  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We talk about villains that we love to hate, love to love and the role of tragedy and pathos in boners. In our roundup: Dan went to the circus, played In the Name of Odin and Dice of Crowns, and has been backing Kickstarters; I played Cottage Garden, Great Western Trail and Aeon's End; Jackson played Breath of the Wild and SnipperClips on the Switch, and read Locke & Key; and Evan has been playing Horizon Zero Dawn, Nioh, Hollow Knight and Berserk and the Band of the Hawk. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Our first episode, 4 years ago Cirque Du Soleil: Kooza In the Name of Odin Dice of Crowns Dogs Board Game on Kickstarter Massive Darkness Cottage Garden Great Western Trail Aeon's End The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Snipperclips Locke & Key Horizon Zero Dawn Nioh Hollow Knight Berserk and the Band of the Hawk Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra Robbie Rotten Camp Disney villains Suits Ice King Earthbound Bioshock Infinite Mistborn I Am Legend The Music Meister Dr. Horrible Infernal Affairs Dr. Dinosaur Vanquish Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 The Wolf Among Us Mid-Boss Shantae and The Pirate's Curse Gendo Ikari Astro City: The Tarnished Angel The Superior Foes of Spider-Man Lucifer The Katayanagi Twins   TAPP 137 - Always Read the Label TAPP 137 - Always Read the Label Thu, 02 Mar 2017 11:50:18 +0000 In this episode:

We tackle the topic of genre and medium labels and how we deal with the stigma attached to certain labels when we try to share our hobbies with others. Also in our roundup: Dan visited Tasmania,  read Norse Mythology and played Cottage Garden; Jackson talked about our trip to see the Prosthetic Reality exhibition, played Exposed and Welcome Back to the Dungeon, and beat up kids in Swordcraft, and played Xenoblade Chronicles X; Evan just finished Nioh; Aaron played Ponzi Scheme, Inis and watched Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special; and finally we all got together to play some Dungeon World.

Also! We are now 4 years old! Thanks for joining us on this ride through all the pop culture we love :)

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Norse Mythology

The Myths and Legends Podcast

Cottage Garden

Prosthetic Reality

Festival of the Photocopier

Exposed

Welcome Back to the Dungeon

Swordcraft

Xenoblade Chronicles X

Nioh

Ponzi Scheme

Inis

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

The Greatest Event in Television History

Dungeon World

Friends at the Table

Critical Role

HarmonQuest

Critical Hit

Nawlz

Understanding Comics

Nobrow: The Culture of Marketing + The Marketing of Culture

 

]]> In this episode:

We tackle the topic of genre and medium labels and how we deal with the stigma attached to certain labels when we try to share our hobbies with others. Also in our roundup: Dan visited Tasmania, read Norse Mythology and played Cottage Garden; Jackson talked about our trip to see the Prosthetic Reality exhibition, played Exposed and Welcome Back to the Dungeon, and beat up kids in Swordcraft, and played Xenoblade Chronicles X; Evan just finished Nioh; Aaron played Ponzi Scheme, Inis and watched Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special; and finally we all got together to play some Dungeon World.

Also! We are now 4 years old! Thanks for joining us on this ride through all the pop culture we love :)

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Norse Mythology

The Myths and Legends Podcast

Cottage Garden

Prosthetic Reality

Festival of the Photocopier

Exposed

Welcome Back to the Dungeon

Swordcraft

Xenoblade Chronicles X

Nioh

Ponzi Scheme

Inis

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

The Greatest Event in Television History

Dungeon World

Friends at the Table

Critical Role

HarmonQuest

Critical Hit

Nawlz

Understanding Comics

Nobrow: The Culture of Marketing + The Marketing of Culture

]]> 01:49:48 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We tackle the topic of genre and medium labels and how we deal with the stigma attached to certain labels when we try to share our hobbies with others. Also in our roundup: Dan visited Tasmania,  read Norse Mythology and played Cottage Garden; Jackson talked about our trip to see the Prosthetic Reality exhibition, played Exposed and Welcome Back to the Dungeon, and beat up kids in Swordcraft, and played Xenoblade Chronicles X; Evan just finished Nioh; Aaron played Ponzi Scheme, Inis and watched Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special; and finally we all got together to play some Dungeon World. Also! We are now 4 years old! Thanks for joining us on this ride through all the pop culture we love :) Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Norse Mythology The Myths and Legends Podcast Cottage Garden Prosthetic Reality Festival of the Photocopier Exposed Welcome Back to the Dungeon Swordcraft Xenoblade Chronicles X Nioh Ponzi Scheme Inis Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special The Greatest Event in Television History Dungeon World Friends at the Table Critical Role HarmonQuest Critical Hit Nawlz Understanding Comics Nobrow: The Culture of Marketing + The Marketing of Culture  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We tackle the topic of genre and medium labels and how we deal with the stigma attached to certain labels when we try to share our hobbies with others. Also in our roundup: Dan visited Tasmania,  read Norse Mythology and played Cottage Garden; Jackson talked about our trip to see the Prosthetic Reality exhibition, played Exposed and Welcome Back to the Dungeon, and beat up kids in Swordcraft, and played Xenoblade Chronicles X; Evan just finished Nioh; Aaron played Ponzi Scheme, Inis and watched Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special; and finally we all got together to play some Dungeon World. Also! We are now 4 years old! Thanks for joining us on this ride through all the pop culture we love :) Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Norse Mythology The Myths and Legends Podcast Cottage Garden Prosthetic Reality Festival of the Photocopier Exposed Welcome Back to the Dungeon Swordcraft Xenoblade Chronicles X Nioh Ponzi Scheme Inis Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special The Greatest Event in Television History Dungeon World Friends at the Table Critical Role HarmonQuest Critical Hit Nawlz Understanding Comics Nobrow: The Culture of Marketing + The Marketing of Culture   TAPP 136 - Put It In And Around My Mouth Hole TAPP 136 - Put It In And Around My Mouth Hole Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:58:58 +0000 In this episode:

We are joined by ol' pal Ken Lee to chat about something that we all need and love: food. We discuss the representation of food in various media: the mechanical applications in games, the presentation of food in professional vs amateur settings, and the eroticism of food. Also in our roundup: Jackson read Daytripper and Sunstone, went to the first women's AFL game, and played Simurgh and Roll for the Galaxy; I played Round House; Ken had a great experience getting off a space station in Star Citizen; and Evan has been playing Resident Evil 7, with and without VR, and falling in love with Nioh.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

You can find Ken on Twitter as @PixelHunt and @FaceStuffing

Evan has been streaming games on Twitch as MostStranger

Daytripper

Sunstone

First women's AFL game

Simurgh

Roll for the Galaxy

Round House (based on Hakka round houses)

Star Citizen

Resident Evil 7

Nioh

Please Tell Me! Galko-chan

Why Is There So Much Food in Games?? by PBS Game/Show

Mafia II

EarthBound

Mother 3

Battle Chef Brigade

Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars)

Why the Food in Final Fantasy XV is So Damn Realistic

Overcooked

The World Ends With You

Dark Cloud 2

Agricola

Le Havre

At The Gates of Loyang

A la carte

Tiny Teddies Go To War

Rocky Road Warriors

Poco's Udon World

Gourmet Girl Graffiti

Hannibal

Please Like Me

Sweetness and Lightning

Relish: My Life in the Kitchen

What makes Indian food so unique

Books for Cooks

The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu

Nobunaga no Chef

Ratatouille

The God of Cookery

Gastropod

The Sporkful

 

]]> In this episode:

We are joined by ol' pal Ken Lee to chat about something that we all need and love: food. We discuss the representation of food in various media: the mechanical applications in games, the presentation of food in professional vs amateur settings, and the eroticism of food. Also in our roundup: Jackson read Daytripper and Sunstone, went to the first women's AFL game, and played Simurgh and Roll for the Galaxy; I played Round House; Ken had a great experience getting off a space station in Star Citizen; and Evan has been playing Resident Evil 7, with and without VR, and falling in love with Nioh.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

You can find Ken on Twitter as @PixelHunt and @FaceStuffing

Evan has been streaming games on Twitch as MostStranger

Daytripper

Sunstone

First women's AFL game

Simurgh

Roll for the Galaxy

Round House (based on Hakka round houses)

Star Citizen

Resident Evil 7

Nioh

Please Tell Me! Galko-chan

Why Is There So Much Food in Games?? by PBS Game/Show

Mafia II

EarthBound

Mother 3

Battle Chef Brigade

Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars)

Why the Food in Final Fantasy XV is So Damn Realistic

Overcooked

The World Ends With You

Dark Cloud 2

Agricola

Le Havre

At The Gates of Loyang

A la carte

Tiny Teddies Go To War

Rocky Road Warriors

Poco's Udon World

Gourmet Girl Graffiti

Hannibal

Please Like Me

Sweetness and Lightning

Relish: My Life in the Kitchen

What makes Indian food so unique

Books for Cooks

The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu

Nobunaga no Chef

Ratatouille

The God of Cookery

Gastropod

The Sporkful

]]> 01:35:37 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We are joined by ol' pal Ken Lee to chat about something that we all need and love: food. We discuss the representation of food in various media: the mechanical applications in games, the presentation of food in professional vs amateur settings, and the eroticism of food. Also in our roundup: Jackson read Daytripper and Sunstone, went to the first women's AFL game, and played Simurgh and Roll for the Galaxy; I played Round House; Ken had a great experience getting off a space station in Star Citizen; and Evan has been playing Resident Evil 7, with and without VR, and falling in love with Nioh. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: You can find Ken on Twitter as @PixelHunt and @FaceStuffing Evan has been streaming games on Twitch as MostStranger Daytripper Sunstone First women's AFL game Simurgh Roll for the Galaxy Round House (based on Hakka round houses) Star Citizen Resident Evil 7 Nioh Please Tell Me! Galko-chan Why Is There So Much Food in Games?? by PBS Game/Show Mafia II EarthBound Mother 3 Battle Chef Brigade Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars) Why the Food in Final Fantasy XV is So Damn Realistic Overcooked The World Ends With You Dark Cloud 2 Agricola Le Havre At The Gates of Loyang A la carte Tiny Teddies Go To War Rocky Road Warriors Poco's Udon World Gourmet Girl Graffiti Hannibal Please Like Me Sweetness and Lightning Relish: My Life in the Kitchen What makes Indian food so unique Books for Cooks The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu Nobunaga no Chef Ratatouille The God of Cookery Gastropod The Sporkful  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We are joined by ol' pal Ken Lee to chat about something that we all need and love: food. We discuss the representation of food in various media: the mechanical applications in games, the presentation of food in professional vs amateur settings, and the eroticism of food. Also in our roundup: Jackson read Daytripper and Sunstone, went to the first women's AFL game, and played Simurgh and Roll for the Galaxy; I played Round House; Ken had a great experience getting off a space station in Star Citizen; and Evan has been playing Resident Evil 7, with and without VR, and falling in love with Nioh. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: You can find Ken on Twitter as @PixelHunt and @FaceStuffing Evan has been streaming games on Twitch as MostStranger Daytripper Sunstone First women's AFL game Simurgh Roll for the Galaxy Round House (based on Hakka round houses) Star Citizen Resident Evil 7 Nioh Please Tell Me! Galko-chan Why Is There So Much Food in Games?? by PBS Game/Show Mafia II EarthBound Mother 3 Battle Chef Brigade Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars) Why the Food in Final Fantasy XV is So Damn Realistic Overcooked The World Ends With You Dark Cloud 2 Agricola Le Havre At The Gates of Loyang A la carte Tiny Teddies Go To War Rocky Road Warriors Poco's Udon World Gourmet Girl Graffiti Hannibal Please Like Me Sweetness and Lightning Relish: My Life in the Kitchen What makes Indian food so unique Books for Cooks The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu Nobunaga no Chef Ratatouille The God of Cookery Gastropod The Sporkful   TAPP 135 - Hello 2017 TAPP 135 - Hello 2017 Sat, 04 Feb 2017 04:50:32 +0000 In this episode:

We start off our first recording session of 2017 with a big catch up on what we've been up to during our holiday breaks, including some big life events.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

You can find Killian on Twitter as @FionnBran

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Moana

Outtake songs from Moana and Frozen

The Wicked + The Divine

The Mistborn Trilogy Series

Strong Female Protagonist

The SEA is Ours: Tales from Steampunk Southeast Asia

Kim & Kim

Dark Souls III

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City

Overwatch

Overwatch's Year of the Rooster event

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

SUPERHOT

SUPERHOT The Card Game (currently on Kickstarter)

Guild of Dungeoneering

Voltron: Legendary Defender

A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Good Place

Yuri!!! on ICE

Father Brown

Sherlock

Elementary

Please Like Me

Hidden my game my mom 2 - on iOS and Android

Overcooked

Black Mirror

Dragon Ball Z

 

]]> In this episode:

We start off our first recording session of 2017 with a big catch up on what we've been up to during our holiday breaks, including some big life events.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

You can find Killian on Twitter as @FionnBran

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Moana

Outtake songs from Moana and Frozen

The Wicked + The Divine

The Mistborn Trilogy Series

Strong Female Protagonist

The SEA is Ours: Tales from Steampunk Southeast Asia

Kim & Kim

Dark Souls III

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City

Overwatch

Overwatch's Year of the Rooster event

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

SUPERHOT

SUPERHOT The Card Game (currently on Kickstarter)

Guild of Dungeoneering

Voltron: Legendary Defender

A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Good Place

Yuri!!! on ICE

Father Brown

Sherlock

Elementary

Please Like Me

Hidden my game my mom 2 - on iOS and Android

Overcooked

Black Mirror

Dragon Ball Z

]]> 01:25:11 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We start off our first recording session of 2017 with a big catch up on what we've been up to during our holiday breaks, including some big life events. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: You can find Killian on Twitter as @FionnBran Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Moana Outtake songs from Moana and Frozen The Wicked + The Divine The Mistborn Trilogy Series Strong Female Protagonist The SEA is Ours: Tales from Steampunk Southeast Asia Kim & Kim Dark Souls III Dark Souls III: The Ringed City Overwatch Overwatch's Year of the Rooster event Crypt of the Necrodancer Shantae and the Pirate's Curse SUPERHOT SUPERHOT The Card Game (currently on Kickstarter) Guild of Dungeoneering Voltron: Legendary Defender A Series of Unfortunate Events The Good Place Yuri!!! on ICE Father Brown Sherlock Elementary Please Like Me Hidden my game my mom 2 - on iOS and Android Overcooked Black Mirror Dragon Ball Z  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We start off our first recording session of 2017 with a big catch up on what we've been up to during our holiday breaks, including some big life events. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: You can find Killian on Twitter as @FionnBran Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Moana Outtake songs from Moana and Frozen The Wicked + The Divine The Mistborn Trilogy Series Strong Female Protagonist The SEA is Ours: Tales from Steampunk Southeast Asia Kim & Kim Dark Souls III Dark Souls III: The Ringed City Overwatch Overwatch's Year of the Rooster event Crypt of the Necrodancer Shantae and the Pirate's Curse SUPERHOT SUPERHOT The Card Game (currently on Kickstarter) Guild of Dungeoneering Voltron: Legendary Defender A Series of Unfortunate Events The Good Place Yuri!!! on ICE Father Brown Sherlock Elementary Please Like Me Hidden my game my mom 2 - on iOS and Android Overcooked Black Mirror Dragon Ball Z   TAPP 134 - Best of 2016 Part 2 TAPP 134 - Best of 2016 Part 2 Thu, 19 Jan 2017 09:44:25 +0000 In this episode:

We follow up on Part 1 and recount the things we loved from the back half of 2016, as well as our overall favourites.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Dark Souls III

Overwatch

Hidden My Game By Mom!

Rock Band 4

That Dragon, Cancer

Mini Metro

Paper Mario: Color Splash

The Trail

The Witness

Desktop Dungeons

Rocket League

Battlerite

AdVenture Capitalist

Party Golf

Overcooked

Firewatch

Killing Time At Lightspeed

Batman - The Telltale Series

Ladykiller in a Bind

Pokemon: Sun and Moon

Black Panther & The Omega Men, which I talked about on this episode

Vision Vol 1: Little Worse Than A Man

Spidey Zine by Hannah Blumenreich

Tetris: The Games People Play

Sunstone

Bitch Planet

The Unwritten

Duckfeed.tv

Bonfireside Chat

hbomberguy

Art of Tabby

Nanjing: The Burning City

The Nao of Brown

Monstress

Kill 6 Billion Demons

The Wicked + The Divine

The Sixth Gun

Giant Days

Strong Female Protagonist

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Cry Havoc

Potion Explosion

Ulm

Junk Art

Imhotep

The Resistance: Avalon

The Kerberos Club

T.I.M.E Stories

Quadropolis

Rogue One

Doctor Strange

Westworld

Please Like Me

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

Suits

Stranger Things

Black Mirror

The Blacklist

Toast of London

Bojack Horseman

Gravity Falls

Sour Grapes

The Search for General Tso

The King of Kong

The Dwarvenaut

Hamilton: An American Musical

The Hamilton Mixtape

Unattended Consequences

Gastropod

The Sporkful

Waypoint Radio

Myths and Legends

Harry Podcast

Dumbledore is a massive dick

Another Round

James Bruton (XRobots)

The Young Turks

Scott Pilgrim

Something New

Tripping Over You

Luke Cage

The Katering Show

Crashlands

Fight Like A Girl

Everybody's Fucked Up

 

]]> In this episode:

We follow up on Part 1 and recount the things we loved from the back half of 2016, as well as our overall favourites.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Dark Souls III

Overwatch

Hidden My Game By Mom!

Rock Band 4

That Dragon, Cancer

Mini Metro

Paper Mario: Color Splash

The Trail

The Witness

Desktop Dungeons

Rocket League

Battlerite

AdVenture Capitalist

Party Golf

Overcooked

Firewatch

Killing Time At Lightspeed

Batman - The Telltale Series

Ladykiller in a Bind

Pokemon: Sun and Moon

Black Panther & The Omega Men, which I talked about on this episode

Vision Vol 1: Little Worse Than A Man

Spidey Zine by Hannah Blumenreich

Tetris: The Games People Play

Sunstone

Bitch Planet

The Unwritten

Duckfeed.tv

Bonfireside Chat

hbomberguy

Art of Tabby

Nanjing: The Burning City

The Nao of Brown

Monstress

Kill 6 Billion Demons

The Wicked + The Divine

The Sixth Gun

Giant Days

Strong Female Protagonist

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Cry Havoc

Potion Explosion

Ulm

Junk Art

Imhotep

The Resistance: Avalon

The Kerberos Club

T.I.M.E Stories

Quadropolis

Rogue One

Doctor Strange

Westworld

Please Like Me

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

Suits

Stranger Things

Black Mirror

The Blacklist

Toast of London

Bojack Horseman

Gravity Falls

Sour Grapes

The Search for General Tso

The King of Kong

The Dwarvenaut

Hamilton: An American Musical

The Hamilton Mixtape

Unattended Consequences

Gastropod

The Sporkful

Waypoint Radio

Myths and Legends

Harry Podcast

Dumbledore is a massive dick

Another Round

James Bruton (XRobots)

The Young Turks

Scott Pilgrim

Something New

Tripping Over You

Luke Cage

The Katering Show

Crashlands

Fight Like A Girl

Everybody's Fucked Up

]]> 01:26:15 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We follow up on Part 1 and recount the things we loved from the back half of 2016, as well as our overall favourites. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Dark Souls III Overwatch Hidden My Game By Mom! Rock Band 4 That Dragon, Cancer Mini Metro Paper Mario: Color Splash The Trail The Witness Desktop Dungeons Rocket League Battlerite AdVenture Capitalist Party Golf Overcooked Firewatch Killing Time At Lightspeed Batman - The Telltale Series Ladykiller in a Bind Pokemon: Sun and Moon Black Panther & The Omega Men, which I talked about on this episode Vision Vol 1: Little Worse Than A Man Spidey Zine by Hannah Blumenreich Tetris: The Games People Play Sunstone Bitch Planet The Unwritten Duckfeed.tv Bonfireside Chat hbomberguy Art of Tabby Nanjing: The Burning City The Nao of Brown Monstress Kill 6 Billion Demons The Wicked + The Divine The Sixth Gun Giant Days Strong Female Protagonist Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 Cry Havoc Potion Explosion Ulm Junk Art Imhotep The Resistance: Avalon The Kerberos Club T.I.M.E Stories Quadropolis Rogue One Doctor Strange Westworld Please Like Me Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Suits Stranger Things Black Mirror The Blacklist Toast of London Bojack Horseman Gravity Falls Sour Grapes The Search for General Tso The King of Kong The Dwarvenaut Hamilton: An American Musical The Hamilton Mixtape Unattended Consequences Gastropod The Sporkful Waypoint Radio Myths and Legends Harry Podcast Dumbledore is a massive dick Another Round James Bruton (XRobots) The Young Turks Scott Pilgrim Something New Tripping Over You Luke Cage The Katering Show Crashlands Fight Like A Girl Everybody's Fucked Up  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We follow up on Part 1 and recount the things we loved from the back half of 2016, as well as our overall favourites. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Dark Souls III Overwatch Hidden My Game By Mom! Rock Band 4 That Dragon, Cancer Mini Metro Paper Mario: Color Splash The Trail The Witness Desktop Dungeons Rocket League Battlerite AdVenture Capitalist Party Golf Overcooked Firewatch Killing Time At Lightspeed Batman - The Telltale Series Ladykiller in a Bind Pokemon: Sun and Moon Black Panther & The Omega Men, which I talked about on this episode Vision Vol 1: Little Worse Than A Man Spidey Zine by Hannah Blumenreich Tetris: The Games People Play Sunstone Bitch Planet The Unwritten Duckfeed.tv Bonfireside Chat hbomberguy Art of Tabby Nanjing: The Burning City The Nao of Brown Monstress Kill 6 Billion Demons The Wicked + The Divine The Sixth Gun Giant Days Strong Female Protagonist Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 Cry Havoc Potion Explosion Ulm Junk Art Imhotep The Resistance: Avalon The Kerberos Club T.I.M.E Stories Quadropolis Rogue One Doctor Strange Westworld Please Like Me Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Suits Stranger Things Black Mirror The Blacklist Toast of London Bojack Horseman Gravity Falls Sour Grapes The Search for General Tso The King of Kong The Dwarvenaut Hamilton: An American Musical The Hamilton Mixtape Unattended Consequences Gastropod The Sporkful Waypoint Radio Myths and Legends Harry Podcast Dumbledore is a massive dick Another Round James Bruton (XRobots) The Young Turks Scott Pilgrim Something New Tripping Over You Luke Cage The Katering Show Crashlands Fight Like A Girl Everybody's Fucked Up   TAPP 133 - Palaces Out Of Paragraphs TAPP 133 - Palaces Out Of Paragraphs Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:57:09 +0000 In this episode:

We talk about worldbuilding and settings that we enjoy, covering what makes worldbuilding effective and fictional setting we would like to live in. In our roundup: Aaron talks about Deception: Murder in Hong Kong, Potion Explosion, Gravity Falls, the Over the Garden Wall comic, and Mechs vs. Minions. Jackson discusses Shadowrun: Crossfire, Doomtown: Reloaded, The Blacklist, and The Happiest Refugee. Dan's been reading the Explorer series and Tom King's run of Vision, and watching Timeless and Westworld. Evan chats with us about Suits, Yuri!!! on Ice, Elementary, Bloodborne, playing on the Playstation VR, Burly Men at Sea, and the Ashes of Ariandel DLC for Dark Souls III.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong

Potion Explosion

Gravity Falls

Over the Garden Wall

Over the Garden Wall comics

Mechs vs. Minions

Shadowrun: Crossfire

Doomtown: Reloaded

The Blacklist

The Happiest Refugee

Explorer Anthology Series

Vision Vol 1: Little Worse Than A Man

Timeless

Westworld

Suits

Yuri!!! on Ice

Elementary

Bloodborne

Kitchen (Resident Evil 7 demo)

Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live

Eagle Flight

Burly Men at Sea

Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel (which Evan has also written about here)

Wizards of the Coast's Player Psychographic Profiles

Further info on the player profiles

Shadowrun

The Star Wars CCG

Pokemon: Sun and Moon

Mother 3

Elite Beat Agents

Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars)

Yakitate!! Japan

Fallout

The Lies of Locke Lamora

PBS Idea Channel on Overwatch

Avatar: The Last Airbender comics

Discworld

Astro City

Top 10

East of West

Rocketo

Fables

80 Days

Scythe

Iron Harvest will be set in the same setting as Scythe

Songs of the Dying Earth

Brandon Graham

Kill 6 Billion Demons

]]> In this episode:

We talk about worldbuilding and settings that we enjoy, covering what makes worldbuilding effective and fictional setting we would like to live in. In our roundup: Aaron talks about Deception: Murder in Hong Kong, Potion Explosion, Gravity Falls, the Over the Garden Wall comic, and Mechs vs. Minions. Jackson discusses Shadowrun: Crossfire, Doomtown: Reloaded, The Blacklist, and The Happiest Refugee. Dan's been reading the Explorer series and Tom King's run of Vision, and watching Timeless and Westworld. Evan chats with us about Suits, Yuri!!! on Ice, Elementary, Bloodborne, playing on the Playstation VR, Burly Men at Sea, and the Ashes of Ariandel DLC for Dark Souls III.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong

Potion Explosion

Gravity Falls

Over the Garden Wall

Over the Garden Wall comics

Mechs vs. Minions

Shadowrun: Crossfire

Doomtown: Reloaded

The Blacklist

The Happiest Refugee

Explorer Anthology Series

Vision Vol 1: Little Worse Than A Man

Timeless

Westworld

Suits

Yuri!!! on Ice

Elementary

Bloodborne

Kitchen (Resident Evil 7 demo)

Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live

Eagle Flight

Burly Men at Sea

Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel (which Evan has also written about here)

Wizards of the Coast's Player Psychographic Profiles

Further info on the player profiles

Shadowrun

The Star Wars CCG

Pokemon: Sun and Moon

Mother 3

Elite Beat Agents

Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars)

Yakitate!! Japan

Fallout

The Lies of Locke Lamora

PBS Idea Channel on Overwatch

Avatar: The Last Airbender comics

Discworld

Astro City

Top 10

East of West

Rocketo

Fables

80 Days

Scythe

Iron Harvest will be set in the same setting as Scythe

Songs of the Dying Earth

Brandon Graham

Kill 6 Billion Demons

]]> 01:58:33 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We talk about worldbuilding and settings that we enjoy, covering what makes worldbuilding effective and fictional setting we would like to live in. In our roundup: Aaron talks about Deception: Murder in Hong Kong, Potion Explosion, Gravity Falls, the Over the Garden Wall comic, and Mechs vs. Minions. Jackson discusses Shadowrun: Crossfire, Doomtown: Reloaded, The Blacklist, and The Happiest Refugee. Dan's been reading the Explorer series and Tom King's run of Vision, and watching Timeless and Westworld. Evan chats with us about Suits, Yuri!!! on Ice, Elementary, Bloodborne, playing on the Playstation VR, Burly Men at Sea, and the Ashes of Ariandel DLC for Dark Souls III. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Deception: Murder in Hong Kong Potion Explosion Gravity Falls Over the Garden Wall Over the Garden Wall comics Mechs vs. Minions Shadowrun: Crossfire Doomtown: Reloaded The Blacklist The Happiest Refugee Explorer Anthology Series Vision Vol 1: Little Worse Than A Man Timeless Westworld Suits Yuri!!! on Ice Elementary Bloodborne Kitchen (Resident Evil 7 demo) Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live Eagle Flight Burly Men at Sea Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel (which Evan has also written about here) Wizards of the Coast's Player Psychographic Profiles Further info on the player profiles Shadowrun The Star Wars CCG Pokemon: Sun and Moon Mother 3 Elite Beat Agents Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars) Yakitate!! Japan Fallout The Lies of Locke Lamora PBS Idea Channel on Overwatch Avatar: The Last Airbender comics Discworld Astro City Top 10 East of West Rocketo Fables 80 Days Scythe Iron Harvest will be set in the same setting as Scythe Songs of the Dying Earth Brandon Graham Kill 6 Billion DemonsThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: We talk about worldbuilding and settings that we enjoy, covering what makes worldbuilding effective and fictional setting we would like to live in. In our roundup: Aaron talks about Deception: Murder in Hong Kong, Potion Explosion, Gravity Falls, the Over the Garden Wall comic, and Mechs vs. Minions. Jackson discusses Shadowrun: Crossfire, Doomtown: Reloaded, The Blacklist, and The Happiest Refugee. Dan's been reading the Explorer series and Tom King's run of Vision, and watching Timeless and Westworld. Evan chats with us about Suits, Yuri!!! on Ice, Elementary, Bloodborne, playing on the Playstation VR, Burly Men at Sea, and the Ashes of Ariandel DLC for Dark Souls III. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Deception: Murder in Hong Kong Potion Explosion Gravity Falls Over the Garden Wall Over the Garden Wall comics Mechs vs. Minions Shadowrun: Crossfire Doomtown: Reloaded The Blacklist The Happiest Refugee Explorer Anthology Series Vision Vol 1: Little Worse Than A Man Timeless Westworld Suits Yuri!!! on Ice Elementary Bloodborne Kitchen (Resident Evil 7 demo) Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live Eagle Flight Burly Men at Sea Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel (which Evan has also written about here) Wizards of the Coast's Player Psychographic Profiles Further info on the player profiles Shadowrun The Star Wars CCG Pokemon: Sun and Moon Mother 3 Elite Beat Agents Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars) Yakitate!! Japan Fallout The Lies of Locke Lamora PBS Idea Channel on Overwatch Avatar: The Last Airbender comics Discworld Astro City Top 10 East of West Rocketo Fables 80 Days Scythe Iron Harvest will be set in the same setting as Scythe Songs of the Dying Earth Brandon Graham Kill 6 Billion Demons TAPP 132 - The Great Action Victory Pointers Crossovercast TAPP 132 - The Great Action Victory Pointers Crossovercast Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:23:21 +0000 In this episode:

It's a big crossover podcast for Action Points and Victory Pointers as we all got together on the last day of PAX Aus 2016 to chat about the expo, the games we enjoyed, the panels we attended and other cool stuff we saw.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

Links for the things we talked about:

Tabletop Game Designers Australia

Dungeon League

The American Dream

Swordcraft

Ticket to Earth

Mini Metro

Paper Mario: Color Splash

Nintendo Switch

Steppy Pants

Bramblelash

Objects in Space (which we also covered in our GX Australia episode)

]]> In this episode:

It's a big crossover podcast for Action Points and Victory Pointers as we all got together on the last day of PAX Aus 2016 to chat about the expo, the games we enjoyed, the panels we attended and other cool stuff we saw.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

Links for the things we talked about:

Tabletop Game Designers Australia

Dungeon League

The American Dream

Swordcraft

Ticket to Earth

Mini Metro

Paper Mario: Color Splash

Nintendo Switch

Steppy Pants

Bramblelash

Objects in Space (which we also covered in our GX Australia episode)

]]> 43:23 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It's a big crossover podcast for Action Points and Victory Pointers as we all got together on the last day of PAX Aus 2016 to chat about the expo, the games we enjoyed, the panels we attended and other cool stuff we saw. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co Links for the things we talked about: Tabletop Game Designers Australia Dungeon League The American Dream Swordcraft Ticket to Earth Mini Metro Paper Mario: Color Splash Nintendo Switch Steppy Pants Bramblelash Objects in Space (which we also covered in our GX Australia episode)The Action Points CrewIn this episode: It's a big crossover podcast for Action Points and Victory Pointers as we all got together on the last day of PAX Aus 2016 to chat about the expo, the games we enjoyed, the panels we attended and other cool stuff we saw. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points and @victorypointers, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. For Victory Pointers, you can follow @syelon and @goodgamespub. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co Links for the things we talked about: Tabletop Game Designers Australia Dungeon League The American Dream Swordcraft Ticket to Earth Mini Metro Paper Mario: Color Splash Nintendo Switch Steppy Pants Bramblelash Objects in Space (which we also covered in our GX Australia episode) TAPP 131 - PAX Aus 2016 Interviews TAPP 131 - PAX Aus 2016 Interviews Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:13:26 +0000 In this episode:

We were at PAX Aus 2016 and we had a chat with some local (and one international guest) board game and video game creators about their projects.  Check them out.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

Links for the things we talked about:

The American Dream by Samurai Punk

Screencheat

Kingdom of Aer: Kingmaker

Tabletop Game Designers Australia

Tabletop DevCon 2016

Dice Hard (check out the episode I was on here, where we made games based on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)

Final War

Hand of Fate, and Hand of Fate 2

Rule & Make and Defiant Development announced the Hand of Fate board game

Rule & Make and Table Tyrant Games announce partnership

Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers vs. Evil

Nippon

Barantas Games

Return of the Obra Dinn by Lucas Pope

Tin Star Games

D-constructions

Thornwatch

Phoenix: Dawn Command

Marrying Mr. Darcy

Sheriff of Nottingham

Fiasco

Wild Cards

Fragged Empire

Crucible

Roleplaying Game Designers of Australia

]]> In this episode:

We were at PAX Aus 2016 and we had a chat with some local (and one international guest) board game and video game creators about their projects. Check them out.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

Links for the things we talked about:

The American Dream by Samurai Punk

Screencheat

Kingdom of Aer: Kingmaker

Tabletop Game Designers Australia

Tabletop DevCon 2016

Dice Hard (check out the episode I was on here, where we made games based on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)

Final War

Hand of Fate, and Hand of Fate 2

Rule & Make and Defiant Development announced the Hand of Fate board game

Rule & Make and Table Tyrant Games announce partnership

Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers vs. Evil

Nippon

Barantas Games

Return of the Obra Dinn by Lucas Pope

Tin Star Games

D-constructions

Thornwatch

Phoenix: Dawn Command

Marrying Mr. Darcy

Sheriff of Nottingham

Fiasco

Wild Cards

Fragged Empire

Crucible

Roleplaying Game Designers of Australia

]]> 01:16:09 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We were at PAX Aus 2016 and we had a chat with some local (and one international guest) board game and video game creators about their projects.  Check them out. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co Links for the things we talked about: The American Dream by Samurai Punk Screencheat Kingdom of Aer: Kingmaker Tabletop Game Designers Australia Tabletop DevCon 2016 Dice Hard (check out the episode I was on here, where we made games based on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) Final War Hand of Fate, and Hand of Fate 2 Rule & Make and Defiant Development announced the Hand of Fate board game Rule & Make and Table Tyrant Games announce partnership Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers vs. Evil Nippon Barantas Games Return of the Obra Dinn by Lucas Pope Tin Star Games D-constructions Thornwatch Phoenix: Dawn Command Marrying Mr. Darcy Sheriff of Nottingham Fiasco Wild Cards Fragged Empire Crucible Roleplaying Game Designers of AustraliaThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: We were at PAX Aus 2016 and we had a chat with some local (and one international guest) board game and video game creators about their projects.  Check them out. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co Links for the things we talked about: The American Dream by Samurai Punk Screencheat Kingdom of Aer: Kingmaker Tabletop Game Designers Australia Tabletop DevCon 2016 Dice Hard (check out the episode I was on here, where we made games based on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) Final War Hand of Fate, and Hand of Fate 2 Rule & Make and Defiant Development announced the Hand of Fate board game Rule & Make and Table Tyrant Games announce partnership Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers vs. Evil Nippon Barantas Games Return of the Obra Dinn by Lucas Pope Tin Star Games D-constructions Thornwatch Phoenix: Dawn Command Marrying Mr. Darcy Sheriff of Nottingham Fiasco Wild Cards Fragged Empire Crucible Roleplaying Game Designers of Australia TAPP Episode 130 - Unlikable TAPP Episode 130 - Unlikable Thu, 20 Oct 2016 08:47:59 +0000 In this episode:

We talk about unlikable protagonists and why we end up liking or/and disliking them. We also take a digression into prawn cocktail crisps. In our round up: Aaron was away on holiday and watched a bunch of in-flight movies (April and the Extraordinary World, X-Men: Apocalypse, Hail, Caesar!, Anomalisa) and got on the Hamilton train, Evan played some Mafia III and watched My Scientology Movie (not my Scientology movie, because it's nonexistent), Dan has been binging Luke Cage and building a LEGO Porsche, and Jackson played some tabletop games (Loony Quest, Scythe, Cerberus Club) and watched some Netflix.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

April and the Extraordinary World

X-Men: Apocalypse

Hail, Caesar!

The Fade Out

Anomalisa

Fregoli delusion

Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording

Mafia III

My Scientology Movie

Luke Cage

LEGO Technic 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS

Loony Quest

Scythe

Kerberos Club

Savage Worlds

Misfits

Stranger Things

The Blacklist

Daniel Kitson

Alberto Vargas

Bojack Horseman

Ghost World

Skins

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

Torchwood

Breaking Bad

The Room

How I Met Your Mother

Boston Legal

Scott Pilgrim

House of Cards

Arrested Development

Parks and Recreation

Happy Endings

Wet Hot American Summer

]]> In this episode:

We talk about unlikable protagonists and why we end up liking or/and disliking them. We also take a digression into prawn cocktail crisps. In our round up: Aaron was away on holiday and watched a bunch of in-flight movies (April and the Extraordinary World, X-Men: Apocalypse, Hail, Caesar!, Anomalisa) and got on the Hamilton train, Evan played some Mafia III and watched My Scientology Movie (not my Scientology movie, because it's nonexistent), Dan has been binging Luke Cage and building a LEGO Porsche, and Jackson played some tabletop games (Loony Quest, Scythe, Cerberus Club) and watched some Netflix.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

April and the Extraordinary World

X-Men: Apocalypse

Hail, Caesar!

The Fade Out

Anomalisa

Fregoli delusion

Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording

Mafia III

My Scientology Movie

Luke Cage

LEGO Technic 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS

Loony Quest

Scythe

Kerberos Club

Savage Worlds

Misfits

Stranger Things

The Blacklist

Daniel Kitson

Alberto Vargas

Bojack Horseman

Ghost World

Skins

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

Torchwood

Breaking Bad

The Room

How I Met Your Mother

Boston Legal

Scott Pilgrim

House of Cards

Arrested Development

Parks and Recreation

Happy Endings

Wet Hot American Summer

]]> 01:28:25 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We talk about unlikable protagonists and why we end up liking or/and disliking them. We also take a digression into prawn cocktail crisps. In our round up: Aaron was away on holiday and watched a bunch of in-flight movies (April and the Extraordinary World, X-Men: Apocalypse, Hail, Caesar!, Anomalisa) and got on the Hamilton train, Evan played some Mafia III and watched My Scientology Movie (not my Scientology movie, because it's nonexistent), Dan has been binging Luke Cage and building a LEGO Porsche, and Jackson played some tabletop games (Loony Quest, Scythe, Cerberus Club) and watched some Netflix. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: April and the Extraordinary World X-Men: Apocalypse Hail, Caesar! The Fade Out Anomalisa Fregoli delusion Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording Mafia III My Scientology Movie Luke Cage LEGO Technic 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Loony Quest Scythe Kerberos Club Savage Worlds Misfits Stranger Things The Blacklist Daniel Kitson Alberto Vargas Bojack Horseman Ghost World Skins The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists Torchwood Breaking Bad The Room How I Met Your Mother Boston Legal Scott Pilgrim House of Cards Arrested Development Parks and Recreation Happy Endings Wet Hot American SummerThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: We talk about unlikable protagonists and why we end up liking or/and disliking them. We also take a digression into prawn cocktail crisps. In our round up: Aaron was away on holiday and watched a bunch of in-flight movies (April and the Extraordinary World, X-Men: Apocalypse, Hail, Caesar!, Anomalisa) and got on the Hamilton train, Evan played some Mafia III and watched My Scientology Movie (not my Scientology movie, because it's nonexistent), Dan has been binging Luke Cage and building a LEGO Porsche, and Jackson played some tabletop games (Loony Quest, Scythe, Cerberus Club) and watched some Netflix. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: April and the Extraordinary World X-Men: Apocalypse Hail, Caesar! The Fade Out Anomalisa Fregoli delusion Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording Mafia III My Scientology Movie Luke Cage LEGO Technic 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Loony Quest Scythe Kerberos Club Savage Worlds Misfits Stranger Things The Blacklist Daniel Kitson Alberto Vargas Bojack Horseman Ghost World Skins The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists Torchwood Breaking Bad The Room How I Met Your Mother Boston Legal Scott Pilgrim House of Cards Arrested Development Parks and Recreation Happy Endings Wet Hot American Summer TAPP 129 - This Episode Is Entitled This Episode Is Entitled... TAPP 129 - This Episode Is Entitled This Episode Is Entitled... Fri, 07 Oct 2016 08:32:33 +0000 In this episode:

We tackle the topic of gamer entitlement, spurred on by the furor around the marketing and release of No Man's Sky. Also, Sye from the Victory Pointers podcast drops in midway through the episode to chime in on the topic. In our round up: Dan's been making a LEGO bucket wheel excavator and watching Westworld; Jackson played some Specter Ops and Lords of Waterdeep, listened to some podcasts (Everybody's Fucked Up and B is for Being) and read Ghost World and Runaways; Evan's been recording himself drinking and playing Dark Souls 3 and also playing Redout; and I played a bunch of short video games (Moirai, Killing Time At Lightspeed, Hidden My Game By Mom) and reading The Omega Men and Black Panther.

Episode link below or on iTunes, and feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Thanks to Sye for joining us. You can find more from him at syelon.com and on the Victory Pointers podcast here.

LEGO Technic 42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator

Westworld (The Movie)

Specter Ops

Cluedo: The Great Museum Caper

Conspiracy: Take The Crown

 

Jon becomes the Monarch! #mtgcn2

A photo posted by ehronlime (@ehronlime) on Aug 27, 2016 at 12:22am PDT

Lords of Waterdeep and the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion

Everybody's Fucked Up

B is for Being

Ghost World

Runaways

Grand Noise Consortium (Jazzy covers of video game music)

Check out Evan's video series Drinking From The Flame on YouTube

Rimworld

Redout (which Evan has also done a video for)

Moirai

Killing Time At Lightspeed

Hidden my game by mom

Behind You!!

Karoshi

The Omega Men

Black Panther

No Man's Sky

hbomberguy's No Man's Sky Rant

Clash Royale

Magic: The Gathering

Hearthstone

Pokemon GO

Left for Dead

]]> In this episode:

We tackle the topic of gamer entitlement, spurred on by the furor around the marketing and release of No Man's Sky. Also, Sye from the Victory Pointers podcast drops in midway through the episode to chime in on the topic. In our round up: Dan's been making a LEGO bucket wheel excavator and watching Westworld; Jackson played some Specter Ops and Lords of Waterdeep, listened to some podcasts (Everybody's Fucked Up and B is for Being) and read Ghost World and Runaways; Evan's been recording himself drinking and playing Dark Souls 3 and also playing Redout; and I played a bunch of short video games (Moirai, Killing Time At Lightspeed, Hidden My Game By Mom) and reading The Omega Men and Black Panther.

Episode link below or on iTunes, and feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Thanks to Sye for joining us. You can find more from him at syelon.com and on the Victory Pointers podcast here.

LEGO Technic 42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator

Westworld (The Movie)

Specter Ops

Cluedo: The Great Museum Caper

Conspiracy: Take The Crown

Jon becomes the Monarch! #mtgcn2

A photo posted by ehronlime (@ehronlime) on Aug 27, 2016 at 12:22am PDT

Lords of Waterdeep and the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion

Everybody's Fucked Up

B is for Being

Ghost World

Runaways

Grand Noise Consortium (Jazzy covers of video game music)

Check out Evan's video series Drinking From The Flame on YouTube

Rimworld

Redout (which Evan has also done a video for)

Moirai

Killing Time At Lightspeed

Hidden my game by mom

Behind You!!

Karoshi

The Omega Men

Black Panther

No Man's Sky

hbomberguy's No Man's Sky Rant

Clash Royale

Magic: The Gathering

Hearthstone

Pokemon GO

Left for Dead

]]> 01:32:50 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We tackle the topic of gamer entitlement, spurred on by the furor around the marketing and release of No Man's Sky. Also, Sye from the Victory Pointers podcast drops in midway through the episode to chime in on the topic. In our round up: Dan's been making a LEGO bucket wheel excavator and watching Westworld; Jackson played some Specter Ops and Lords of Waterdeep, listened to some podcasts (Everybody's Fucked Up and B is for Being) and read Ghost World and Runaways; Evan's been recording himself drinking and playing Dark Souls 3 and also playing Redout; and I played a bunch of short video games (Moirai, Killing Time At Lightspeed, Hidden My Game By Mom) and reading The Omega Men and Black Panther. Episode link below or on iTunes, and feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Thanks to Sye for joining us. You can find more from him at syelon.com and on the Victory Pointers podcast here. LEGO Technic 42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator Westworld (The Movie) Specter Ops Cluedo: The Great Museum Caper Conspiracy: Take The Crown   Jon becomes the Monarch! #mtgcn2 A photo posted by ehronlime (@ehronlime) on Aug 27, 2016 at 12:22am PDT Lords of Waterdeep and the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion Everybody's Fucked Up B is for Being Ghost World Runaways Grand Noise Consortium (Jazzy covers of video game music) Check out Evan's video series Drinking From The Flame on YouTube Rimworld Redout (which Evan has also done a video for) Moirai Killing Time At Lightspeed Hidden my game by mom Behind You!! Karoshi The Omega Men Black Panther No Man's Sky hbomberguy's No Man's Sky Rant Clash Royale Magic: The Gathering Hearthstone Pokemon GO Left for DeadThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: We tackle the topic of gamer entitlement, spurred on by the furor around the marketing and release of No Man's Sky. Also, Sye from the Victory Pointers podcast drops in midway through the episode to chime in on the topic. In our round up: Dan's been making a LEGO bucket wheel excavator and watching Westworld; Jackson played some Specter Ops and Lords of Waterdeep, listened to some podcasts (Everybody's Fucked Up and B is for Being) and read Ghost World and Runaways; Evan's been recording himself drinking and playing Dark Souls 3 and also playing Redout; and I played a bunch of short video games (Moirai, Killing Time At Lightspeed, Hidden My Game By Mom) and reading The Omega Men and Black Panther. Episode link below or on iTunes, and feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Thanks to Sye for joining us. You can find more from him at syelon.com and on the Victory Pointers podcast here. LEGO Technic 42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator Westworld (The Movie) Specter Ops Cluedo: The Great Museum Caper Conspiracy: Take The Crown   Jon becomes the Monarch! #mtgcn2 A photo posted by ehronlime (@ehronlime) on Aug 27, 2016 at 12:22am PDT Lords of Waterdeep and the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion Everybody's Fucked Up B is for Being Ghost World Runaways Grand Noise Consortium (Jazzy covers of video game music) Check out Evan's video series Drinking From The Flame on YouTube Rimworld Redout (which Evan has also done a video for) Moirai Killing Time At Lightspeed Hidden my game by mom Behind You!! Karoshi The Omega Men Black Panther No Man's Sky hbomberguy's No Man's Sky Rant Clash Royale Magic: The Gathering Hearthstone Pokemon GO Left for Dead TAPP 128 - Best of 2016 Part 1 TAPP 128 - Best of 2016 Part 1 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:15:49 +0000 In this episode:

We recount our favourite games, comics, movies and TV from the first half (give or take a few months) of 2016 and also gush about one of the best couch multiplayer games ever, Overcooked!

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Idle Weekend

Firewatch

Overcooked

Wok Star

Push Me Pull You

Overwatch

The Witness

ABZU

No Man's Sky

Necropolis

Dark Souls 3 (Evan has been recording a series of Let's Plays, which you can check out here)

Crashlands

The humour inherent in No Man's Sky

Rimworld

That Dragon, Cancer

A Normal Lost Phone

Imbroglio

The Jackbox Party Pack

The Resistance: Avalon

27th Passenger: A Hunt on Rails

Conspiracy: Take the Crown

IKI

Corto

Discoveries

Monarch

Telestrations

Pictomania

Patchwork (which also has a great app version)

T.I.M.E Stories

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King

Lanterns: The Harvest Festival

Port Royal

Mombasa

Scythe

Cuisine a la Card

Quadropolis

Zootopia

Imagining Zootopia

The Katering Show

Gravity Falls

Castle

The Family Law

Captain America: Civil War

Deadpool

Scott Pilgrim

Sunstone

Bitch Planet

Strong Female Protagonist

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

Ms Marvel

Archie

Jughead

Smut Peddler

Kaijumax

The Nameless City

Something New

Steven Universe

The Binding of Isaac

Seasons

 

]]> In this episode:

We recount our favourite games, comics, movies and TV from the first half (give or take a few months) of 2016 and also gush about one of the best couch multiplayer games ever, Overcooked!

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Idle Weekend

Firewatch

Overcooked

Wok Star

Push Me Pull You

Overwatch

The Witness

ABZU

No Man's Sky

Necropolis

Dark Souls 3 (Evan has been recording a series of Let's Plays, which you can check out here)

Crashlands

The humour inherent in No Man's Sky

Rimworld

That Dragon, Cancer

A Normal Lost Phone

Imbroglio

The Jackbox Party Pack

The Resistance: Avalon

27th Passenger: A Hunt on Rails

Conspiracy: Take the Crown

IKI

Corto

Discoveries

Monarch

Telestrations

Pictomania

Patchwork (which also has a great app version)

T.I.M.E Stories

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King

Lanterns: The Harvest Festival

Port Royal

Mombasa

Scythe

Cuisine a la Card

Quadropolis

Zootopia

Imagining Zootopia

The Katering Show

Gravity Falls

Castle

The Family Law

Captain America: Civil War

Deadpool

Scott Pilgrim

Sunstone

Bitch Planet

Strong Female Protagonist

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

Ms Marvel

Archie

Jughead

Smut Peddler

Kaijumax

The Nameless City

Something New

Steven Universe

The Binding of Isaac

Seasons

]]> 01:33:33 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We recount our favourite games, comics, movies and TV from the first half (give or take a few months) of 2016 and also gush about one of the best couch multiplayer games ever, Overcooked! Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Idle Weekend Firewatch Overcooked Wok Star Push Me Pull You Overwatch The Witness ABZU No Man's Sky Necropolis Dark Souls 3 (Evan has been recording a series of Let's Plays, which you can check out here) Crashlands The humour inherent in No Man's Sky Rimworld That Dragon, Cancer A Normal Lost Phone Imbroglio The Jackbox Party Pack The Resistance: Avalon 27th Passenger: A Hunt on Rails Conspiracy: Take the Crown IKI Corto Discoveries Monarch Telestrations Pictomania Patchwork (which also has a great app version) T.I.M.E Stories Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Port Royal Mombasa Scythe Cuisine a la Card Quadropolis Zootopia Imagining Zootopia The Katering Show Gravity Falls Castle The Family Law Captain America: Civil War Deadpool Scott Pilgrim Sunstone Bitch Planet Strong Female Protagonist The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Ms Marvel Archie Jughead Smut Peddler Kaijumax The Nameless City Something New Steven Universe The Binding of Isaac Seasons  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We recount our favourite games, comics, movies and TV from the first half (give or take a few months) of 2016 and also gush about one of the best couch multiplayer games ever, Overcooked! Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Idle Weekend Firewatch Overcooked Wok Star Push Me Pull You Overwatch The Witness ABZU No Man's Sky Necropolis Dark Souls 3 (Evan has been recording a series of Let's Plays, which you can check out here) Crashlands The humour inherent in No Man's Sky Rimworld That Dragon, Cancer A Normal Lost Phone Imbroglio The Jackbox Party Pack The Resistance: Avalon 27th Passenger: A Hunt on Rails Conspiracy: Take the Crown IKI Corto Discoveries Monarch Telestrations Pictomania Patchwork (which also has a great app version) T.I.M.E Stories Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Port Royal Mombasa Scythe Cuisine a la Card Quadropolis Zootopia Imagining Zootopia The Katering Show Gravity Falls Castle The Family Law Captain America: Civil War Deadpool Scott Pilgrim Sunstone Bitch Planet Strong Female Protagonist The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Ms Marvel Archie Jughead Smut Peddler Kaijumax The Nameless City Something New Steven Universe The Binding of Isaac Seasons   Victory Pointers 016 - GenCon 2016 with Sean Carroll Victory Pointers 016 - GenCon 2016 with Sean Carroll Fri, 02 Sep 2016 10:18:13 +0000 We are joined by Sean Carroll of 93 Made Games to chat about Gen Con 2016 from the perspective of a publisher attending for the first time.

Sean Carroll - @93MadeGames / 93 Made Games

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

 

Feel free to send us any feedback or questions for the show at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com (for now). You can also follow us on Twitter as @victorypointers.

What we talked about

0:44 - Introducing Sean Carroll of 93 Made Games

2:20 - The power and beauty of spreadsheets in designing games

10:30 - How UI design affects how people play games

12:05 - Considering emotional highlights in balancing games

14:10 - The Kickstarter for Unfair just launched after GenCon

15:05 - Learnings from running Kickstarters: You can't please everyone all the time and maintaining communication

17:50 - What is a "murder board", and why should you have one?

21:40 - Exhibiting games is difficult

23:45 - The importance of taking time off

28:58 - GenCon 2016, first time experience at the convention as publishers

41:32 - Response from American audience to smaller publishers

44:50 - Giant versions of games

51:10 - Getting help with local demos through Envoy and the Indie Game Alliance

55:05 - Meetings happening around GenCon

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> We are joined by Sean Carroll of 93 Made Games to chat about Gen Con 2016 from the perspective of a publisher attending for the first time.

Sean Carroll - @93MadeGames / 93 Made Games

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

Feel free to send us any feedback or questions for the show at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com (for now). You can also follow us on Twitter as @victorypointers.

What we talked about

0:44 - Introducing Sean Carroll of 93 Made Games

2:20 - The power and beauty of spreadsheets in designing games

10:30 - How UI design affects how people play games

12:05 - Considering emotional highlights in balancing games

14:10 - The Kickstarter for Unfair just launched after GenCon

15:05 - Learnings from running Kickstarters: You can't please everyone all the time and maintaining communication

17:50 - What is a "murder board", and why should you have one?

21:40 - Exhibiting games is difficult

23:45 - The importance of taking time off

28:58 - GenCon 2016, first time experience at the convention as publishers

41:32 - Response from American audience to smaller publishers

44:50 - Giant versions of games

51:10 - Getting help with local demos through Envoy and the Indie Game Alliance

55:05 - Meetings happening around GenCon

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> 01:03:28 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We are joined by Sean Carroll of 93 Made Games to chat about Gen Con 2016 from the perspective of a publisher attending for the first time. Sean Carroll - @93MadeGames / 93 Made Games Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com   Feel free to send us any feedback or questions for the show at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com (for now). You can also follow us on Twitter as @victorypointers. What we talked about 0:44 - Introducing Sean Carroll of 93 Made Games 2:20 - The power and beauty of spreadsheets in designing games 10:30 - How UI design affects how people play games 12:05 - Considering emotional highlights in balancing games 14:10 - The Kickstarter for Unfair just launched after GenCon 15:05 - Learnings from running Kickstarters: You can't please everyone all the time and maintaining communication 17:50 - What is a "murder board", and why should you have one? 21:40 - Exhibiting games is difficult 23:45 - The importance of taking time off 28:58 - GenCon 2016, first time experience at the convention as publishers 41:32 - Response from American audience to smaller publishers 44:50 - Giant versions of games 51:10 - Getting help with local demos through Envoy and the Indie Game Alliance 55:05 - Meetings happening around GenCon Links to what we talked about Gen Con Paperize Unfair on Kickstarter Good Games Publishing and CMON announce strategic relationship Grail Games Thylacine Games Man vs. Meeple The Envoy Program The Indie Game Alliance Games we mentioned Viewpoint Unfair Bamboleo Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.coThe Action Points CrewWe are joined by Sean Carroll of 93 Made Games to chat about Gen Con 2016 from the perspective of a publisher attending for the first time. Sean Carroll - @93MadeGames / 93 Made Games Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com   Feel free to send us any feedback or questions for the show at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com (for now). You can also follow us on Twitter as @victorypointers. What we talked about 0:44 - Introducing Sean Carroll of 93 Made Games 2:20 - The power and beauty of spreadsheets in designing games 10:30 - How UI design affects how people play games 12:05 - Considering emotional highlights in balancing games 14:10 - The Kickstarter for Unfair just launched after GenCon 15:05 - Learnings from running Kickstarters: You can't please everyone all the time and maintaining communication 17:50 - What is a "murder board", and why should you have one? 21:40 - Exhibiting games is difficult 23:45 - The importance of taking time off 28:58 - GenCon 2016, first time experience at the convention as publishers 41:32 - Response from American audience to smaller publishers 44:50 - Giant versions of games 51:10 - Getting help with local demos through Envoy and the Indie Game Alliance 55:05 - Meetings happening around GenCon Links to what we talked about Gen Con Paperize Unfair on Kickstarter Good Games Publishing and CMON announce strategic relationship Grail Games Thylacine Games Man vs. Meeple The Envoy Program The Indie Game Alliance Games we mentioned Viewpoint Unfair Bamboleo Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co TAPP 127 - Lung Transplants and Emergent Storytelling TAPP 127 - Lung Transplants and Emergent Storytelling Thu, 25 Aug 2016 14:09:05 +0000 In this episode:

We talk about emergent storytelling in games as Aaron has been playing Rimworld and encountering silly situations brought about by zany colonists. We also chat about things we've been enjoying lately: The Witcher 3, Dirt Rally, The Witness, Sunstone, Gravity Falls, Ghostbusters, The Boy and the Beast, Batman: The Telltale Series, Necropolis, ABZU, Pictomania, and The Private Eye.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Dirt Rally

The Witness

Sunstone

Gravity Falls

Dark Souls 3

Ghostbusters

The Boy and the Beast

Batman: The Telltale Series

Silence! The Elder Speaks (which Evan reviewed here)

Necropolis

ABZU

Pictomania

The Private Eye

Imbroglio

Rimworld

Dwarf Fortress

Dragon Age

The Nuzlocke Challenge

EVE Online

Welcome to the Dungeon

The best session report of Amun-Re

Pandemic Legacy

Star Wars CCG

 

]]> In this episode:

We talk about emergent storytelling in games as Aaron has been playing Rimworld and encountering silly situations brought about by zany colonists. We also chat about things we've been enjoying lately: The Witcher 3, Dirt Rally, The Witness, Sunstone, Gravity Falls, Ghostbusters, The Boy and the Beast, Batman: The Telltale Series, Necropolis, ABZU, Pictomania, and The Private Eye.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Dirt Rally

The Witness

Sunstone

Gravity Falls

Dark Souls 3

Ghostbusters

The Boy and the Beast

Batman: The Telltale Series

Silence! The Elder Speaks (which Evan reviewed here)

Necropolis

ABZU

Pictomania

The Private Eye

Imbroglio

Rimworld

Dwarf Fortress

Dragon Age

The Nuzlocke Challenge

EVE Online

Welcome to the Dungeon

The best session report of Amun-Re

Pandemic Legacy

Star Wars CCG

]]> 01:15:09 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We talk about emergent storytelling in games as Aaron has been playing Rimworld and encountering silly situations brought about by zany colonists. We also chat about things we've been enjoying lately: The Witcher 3, Dirt Rally, The Witness, Sunstone, Gravity Falls, Ghostbusters, The Boy and the Beast, Batman: The Telltale Series, Necropolis, ABZU, Pictomania, and The Private Eye. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Dirt Rally The Witness Sunstone Gravity Falls Dark Souls 3 Ghostbusters The Boy and the Beast Batman: The Telltale Series Silence! The Elder Speaks (which Evan reviewed here) Necropolis ABZU Pictomania The Private Eye Imbroglio Rimworld Dwarf Fortress Dragon Age The Nuzlocke Challenge EVE Online Welcome to the Dungeon The best session report of Amun-Re Pandemic Legacy Star Wars CCG  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We talk about emergent storytelling in games as Aaron has been playing Rimworld and encountering silly situations brought about by zany colonists. We also chat about things we've been enjoying lately: The Witcher 3, Dirt Rally, The Witness, Sunstone, Gravity Falls, Ghostbusters, The Boy and the Beast, Batman: The Telltale Series, Necropolis, ABZU, Pictomania, and The Private Eye. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Dirt Rally The Witness Sunstone Gravity Falls Dark Souls 3 Ghostbusters The Boy and the Beast Batman: The Telltale Series Silence! The Elder Speaks (which Evan reviewed here) Necropolis ABZU Pictomania The Private Eye Imbroglio Rimworld Dwarf Fortress Dragon Age The Nuzlocke Challenge EVE Online Welcome to the Dungeon The best session report of Amun-Re Pandemic Legacy Star Wars CCG   TAPP 126 - Social Geekdom TAPP 126 - Social Geekdom Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:08:28 +0000 In this episode:

We gather together to talk about the social aspects of our geeky hobbies, spurred on by the release of worldwide hit Pokemon GO. In our round up: Dan watched Swiss Army Man, Evan's been listening to Bonfireside Chat, I read Monstress and playes Isle of Skye, while Jackson played Scythe, Arboretum, Machi Koro and Fiasco.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Swiss Army Man

Victory Pointers

Bonfireside Chat

Monstress

The Autumnlands: Tooth and Claw

The Eisner Awards 2016

Kennerspiel des Jahres 2016

Isle of Skye

Scythe

Massive Darkness

Arboretum

Machi Koro

Fiasco

Sunstone

Pokemon Go

Ingress

Pokemon Go and the politics of digital gaming in public

AR is an MMO

The International Pizza Expo

Games Laboratory Incubator

Sex Criminals

Evan was the subject of strange identity theft

 

]]> In this episode:

We gather together to talk about the social aspects of our geeky hobbies, spurred on by the release of worldwide hit Pokemon GO. In our round up: Dan watched Swiss Army Man, Evan's been listening to Bonfireside Chat, I read Monstress and playes Isle of Skye, while Jackson played Scythe, Arboretum, Machi Koro and Fiasco.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Swiss Army Man

Victory Pointers

Bonfireside Chat

Monstress

The Autumnlands: Tooth and Claw

The Eisner Awards 2016

Kennerspiel des Jahres 2016

Isle of Skye

Scythe

Massive Darkness

Arboretum

Machi Koro

Fiasco

Sunstone

Pokemon Go

Ingress

Pokemon Go and the politics of digital gaming in public

AR is an MMO

The International Pizza Expo

Games Laboratory Incubator

Sex Criminals

Evan was the subject of strange identity theft

]]> 01:37:35 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We gather together to talk about the social aspects of our geeky hobbies, spurred on by the release of worldwide hit Pokemon GO. In our round up: Dan watched Swiss Army Man, Evan's been listening to Bonfireside Chat, I read Monstress and playes Isle of Skye, while Jackson played Scythe, Arboretum, Machi Koro and Fiasco. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Swiss Army Man Victory Pointers Bonfireside Chat Monstress The Autumnlands: Tooth and Claw The Eisner Awards 2016 Kennerspiel des Jahres 2016 Isle of Skye Scythe Massive Darkness Arboretum Machi Koro Fiasco Sunstone Pokemon Go Ingress Pokemon Go and the politics of digital gaming in public AR is an MMO The International Pizza Expo Games Laboratory Incubator Sex Criminals Evan was the subject of strange identity theft  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We gather together to talk about the social aspects of our geeky hobbies, spurred on by the release of worldwide hit Pokemon GO. In our round up: Dan watched Swiss Army Man, Evan's been listening to Bonfireside Chat, I read Monstress and playes Isle of Skye, while Jackson played Scythe, Arboretum, Machi Koro and Fiasco. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Swiss Army Man Victory Pointers Bonfireside Chat Monstress The Autumnlands: Tooth and Claw The Eisner Awards 2016 Kennerspiel des Jahres 2016 Isle of Skye Scythe Massive Darkness Arboretum Machi Koro Fiasco Sunstone Pokemon Go Ingress Pokemon Go and the politics of digital gaming in public AR is an MMO The International Pizza Expo Games Laboratory Incubator Sex Criminals Evan was the subject of strange identity theft   The Action Points Podcast! Episode 125 - Ask Jackson Anything The Action Points Podcast! Episode 125 - Ask Jackson Anything Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:22:46 +0000 In this episode:

It's Jackson's turn in the hot seat as we ask him all the burning questions we've been holding on to, like: what's that burning sensation? How many Lightning Bolts is too many Lightning Bolts? What's that smell? We also catch up on what we've been up to lately: Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Discoveries, Rights, They're Not Like Us, Strong Female Protagonist, Overland, Pokemon GO, and Voltron: Legendary Defender.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Bloodborne

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

Odin Sphere

Codenames

Discoveries

Rights

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

They're Not Like Us

Strong Female Protagonist

Overland

Pokemon GO

Orange Is The New Black

Voltron: Legendary Defender

The Gardens Between

The Arcade

Intergalactic Space Princess

Bastion

]]> In this episode:

It's Jackson's turn in the hot seat as we ask him all the burning questions we've been holding on to, like: what's that burning sensation? How many Lightning Bolts is too many Lightning Bolts? What's that smell? We also catch up on what we've been up to lately: Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Discoveries, Rights, They're Not Like Us, Strong Female Protagonist, Overland, Pokemon GO, and Voltron: Legendary Defender.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Bloodborne

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

Odin Sphere

Codenames

Discoveries

Rights

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

They're Not Like Us

Strong Female Protagonist

Overland

Pokemon GO

Orange Is The New Black

Voltron: Legendary Defender

The Gardens Between

The Arcade

Intergalactic Space Princess

Bastion

]]> 01:54:34 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It's Jackson's turn in the hot seat as we ask him all the burning questions we've been holding on to, like: what's that burning sensation? How many Lightning Bolts is too many Lightning Bolts? What's that smell? We also catch up on what we've been up to lately: Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Discoveries, Rights, They're Not Like Us, Strong Female Protagonist, Overland, Pokemon GO, and Voltron: Legendary Defender. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Bloodborne Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Odin Sphere Codenames Discoveries Rights Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective They're Not Like Us Strong Female Protagonist Overland Pokemon GO Orange Is The New Black Voltron: Legendary Defender The Gardens Between The Arcade Intergalactic Space Princess BastionThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: It's Jackson's turn in the hot seat as we ask him all the burning questions we've been holding on to, like: what's that burning sensation? How many Lightning Bolts is too many Lightning Bolts? What's that smell? We also catch up on what we've been up to lately: Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Discoveries, Rights, They're Not Like Us, Strong Female Protagonist, Overland, Pokemon GO, and Voltron: Legendary Defender. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Bloodborne Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Odin Sphere Codenames Discoveries Rights Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective They're Not Like Us Strong Female Protagonist Overland Pokemon GO Orange Is The New Black Voltron: Legendary Defender The Gardens Between The Arcade Intergalactic Space Princess Bastion Victory Pointers 015 - Designing and Publishing with David Harding and Phil Walker-Harding Victory Pointers 015 - Designing and Publishing with David Harding and Phil Walker-Harding Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:29:45 +0000 We are joined by guests Phil Walker-Harding and David Harding (in a rare back-to-back appearance) to chat about their different paths taken in designing and publishing games, getting your foot in the door with publishers, game design competitions, theme in games, and second editions of games.

Phil Walker-Harding - @AdventurelandG

David Harding - @grailgames / Grail Games

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

Feel free to send us any feedback or questions for the show at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com (for now). You can also follow us on Twitter as @victorypointers.

What we talked about

2:58 - How did you start designing?

14:30 - How did crowdfunding platforms impact your experience designing and publishing games?

17:38 - Getting your name out there at the start

19:27 - Setting a design goal based on a publisher's catalogue/style

21:00 - Breaking in and pitching to publishers

26:20 - Advice for budding designers wanting to get published - getting your name out  there and submitting to design competitions

32:22 - The Grail Games approach to Kickstarter, and going beyond crowdfunding

40:37 - Factoring in production costs in designing games

42:26 - Changing themes/settings for games, collaboration between publishers and designers

53:45 - Seeing games being published after a long time

55:15 - Second editions of games

1:02:25 - The 2016 Spiel des Jahres nomination for Imhotep and the impact of a nomination

1:10:15 - What's it like working with Reiner Knizia?

1:14:55 - The best game(s) Phil thinks he's designed so far

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> We are joined by guests Phil Walker-Harding and David Harding (in a rare back-to-back appearance) to chat about their different paths taken in designing and publishing games, getting your foot in the door with publishers, game design competitions, theme in games, and second editions of games.

Phil Walker-Harding - @AdventurelandG

David Harding - @grailgames / Grail Games

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

Feel free to send us any feedback or questions for the show at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com (for now). You can also follow us on Twitter as @victorypointers.

What we talked about

2:58 - How did you start designing?

14:30 - How did crowdfunding platforms impact your experience designing and publishing games?

17:38 - Getting your name out there at the start

19:27 - Setting a design goal based on a publisher's catalogue/style

21:00 - Breaking in and pitching to publishers

26:20 - Advice for budding designers wanting to get published - getting your name out there and submitting to design competitions

32:22 - The Grail Games approach to Kickstarter, and going beyond crowdfunding

40:37 - Factoring in production costs in designing games

42:26 - Changing themes/settings for games, collaboration between publishers and designers

53:45 - Seeing games being published after a long time

55:15 - Second editions of games

1:02:25 - The 2016 Spiel des Jahres nomination for Imhotep and the impact of a nomination

1:10:15 - What's it like working with Reiner Knizia?

1:14:55 - The best game(s) Phil thinks he's designed so far

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> 01:18:30 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We are joined by guests Phil Walker-Harding and David Harding (in a rare back-to-back appearance) to chat about their different paths taken in designing and publishing games, getting your foot in the door with publishers, game design competitions, theme in games, and second editions of games. Phil Walker-Harding - @AdventurelandG David Harding - @grailgames / Grail Games Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com Feel free to send us any feedback or questions for the show at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com (for now). You can also follow us on Twitter as @victorypointers. What we talked about 2:58 - How did you start designing? 14:30 - How did crowdfunding platforms impact your experience designing and publishing games? 17:38 - Getting your name out there at the start 19:27 - Setting a design goal based on a publisher's catalogue/style 21:00 - Breaking in and pitching to publishers 26:20 - Advice for budding designers wanting to get published - getting your name out  there and submitting to design competitions 32:22 - The Grail Games approach to Kickstarter, and going beyond crowdfunding 40:37 - Factoring in production costs in designing games 42:26 - Changing themes/settings for games, collaboration between publishers and designers 53:45 - Seeing games being published after a long time 55:15 - Second editions of games 1:02:25 - The 2016 Spiel des Jahres nomination for Imhotep and the impact of a nomination 1:10:15 - What's it like working with Reiner Knizia? 1:14:55 - The best game(s) Phil thinks he's designed so far Links to what we talked about Our previous interview with Phil on the Action Points Podcast Spiel des Jahres 2016 Nominees Games we mentioned Elevenses Sushi Go! The Mad Magazine Game Test Match Park and Shop Cacao Imhotep Archaeology, Archaeology: The Card Game and Archaeology: The New Expedition Pirates of the Spanish Main: Shuffling the Deck Automania Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization and Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization 51st State and 51st State: Master Set Codenames Medici Sushi Go Party! Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.coThe Action Points CrewWe are joined by guests Phil Walker-Harding and David Harding (in a rare back-to-back appearance) to chat about their different paths taken in designing and publishing games, getting your foot in the door with publishers, game design competitions, theme in games, and second editions of games. Phil Walker-Harding - @AdventurelandG David Harding - @grailgames / Grail Games Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com Feel free to send us any feedback or questions for the show at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com (for now). You can also follow us on Twitter as @victorypointers. What we talked about 2:58 - How did you start designing? 14:30 - How did crowdfunding platforms impact your experience designing and publishing games? 17:38 - Getting your name out there at the start 19:27 - Setting a design goal based on a publisher's catalogue/style 21:00 - Breaking in and pitching to publishers 26:20 - Advice for budding designers wanting to get published - getting your name out  there and submitting to design competitions 32:22 - The Grail Games approach to Kickstarter, and going beyond crowdfunding 40:37 - Factoring in production costs in designing games 42:26 - Changing themes/settings for games, collaboration between publishers and designers 53:45 - Seeing games being published after a long time 55:15 - Second editions of games 1:02:25 - The 2016 Spiel des Jahres nomination for Imhotep and the impact of a nomination 1:10:15 - What's it like working with Reiner Knizia? 1:14:55 - The best game(s) Phil thinks he's designed so far Links to what we talked about Our previous interview with Phil on the Action Points Podcast Spiel des Jahres 2016 Nominees Games we mentioned Elevenses Sushi Go! The Mad Magazine Game Test Match Park and Shop Cacao Imhotep Archaeology, Archaeology: The Card Game and Archaeology: The New Expedition Pirates of the Spanish Main: Shuffling the Deck Automania Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization and Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization 51st State and 51st State: Master Set Codenames Medici Sushi Go Party! Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co TAPP Episode 124 - More Like BORED Games TAPP Episode 124 - More Like BORED Games Mon, 04 Jul 2016 10:26:21 +0000 In this episode:

Adam returns to the podcast to talk about E3 and all the hype for video games out of it. I lie, we actually just talk about food the whole time. That's another lie. Evan and I were at BorderCon and had a chat about some of the board games that we played there. Also, Jackson has been playing Fire Emblem Fates and we checked out Push Me Pull You.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Check out Phoebe's board game reviews and videos at Cardboard Vault

Carrot cake

Mafia 3

Death Stranding Trailer

Civilization VI

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Batman Arkham VR

Telltale Batman

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Horizon Zero Dawn

Detroit: Become Human

Akiba's Beat

Farming Simulator 2017

Melbourne Tram Simulator 2016

The Zeldar Scrolls The Legend of Zelda: Breath of Fire Emblem Breath  of the Wild

First 4 Figures Artorias Statue

ReCore

Paper Mario: Color Splash

Yooka-Laylee

Dishonored 2

Nioh

I Am Setsuna

The Nice Guys

X-Men: Apocalypse

Misfits

They're Not Like Us

Fire Emblem: Fates

Brooklyn Nine Nine

ABZU

Push Me Pull You

Monarch

51st State: Master Set

IKI

504

A la carte

Cuisine a la Card

Mr. Benedict

The Gallerist

Kolejka

W Zakładzie: Lubelski Lipiec '80 (My bad: Actually by a different publisher)

King of Frontier

Cardboard Vault

Also check out our BorderCon episode for the Victory Pointers podcast

Sammy J's Playground Politics

The Katering Show

]]> In this episode:

Adam returns to the podcast to talk about E3 and all the hype for video games out of it. I lie, we actually just talk about food the whole time. That's another lie. Evan and I were at BorderCon and had a chat about some of the board games that we played there. Also, Jackson has been playing Fire Emblem Fates and we checked out Push Me Pull You.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Check out Phoebe's board game reviews and videos at Cardboard Vault

Carrot cake

Mafia 3

Death Stranding Trailer

Civilization VI

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Batman Arkham VR

Telltale Batman

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Horizon Zero Dawn

Detroit: Become Human

Akiba's Beat

Farming Simulator 2017

Melbourne Tram Simulator 2016

The Zeldar Scrolls The Legend of Zelda: Breath of Fire Emblem Breath of the Wild

First 4 Figures Artorias Statue

ReCore

Paper Mario: Color Splash

Yooka-Laylee

Dishonored 2

Nioh

I Am Setsuna

The Nice Guys

X-Men: Apocalypse

Misfits

They're Not Like Us

Fire Emblem: Fates

Brooklyn Nine Nine

ABZU

Push Me Pull You

Monarch

51st State: Master Set

IKI

504

A la carte

Cuisine a la Card

Mr. Benedict

The Gallerist

Kolejka

W Zakładzie: Lubelski Lipiec '80 (My bad: Actually by a different publisher)

King of Frontier

Cardboard Vault

Also check out our BorderCon episode for the Victory Pointers podcast

Sammy J's Playground Politics

The Katering Show

]]> 01:22:55 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Adam returns to the podcast to talk about E3 and all the hype for video games out of it. I lie, we actually just talk about food the whole time. That's another lie. Evan and I were at BorderCon and had a chat about some of the board games that we played there. Also, Jackson has been playing Fire Emblem Fates and we checked out Push Me Pull You. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Check out Phoebe's board game reviews and videos at Cardboard Vault Carrot cake Mafia 3 Death Stranding Trailer Civilization VI Mass Effect: Andromeda Batman Arkham VR Telltale Batman Rhythm Heaven Megamix Horizon Zero Dawn Detroit: Become Human Akiba's Beat Farming Simulator 2017 Melbourne Tram Simulator 2016 The Zeldar Scrolls The Legend of Zelda: Breath of Fire Emblem Breath  of the Wild First 4 Figures Artorias Statue ReCore Paper Mario: Color Splash Yooka-Laylee Dishonored 2 Nioh I Am Setsuna The Nice Guys X-Men: Apocalypse Misfits They're Not Like Us Fire Emblem: Fates Brooklyn Nine Nine ABZU Push Me Pull You Monarch 51st State: Master Set IKI 504 A la carte Cuisine a la Card Mr. Benedict The Gallerist Kolejka W Zakładzie: Lubelski Lipiec '80 (My bad: Actually by a different publisher) King of Frontier Cardboard Vault Also check out our BorderCon episode for the Victory Pointers podcast Sammy J's Playground Politics The Katering ShowThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: Adam returns to the podcast to talk about E3 and all the hype for video games out of it. I lie, we actually just talk about food the whole time. That's another lie. Evan and I were at BorderCon and had a chat about some of the board games that we played there. Also, Jackson has been playing Fire Emblem Fates and we checked out Push Me Pull You. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Check out Phoebe's board game reviews and videos at Cardboard Vault Carrot cake Mafia 3 Death Stranding Trailer Civilization VI Mass Effect: Andromeda Batman Arkham VR Telltale Batman Rhythm Heaven Megamix Horizon Zero Dawn Detroit: Become Human Akiba's Beat Farming Simulator 2017 Melbourne Tram Simulator 2016 The Zeldar Scrolls The Legend of Zelda: Breath of Fire Emblem Breath  of the Wild First 4 Figures Artorias Statue ReCore Paper Mario: Color Splash Yooka-Laylee Dishonored 2 Nioh I Am Setsuna The Nice Guys X-Men: Apocalypse Misfits They're Not Like Us Fire Emblem: Fates Brooklyn Nine Nine ABZU Push Me Pull You Monarch 51st State: Master Set IKI 504 A la carte Cuisine a la Card Mr. Benedict The Gallerist Kolejka W Zakładzie: Lubelski Lipiec '80 (My bad: Actually by a different publisher) King of Frontier Cardboard Vault Also check out our BorderCon episode for the Victory Pointers podcast Sammy J's Playground Politics The Katering Show Victory Pointers 014 - BorderCon with Joel Finch and David Harding Victory Pointers 014 - BorderCon with Joel Finch and David Harding Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:20:56 +0000 We were just in Albury for BorderCon, an annual board game convention that attracts plenty of board gamers from the surrounding states.  While we were there, we caught up with fellow game designers/publishers Joel Finch and David Harding to chat about what they've been up to.  We also talk about games that we played at the con, setting up consecutive playtests and other conventions coming up where you might find us.

Joel Finch - joelfinch on BGG / Unfair

David Harding - @grailgames / Grail Games

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

1:14 - Chatting with Sye about BorderCon and games we played there

10:38 - How the presentation of a game affects the expectations of the game length/weight

14:03 - Interview with Joel Finch, designer of Unfair

23:00 - Interview with David Harding, game designer and publisher at Grail Games

24:45 - Upcoming games from Grail Games

44:48 - Three types of playtesters, and playtesting consecutive games

55:00 - Promotional cards for playtesters

56:55 - Upcoming conventions

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> We were just in Albury for BorderCon, an annual board game convention that attracts plenty of board gamers from the surrounding states. While we were there, we caught up with fellow game designers/publishers Joel Finch and David Harding to chat about what they've been up to. We also talk about games that we played at the con, setting up consecutive playtests and other conventions coming up where you might find us.

Joel Finch - joelfinch on BGG / Unfair

David Harding - @grailgames / Grail Games

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

1:14 - Chatting with Sye about BorderCon and games we played there

10:38 - How the presentation of a game affects the expectations of the game length/weight

14:03 - Interview with Joel Finch, designer of Unfair

23:00 - Interview with David Harding, game designer and publisher at Grail Games

24:45 - Upcoming games from Grail Games

44:48 - Three types of playtesters, and playtesting consecutive games

55:00 - Promotional cards for playtesters

56:55 - Upcoming conventions

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> 01:00:57 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We were just in Albury for BorderCon, an annual board game convention that attracts plenty of board gamers from the surrounding states.  While we were there, we caught up with fellow game designers/publishers Joel Finch and David Harding to chat about what they've been up to.  We also talk about games that we played at the con, setting up consecutive playtests and other conventions coming up where you might find us. Joel Finch - joelfinch on BGG / Unfair David Harding - @grailgames / Grail Games Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 1:14 - Chatting with Sye about BorderCon and games we played there 10:38 - How the presentation of a game affects the expectations of the game length/weight 14:03 - Interview with Joel Finch, designer of Unfair 23:00 - Interview with David Harding, game designer and publisher at Grail Games 24:45 - Upcoming games from Grail Games 44:48 - Three types of playtesters, and playtesting consecutive games 55:00 - Promotional cards for playtesters 56:55 - Upcoming conventions Links to what we talked about Spiel des Jahres 2016 Nominees The Obligatory $1 Pledge Level Board Game Cheapass Games Gen Con 2016 LFG 2016 at Bankstown PAX Aus 2016 The Lamont Brothers of Fragor Games PandaCon, July 1-3 2016 ConCentric Games Games we mentioned Between Two Cities Monarch Karuba Imhotep Grand Austria Hotel Tiny Epic Galaxies Unfair The Gallerist Paperback Elevenses Medici Medici: The Card Game Rome: Imperium Guns & Steel: Renaissance Cat Box Circus Flohcati Elevenses for One + Bowling Solitaire One Zero One IKI Cuisine a la Card Pictomania Mombasa Matcha Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King COGZ Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.coThe Action Points CrewWe were just in Albury for BorderCon, an annual board game convention that attracts plenty of board gamers from the surrounding states.  While we were there, we caught up with fellow game designers/publishers Joel Finch and David Harding to chat about what they've been up to.  We also talk about games that we played at the con, setting up consecutive playtests and other conventions coming up where you might find us. Joel Finch - joelfinch on BGG / Unfair David Harding - @grailgames / Grail Games Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 1:14 - Chatting with Sye about BorderCon and games we played there 10:38 - How the presentation of a game affects the expectations of the game length/weight 14:03 - Interview with Joel Finch, designer of Unfair 23:00 - Interview with David Harding, game designer and publisher at Grail Games 24:45 - Upcoming games from Grail Games 44:48 - Three types of playtesters, and playtesting consecutive games 55:00 - Promotional cards for playtesters 56:55 - Upcoming conventions Links to what we talked about Spiel des Jahres 2016 Nominees The Obligatory $1 Pledge Level Board Game Cheapass Games Gen Con 2016 LFG 2016 at Bankstown PAX Aus 2016 The Lamont Brothers of Fragor Games PandaCon, July 1-3 2016 ConCentric Games Games we mentioned Between Two Cities Monarch Karuba Imhotep Grand Austria Hotel Tiny Epic Galaxies Unfair The Gallerist Paperback Elevenses Medici Medici: The Card Game Rome: Imperium Guns & Steel: Renaissance Cat Box Circus Flohcati Elevenses for One + Bowling Solitaire One Zero One IKI Cuisine a la Card Pictomania Mombasa Matcha Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King COGZ Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co TAPP 123 - Watching Over You TAPP 123 - Watching Over You Sun, 19 Jun 2016 08:43:18 +0000 In this episode:

There's going to be some Overwatch in this episode. No escaping it. We talk about ethical game design, particularly in relation to representation and monetisation. We also catch up on what we've been up to since we last recorded more than a month ago: Jackson was at AMAZE, Evan's been playing Dark Souls 3 and reading up on it in You Died, Dan's been playing Pokemon GO and T.I.M.E Stories, and I've been playing Alpaca Pakapaka and reading Something New and Relish by Lucy Knisley.

Episode link below or on iTunes, and feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Overwatch

I was on the Hyper Pixelcast talking about Overwatch as well

A MAZE Independent Games Festival

Gut

Gastropod

Trust Me I'm a Doctor

You Died

Dark Souls 3

Pokemon GO

T.I.M.E Stories

Spiel des Jahres 2016

Alpaca Pakapaka

Aza Chen's games

Cat Tower

Lucy Knisley's amazing comics

Relish

Something New

Jim Sterling's video on Overwatch and Microtransactions

Team Fortress 2

Brink

LEGO Minifigures

Pokemon TCG

Magic: The Gathering's Reserved List

Adventure Capitalist

Neko Atsume

Tiny Tower Vegas

Fallout Shelter

Casey Muratori and Shawn McGrath on the "Free to Play" business model

]]> In this episode:

There's going to be some Overwatch in this episode. No escaping it. We talk about ethical game design, particularly in relation to representation and monetisation. We also catch up on what we've been up to since we last recorded more than a month ago: Jackson was at AMAZE, Evan's been playing Dark Souls 3 and reading up on it in You Died, Dan's been playing Pokemon GO and T.I.M.E Stories, and I've been playing Alpaca Pakapaka and reading Something New and Relish by Lucy Knisley.

Episode link below or on iTunes, and feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Overwatch

I was on the Hyper Pixelcast talking about Overwatch as well

A MAZE Independent Games Festival

Gut

Gastropod

Trust Me I'm a Doctor

You Died

Dark Souls 3

Pokemon GO

T.I.M.E Stories

Spiel des Jahres 2016

Alpaca Pakapaka

Aza Chen's games

Cat Tower

Lucy Knisley's amazing comics

Relish

Something New

Jim Sterling's video on Overwatch and Microtransactions

Team Fortress 2

Brink

LEGO Minifigures

Pokemon TCG

Magic: The Gathering's Reserved List

Adventure Capitalist

Neko Atsume

Tiny Tower Vegas

Fallout Shelter

Casey Muratori and Shawn McGrath on the "Free to Play" business model

]]> 01:45:24 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: There's going to be some Overwatch in this episode. No escaping it. We talk about ethical game design, particularly in relation to representation and monetisation. We also catch up on what we've been up to since we last recorded more than a month ago: Jackson was at AMAZE, Evan's been playing Dark Souls 3 and reading up on it in You Died, Dan's been playing Pokemon GO and T.I.M.E Stories, and I've been playing Alpaca Pakapaka and reading Something New and Relish by Lucy Knisley. Episode link below or on iTunes, and feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Overwatch I was on the Hyper Pixelcast talking about Overwatch as well A MAZE Independent Games Festival Gut Gastropod Trust Me I'm a Doctor You Died Dark Souls 3 Pokemon GO T.I.M.E Stories Spiel des Jahres 2016 Alpaca Pakapaka Aza Chen's games Cat Tower Lucy Knisley's amazing comics Relish Something New Jim Sterling's video on Overwatch and Microtransactions Team Fortress 2 Brink LEGO Minifigures Pokemon TCG Magic: The Gathering's Reserved List Adventure Capitalist Neko Atsume Tiny Tower Vegas Fallout Shelter Casey Muratori and Shawn McGrath on the "Free to Play" business modelThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: There's going to be some Overwatch in this episode. No escaping it. We talk about ethical game design, particularly in relation to representation and monetisation. We also catch up on what we've been up to since we last recorded more than a month ago: Jackson was at AMAZE, Evan's been playing Dark Souls 3 and reading up on it in You Died, Dan's been playing Pokemon GO and T.I.M.E Stories, and I've been playing Alpaca Pakapaka and reading Something New and Relish by Lucy Knisley. Episode link below or on iTunes, and feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Overwatch I was on the Hyper Pixelcast talking about Overwatch as well A MAZE Independent Games Festival Gut Gastropod Trust Me I'm a Doctor You Died Dark Souls 3 Pokemon GO T.I.M.E Stories Spiel des Jahres 2016 Alpaca Pakapaka Aza Chen's games Cat Tower Lucy Knisley's amazing comics Relish Something New Jim Sterling's video on Overwatch and Microtransactions Team Fortress 2 Brink LEGO Minifigures Pokemon TCG Magic: The Gathering's Reserved List Adventure Capitalist Neko Atsume Tiny Tower Vegas Fallout Shelter Casey Muratori and Shawn McGrath on the "Free to Play" business model Victory Pointers 013 - Designing Experiences and Tabletopia Playtesting with Philip duBarry Victory Pointers 013 - Designing Experiences and Tabletopia Playtesting with Philip duBarry Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:29:50 +0000  

We are joined by consummate game designer, Philip duBarry to talk about designing games around experiences, working with intellectual property, getting games published in the era of Kickstarter, playtesting on Tabletopia, and designing with kids. We also chat about searching out uncommon themes, editing content as part of game design, and what happens when someone else makes the game you were also designing.

Philip duBarry - @pdubarry / Phantasio Games

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

2:01 - Variants in games and publisher changes

4:05 - Looking out for uncommon game themes

10:08 - Getting into the thought processes behind Codenames

13:23 - Epic failure moments in games

14:24 - Editing content for games

20:26 - Letting go of game designs when someone else designs a similar game

25:18 - Inspirations and sources of ideas for games

28:23 - Graphic design for Spirits of the Rice Paddy

30:19 - How do you design for a specific game experience?

35:09 - Designing games within existing settings and intellectual properties

40:30 - Designing and publishing games in the era of Kickstarter

45:20 - Do considerations for stretch goals influence game design?

47:51 - Have game contracts changed with considerations for Kickstarter?

49:00 - Black Orchestra, using pre-orders vs crowdfunding

53:51 - Making Black Orchestra available on Tabletopia

57:03 - Playtesting games on Tabletopia

1:05:48 - Caravan will be released in two different versions, but with the same game mechanics

1:08:00 - Designing games with kids

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

 

]]>

We are joined by consummate game designer, Philip duBarry to talk about designing games around experiences, working with intellectual property, getting games published in the era of Kickstarter, playtesting on Tabletopia, and designing with kids. We also chat about searching out uncommon themes, editing content as part of game design, and what happens when someone else makes the game you were also designing.

Philip duBarry - @pdubarry / Phantasio Games

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

2:01 - Variants in games and publisher changes

4:05 - Looking out for uncommon game themes

10:08 - Getting into the thought processes behind Codenames

13:23 - Epic failure moments in games

14:24 - Editing content for games

20:26 - Letting go of game designs when someone else designs a similar game

25:18 - Inspirations and sources of ideas for games

28:23 - Graphic design for Spirits of the Rice Paddy

30:19 - How do you design for a specific game experience?

35:09 - Designing games within existing settings and intellectual properties

40:30 - Designing and publishing games in the era of Kickstarter

45:20 - Do considerations for stretch goals influence game design?

47:51 - Have game contracts changed with considerations for Kickstarter?

49:00 - Black Orchestra, using pre-orders vs crowdfunding

53:51 - Making Black Orchestra available on Tabletopia

57:03 - Playtesting games on Tabletopia

1:05:48 - Caravan will be released in two different versions, but with the same game mechanics

1:08:00 - Designing games with kids

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> 01:14:27 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)  We are joined by consummate game designer, Philip duBarry to talk about designing games around experiences, working with intellectual property, getting games published in the era of Kickstarter, playtesting on Tabletopia, and designing with kids. We also chat about searching out uncommon themes, editing content as part of game design, and what happens when someone else makes the game you were also designing. Philip duBarry - @pdubarry / Phantasio Games Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 2:01 - Variants in games and publisher changes 4:05 - Looking out for uncommon game themes 10:08 - Getting into the thought processes behind Codenames 13:23 - Epic failure moments in games 14:24 - Editing content for games 20:26 - Letting go of game designs when someone else designs a similar game 25:18 - Inspirations and sources of ideas for games 28:23 - Graphic design for Spirits of the Rice Paddy 30:19 - How do you design for a specific game experience? 35:09 - Designing games within existing settings and intellectual properties 40:30 - Designing and publishing games in the era of Kickstarter 45:20 - Do considerations for stretch goals influence game design? 47:51 - Have game contracts changed with considerations for Kickstarter? 49:00 - Black Orchestra, using pre-orders vs crowdfunding 53:51 - Making Black Orchestra available on Tabletopia 57:03 - Playtesting games on Tabletopia 1:05:48 - Caravan will be released in two different versions, but with the same game mechanics 1:08:00 - Designing games with kids Links to what we talked about Threadsteading is a game played with a sewing machine Laputa: Castle in the Sky Porco Rosso Schwarze Kapelle (Black Orchestra) Pre-orders for Black Orchestra Tabletopia Games Laboratory Incubator Tabletop Simulator Caravan is a game that will be released in two different versions, but the same gameplay Games we mentioned Revolution! Marrying Mr. Darcy Chief Inspector Codenames Codenames: Pictures Dixit The Big Book of Madness Skyway Robbery Spirits of the Rice Paddy Canalis Courtier Eminent Domain: Battlecruisers Kingdom of Solomon Monstrous Unfair Black Orchestra Caravan Tiger Stripes Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co  The Action Points Crew  We are joined by consummate game designer, Philip duBarry to talk about designing games around experiences, working with intellectual property, getting games published in the era of Kickstarter, playtesting on Tabletopia, and designing with kids. We also chat about searching out uncommon themes, editing content as part of game design, and what happens when someone else makes the game you were also designing. Philip duBarry - @pdubarry / Phantasio Games Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 2:01 - Variants in games and publisher changes 4:05 - Looking out for uncommon game themes 10:08 - Getting into the thought processes behind Codenames 13:23 - Epic failure moments in games 14:24 - Editing content for games 20:26 - Letting go of game designs when someone else designs a similar game 25:18 - Inspirations and sources of ideas for games 28:23 - Graphic design for Spirits of the Rice Paddy 30:19 - How do you design for a specific game experience? 35:09 - Designing games within existing settings and intellectual properties 40:30 - Designing and publishing games in the era of Kickstarter 45:20 - Do considerations for stretch goals influence game design? 47:51 - Have game contracts changed with considerations for Kickstarter? 49:00 - Black Orchestra, using pre-orders vs crowdfunding 53:51 - Making Black Orchestra available on Tabletopia 57:03 - Playtesting games on Tabletopia 1:05:48 - Caravan will be released in two different versions, but with the same game mechanics 1:08:00 - Designing games with kids Links to what we talked about Threadsteading is a game played with a sewing machine Laputa: Castle in the Sky Porco Rosso Schwarze Kapelle (Black Orchestra) Pre-orders for Black Orchestra Tabletopia Games Laboratory Incubator Tabletop Simulator Caravan is a game that will be released in two different versions, but the same gameplay Games we mentioned Revolution! Marrying Mr. Darcy Chief Inspector Codenames Codenames: Pictures Dixit The Big Book of Madness Skyway Robbery Spirits of the Rice Paddy Canalis Courtier Eminent Domain: Battlecruisers Kingdom of Solomon Monstrous Unfair Black Orchestra Caravan Tiger Stripes Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co   TAPP 122 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow TAPP 122 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Thu, 02 Jun 2016 11:11:01 +0000 In this episode:

First up, we're super sorry we've been away for a while. This episode was recorded quite a while ago, but a combination of hardware failures and incredibly busy weeks/weekends at work have pushed the podcast stuff aside for a while. We're now back though! And we hope you enjoy the show :)

We chat about human hair and how it is treated in media. We talk about hair colour, hair styles, cultural connotations, stereotypes and how come you never see Cloud go shopping for hair gel in Midgar. We also talk about our enjoyment of Zootopia, and how it treats the topic of diversity and discrimination.  In our regular round up, Aaron played some A la carte, Dan's been playing The Witness, Evan has been having PC problems with Dark Souls 3, and Jackson checks out a podcast and a book on mental health.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

A la carte

Cooking Mama

Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics Framework

The Witness

Dark Souls 3

Kat and Evan chat about Mother 3 on the podcast

A MAZE

Eldritch Horror

Arkham Horror

Everybody's Fucked Up

Night in the Woods

Taming the Black Dog

#goodmorningsye

Zootopia

Gravity Falls

Imagining Zootopia

Blacksad

Miitomo

Asian Hair Streak

Hair Tropes

The Natural: The Trouble Portraying Blackness in Video Games

]]> In this episode:

First up, we're super sorry we've been away for a while. This episode was recorded quite a while ago, but a combination of hardware failures and incredibly busy weeks/weekends at work have pushed the podcast stuff aside for a while. We're now back though! And we hope you enjoy the show :)

We chat about human hair and how it is treated in media. We talk about hair colour, hair styles, cultural connotations, stereotypes and how come you never see Cloud go shopping for hair gel in Midgar. We also talk about our enjoyment of Zootopia, and how it treats the topic of diversity and discrimination. In our regular round up, Aaron played some A la carte, Dan's been playing The Witness, Evan has been having PC problems with Dark Souls 3, and Jackson checks out a podcast and a book on mental health.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

A la carte

Cooking Mama

Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics Framework

The Witness

Dark Souls 3

Kat and Evan chat about Mother 3 on the podcast

A MAZE

Eldritch Horror

Arkham Horror

Everybody's Fucked Up

Night in the Woods

Taming the Black Dog

#goodmorningsye

Zootopia

Gravity Falls

Imagining Zootopia

Blacksad

Miitomo

Asian Hair Streak

Hair Tropes

The Natural: The Trouble Portraying Blackness in Video Games

]]> 01:26:06 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: First up, we're super sorry we've been away for a while. This episode was recorded quite a while ago, but a combination of hardware failures and incredibly busy weeks/weekends at work have pushed the podcast stuff aside for a while. We're now back though! And we hope you enjoy the show :) We chat about human hair and how it is treated in media. We talk about hair colour, hair styles, cultural connotations, stereotypes and how come you never see Cloud go shopping for hair gel in Midgar. We also talk about our enjoyment of Zootopia, and how it treats the topic of diversity and discrimination.  In our regular round up, Aaron played some A la carte, Dan's been playing The Witness, Evan has been having PC problems with Dark Souls 3, and Jackson checks out a podcast and a book on mental health. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: A la carte Cooking Mama Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics Framework The Witness Dark Souls 3 Kat and Evan chat about Mother 3 on the podcast A MAZE Eldritch Horror Arkham Horror Everybody's Fucked Up Night in the Woods Taming the Black Dog #goodmorningsye Zootopia Gravity Falls Imagining Zootopia Blacksad Miitomo Asian Hair Streak Hair Tropes The Natural: The Trouble Portraying Blackness in Video GamesThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: First up, we're super sorry we've been away for a while. This episode was recorded quite a while ago, but a combination of hardware failures and incredibly busy weeks/weekends at work have pushed the podcast stuff aside for a while. We're now back though! And we hope you enjoy the show :) We chat about human hair and how it is treated in media. We talk about hair colour, hair styles, cultural connotations, stereotypes and how come you never see Cloud go shopping for hair gel in Midgar. We also talk about our enjoyment of Zootopia, and how it treats the topic of diversity and discrimination.  In our regular round up, Aaron played some A la carte, Dan's been playing The Witness, Evan has been having PC problems with Dark Souls 3, and Jackson checks out a podcast and a book on mental health. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, @pinkytweets and @melodatron. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: A la carte Cooking Mama Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics Framework The Witness Dark Souls 3 Kat and Evan chat about Mother 3 on the podcast A MAZE Eldritch Horror Arkham Horror Everybody's Fucked Up Night in the Woods Taming the Black Dog #goodmorningsye Zootopia Gravity Falls Imagining Zootopia Blacksad Miitomo Asian Hair Streak Hair Tropes The Natural: The Trouble Portraying Blackness in Video Games Victory Pointers 012 - Designing for Kids and Networking with Peter C Hayward Victory Pointers 012 - Designing for Kids and Networking with Peter C Hayward Mon, 02 May 2016 12:24:33 +0000 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 of the show, we are joined by ex-Melbourne based designer Peter C Hayward about his (just finished) first Kickstarter for Scuttle!, designing with kids in mind, and the benefits of networking when making board games.

Also, we have our own iTunes feed now!

(Huge apologies for the lateness of this episode. Aaron's hard drive suffered a catastrophic failure and we couldn't get this episode out in time while Peter's Kickstarter was still running. Sorry!)

Peter C Hayward - @peterchayward / beard.blue / jellybean-games.com / scuttlegame.com

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

1:16 - Monstrous is being delivered to backers!

2:48 - Early bird shipping vs early bird discounts

4:55 - Shipping games with Send From China

10:52 - Sye's issues with the loose structure of dexterity games

19:05 - Being bad at dexterity games

22:19 - Designing games with and for kids and families

35:33 - Playing games while out camping

39:14 - Interview with Peter C Hayward, Kickstarting Scuttle!

49:13 - The amazing story of how Scuttle! found its artist

50:40 - Networking and making friends in board games

54:42 - Being in Australia vs being in the US

57:30 - Next steps after Kickstarter i.e. distribution, more Jellybean Games

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

 

]]> 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 of the show, we are joined by ex-Melbourne based designer Peter C Hayward about his (just finished) first Kickstarter for Scuttle!, designing with kids in mind, and the benefits of networking when making board games.

Also, we have our own iTunes feed now!

(Huge apologies for the lateness of this episode. Aaron's hard drive suffered a catastrophic failure and we couldn't get this episode out in time while Peter's Kickstarter was still running. Sorry!)

Peter C Hayward - @peterchayward / beard.blue / jellybean-games.com / scuttlegame.com

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

1:16 - Monstrous is being delivered to backers!

2:48 - Early bird shipping vs early bird discounts

4:55 - Shipping games with Send From China

10:52 - Sye's issues with the loose structure of dexterity games

19:05 - Being bad at dexterity games

22:19 - Designing games with and for kids and families

35:33 - Playing games while out camping

39:14 - Interview with Peter C Hayward, Kickstarting Scuttle!

49:13 - The amazing story of how Scuttle! found its artist

50:40 - Networking and making friends in board games

54:42 - Being in Australia vs being in the US

57:30 - Next steps after Kickstarter i.e. distribution, more Jellybean Games

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> 01:05:37 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 of the show, we are joined by ex-Melbourne based designer Peter C Hayward about his (just finished) first Kickstarter for Scuttle!, designing with kids in mind, and the benefits of networking when making board games. Also, we have our own iTunes feed now! (Huge apologies for the lateness of this episode. Aaron's hard drive suffered a catastrophic failure and we couldn't get this episode out in time while Peter's Kickstarter was still running. Sorry!) Peter C Hayward - @peterchayward / beard.blue / jellybean-games.com / scuttlegame.com Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 1:16 - Monstrous is being delivered to backers! 2:48 - Early bird shipping vs early bird discounts 4:55 - Shipping games with Send From China 10:52 - Sye's issues with the loose structure of dexterity games 19:05 - Being bad at dexterity games 22:19 - Designing games with and for kids and families 35:33 - Playing games while out camping 39:14 - Interview with Peter C Hayward, Kickstarting Scuttle! 49:13 - The amazing story of how Scuttle! found its artist 50:40 - Networking and making friends in board games 54:42 - Being in Australia vs being in the US 57:30 - Next steps after Kickstarter i.e. distribution, more Jellybean Games Links to what we talked about Dirk Knemeyer's Tesla vs Edison Kickstarter campaign Send From China Scuttle! on Kickstarter The Dice Men Cometh HABA HABA USA Gamewright Green Couch Games The Saga of Erik the Viking Kelly Jo at idleafternoon.com Greater Than Games Games Laboratory Incubator Unpub Cardboard Edison Cardboard Edison Awards Rule & Make Tomb of Doom aka Enemy Anemone Freeplay Games we mentioned Monstrous Snow Tails Robots & Rockets The Resistance: Avalon Munchkin Sushi Go! Scuttle! Cuttle Story War Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co  The Action Points CrewKim'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 of the show, we are joined by ex-Melbourne based designer Peter C Hayward about his (just finished) first Kickstarter for Scuttle!, designing with kids in mind, and the benefits of networking when making board games. Also, we have our own iTunes feed now! (Huge apologies for the lateness of this episode. Aaron's hard drive suffered a catastrophic failure and we couldn't get this episode out in time while Peter's Kickstarter was still running. Sorry!) Peter C Hayward - @peterchayward / beard.blue / jellybean-games.com / scuttlegame.com Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 1:16 - Monstrous is being delivered to backers! 2:48 - Early bird shipping vs early bird discounts 4:55 - Shipping games with Send From China 10:52 - Sye's issues with the loose structure of dexterity games 19:05 - Being bad at dexterity games 22:19 - Designing games with and for kids and families 35:33 - Playing games while out camping 39:14 - Interview with Peter C Hayward, Kickstarting Scuttle! 49:13 - The amazing story of how Scuttle! found its artist 50:40 - Networking and making friends in board games 54:42 - Being in Australia vs being in the US 57:30 - Next steps after Kickstarter i.e. distribution, more Jellybean Games Links to what we talked about Dirk Knemeyer's Tesla vs Edison Kickstarter campaign Send From China Scuttle! on Kickstarter The Dice Men Cometh HABA HABA USA Gamewright Green Couch Games The Saga of Erik the Viking Kelly Jo at idleafternoon.com Greater Than Games Games Laboratory Incubator Unpub Cardboard Edison Cardboard Edison Awards Rule & Make Tomb of Doom aka Enemy Anemone Freeplay Games we mentioned Monstrous Snow Tails Robots & Rockets The Resistance: Avalon Munchkin Sushi Go! Scuttle! Cuttle Story War Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co   TAPP 121 - A Marriage in the Key of Mother 3 TAPP 121 - A Marriage in the Key of Mother 3 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 03:54:49 +0000 In this episode:

Be warned! This episode contains full spoilers for Mother 3!

Welcome to an intimate evening with Evan and Kat, as they discuss their relationship with the 2006 JRPG, Mother 3 (the sequel to EarthBound - Happy 10th Birthday, Mother 3!). Kat just finished the game, so let's find out if there was any conceivable way it could live up to the constant hype from Evan, who has decked out their home with posters, statues, music, books, and everything else Mother/EarthBound. Grab a glass of wine and let's talk about a marriage in the key of Mother 3.

Music: Twist and Battle, and Funky Monkey Dance, ℗ 2006 TOKYO ITOI SHIGESATO OFFICE/ HAL Laboratory, Inc. / Nintendo. Grab the Mother 3i album on iTunes.

Links for the things we talked about:

2377 - Mother 3 (J)_697

Mother 3 Fan Translation

EarthBound

The Indoor Kids

Fangamer

Mother 3 Handbook

Meeellla

Mother series articles:

The Mother Series: Non-human Characters and Humanity

Mother Series Figures

Mother 3 Chapter Discussions

A Brief History of Mother

2377 - Mother 3 (J)_1295

]]> In this episode:

Be warned! This episode contains full spoilers for Mother 3!

Welcome to an intimate evening with Evan and Kat, as they discuss their relationship with the 2006 JRPG, Mother 3 (the sequel to EarthBound - Happy 10th Birthday, Mother 3!). Kat just finished the game, so let's find out if there was any conceivable way it could live up to the constant hype from Evan, who has decked out their home with posters, statues, music, books, and everything else Mother/EarthBound. Grab a glass of wine and let's talk about a marriage in the key of Mother 3.

Music: Twist and Battle, and Funky Monkey Dance, ℗ 2006 TOKYO ITOI SHIGESATO OFFICE/ HAL Laboratory, Inc. / Nintendo. Grab the Mother 3i album on iTunes.

Links for the things we talked about:

Mother 3 Fan Translation

EarthBound

The Indoor Kids

Fangamer

Mother 3 Handbook

Meeellla

Mother series articles:

The Mother Series: Non-human Characters and Humanity

Mother Series Figures

Mother 3 Chapter Discussions

A Brief History of Mother

]]> 53:12 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Be warned! This episode contains full spoilers for Mother 3! Welcome to an intimate evening with Evan and Kat, as they discuss their relationship with the 2006 JRPG, Mother 3 (the sequel to EarthBound - Happy 10th Birthday, Mother 3!). Kat just finished the game, so let's find out if there was any conceivable way it could live up to the constant hype from Evan, who has decked out their home with posters, statues, music, books, and everything else Mother/EarthBound. Grab a glass of wine and let's talk about a marriage in the key of Mother 3. Music: Twist and Battle, and Funky Monkey Dance, ℗ 2006 TOKYO ITOI SHIGESATO OFFICE/ HAL Laboratory, Inc. / Nintendo. Grab the Mother 3i album on iTunes. Links for the things we talked about: Mother 3 Fan Translation EarthBound The Indoor Kids Fangamer Mother 3 Handbook Meeellla Mother series articles: The Mother Series: Non-human Characters and Humanity Mother Series Figures Mother 3 Chapter Discussions A Brief History of MotherThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: Be warned! This episode contains full spoilers for Mother 3! Welcome to an intimate evening with Evan and Kat, as they discuss their relationship with the 2006 JRPG, Mother 3 (the sequel to EarthBound - Happy 10th Birthday, Mother 3!). Kat just finished the game, so let's find out if there was any conceivable way it could live up to the constant hype from Evan, who has decked out their home with posters, statues, music, books, and everything else Mother/EarthBound. Grab a glass of wine and let's talk about a marriage in the key of Mother 3. Music: Twist and Battle, and Funky Monkey Dance, ℗ 2006 TOKYO ITOI SHIGESATO OFFICE/ HAL Laboratory, Inc. / Nintendo. Grab the Mother 3i album on iTunes. Links for the things we talked about: Mother 3 Fan Translation EarthBound The Indoor Kids Fangamer Mother 3 Handbook Meeellla Mother series articles: The Mother Series: Non-human Characters and Humanity Mother Series Figures Mother 3 Chapter Discussions A Brief History of Mother TAPP 120 - Influential Books That Are Not Mother 3 TAPP 120 - Influential Books That Are Not Mother 3 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:31:02 +0000 As foreshadowed, Adam is back for a fiver on the podcast as we talk about influential books in our lives (that are not Mother 3). In "what we've been up to this week", Dan and Evan tell us about their adventures in Miitomo, Jackson's been playing some mobile games in Tiny Tower and Clash Royale, I talk about building cities in Quadropolis, Adam's been trying to get better at Smash, and Evan's been excited to share his love of Mother 3 with Kat.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Walking the Dog

Miitomo

Tiny Tower Vegas

Clash Royale

Quadropolis

Elysium

Super Smash Bros.

Complexity and Complication

Pokken Tournament

Mother 3

The Riftwar Saga

Trackmania Turbo

You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto

Who Owns The Future?

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

White Privilege II

Another Round

The Amtrak Wars

East of West

Steve Jackson Gamebooks

Lone Wolf

Star Wars Adventures

Sonic the Hedgehog Gamebooks

T.I.M.E Stories

Terry Pratchett's Discworld series

Neil Gaiman's profile of Terry Pratchett

Nation

Longform

Everybody's Fucked Up

99% Invisible

Paul Jennings

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Ready Player One: A Novel

Redwall

Yotsubato

Scott Pilgrim

Goosebumps

Atlas Shrugged

Isaac Asimov

GTO

Neuromancer

Phillip K. Dick

 

]]> As foreshadowed, Adam is back for a fiver on the podcast as we talk about influential books in our lives (that are not Mother 3). In "what we've been up to this week", Dan and Evan tell us about their adventures in Miitomo, Jackson's been playing some mobile games in Tiny Tower and Clash Royale, I talk about building cities in Quadropolis, Adam's been trying to get better at Smash, and Evan's been excited to share his love of Mother 3 with Kat.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Walking the Dog

Miitomo

Tiny Tower Vegas

Clash Royale

Quadropolis

Elysium

Super Smash Bros.

Complexity and Complication

Pokken Tournament

Mother 3

The Riftwar Saga

Trackmania Turbo

You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto

Who Owns The Future?

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

White Privilege II

Another Round

The Amtrak Wars

East of West

Steve Jackson Gamebooks

Lone Wolf

Star Wars Adventures

Sonic the Hedgehog Gamebooks

T.I.M.E Stories

Terry Pratchett's Discworld series

Neil Gaiman's profile of Terry Pratchett

Nation

Longform

Everybody's Fucked Up

99% Invisible

Paul Jennings

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Ready Player One: A Novel

Redwall

Yotsubato

Scott Pilgrim

Goosebumps

Atlas Shrugged

Isaac Asimov

GTO

Neuromancer

Phillip K. Dick

]]> 01:05:48 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)As foreshadowed, Adam is back for a fiver on the podcast as we talk about influential books in our lives (that are not Mother 3). In "what we've been up to this week", Dan and Evan tell us about their adventures in Miitomo, Jackson's been playing some mobile games in Tiny Tower and Clash Royale, I talk about building cities in Quadropolis, Adam's been trying to get better at Smash, and Evan's been excited to share his love of Mother 3 with Kat. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Walking the Dog Miitomo Tiny Tower Vegas Clash Royale Quadropolis Elysium Super Smash Bros. Complexity and Complication Pokken Tournament Mother 3 The Riftwar Saga Trackmania Turbo You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto Who Owns The Future? The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined White Privilege II Another Round The Amtrak Wars East of West Steve Jackson Gamebooks Lone Wolf Star Wars Adventures Sonic the Hedgehog Gamebooks T.I.M.E Stories Terry Pratchett's Discworld series Neil Gaiman's profile of Terry Pratchett Nation Longform Everybody's Fucked Up 99% Invisible Paul Jennings Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies Ready Player One: A Novel Redwall Yotsubato Scott Pilgrim Goosebumps Atlas Shrugged Isaac Asimov GTO Neuromancer Phillip K. Dick  The Action Points CrewAs foreshadowed, Adam is back for a fiver on the podcast as we talk about influential books in our lives (that are not Mother 3). In "what we've been up to this week", Dan and Evan tell us about their adventures in Miitomo, Jackson's been playing some mobile games in Tiny Tower and Clash Royale, I talk about building cities in Quadropolis, Adam's been trying to get better at Smash, and Evan's been excited to share his love of Mother 3 with Kat. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Walking the Dog Miitomo Tiny Tower Vegas Clash Royale Quadropolis Elysium Super Smash Bros. Complexity and Complication Pokken Tournament Mother 3 The Riftwar Saga Trackmania Turbo You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto Who Owns The Future? The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined White Privilege II Another Round The Amtrak Wars East of West Steve Jackson Gamebooks Lone Wolf Star Wars Adventures Sonic the Hedgehog Gamebooks T.I.M.E Stories Terry Pratchett's Discworld series Neil Gaiman's profile of Terry Pratchett Nation Longform Everybody's Fucked Up 99% Invisible Paul Jennings Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies Ready Player One: A Novel Redwall Yotsubato Scott Pilgrim Goosebumps Atlas Shrugged Isaac Asimov GTO Neuromancer Phillip K. Dick   Victory Pointers 011 - Game Industry Conventions Victory Pointers 011 - Game Industry Conventions Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:34:38 +0000  

Kim and Sye have been busy attending some game industry conventions, GAMA in Las Vegas and the Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair in Melbourne, so we catch up with them to find out what goes on at those events. We also chat about playtesting etiquette, especially in typical board game convention settings.

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

 

What we talked about

1:00 - Playtesting etiquette, tips on playtesting

6:08 - Pitching and promoting a game while playtesting

11:00 - Information on local playtesting events in Melbourne and Sydney

13:30 - What goes on at the GAMA Trade Show?

16:05 - How to get to the GAMA Trade Show

19:30 - How costly is the GAMA Trade Show?

20:18 - Dealing with distributors

23:45 - Being a designer at GAMA

26:54 - Investing in graphic design for board games

32:22 - Going to GAMA as a publisher

34:18 - Importance of US presence for publishers outside the US

38:56 - Alternate avenues for board games outside specialty retail

42:54 - What goes on at the Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair

 

Links to what we talked about

 

 Games we mentioned

 

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

 

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Kim and Sye have been busy attending some game industry conventions, GAMA in Las Vegas and the Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair in Melbourne, so we catch up with them to find out what goes on at those events. We also chat about playtesting etiquette, especially in typical board game convention settings.

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

1:00 - Playtesting etiquette, tips on playtesting

6:08 - Pitching and promoting a game while playtesting

11:00 - Information on local playtesting events in Melbourne and Sydney

13:30 - What goes on at the GAMA Trade Show?

16:05 - How to get to the GAMA Trade Show

19:30 - How costly is the GAMA Trade Show?

20:18 - Dealing with distributors

23:45 - Being a designer at GAMA

26:54 - Investing in graphic design for board games

32:22 - Going to GAMA as a publisher

34:18 - Importance of US presence for publishers outside the US

38:56 - Alternate avenues for board games outside specialty retail

42:54 - What goes on at the Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> 58:37 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)  Kim and Sye have been busy attending some game industry conventions, GAMA in Las Vegas and the Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair in Melbourne, so we catch up with them to find out what goes on at those events. We also chat about playtesting etiquette, especially in typical board game convention settings. Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com   What we talked about 1:00 - Playtesting etiquette, tips on playtesting 6:08 - Pitching and promoting a game while playtesting 11:00 - Information on local playtesting events in Melbourne and Sydney 13:30 - What goes on at the GAMA Trade Show? 16:05 - How to get to the GAMA Trade Show 19:30 - How costly is the GAMA Trade Show? 20:18 - Dealing with distributors 23:45 - Being a designer at GAMA 26:54 - Investing in graphic design for board games 32:22 - Going to GAMA as a publisher 34:18 - Importance of US presence for publishers outside the US 38:56 - Alternate avenues for board games outside specialty retail 42:54 - What goes on at the Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair   Links to what we talked about OzBunnycon BorderCon ConCentric BGG thread on Playtesting Principles Incubator Playtesting Meetup Good Games Publishing Game Designers' Meetings Protospiel Local game design resources for Australia GAMA - The Game Manufacturers Association Impressions PSI Board Games Insider IcV2 on the growth of the board game industry Catan on Parks & Recreation Stronghold Games on TV Ares Games Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair Nuremberg Tokyo Game Market Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair Good Games - Let's Play Games Distribution Pocket Sports    Games we mentioned Monstrous Unfair Just Chocolate Pocket Sports   Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co  The Action Points Crew  Kim and Sye have been busy attending some game industry conventions, GAMA in Las Vegas and the Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair in Melbourne, so we catch up with them to find out what goes on at those events. We also chat about playtesting etiquette, especially in typical board game convention settings. Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com   What we talked about 1:00 - Playtesting etiquette, tips on playtesting 6:08 - Pitching and promoting a game while playtesting 11:00 - Information on local playtesting events in Melbourne and Sydney 13:30 - What goes on at the GAMA Trade Show? 16:05 - How to get to the GAMA Trade Show 19:30 - How costly is the GAMA Trade Show? 20:18 - Dealing with distributors 23:45 - Being a designer at GAMA 26:54 - Investing in graphic design for board games 32:22 - Going to GAMA as a publisher 34:18 - Importance of US presence for publishers outside the US 38:56 - Alternate avenues for board games outside specialty retail 42:54 - What goes on at the Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair   Links to what we talked about OzBunnycon BorderCon ConCentric BGG thread on Playtesting Principles Incubator Playtesting Meetup Good Games Publishing Game Designers' Meetings Protospiel Local game design resources for Australia GAMA - The Game Manufacturers Association Impressions PSI Board Games Insider IcV2 on the growth of the board game industry Catan on Parks & Recreation Stronghold Games on TV Ares Games Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair Nuremberg Tokyo Game Market Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair Good Games - Let's Play Games Distribution Pocket Sports    Games we mentioned Monstrous Unfair Just Chocolate Pocket Sports   Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co   TAPP 119 - Have A Little Faith TAPP 119 - Have A Little Faith Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:22:46 +0000 We chat about the representation of faith in games and other media, which is code for "Evan gives a lecture on the representation of faith in Mother 3". We all knew this would happen. In other happenings, Dan gives us a rundown of Daredevil Season 2 on Netflix, I get nostalgic with Afterlife with Archie, Jackson and I take a look at Kaijumax, Jackson was reading Scott Pilgrim and Evan has been super excited that Kat has been playing Mother 3.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Daredevil

Fridge Logic (I was actually referring to Fridge Brilliance more than Fridge Logic)

Afterlife with Archie

Kaijumax

Scott Pilgrim

The Binding of Isaac

Mother 3

Evan previously wrote an article on non-human characters in Mother 3

Rise of the Tomb Raider

That Dragon, Cancer

Age of Empires

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

Smite

Black & White

Sandman

Anansi Boys

American Gods

The Unwritten

Magician

The Golden Bough

Why Are You So Angry? (This is the playlist of YouTube videos Jackson and Evan mentioned)

Blankets

The Heart of Thomas

Kids on the Slope/Sakamichi no Apollon

Boxers & Saints

Antichamber

]]> We chat about the representation of faith in games and other media, which is code for "Evan gives a lecture on the representation of faith in Mother 3". We all knew this would happen. In other happenings, Dan gives us a rundown of Daredevil Season 2 on Netflix, I get nostalgic with Afterlife with Archie, Jackson and I take a look at Kaijumax, Jackson was reading Scott Pilgrim and Evan has been super excited that Kat has been playing Mother 3.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Daredevil

Fridge Logic (I was actually referring to Fridge Brilliance more than Fridge Logic)

Afterlife with Archie

Kaijumax

Scott Pilgrim

The Binding of Isaac

Mother 3

Evan previously wrote an article on non-human characters in Mother 3

Rise of the Tomb Raider

That Dragon, Cancer

Age of Empires

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

Smite

Black & White

Sandman

Anansi Boys

American Gods

The Unwritten

Magician

The Golden Bough

Why Are You So Angry? (This is the playlist of YouTube videos Jackson and Evan mentioned)

Blankets

The Heart of Thomas

Kids on the Slope/Sakamichi no Apollon

Boxers & Saints

Antichamber

]]> 01:25:47 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We chat about the representation of faith in games and other media, which is code for "Evan gives a lecture on the representation of faith in Mother 3". We all knew this would happen. In other happenings, Dan gives us a rundown of Daredevil Season 2 on Netflix, I get nostalgic with Afterlife with Archie, Jackson and I take a look at Kaijumax, Jackson was reading Scott Pilgrim and Evan has been super excited that Kat has been playing Mother 3. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Daredevil Fridge Logic (I was actually referring to Fridge Brilliance more than Fridge Logic) Afterlife with Archie Kaijumax Scott Pilgrim The Binding of Isaac Mother 3 Evan previously wrote an article on non-human characters in Mother 3 Rise of the Tomb Raider That Dragon, Cancer Age of Empires El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Smite Black & White Sandman Anansi Boys American Gods The Unwritten Magician The Golden Bough Why Are You So Angry? (This is the playlist of YouTube videos Jackson and Evan mentioned) Blankets The Heart of Thomas Kids on the Slope/Sakamichi no Apollon Boxers & Saints AntichamberThe Action Points CrewWe chat about the representation of faith in games and other media, which is code for "Evan gives a lecture on the representation of faith in Mother 3". We all knew this would happen. In other happenings, Dan gives us a rundown of Daredevil Season 2 on Netflix, I get nostalgic with Afterlife with Archie, Jackson and I take a look at Kaijumax, Jackson was reading Scott Pilgrim and Evan has been super excited that Kat has been playing Mother 3. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Daredevil Fridge Logic (I was actually referring to Fridge Brilliance more than Fridge Logic) Afterlife with Archie Kaijumax Scott Pilgrim The Binding of Isaac Mother 3 Evan previously wrote an article on non-human characters in Mother 3 Rise of the Tomb Raider That Dragon, Cancer Age of Empires El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Smite Black & White Sandman Anansi Boys American Gods The Unwritten Magician The Golden Bough Why Are You So Angry? (This is the playlist of YouTube videos Jackson and Evan mentioned) Blankets The Heart of Thomas Kids on the Slope/Sakamichi no Apollon Boxers & Saints Antichamber Victory Pointers 010 - Kickstarting Publishing with Allen Chang and Alistair Kearney Victory Pointers 010 - Kickstarting Publishing with Allen Chang and Alistair Kearney Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:03:12 +0000 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 backers, taking backer suggestions, ideal player counts and building relationships.

Rule & Make - @ruleandmake / ruleandmake.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

2:37 - Collaborating on making games in Rule & Make

4:55 - Craziest things Alistair has said yes or no to when designing with Allen

9:00 - Major changes late in design for Rise to Power and Burger Up

14:10 - Reassessing the core of a game

16:14 - What makes a "Rule & Make game"

19:10 - Focusing on core mechanics in a game

20:43 - Kickstarting a publishing company

25:05 - Designing games vs publishing games

28:53 - Lifestyle games and competition

36:00 - Communication with backers post-Kickstarter, maintaining a record through regular updates

42:48 - Taking on backer suggestions and getting backer involvement

49:07 - Balancing backer suggestions with the core of the game

56:34 - Ideal player counts

1:02:35 - Looking beyond Australia with publishing and finding designers

1:05:56 - Building relationships with publishers and designers

1:10:06 - Choosing to be a designer or a publisher

Links to what we talked about

 

Games we mentioned

 

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> 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 backers, taking backer suggestions, ideal player counts and building relationships.

Rule & Make - @ruleandmake / ruleandmake.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

2:37 - Collaborating on making games in Rule & Make

4:55 - Craziest things Alistair has said yes or no to when designing with Allen

9:00 - Major changes late in design for Rise to Power and Burger Up

14:10 - Reassessing the core of a game

16:14 - What makes a "Rule & Make game"

19:10 - Focusing on core mechanics in a game

20:43 - Kickstarting a publishing company

25:05 - Designing games vs publishing games

28:53 - Lifestyle games and competition

36:00 - Communication with backers post-Kickstarter, maintaining a record through regular updates

42:48 - Taking on backer suggestions and getting backer involvement

49:07 - Balancing backer suggestions with the core of the game

56:34 - Ideal player counts

1:02:35 - Looking beyond Australia with publishing and finding designers

1:05:56 - Building relationships with publishers and designers

1:10:06 - Choosing to be a designer or a publisher

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> 01:16:01 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 backers, taking backer suggestions, ideal player counts and building relationships. Rule & Make - @ruleandmake / ruleandmake.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 2:37 - Collaborating on making games in Rule & Make 4:55 - Craziest things Alistair has said yes or no to when designing with Allen 9:00 - Major changes late in design for Rise to Power and Burger Up 14:10 - Reassessing the core of a game 16:14 - What makes a "Rule & Make game" 19:10 - Focusing on core mechanics in a game 20:43 - Kickstarting a publishing company 25:05 - Designing games vs publishing games 28:53 - Lifestyle games and competition 36:00 - Communication with backers post-Kickstarter, maintaining a record through regular updates 42:48 - Taking on backer suggestions and getting backer involvement 49:07 - Balancing backer suggestions with the core of the game 56:34 - Ideal player counts 1:02:35 - Looking beyond Australia with publishing and finding designers 1:05:56 - Building relationships with publishers and designers 1:10:06 - Choosing to be a designer or a publisher Links to what we talked about GAMA - The Game Manufacturers Association Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair Grail Games Previous interview with Allen and Alistair on the Action Points Podcast Games Laboratory Incubator Czech Games Edition Portal Games   Games we mentioned Entropy Rise to Power Ninja Dojo Fight Burger Up Robots & Rockets Elevenses One Zero One Munchkin Android: Netrunner Dominion Android Android: Infiltration Steam Works After the Flood Too Many Cinderellas   Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.coThe Action Points CrewWe 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 backers, taking backer suggestions, ideal player counts and building relationships. Rule & Make - @ruleandmake / ruleandmake.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 2:37 - Collaborating on making games in Rule & Make 4:55 - Craziest things Alistair has said yes or no to when designing with Allen 9:00 - Major changes late in design for Rise to Power and Burger Up 14:10 - Reassessing the core of a game 16:14 - What makes a "Rule & Make game" 19:10 - Focusing on core mechanics in a game 20:43 - Kickstarting a publishing company 25:05 - Designing games vs publishing games 28:53 - Lifestyle games and competition 36:00 - Communication with backers post-Kickstarter, maintaining a record through regular updates 42:48 - Taking on backer suggestions and getting backer involvement 49:07 - Balancing backer suggestions with the core of the game 56:34 - Ideal player counts 1:02:35 - Looking beyond Australia with publishing and finding designers 1:05:56 - Building relationships with publishers and designers 1:10:06 - Choosing to be a designer or a publisher Links to what we talked about GAMA - The Game Manufacturers Association Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair Grail Games Previous interview with Allen and Alistair on the Action Points Podcast Games Laboratory Incubator Czech Games Edition Portal Games   Games we mentioned Entropy Rise to Power Ninja Dojo Fight Burger Up Robots & Rockets Elevenses One Zero One Munchkin Android: Netrunner Dominion Android Android: Infiltration Steam Works After the Flood Too Many Cinderellas   Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co TAPP 118 - Things That Come In Trees TAPP 118 - Things That Come In Trees Tue, 22 Mar 2016 01:08:12 +0000 We celebrate our 3rd anniversary by chatting about our favourite trilogies and other things that come in threes. We also take some time to answer some listener mail, including indulging ourselves in fantasies of space missions and pilots. In our regular roundup, Dan's been binging on House of Cards Season 4 and playing Lanterns, Evan's been checking out Deathsmiles, Jackson flatters me by chatting about Disciple and getting on board the Jackbox Party bandwagon, and I am enamoured with Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

House of Cards

Agar.io

Lanterns: The Harvest Festival

Patchwork on iOS and Android

Deathsmiles on Steam

Disgaea PC on Steam

Train Conductor World

Disciple

Jackbox Party Pack

Gregg Tavares' Happy Fun Times

Maschinen-Mensch

The Curious Expedition

Mao

Firewatch

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

The Dice Men Cometh

Here’s sexy Dugtrio

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Tales of the Otori

The Room series (not that The Room)

Train Conductor

Star Wars

Pokemon Red, Blue and Pokemon Yellow

Uwe Rosenberg's Harvest Series

Young Liars

The Mother/Earthbound Series

The Metroid Prime Trilogy

Elite Beat Agents

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

Magic: The Gathering's Ravnica block

Raymond E.Feist’s Riftwar Saga

MURDER EDIT (at 1:53:00 - yes, it was a long episode)

ADAPTION (at 45:27)

WITNESS THE PROFANITY (at 1:26:25)

]]> We celebrate our 3rd anniversary by chatting about our favourite trilogies and other things that come in threes. We also take some time to answer some listener mail, including indulging ourselves in fantasies of space missions and pilots. In our regular roundup, Dan's been binging on House of Cards Season 4 and playing Lanterns, Evan's been checking out Deathsmiles, Jackson flatters me by chatting about Disciple and getting on board the Jackbox Party bandwagon, and I am enamoured with Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

House of Cards

Agar.io

Lanterns: The Harvest Festival

Patchwork on iOS and Android

Deathsmiles on Steam

Disgaea PC on Steam

Train Conductor World

Disciple

Jackbox Party Pack

Gregg Tavares' Happy Fun Times

Maschinen-Mensch

The Curious Expedition

Mao

Firewatch

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

The Dice Men Cometh

Here’s sexy Dugtrio

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Tales of the Otori

The Room series (not that The Room)

Train Conductor

Star Wars

Pokemon Red, Blue and Pokemon Yellow

Uwe Rosenberg's Harvest Series

Young Liars

The Mother/Earthbound Series

The Metroid Prime Trilogy

Elite Beat Agents

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

Magic: The Gathering's Ravnica block

Raymond E.Feist’s Riftwar Saga

MURDER EDIT (at 1:53:00 - yes, it was a long episode)

ADAPTION (at 45:27)

WITNESS THE PROFANITY (at 1:26:25)

]]> 01:08:43 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We celebrate our 3rd anniversary by chatting about our favourite trilogies and other things that come in threes. We also take some time to answer some listener mail, including indulging ourselves in fantasies of space missions and pilots. In our regular roundup, Dan's been binging on House of Cards Season 4 and playing Lanterns, Evan's been checking out Deathsmiles, Jackson flatters me by chatting about Disciple and getting on board the Jackbox Party bandwagon, and I am enamoured with Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: House of Cards Agar.io Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Patchwork on iOS and Android Deathsmiles on Steam Disgaea PC on Steam Train Conductor World Disciple Jackbox Party Pack Gregg Tavares' Happy Fun Times Maschinen-Mensch The Curious Expedition Mao Firewatch Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective The Dice Men Cometh Here’s sexy Dugtrio The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tales of the Otori The Room series (not that The Room) Train Conductor Star Wars Pokemon Red, Blue and Pokemon Yellow Uwe Rosenberg's Harvest Series Young Liars The Mother/Earthbound Series The Metroid Prime Trilogy Elite Beat Agents Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan Magic: The Gathering's Ravnica block Raymond E.Feist’s Riftwar Saga MURDER EDIT (at 1:53:00 - yes, it was a long episode) ADAPTION (at 45:27) WITNESS THE PROFANITY (at 1:26:25)The Action Points CrewWe celebrate our 3rd anniversary by chatting about our favourite trilogies and other things that come in threes. We also take some time to answer some listener mail, including indulging ourselves in fantasies of space missions and pilots. In our regular roundup, Dan's been binging on House of Cards Season 4 and playing Lanterns, Evan's been checking out Deathsmiles, Jackson flatters me by chatting about Disciple and getting on board the Jackbox Party bandwagon, and I am enamoured with Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as@action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime,@adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: House of Cards Agar.io Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Patchwork on iOS and Android Deathsmiles on Steam Disgaea PC on Steam Train Conductor World Disciple Jackbox Party Pack Gregg Tavares' Happy Fun Times Maschinen-Mensch The Curious Expedition Mao Firewatch Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective The Dice Men Cometh Here’s sexy Dugtrio The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tales of the Otori The Room series (not that The Room) Train Conductor Star Wars Pokemon Red, Blue and Pokemon Yellow Uwe Rosenberg's Harvest Series Young Liars The Mother/Earthbound Series The Metroid Prime Trilogy Elite Beat Agents Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan Magic: The Gathering's Ravnica block Raymond E.Feist’s Riftwar Saga MURDER EDIT (at 1:53:00 - yes, it was a long episode) ADAPTION (at 45:27) WITNESS THE PROFANITY (at 1:26:25) Victory Pointers 009 - Design Philosophies and Collaboration with Matt Dunstan Victory Pointers 009 - Design Philosophies and Collaboration with Matt Dunstan Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:18:43 +0000 We are joined by Matt Dunstan to discuss finding a community, collaborating on designs, how we come up with game ideas, working with publishers, and recognizing different philosophies of game design.

Matt Dunstan - @wisegoldfish / matthewdunstan.com

Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

 

What we talked about

1:50 - Starting game groups and Australian game design scene growth.

6:00 - Collaborating on game design

8:48 - On the spectrum of design and development

10:00 - How we come up with game ideas

17:10 - On missing rules documents in prototypes

26:17 - Setting design goals and agreeing on a vision for a game

31:10 - Will collaboration lead to more projects being finished?

35:39 - Working with publishers in developing games and finding the "best direction" for a game

41:43 - Level of polish in game prototypes at the pitching stage

44:26 - Building relationships with publishers

47:10 - Philosophies of game design

56:00 - The influence of who we play with and how we play

59:28 - Designing for a specific person

1:01:29 - Designing for the mass market

 

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

 

 

]]> We are joined by Matt Dunstan to discuss finding a community, collaborating on designs, how we come up with game ideas, working with publishers, and recognizing different philosophies of game design.

Matt Dunstan - @wisegoldfish / matthewdunstan.com

Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

1:50 - Starting game groups and Australian game design scene growth.

6:00 - Collaborating on game design

8:48 - On the spectrum of design and development

10:00 - How we come up with game ideas

17:10 - On missing rules documents in prototypes

26:17 - Setting design goals and agreeing on a vision for a game

31:10 - Will collaboration lead to more projects being finished?

35:39 - Working with publishers in developing games and finding the "best direction" for a game

41:43 - Level of polish in game prototypes at the pitching stage

44:26 - Building relationships with publishers

47:10 - Philosophies of game design

56:00 - The influence of who we play with and how we play

59:28 - Designing for a specific person

1:01:29 - Designing for the mass market

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> 01:11:48 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We are joined by Matt Dunstan to discuss finding a community, collaborating on designs, how we come up with game ideas, working with publishers, and recognizing different philosophies of game design. Matt Dunstan - @wisegoldfish / matthewdunstan.com Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com   What we talked about 1:50 - Starting game groups and Australian game design scene growth. 6:00 - Collaborating on game design 8:48 - On the spectrum of design and development 10:00 - How we come up with game ideas 17:10 - On missing rules documents in prototypes 26:17 - Setting design goals and agreeing on a vision for a game 31:10 - Will collaboration lead to more projects being finished? 35:39 - Working with publishers in developing games and finding the "best direction" for a game 41:43 - Level of polish in game prototypes at the pitching stage 44:26 - Building relationships with publishers 47:10 - Philosophies of game design 56:00 - The influence of who we play with and how we play 59:28 - Designing for a specific person 1:01:29 - Designing for the mass market   Links to what we talked about Cambridge Playtest Meetup at the Playtest UK Games Meetup Group Brett J. Gilbert's blog at 55cards.com Slack Check out our interview with Jamey Stegmaier here Sierra Madre Games Oink Games Here's an article on some of Matt Hall's game design philosophy User personas in UX design The Game Design Roundtable Check out Disciple on the Global Game Jam site here Games we mentioned Costa Rica Elysium Relic Runners Empire Engine Robots & Rockets Pergamon Last Will Colt Express The Game Petals Around the Rose World Without End Five Tribes Rights Sushi Go! Carcassonne Ticket to Ride Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co    The Action Points CrewWe are joined by Matt Dunstan to discuss finding a community, collaborating on designs, how we come up with game ideas, working with publishers, and recognizing different philosophies of game design. Matt Dunstan - @wisegoldfish / matthewdunstan.com Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com   What we talked about 1:50 - Starting game groups and Australian game design scene growth. 6:00 - Collaborating on game design 8:48 - On the spectrum of design and development 10:00 - How we come up with game ideas 17:10 - On missing rules documents in prototypes 26:17 - Setting design goals and agreeing on a vision for a game 31:10 - Will collaboration lead to more projects being finished? 35:39 - Working with publishers in developing games and finding the "best direction" for a game 41:43 - Level of polish in game prototypes at the pitching stage 44:26 - Building relationships with publishers 47:10 - Philosophies of game design 56:00 - The influence of who we play with and how we play 59:28 - Designing for a specific person 1:01:29 - Designing for the mass market   Links to what we talked about Cambridge Playtest Meetup at the Playtest UK Games Meetup Group Brett J. Gilbert's blog at 55cards.com Slack Check out our interview with Jamey Stegmaier here Sierra Madre Games Oink Games Here's an article on some of Matt Hall's game design philosophy User personas in UX design The Game Design Roundtable Check out Disciple on the Global Game Jam site here Games we mentioned Costa Rica Elysium Relic Runners Empire Engine Robots & Rockets Pergamon Last Will Colt Express The Game Petals Around the Rose World Without End Five Tribes Rights Sushi Go! Carcassonne Ticket to Ride Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co     TAPP 117 - Out of Town at GX Australia TAPP 117 - Out of Town at GX Australia Sun, 06 Mar 2016 08:01:40 +0000 We take a trip out to Sydney for GX Australia (and some tasty late night Thai desserts at Chat Thai), Australia's first queer gaming convention. Features chats with Liam Esler. one of the directors of the convention and the creators behind Objects in Space, One Night, Projection, Crucible, Regency Robots and Dungeon League.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

GX Australia

GaymerX

kawaiiuguu.moe, where Mickey also wrote a blog post about GX Australia

Objects in Space

SK Games' #cuntroller

One Night, from Epona and Shell Osborne

Projection

Wayang kulit

Crucible

We actually had a chat with Mark Morrison of Campaign Coins here and Andre Bishop, also of Campaign Coins here

Coin swords

Regency Robots, from @foolhardygames

Dungeon League

Sparklelord, from The Adventures of Dr. McNinja

]]> We take a trip out to Sydney for GX Australia (and some tasty late night Thai desserts at Chat Thai), Australia's first queer gaming convention. Features chats with Liam Esler. one of the directors of the convention and the creators behind Objects in Space, One Night, Projection, Crucible, Regency Robots and Dungeon League.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

GX Australia

GaymerX

kawaiiuguu.moe, where Mickey also wrote a blog post about GX Australia

Objects in Space

SK Games' #cuntroller

One Night, from Epona and Shell Osborne

Projection

Wayang kulit

Crucible

We actually had a chat with Mark Morrison of Campaign Coins here and Andre Bishop, also of Campaign Coins here

Coin swords

Regency Robots, from @foolhardygames

Dungeon League

Sparklelord, from The Adventures of Dr. McNinja

]]> 01:13:20 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We take a trip out to Sydney for GX Australia (and some tasty late night Thai desserts at Chat Thai), Australia's first queer gaming convention. Features chats with Liam Esler. one of the directors of the convention and the creators behind Objects in Space, One Night, Projection, Crucible, Regency Robots and Dungeon League. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: GX Australia GaymerX kawaiiuguu.moe, where Mickey also wrote a blog post about GX Australia Objects in Space SK Games' #cuntroller One Night, from Epona and Shell Osborne Projection Wayang kulit Crucible We actually had a chat with Mark Morrison of Campaign Coins here and Andre Bishop, also of Campaign Coins here Coin swords Regency Robots, from @foolhardygames Dungeon League Sparklelord, from The Adventures of Dr. McNinjaThe Action Points CrewWe take a trip out to Sydney for GX Australia (and some tasty late night Thai desserts at Chat Thai), Australia's first queer gaming convention. Features chats with Liam Esler. one of the directors of the convention and the creators behind Objects in Space, One Night, Projection, Crucible, Regency Robots and Dungeon League. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: GX Australia GaymerX kawaiiuguu.moe, where Mickey also wrote a blog post about GX Australia Objects in Space SK Games' #cuntroller One Night, from Epona and Shell Osborne Projection Wayang kulit Crucible We actually had a chat with Mark Morrison of Campaign Coins here and Andre Bishop, also of Campaign Coins here Coin swords Regency Robots, from @foolhardygames Dungeon League Sparklelord, from The Adventures of Dr. McNinja TAPP Episode 116 - The Wars in Our Stars TAPP Episode 116 - The Wars in Our Stars Sun, 21 Feb 2016 13:29:08 +0000 We finally get around to chatting about Star Wars Episode VII at length, since Evan was the last holdout who had not seen it. We talk about our relationships with Star Wars, and how we felt the latest installment met our various expectations. In our roundup: Evan's been playing Rise of the Tomb Raider, Firewatch, and The Witness with Jackson. Aaron played Port Royal and read The Wicked + The Divine.

Also, Jackson is a blinding hot Rey.

Rey Jackson

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Firewatch

We previously had Rich Sommer on the podcast here

Idle Thumbs

The image for the Firewatch Soundtrack is preeeetty great

The Witness

Braid

Portal and Portal 2

Quantum Conundrum

Fez

The Game

Euphoria

Grand Austria Hotel

Port Royal

Royal Goods

Mombasa

Zombie Dice

Martian Dice

Dead Man's Draw

The Wicked + The Divine

Shutter

Supreme: Blue Rose

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Star Wars Customizable Card Game (Decipher)

There's also a fan community for the Star Wars Customizable Card Game here

Kinect Star Wars

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg_FoEy8T_A&w=560&h=315]

Neutral Response (look at the thumbs)

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ&w=420&h=315]

My Life as an Alien-American, by Arthur Chu

Emo Kylo Ren, Bad Father Han Solo, Very Lonely Luke

Poe Doraemon

]]> We finally get around to chatting about Star Wars Episode VII at length, since Evan was the last holdout who had not seen it. We talk about our relationships with Star Wars, and how we felt the latest installment met our various expectations. In our roundup: Evan's been playing Rise of the Tomb Raider, Firewatch, and The Witness with Jackson. Aaron played Port Royal and read The Wicked + The Divine.

Also, Jackson is a blinding hot Rey.

Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Firewatch

We previously had Rich Sommer on the podcast here

Idle Thumbs

The image for the Firewatch Soundtrack is preeeetty great

The Witness

Braid

Portal and Portal 2

Quantum Conundrum

Fez

The Game

Euphoria

Grand Austria Hotel

Port Royal

Royal Goods

Mombasa

Zombie Dice

Martian Dice

Dead Man's Draw

The Wicked + The Divine

Shutter

Supreme: Blue Rose

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Star Wars Customizable Card Game (Decipher)

There's also a fan community for the Star Wars Customizable Card Game here

Kinect Star Wars

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg_FoEy8T_A&w=560&h=315]

Neutral Response (look at the thumbs)

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ&w=420&h=315]

My Life as an Alien-American, by Arthur Chu

Emo Kylo Ren, Bad Father Han Solo, Very Lonely Luke

Poe Doraemon

]]> 01:26:54 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We finally get around to chatting about Star Wars Episode VII at length, since Evan was the last holdout who had not seen it. We talk about our relationships with Star Wars, and how we felt the latest installment met our various expectations. In our roundup: Evan's been playing Rise of the Tomb Raider, Firewatch, and The Witness with Jackson. Aaron played Port Royal and read The Wicked + The Divine. Also, Jackson is a blinding hot Rey. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Rise of the Tomb Raider Firewatch We previously had Rich Sommer on the podcast here Idle Thumbs The image for the Firewatch Soundtrack is preeeetty great The Witness Braid Portal and Portal 2 Quantum Conundrum Fez The Game Euphoria Grand Austria Hotel Port Royal Royal Goods Mombasa Zombie Dice Martian Dice Dead Man's Draw The Wicked + The Divine Shutter Supreme: Blue Rose Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens Star Wars Customizable Card Game (Decipher) There's also a fan community for the Star Wars Customizable Card Game here Kinect Star Wars [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg_FoEy8T_A&w=560&h=315] Neutral Response (look at the thumbs) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ&w=420&h=315] My Life as an Alien-American, by Arthur Chu Emo Kylo Ren, Bad Father Han Solo, Very Lonely Luke Poe DoraemonThe Action Points CrewWe finally get around to chatting about Star Wars Episode VII at length, since Evan was the last holdout who had not seen it. We talk about our relationships with Star Wars, and how we felt the latest installment met our various expectations. In our roundup: Evan's been playing Rise of the Tomb Raider, Firewatch, and The Witness with Jackson. Aaron played Port Royal and read The Wicked + The Divine. Also, Jackson is a blinding hot Rey. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points, and on Facebook and Google+. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime, @adam_holdswater, @MostStrange, and @pinkytweets. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Rise of the Tomb Raider Firewatch We previously had Rich Sommer on the podcast here Idle Thumbs The image for the Firewatch Soundtrack is preeeetty great The Witness Braid Portal and Portal 2 Quantum Conundrum Fez The Game Euphoria Grand Austria Hotel Port Royal Royal Goods Mombasa Zombie Dice Martian Dice Dead Man's Draw The Wicked + The Divine Shutter Supreme: Blue Rose Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens Star Wars Customizable Card Game (Decipher) There's also a fan community for the Star Wars Customizable Card Game here Kinect Star Wars [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg_FoEy8T_A&w=560&h=315] Neutral Response (look at the thumbs) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ&w=420&h=315] My Life as an Alien-American, by Arthur Chu Emo Kylo Ren, Bad Father Han Solo, Very Lonely Luke Poe Doraemon TAPP Episode 115 - Coming Up 2016 TAPP Episode 115 - Coming Up 2016 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:06:30 +0000 We are joined by officially new host (AKA replacement Adam) Jackson to chat about what we are looking forward to in 2016. We talk about the movies, TV series, games, comics and events coming up in 2016 that get us all hot and bothered. Let us know what you're looking forward to as well! :)

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Evan has been recording Splatoon videos

The Triple J Hottest 100

More graduates of St Kevin's Toorak won the Hottest 100 than women

Crypt of the Necordancer soundtrack

Expand soundtrack

Courtney Barnett's Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Patchwork

Crashlands

CanCon

Dark Cloud 2 on Playstation 4

War of the Monsters on Playstation 4

Android: Netrunner (on Jinteki.net)

Magic: The Gathering

Swordcraft

Wuvable Oaf

Deadpool

The Witness

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Firewatch

Idle Thumbs

The Official Firewatch Strategy Guide

Mirror's Edge Catalyst

Dishonored 2

Unravel

Mighty No. 9

Cuphead

Deathsmiles

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Night in the Woods

Below

Hyper Light Drifter

Gigantic

Overland

Torment: Tides of Numenera

The Legend of Zelda for WiiU

Full Throttle Remastered

The Ship: Murder Party

The Time Project

XCOM 2

Calculords 2

Final Fantasy XV

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Steven Universe

Sense8

How to Train Your Dragon 3

Suicide Squad (the trailer we talked about is here)

Batman: Assault on Arkham

XCOM: The Movie Independence Day: Resurgence

The BFG

The Witches

Matilda the Musical

Orange is the New Black

Daredevil Season 2 trailer

House of Cards

Doctor Strange

Jessica Jones

Luke Cage

The Defenders

Iron Fist

The Immortal Iron Fist

Elementary

Castle

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Adventure Time

The Smut Peddler Double Header

Princess Jellyfish

Servant x Service

Space Dandy

Patience

Wandering Island

Slave Punk

Heartless

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Pandemic Legacy: Season 2

First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet

T.I.M.E. Stories

Tragedy Looper

No Fish!

Medici

Sushi Go Party!

The Banner Saga: Warbands

This War of Mine: The Board Game

Star Trek: Frontiers

Scythe

Seafall

Chronicles: Origins

GX Australia

Freeplay

AMAZE Berlin 2016

PAX Australia

PandaCon

Looking For Gamers

OzBunnyCon

MeepleCon

Games Laboratory Incubator

Spiel Essen

]]> We are joined by officially new host (AKA replacement Adam) Jackson to chat about what we are looking forward to in 2016. We talk about the movies, TV series, games, comics and events coming up in 2016 that get us all hot and bothered. Let us know what you're looking forward to as well! :)

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Evan has been recording Splatoon videos

The Triple J Hottest 100

More graduates of St Kevin's Toorak won the Hottest 100 than women

Crypt of the Necordancer soundtrack

Expand soundtrack

Courtney Barnett's Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Patchwork

Crashlands

CanCon

Dark Cloud 2 on Playstation 4

War of the Monsters on Playstation 4

Android: Netrunner (on Jinteki.net)

Magic: The Gathering

Swordcraft

Wuvable Oaf

Deadpool

The Witness

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Firewatch

Idle Thumbs

The Official Firewatch Strategy Guide

Mirror's Edge Catalyst

Dishonored 2

Unravel

Mighty No. 9

Cuphead

Deathsmiles

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Night in the Woods

Below

Hyper Light Drifter

Gigantic

Overland

Torment: Tides of Numenera

The Legend of Zelda for WiiU

Full Throttle Remastered

The Ship: Murder Party

The Time Project

XCOM 2

Calculords 2

Final Fantasy XV

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Steven Universe

Sense8

How to Train Your Dragon 3

Suicide Squad (the trailer we talked about is here)

Batman: Assault on Arkham

XCOM: The Movie Independence Day: Resurgence

The BFG

The Witches

Matilda the Musical

Orange is the New Black

Daredevil Season 2 trailer

House of Cards

Doctor Strange

Jessica Jones

Luke Cage

The Defenders

Iron Fist

The Immortal Iron Fist

Elementary

Castle

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Adventure Time

The Smut Peddler Double Header

Princess Jellyfish

Servant x Service

Space Dandy

Patience

Wandering Island

Slave Punk

Heartless

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Pandemic Legacy: Season 2

First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet

T.I.M.E. Stories

Tragedy Looper

No Fish!

Medici

Sushi Go Party!

The Banner Saga: Warbands

This War of Mine: The Board Game

Star Trek: Frontiers

Scythe

Seafall

Chronicles: Origins

GX Australia

Freeplay

AMAZE Berlin 2016

PAX Australia

PandaCon

Looking For Gamers

OzBunnyCon

MeepleCon

Games Laboratory Incubator

Spiel Essen

]]> 01:07:38 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We are joined by officially new host (AKA replacement Adam) Jackson to chat about what we are looking forward to in 2016. We talk about the movies, TV series, games, comics and events coming up in 2016 that get us all hot and bothered. Let us know what you're looking forward to as well! :) Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Evan has been recording Splatoon videos The Triple J Hottest 100 More graduates of St Kevin's Toorak won the Hottest 100 than women Crypt of the Necordancer soundtrack Expand soundtrack Courtney Barnett's Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Castles of Mad King Ludwig Patchwork Crashlands CanCon Dark Cloud 2 on Playstation 4 War of the Monsters on Playstation 4 Android: Netrunner (on Jinteki.net) Magic: The Gathering Swordcraft Wuvable Oaf Deadpool The Witness Rise of the Tomb Raider Firewatch Idle Thumbs The Official Firewatch Strategy Guide Mirror's Edge Catalyst Dishonored 2 Unravel Mighty No. 9 Cuphead Deathsmiles Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Night in the Woods Below Hyper Light Drifter Gigantic Overland Torment: Tides of Numenera The Legend of Zelda for WiiU Full Throttle Remastered The Ship: Murder Party The Time Project XCOM 2 Calculords 2 Final Fantasy XV Final Fantasy VII Remake Steven Universe Sense8 How to Train Your Dragon 3 Suicide Squad (the trailer we talked about is here) Batman: Assault on Arkham XCOM: The Movie Independence Day: Resurgence The BFG The Witches Matilda the Musical Orange is the New Black Daredevil Season 2 trailer House of Cards Doctor Strange Jessica Jones Luke Cage The Defenders Iron Fist The Immortal Iron Fist Elementary Castle The Doctor Blake Mysteries Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Adventure Time The Smut Peddler Double Header Princess Jellyfish Servant x Service Space Dandy Patience Wandering Island Slave Punk Heartless Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet T.I.M.E. Stories Tragedy Looper No Fish! Medici Sushi Go Party! The Banner Saga: Warbands This War of Mine: The Board Game Star Trek: Frontiers Scythe Seafall Chronicles: Origins GX Australia Freeplay AMAZE Berlin 2016 PAX Australia PandaCon Looking For Gamers OzBunnyCon MeepleCon Games Laboratory Incubator Spiel EssenThe Action Points CrewWe are joined by officially new host (AKA replacement Adam) Jackson to chat about what we are looking forward to in 2016. We talk about the movies, TV series, games, comics and events coming up in 2016 that get us all hot and bothered. Let us know what you're looking forward to as well! :) Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Evan has been recording Splatoon videos The Triple J Hottest 100 More graduates of St Kevin's Toorak won the Hottest 100 than women Crypt of the Necordancer soundtrack Expand soundtrack Courtney Barnett's Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Castles of Mad King Ludwig Patchwork Crashlands CanCon Dark Cloud 2 on Playstation 4 War of the Monsters on Playstation 4 Android: Netrunner (on Jinteki.net) Magic: The Gathering Swordcraft Wuvable Oaf Deadpool The Witness Rise of the Tomb Raider Firewatch Idle Thumbs The Official Firewatch Strategy Guide Mirror's Edge Catalyst Dishonored 2 Unravel Mighty No. 9 Cuphead Deathsmiles Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Night in the Woods Below Hyper Light Drifter Gigantic Overland Torment: Tides of Numenera The Legend of Zelda for WiiU Full Throttle Remastered The Ship: Murder Party The Time Project XCOM 2 Calculords 2 Final Fantasy XV Final Fantasy VII Remake Steven Universe Sense8 How to Train Your Dragon 3 Suicide Squad (the trailer we talked about is here) Batman: Assault on Arkham XCOM: The Movie Independence Day: Resurgence The BFG The Witches Matilda the Musical Orange is the New Black Daredevil Season 2 trailer House of Cards Doctor Strange Jessica Jones Luke Cage The Defenders Iron Fist The Immortal Iron Fist Elementary Castle The Doctor Blake Mysteries Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Adventure Time The Smut Peddler Double Header Princess Jellyfish Servant x Service Space Dandy Patience Wandering Island Slave Punk Heartless Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet T.I.M.E. Stories Tragedy Looper No Fish! Medici Sushi Go Party! The Banner Saga: Warbands This War of Mine: The Board Game Star Trek: Frontiers Scythe Seafall Chronicles: Origins GX Australia Freeplay AMAZE Berlin 2016 PAX Australia PandaCon Looking For Gamers OzBunnyCon MeepleCon Games Laboratory Incubator Spiel Essen Victory Pointers 008 - CanCon, Looking Back at 2015 and Ahead to 2016 Victory Pointers 008 - CanCon, Looking Back at 2015 and Ahead to 2016 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 14:42:19 +0000 We are at yet another board game convention, recording at CanCon 2016. We take some time to take stock of what we've achieved in our game design journeys in 2015 and look ahead to what excites us in 2016.

Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

2:30 The impact of timing and the lag between designing and publishing games

9:40 Designing with the constraint of an existing IP (Sye’s been working on a board game design tying in to Rule & Make’s Rise to Power)

11:00 Playtesting games at a general board gaming event, managing expectations of prototypes

15:40 Planning ahead and setting output goals for making board game design a career

19:20 Connecting with the board game community and building networks

21:20 Global Game Jam

29:00 The importance of board game communities and conventions for designers

33:30 Good Games Publishing to bring Unfair to Kickstarter in 2016

36:00 Being a game designer vs a game developer

41:10 Learning about global distribution, retail and attending events overseas

43:30 Taking successfully Kickstarted games to retail

49:10 Portal Games announced The First Martians; app integration in board games

53:00 Hoping for cross-pollination of board game and video game creators

54:40 Tabletopia and online virtual tables, for playtesting and promotion

56:30 Legacy games and narrative design in board games; meta-Legacy games

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

 

 

]]> We are at yet another board game convention, recording at CanCon 2016. We take some time to take stock of what we've achieved in our game design journeys in 2015 and look ahead to what excites us in 2016.

Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

2:30 The impact of timing and the lag between designing and publishing games

9:40 Designing with the constraint of an existing IP (Sye’s been working on a board game design tying in to Rule & Make’s Rise to Power)

11:00 Playtesting games at a general board gaming event, managing expectations of prototypes

15:40 Planning ahead and setting output goals for making board game design a career

19:20 Connecting with the board game community and building networks

21:20 Global Game Jam

29:00 The importance of board game communities and conventions for designers

33:30 Good Games Publishing to bring Unfair to Kickstarter in 2016

36:00 Being a game designer vs a game developer

41:10 Learning about global distribution, retail and attending events overseas

43:30 Taking successfully Kickstarted games to retail

49:10 Portal Games announced The First Martians; app integration in board games

53:00 Hoping for cross-pollination of board game and video game creators

54:40 Tabletopia and online virtual tables, for playtesting and promotion

56:30 Legacy games and narrative design in board games; meta-Legacy games

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> 01:02:22 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We are at yet another board game convention, recording at CanCon 2016. We take some time to take stock of what we've achieved in our game design journeys in 2015 and look ahead to what excites us in 2016. Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 2:30 The impact of timing and the lag between designing and publishing games 9:40 Designing with the constraint of an existing IP (Sye’s been working on a board game design tying in to Rule & Make’s Rise to Power) 11:00 Playtesting games at a general board gaming event, managing expectations of prototypes 15:40 Planning ahead and setting output goals for making board game design a career 19:20 Connecting with the board game community and building networks 21:20 Global Game Jam 29:00 The importance of board game communities and conventions for designers 33:30 Good Games Publishing to bring Unfair to Kickstarter in 2016 36:00 Being a game designer vs a game developer 41:10 Learning about global distribution, retail and attending events overseas 43:30 Taking successfully Kickstarted games to retail 49:10 Portal Games announced The First Martians; app integration in board games 53:00 Hoping for cross-pollination of board game and video game creators 54:40 Tabletopia and online virtual tables, for playtesting and promotion 56:30 Legacy games and narrative design in board games; meta-Legacy games Links to what we talked about CanCon in Canberra Good Games Publishing Art & Graphic Design for Tabletop Games Global Game Jam Concentric Games (September 2016) PAX Australia (4 – 6 November 2016) BorderCon (10 – 13 June 2016) Looking for Gamers (9 – 10 July 2016) MeepleCon (9 – 11 December 2016) Malaysian Table Top Game Designers Games Laboratory Incubator Playtesting Meetup Tabletopia VASSAL Tabletop Simulator Games we mentioned Monstrous Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Robots & Rockets Rise to Power Just Chocolate Giant Snail Will Not Prevail Unfair Camel Up First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 XCOM: The Board Game Alchemists World of Yo-Ho Wits & Wagers Cards Against Humanity Jackbox Party Pack Tharsis Battlestar Galactica A Game of Thrones Ophir Chronicles: Origins Explorers of the North Sea and The North Sea Runesaga Guns & Steel Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co    The Action Points CrewWe are at yet another board game convention, recording at CanCon 2016. We take some time to take stock of what we've achieved in our game design journeys in 2015 and look ahead to what excites us in 2016. Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 2:30 The impact of timing and the lag between designing and publishing games 9:40 Designing with the constraint of an existing IP (Sye’s been working on a board game design tying in to Rule & Make’s Rise to Power) 11:00 Playtesting games at a general board gaming event, managing expectations of prototypes 15:40 Planning ahead and setting output goals for making board game design a career 19:20 Connecting with the board game community and building networks 21:20 Global Game Jam 29:00 The importance of board game communities and conventions for designers 33:30 Good Games Publishing to bring Unfair to Kickstarter in 2016 36:00 Being a game designer vs a game developer 41:10 Learning about global distribution, retail and attending events overseas 43:30 Taking successfully Kickstarted games to retail 49:10 Portal Games announced The First Martians; app integration in board games 53:00 Hoping for cross-pollination of board game and video game creators 54:40 Tabletopia and online virtual tables, for playtesting and promotion 56:30 Legacy games and narrative design in board games; meta-Legacy games Links to what we talked about CanCon in Canberra Good Games Publishing Art & Graphic Design for Tabletop Games Global Game Jam Concentric Games (September 2016) PAX Australia (4 – 6 November 2016) BorderCon (10 – 13 June 2016) Looking for Gamers (9 – 10 July 2016) MeepleCon (9 – 11 December 2016) Malaysian Table Top Game Designers Games Laboratory Incubator Playtesting Meetup Tabletopia VASSAL Tabletop Simulator Games we mentioned Monstrous Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Robots & Rockets Rise to Power Just Chocolate Giant Snail Will Not Prevail Unfair Camel Up First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 XCOM: The Board Game Alchemists World of Yo-Ho Wits & Wagers Cards Against Humanity Jackbox Party Pack Tharsis Battlestar Galactica A Game of Thrones Ophir Chronicles: Origins Explorers of the North Sea and The North Sea Runesaga Guns & Steel Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co     Victory Pointers 007 - Seeking Excellence with Jamey Stegmaier Victory Pointers 007 - Seeking Excellence with Jamey Stegmaier Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:12:49 +0000 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 what games to publish.

Jamey Stegmaier - @jameystegmaier / stonemaiergames.com

Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com / goodgamespublishing.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

2:20 What makes a game exceptional?

8:25 Meeting audience expectations 

11:12 Changing views of excellence across Stonemaier games 

13:40 Blind playtesting 

28:00 Play testers as promoters 

30:00 Our changing views on excellence and uniqueness 

34:30 The game 'experience' 

37:40 Studying the craft of game design 

42:28 Outside inspiration 

46:45 Top 3 resources for improving your game design craft 

56:00 How important is the meld between theme and mechanics in game design for the promise of excellence? 

58:33 Importance of art in the promise of excellence 

1:04:55 What does Stonemaier games look for in other peoples designs it considers
publishing? 

1:06:12 Retheming 

1:09:00 How is kickstarter mixing things up in game design and publishing? 

1:10:20 What is the publisher's role in publishing exceptional games? 

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Game Design Resources

Other Facebook Groups:

Check out our interviews with Malaysian board game designers in our previous episode

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co 

]]> 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 what games to publish.

Jamey Stegmaier - @jameystegmaier / stonemaiergames.com

Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com / goodgamespublishing.com

Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com

What we talked about

2:20 What makes a game exceptional?

8:25 Meeting audience expectations

11:12 Changing views of excellence across Stonemaier games

13:40 Blind playtesting

28:00 Play testers as promoters

30:00 Our changing views on excellence and uniqueness

34:30 The game 'experience'

37:40 Studying the craft of game design

42:28 Outside inspiration

46:45 Top 3 resources for improving your game design craft

56:00 How important is the meld between theme and mechanics in game design for the promise of excellence?

58:33 Importance of art in the promise of excellence

1:04:55 What does Stonemaier games look for in other peoples designs it considers publishing?

1:06:12 Retheming

1:09:00 How is kickstarter mixing things up in game design and publishing?

1:10:20 What is the publisher's role in publishing exceptional games?

Links to what we talked about

Games we mentioned

Game Design Resources

Other Facebook Groups:

Check out our interviews with Malaysian board game designers in our previous episode

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

]]> 01:23:07 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 what games to publish. Jamey Stegmaier - @jameystegmaier / stonemaiergames.com Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com / goodgamespublishing.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 2:20 What makes a game exceptional? 8:25 Meeting audience expectations  11:12 Changing views of excellence across Stonemaier games  13:40 Blind playtesting  28:00 Play testers as promoters  30:00 Our changing views on excellence and uniqueness  34:30 The game 'experience'  37:40 Studying the craft of game design  42:28 Outside inspiration  46:45 Top 3 resources for improving your game design craft  56:00 How important is the meld between theme and mechanics in game design for the promise of excellence?  58:33 Importance of art in the promise of excellence  1:04:55 What does Stonemaier games look for in other peoples designs it considers publishing?  1:06:12 Retheming  1:09:00 How is kickstarter mixing things up in game design and publishing?  1:10:20 What is the publisher's role in publishing exceptional games?  Links to what we talked about Check out Jamey's blog here Jamey's book "A Crowdfunder's Strategy Guide" can be found here Jamey's blog post "An Open Letter to Game Designers" Ignacy Trzewiczek's blog post "I challenge you! Honest publisher manifesto!" Games we mentioned Scythe on Kickstarter Scythe art by Jakub Rozalski Viticulture Euphoria Between Two Cities MONSTROUS Robots and Rockets Gloomhaven Consentacle Bycatch ...and then we held hands Patchwork Game Design Resources Ludology The Game Design Round Table Stuff You Missed in History Class History of Pirates Podcast Art and Graphic Design for Tabletop Games on Facebook Cardboard Edison Gamasutra 99% Invisible The Psychology of Video Games MailChimp Print and Play Productions Board Game Geek Design Forum - Brief crash course on game design Perfect Information Podcast Tabletop Game Designers Australia Other Facebook Groups: Card & Board Game Designers Guild Kickstarter Best Practices Tabletop Games Kickstarter Advice Tabletop Game Publisher's Guild Writing for Tabletop Games Check out our interviews with Malaysian board game designers in our previous episode Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co The Action Points CrewWe 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 what games to publish. Jamey Stegmaier - @jameystegmaier / stonemaiergames.com Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com / goodgamespublishing.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 2:20 What makes a game exceptional? 8:25 Meeting audience expectations  11:12 Changing views of excellence across Stonemaier games  13:40 Blind playtesting  28:00 Play testers as promoters  30:00 Our changing views on excellence and uniqueness  34:30 The game 'experience'  37:40 Studying the craft of game design  42:28 Outside inspiration  46:45 Top 3 resources for improving your game design craft  56:00 How important is the meld between theme and mechanics in game design for the promise of excellence?  58:33 Importance of art in the promise of excellence  1:04:55 What does Stonemaier games look for in other peoples designs it considers publishing?  1:06:12 Retheming  1:09:00 How is kickstarter mixing things up in game design and publishing?  1:10:20 What is the publisher's role in publishing exceptional games?  Links to what we talked about Check out Jamey's blog here Jamey's book "A Crowdfunder's Strategy Guide" can be found here Jamey's blog post "An Open Letter to Game Designers" Ignacy Trzewiczek's blog post "I challenge you! Honest publisher manifesto!" Games we mentioned Scythe on Kickstarter Scythe art by Jakub Rozalski Viticulture Euphoria Between Two Cities MONSTROUS Robots and Rockets Gloomhaven Consentacle Bycatch ...and then we held hands Patchwork Game Design Resources Ludology The Game Design Round Table Stuff You Missed in History Class History of Pirates Podcast Art and Graphic Design for Tabletop Games on Facebook Cardboard Edison Gamasutra 99% Invisible The Psychology of Video Games MailChimp Print and Play Productions Board Game Geek Design Forum - Brief crash course on game design Perfect Information Podcast Tabletop Game Designers Australia Other Facebook Groups: Card & Board Game Designers Guild Kickstarter Best Practices Tabletop Games Kickstarter Advice Tabletop Game Publisher's Guild Writing for Tabletop Games Check out our interviews with Malaysian board game designers in our previous episode Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co  TAPP Episode 114 - Our Favourites of 2015 TAPP Episode 114 - Our Favourites of 2015 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 23:07:30 +0000 Adam is back! Who knew scheduling a podcast for Australian and American timezones would be so tricky??? In this episode we look back at the year 2015 and recount our favourite games, comics, movies and TV that we experienced in that time. Doesn't mean they came out in 2015, but certainly that's when we saw/played/read them. Let us know what your favourites were as well :)

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Check out Victory Pointers, for the episode where I interviewed some Malaysian board game designers.

Splatoon

Super Mario Maker

Rocket League

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Pillars of Eternity

Undertale

SOMA

Expand

Check out our podcast on Expand and other great Aussie indie games here

The Beginner's Guide

Cibele (Evan wrote about it here)

Kholat (Evan wrote about it here)

Pregnancy (Evan wrote about it here)

Dark Echo

Tales from the Borderlands

80 Days

Card Crawl

Fallout Shelter

Lara Croft GO

Splendor

AdVenture Capitalist

GLTCH

AlphaBear

You Must Build a Boat

Civilization V

Helldivers

Jackbox Party Pack 1 & Party Pack 2

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

OlliOlli2

Oxenfree

When I Was A Kid

iamboey

Lat

The Shadow Hero

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Displacement

The Initiates

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

The Sandman Overture

Ms. Marvel

Skullkickers (I talked about the ending on the podcast here)

Batman '66

The Unwritten

Wuvable Oaf

Tripping Over You

Chew

Oink Games (Dungeon of Mandom/Welcome to the Dungeon, Rights, TROLL, Deep Sea Adventure, Yabunonaka, A Fake Artist Goes to New York)

Isle of Trains

Brew Crafters the Travel Card Game

Brew Crafters

504

La Granja

Guns & Steel

Auf Teufel komm raus

Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization

Funemployed

Mysterium

Pandemic: The Cure

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Elysium

Cacao

Inside Out

Poison Berry in My Brain

That Dragon, Cancer

Spy

Pitch Perfect 2

Assassination Classroom

Princess Jellyfish

The Martian

Ex Machina

Interstellar

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Mad Max

Air

Jessica Jones

Daredevil

Sense8 (Which Dan geeked out about with Jackson here)

Rick and Morty

Over the Garden Wall

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The World's End

What We Do in the Shadows

Mr Robot

Dark Matter

Killjoys

The Expanse

Childhood's End

Black Mirror

Master of None (which we talked about on the podcast here)

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (which we also discussed here)

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

Father Brown

Elementary

Please Like Me

Parks and Recreation Season 8

 

]]> Adam is back! Who knew scheduling a podcast for Australian and American timezones would be so tricky??? In this episode we look back at the year 2015 and recount our favourite games, comics, movies and TV that we experienced in that time. Doesn't mean they came out in 2015, but certainly that's when we saw/played/read them. Let us know what your favourites were as well :)

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Check out Victory Pointers, for the episode where I interviewed some Malaysian board game designers.

Splatoon

Super Mario Maker

Rocket League

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Pillars of Eternity

Undertale

SOMA

Expand

Check out our podcast on Expand and other great Aussie indie games here

The Beginner's Guide

Cibele (Evan wrote about it here)

Kholat (Evan wrote about it here)

Pregnancy (Evan wrote about it here)

Dark Echo

Tales from the Borderlands

80 Days

Card Crawl

Fallout Shelter

Lara Croft GO

Splendor

AdVenture Capitalist

GLTCH

AlphaBear

You Must Build a Boat

Civilization V

Helldivers

Jackbox Party Pack 1 & Party Pack 2

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

OlliOlli2

Oxenfree

When I Was A Kid

iamboey

Lat

The Shadow Hero

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Displacement

The Initiates

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

The Sandman Overture

Ms. Marvel

Skullkickers (I talked about the ending on the podcast here)

Batman '66

The Unwritten

Wuvable Oaf

Tripping Over You

Chew

Oink Games (Dungeon of Mandom/Welcome to the Dungeon, Rights, TROLL, Deep Sea Adventure, Yabunonaka, A Fake Artist Goes to New York)

Isle of Trains

Brew Crafters the Travel Card Game

Brew Crafters

504

La Granja

Guns & Steel

Auf Teufel komm raus

Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization

Funemployed

Mysterium

Pandemic: The Cure

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Elysium

Cacao

Inside Out

Poison Berry in My Brain

That Dragon, Cancer

Spy

Pitch Perfect 2

Assassination Classroom

Princess Jellyfish

The Martian

Ex Machina

Interstellar

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Mad Max

Air

Jessica Jones

Daredevil

Sense8 (Which Dan geeked out about with Jackson here)

Rick and Morty

Over the Garden Wall

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The World's End

What We Do in the Shadows

Mr Robot

Dark Matter

Killjoys

The Expanse

Childhood's End

Black Mirror

Master of None (which we talked about on the podcast here)

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (which we also discussed here)

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

Father Brown

Elementary

Please Like Me

Parks and Recreation Season 8

]]> 01:26:51 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)Adam is back! Who knew scheduling a podcast for Australian and American timezones would be so tricky??? In this episode we look back at the year 2015 and recount our favourite games, comics, movies and TV that we experienced in that time. Doesn't mean they came out in 2015, but certainly that's when we saw/played/read them. Let us know what your favourites were as well :) Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Check out Victory Pointers, for the episode where I interviewed some Malaysian board game designers. Splatoon Super Mario Maker Rocket League Crypt of the Necrodancer Pillars of Eternity Undertale SOMA Expand Check out our podcast on Expand and other great Aussie indie games here The Beginner's Guide Cibele (Evan wrote about it here) Kholat (Evan wrote about it here) Pregnancy (Evan wrote about it here) Dark Echo Tales from the Borderlands 80 Days Card Crawl Fallout Shelter Lara Croft GO Splendor AdVenture Capitalist GLTCH AlphaBear You Must Build a Boat Civilization V Helldivers Jackbox Party Pack 1 & Party Pack 2 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes OlliOlli2 Oxenfree When I Was A Kid iamboey Lat The Shadow Hero The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Displacement The Initiates The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl The Sandman Overture Ms. Marvel Skullkickers (I talked about the ending on the podcast here) Batman '66 The Unwritten Wuvable Oaf Tripping Over You Chew Oink Games (Dungeon of Mandom/Welcome to the Dungeon, Rights, TROLL, Deep Sea Adventure, Yabunonaka, A Fake Artist Goes to New York) Isle of Trains Brew Crafters the Travel Card Game Brew Crafters 504 La Granja Guns & Steel Auf Teufel komm raus Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization Funemployed Mysterium Pandemic: The Cure Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 Elysium Cacao Inside Out Poison Berry in My Brain That Dragon, Cancer Spy Pitch Perfect 2 Assassination Classroom Princess Jellyfish The Martian Ex Machina Interstellar Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Mad Max Air Jessica Jones Daredevil Sense8 (Which Dan geeked out about with Jackson here) Rick and Morty Over the Garden Wall The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Grand Budapest Hotel The World's End What We Do in the Shadows Mr Robot Dark Matter Killjoys The Expanse Childhood's End Black Mirror Master of None (which we talked about on the podcast here) Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (which we also discussed here) Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries The Doctor Blake Mysteries Father Brown Elementary Please Like Me Parks and Recreation Season 8  The Action Points CrewAdam is back! Who knew scheduling a podcast for Australian and American timezones would be so tricky??? In this episode we look back at the year 2015 and recount our favourite games, comics, movies and TV that we experienced in that time. Doesn't mean they came out in 2015, but certainly that's when we saw/played/read them. Let us know what your favourites were as well :) Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Check out Victory Pointers, for the episode where I interviewed some Malaysian board game designers. Splatoon Super Mario Maker Rocket League Crypt of the Necrodancer Pillars of Eternity Undertale SOMA Expand Check out our podcast on Expand and other great Aussie indie games here The Beginner's Guide Cibele (Evan wrote about it here) Kholat (Evan wrote about it here) Pregnancy (Evan wrote about it here) Dark Echo Tales from the Borderlands 80 Days Card Crawl Fallout Shelter Lara Croft GO Splendor AdVenture Capitalist GLTCH AlphaBear You Must Build a Boat Civilization V Helldivers Jackbox Party Pack 1 & Party Pack 2 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes OlliOlli2 Oxenfree When I Was A Kid iamboey Lat The Shadow Hero The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Displacement The Initiates The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl The Sandman Overture Ms. Marvel Skullkickers (I talked about the ending on the podcast here) Batman '66 The Unwritten Wuvable Oaf Tripping Over You Chew Oink Games (Dungeon of Mandom/Welcome to the Dungeon, Rights, TROLL, Deep Sea Adventure, Yabunonaka, A Fake Artist Goes to New York) Isle of Trains Brew Crafters the Travel Card Game Brew Crafters 504 La Granja Guns & Steel Auf Teufel komm raus Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization Funemployed Mysterium Pandemic: The Cure Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 Elysium Cacao Inside Out Poison Berry in My Brain That Dragon, Cancer Spy Pitch Perfect 2 Assassination Classroom Princess Jellyfish The Martian Ex Machina Interstellar Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Mad Max Air Jessica Jones Daredevil Sense8 (Which Dan geeked out about with Jackson here) Rick and Morty Over the Garden Wall The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Grand Budapest Hotel The World's End What We Do in the Shadows Mr Robot Dark Matter Killjoys The Expanse Childhood's End Black Mirror Master of None (which we talked about on the podcast here) Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (which we also discussed here) Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries The Doctor Blake Mysteries Father Brown Elementary Please Like Me Parks and Recreation Season 8   TAPP Episode 113 - The Incredibly Late Christmas Episode TAPP Episode 113 - The Incredibly Late Christmas Episode Sun, 17 Jan 2016 08:08:00 +0000 This episode was recorded all the way back in mid-December, but since I was busy holidaying back home in Malaysia and then eating way too much over Christmas and New Years, the episode is only now being delivered to your yearning ear holes. We chat about our favourite geeky Christmas things, like Christmas themed episodes and Christmas events in online games. In our round-up: Dan welcomes the return of SyFy to its sci-fi roots, we discuss our relationship with Star Wars, Evan discusses Undertale winning the GameFAQs Best Games Ever poll and Dr. Langeskov and the etc. etc., Sye tells us about Codenames and Coconuts, Monument Valley and Magic the Gathering Puzzle Quest, and I gush about the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and the Rick and Morty comic.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Check out Sye and I on the Victory Pointers podcast.

The Expanse

Childhood's End

The Magicians

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Backstroke of the West

Bayonetta in Super Smash Bros

Undertale

Undertale wins the GameFAQs Best Game Ever Poll

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

Codenames

Coconuts

Ninja Dojo Fight!

Monument Valley

Magic: The Gathering - Puzzle Quest

Gems of War

Puzzle Quest

Fallout 4

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

504

Doctor Who Christmas Specials

Brooklyn Nine Nine

Die Hard

Knight Rider

Airwolf

Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas

The Star Wars Holiday Special

Halo

Evan would be the uke, not the seme

The Elder Scrolls Online

Feast of Winter Veil

League of Legend's Snowdown Showdown

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Rocket League Christmas

Crossy Road

AdVenture Capitalist

Letters to Santa

The 10 Craziest Christmas-Themed Video Games

Peter Molydeux

Team Fortress 2 Australian Christmas

Robots and Rockets

]]> This episode was recorded all the way back in mid-December, but since I was busy holidaying back home in Malaysia and then eating way too much over Christmas and New Years, the episode is only now being delivered to your yearning ear holes. We chat about our favourite geeky Christmas things, like Christmas themed episodes and Christmas events in online games. In our round-up: Dan welcomes the return of SyFy to its sci-fi roots, we discuss our relationship with Star Wars, Evan discusses Undertale winning the GameFAQs Best Games Ever poll and Dr. Langeskov and the etc. etc., Sye tells us about Codenames and Coconuts, Monument Valley and Magic the Gathering Puzzle Quest, and I gush about the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and the Rick and Morty comic.

Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

Links for the things we talked about:

Check out Sye and I on the Victory Pointers podcast.

The Expanse

Childhood's End

The Magicians

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Backstroke of the West

Bayonetta in Super Smash Bros

Undertale

Undertale wins the GameFAQs Best Game Ever Poll

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

Codenames

Coconuts

Ninja Dojo Fight!

Monument Valley

Magic: The Gathering - Puzzle Quest

Gems of War

Puzzle Quest

Fallout 4

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

504

Doctor Who Christmas Specials

Brooklyn Nine Nine

Die Hard

Knight Rider

Airwolf

Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas

The Star Wars Holiday Special

Halo

Evan would be the uke, not the seme

The Elder Scrolls Online

Feast of Winter Veil

League of Legend's Snowdown Showdown

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Rocket League Christmas

Crossy Road

AdVenture Capitalist

Letters to Santa

The 10 Craziest Christmas-Themed Video Games

Peter Molydeux

Team Fortress 2 Australian Christmas

Robots and Rockets

]]> 01:07:51 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)This episode was recorded all the way back in mid-December, but since I was busy holidaying back home in Malaysia and then eating way too much over Christmas and New Years, the episode is only now being delivered to your yearning ear holes. We chat about our favourite geeky Christmas things, like Christmas themed episodes and Christmas events in online games. In our round-up: Dan welcomes the return of SyFy to its sci-fi roots, we discuss our relationship with Star Wars, Evan discusses Undertale winning the GameFAQs Best Games Ever poll and Dr. Langeskov and the etc. etc., Sye tells us about Codenames and Coconuts, Monument Valley and Magic the Gathering Puzzle Quest, and I gush about the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and the Rick and Morty comic. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Check out Sye and I on the Victory Pointers podcast. The Expanse Childhood's End The Magicians Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens Backstroke of the West Bayonetta in Super Smash Bros Undertale Undertale wins the GameFAQs Best Game Ever Poll Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist Codenames Coconuts Ninja Dojo Fight! Monument Valley Magic: The Gathering - Puzzle Quest Gems of War Puzzle Quest Fallout 4 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 504 Doctor Who Christmas Specials Brooklyn Nine Nine Die Hard Knight Rider Airwolf Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas The Star Wars Holiday Special Halo Evan would be the uke, not the seme The Elder Scrolls Online Feast of Winter Veil League of Legend's Snowdown Showdown The Simpsons: Tapped Out Rocket League Christmas Crossy Road AdVenture Capitalist Letters to Santa The 10 Craziest Christmas-Themed Video Games Peter Molydeux Team Fortress 2 Australian Christmas Robots and RocketsThe Action Points CrewThis episode was recorded all the way back in mid-December, but since I was busy holidaying back home in Malaysia and then eating way too much over Christmas and New Years, the episode is only now being delivered to your yearning ear holes. We chat about our favourite geeky Christmas things, like Christmas themed episodes and Christmas events in online games. In our round-up: Dan welcomes the return of SyFy to its sci-fi roots, we discuss our relationship with Star Wars, Evan discusses Undertale winning the GameFAQs Best Games Ever poll and Dr. Langeskov and the etc. etc., Sye tells us about Codenames and Coconuts, Monument Valley and Magic the Gathering Puzzle Quest, and I gush about the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and the Rick and Morty comic. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. Links for the things we talked about: Check out Sye and I on the Victory Pointers podcast. The Expanse Childhood's End The Magicians Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens Backstroke of the West Bayonetta in Super Smash Bros Undertale Undertale wins the GameFAQs Best Game Ever Poll Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist Codenames Coconuts Ninja Dojo Fight! Monument Valley Magic: The Gathering - Puzzle Quest Gems of War Puzzle Quest Fallout 4 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 504 Doctor Who Christmas Specials Brooklyn Nine Nine Die Hard Knight Rider Airwolf Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas The Star Wars Holiday Special Halo Evan would be the uke, not the seme The Elder Scrolls Online Feast of Winter Veil League of Legend's Snowdown Showdown The Simpsons: Tapped Out Rocket League Christmas Crossy Road AdVenture Capitalist Letters to Santa The 10 Craziest Christmas-Themed Video Games Peter Molydeux Team Fortress 2 Australian Christmas Robots and Rockets Victory Pointers 006 - Designing Board Games in Malaysia at KotakCon Mini Victory Pointers 006 - Designing Board Games in Malaysia at KotakCon Mini Sun, 17 Jan 2016 07:13:04 +0000 One of the things we want to do on this podcast is examine what it's like to make games outside the European and American hotbeds of the industry. I was very excited to catch up with some board game designers from Malaysia during my last trip home and find out what it's like for them. Big thanks to all of the designers who stopped for a chat, and to All Aboard Community Gaming Center for organizing KotakCon Mini to support the budding Malaysian industry.

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

 

Links for things we talked about:

All Aboard Community Gaming Center

Some photos from KotakCon Mini 2015 here, and a report on the event here.

Boardgamecafe.net

Malaysian Table Top Game Designers

Tokyo Game Market

Avarium Academy

Avarium Academy on BGG

Politiko

BoxFox Games

Monster Hero Academy

Blue Mana Games

]]> One of the things we want to do on this podcast is examine what it's like to make games outside the European and American hotbeds of the industry. I was very excited to catch up with some board game designers from Malaysia during my last trip home and find out what it's like for them. Big thanks to all of the designers who stopped for a chat, and to All Aboard Community Gaming Center for organizing KotakCon Mini to support the budding Malaysian industry.

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co

Links for things we talked about:

All Aboard Community Gaming Center

Some photos from KotakCon Mini 2015 here, and a report on the event here.

Boardgamecafe.net

Malaysian Table Top Game Designers

Tokyo Game Market

Avarium Academy

Avarium Academy on BGG

Politiko

BoxFox Games

Monster Hero Academy

Blue Mana Games

]]> 01:08:26 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)One of the things we want to do on this podcast is examine what it's like to make games outside the European and American hotbeds of the industry. I was very excited to catch up with some board game designers from Malaysia during my last trip home and find out what it's like for them. Big thanks to all of the designers who stopped for a chat, and to All Aboard Community Gaming Center for organizing KotakCon Mini to support the budding Malaysian industry. Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co   Links for things we talked about: All Aboard Community Gaming Center Some photos from KotakCon Mini 2015 here, and a report on the event here. Boardgamecafe.net Malaysian Table Top Game Designers Tokyo Game Market Avarium Academy Avarium Academy on BGG Politiko BoxFox Games Monster Hero Academy Blue Mana GamesThe Action Points CrewOne of the things we want to do on this podcast is examine what it's like to make games outside the European and American hotbeds of the industry. I was very excited to catch up with some board game designers from Malaysia during my last trip home and find out what it's like for them. Big thanks to all of the designers who stopped for a chat, and to All Aboard Community Gaming Center for organizing KotakCon Mini to support the budding Malaysian industry. Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co   Links for things we talked about: All Aboard Community Gaming Center Some photos from KotakCon Mini 2015 here, and a report on the event here. Boardgamecafe.net Malaysian Table Top Game Designers Tokyo Game Market Avarium Academy Avarium Academy on BGG Politiko BoxFox Games Monster Hero Academy Blue Mana Games Victory Pointers 005 - MeepleCon 2015 Victory Pointers 005 - MeepleCon 2015 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 07:28:14 +0000 One last convention related podcast to end the year. Sye and I checked out what was on at MeepleCon, and chatted with Mathew Utting (organizer of MeepleCon) and fellow game designers Josh Harvey (CatTube Famous) and Stacey Borg (Deeply Boring). We also chat about our different approaches to conventions and game design in general.

Links for things we talked about:

MeepleCon

CatTube Famous

You can find interviews with Josh and Stacey on the Action Points Podcast as well:

Josh and CatTube Famous

Stacey and Global Game Jam 2015

Two Rooms and a Boom

Johann Sebastian Joust

Trotofant

Games Laboratory Incubator

Robots and Rockets

Galaxy Trucker

Games vs Play on MeepleCon

Games vs Play Video Round Up of MeepleCon

]]> One last convention related podcast to end the year. Sye and I checked out what was on at MeepleCon, and chatted with Mathew Utting (organizer of MeepleCon) and fellow game designers Josh Harvey (CatTube Famous) and Stacey Borg (Deeply Boring). We also chat about our different approaches to conventions and game design in general.

Links for things we talked about:

MeepleCon

CatTube Famous

You can find interviews with Josh and Stacey on the Action Points Podcast as well:

Josh and CatTube Famous

Stacey and Global Game Jam 2015

Two Rooms and a Boom

Johann Sebastian Joust

Trotofant

Games Laboratory Incubator

Robots and Rockets

Galaxy Trucker

Games vs Play on MeepleCon

Games vs Play Video Round Up of MeepleCon

]]> 57:04 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)One last convention related podcast to end the year. Sye and I checked out what was on at MeepleCon, and chatted with Mathew Utting (organizer of MeepleCon) and fellow game designers Josh Harvey (CatTube Famous) and Stacey Borg (Deeply Boring). We also chat about our different approaches to conventions and game design in general. Links for things we talked about: MeepleCon CatTube Famous You can find interviews with Josh and Stacey on the Action Points Podcast as well: Josh and CatTube Famous Stacey and Global Game Jam 2015 Two Rooms and a Boom Johann Sebastian Joust Trotofant Games Laboratory Incubator Robots and Rockets Galaxy Trucker Games vs Play on MeepleCon Games vs Play Video Round Up of MeepleConThe Action Points CrewOne last convention related podcast to end the year. Sye and I checked out what was on at MeepleCon, and chatted with Mathew Utting (organizer of MeepleCon) and fellow game designers Josh Harvey (CatTube Famous) and Stacey Borg (Deeply Boring). We also chat about our different approaches to conventions and game design in general. Links for things we talked about: MeepleCon CatTube Famous You can find interviews with Josh and Stacey on the Action Points Podcast as well: Josh and CatTube Famous Stacey and Global Game Jam 2015 Two Rooms and a Boom Johann Sebastian Joust Trotofant Games Laboratory Incubator Robots and Rockets Galaxy Trucker Games vs Play on MeepleCon Games vs Play Video Round Up of MeepleCon TAPP Episode 112 - Mastering Nothing with Sharona TAPP Episode 112 - Mastering Nothing with Sharona Sun, 13 Dec 2015 10:10:31 +0000  

In this episode:

Sharona (of Popculture-y) joins us to chat about the Netflix original series, Master of None, representation and food. We also chat about what we've been up to recently and give our impressions of the Hunger Games, Monstress, Zodiac Starforce, Vision (and number ones in comics in general), Ms Marvel, Spider Gwen, The Initiates, Jessica Jones, and The Shadow Hero.

Links for the things we talked about:

Check out Sharona's website Popculture-y.com

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

Monstress #1

Zodiac Starforce #1

Vision #1

Ms Marvel

Spider Gwen #1 (the other one)

Jessica Jones

Kotaku on blacklisting, Kotaku on Fallout 4 dick bases

Check out our previous episode with Mitch of All-Star Comics on pull lists and other comic book shop services

The Initiates

Master of None

The Shadow Hero

The Search for General Tso

 

]]>

In this episode:

Sharona (of Popculture-y) joins us to chat about the Netflix original series, Master of None, representation and food. We also chat about what we've been up to recently and give our impressions of the Hunger Games, Monstress, Zodiac Starforce, Vision (and number ones in comics in general), Ms Marvel, Spider Gwen, The Initiates, Jessica Jones, and The Shadow Hero.

Links for the things we talked about:

Check out Sharona's website Popculture-y.com

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

Monstress #1

Zodiac Starforce #1

Vision #1

Ms Marvel

Spider Gwen #1 (the other one)

Jessica Jones

Kotaku on blacklisting, Kotaku on Fallout 4 dick bases

Check out our previous episode with Mitch of All-Star Comics on pull lists and other comic book shop services

The Initiates

Master of None

The Shadow Hero

The Search for General Tso

]]> 01:18:03 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)  In this episode: Sharona (of Popculture-y) joins us to chat about the Netflix original series, Master of None, representation and food. We also chat about what we've been up to recently and give our impressions of the Hunger Games, Monstress, Zodiac Starforce, Vision (and number ones in comics in general), Ms Marvel, Spider Gwen, The Initiates, Jessica Jones, and The Shadow Hero. Links for the things we talked about: Check out Sharona's website Popculture-y.com The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Monstress #1 Zodiac Starforce #1 Vision #1 Ms Marvel Spider Gwen #1 (the other one) Jessica Jones Kotaku on blacklisting, Kotaku on Fallout 4 dick bases Check out our previous episode with Mitch of All-Star Comics on pull lists and other comic book shop services The Initiates Master of None The Shadow Hero The Search for General Tso  The Action Points Crew  In this episode: Sharona (of Popculture-y) joins us to chat about the Netflix original series, Master of None, representation and food. We also chat about what we've been up to recently and give our impressions of the Hunger Games, Monstress, Zodiac Starforce, Vision (and number ones in comics in general), Ms Marvel, Spider Gwen, The Initiates, Jessica Jones, and The Shadow Hero. Links for the things we talked about: Check out Sharona's website Popculture-y.com The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Monstress #1 Zodiac Starforce #1 Vision #1 Ms Marvel Spider Gwen #1 (the other one) Jessica Jones Kotaku on blacklisting, Kotaku on Fallout 4 dick bases Check out our previous episode with Mitch of All-Star Comics on pull lists and other comic book shop services The Initiates Master of None The Shadow Hero The Search for General Tso   TAPP Episode 111 - Hobby Enablers TAPP Episode 111 - Hobby Enablers Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:34:08 +0000 In this episode:

We gather around the sharing tree to share how we indulge our consumerist popular media interests via online tools i.e. we chat about what we use online to enable our geeky hobbies. Also featuring a look at Rum & Bones, Netflix documentaries, and wandering the wasteland in Fallout 4.

Links for the things we talked about:

Rum & Bones

Fallout 4

BoardGameGeek

My Figure Collection

Starmen.net

Fangamer

]]> In this episode:

We gather around the sharing tree to share how we indulge our consumerist popular media interests via online tools i.e. we chat about what we use online to enable our geeky hobbies. Also featuring a look at Rum & Bones, Netflix documentaries, and wandering the wasteland in Fallout 4.

Links for the things we talked about:

Rum & Bones

Fallout 4

BoardGameGeek

My Figure Collection

Starmen.net

Fangamer

]]> 01:10:19 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We gather around the sharing tree to share how we indulge our consumerist popular media interests via online tools i.e. we chat about what we use online to enable our geeky hobbies. Also featuring a look at Rum & Bones, Netflix documentaries, and wandering the wasteland in Fallout 4. Links for the things we talked about: Rum & Bones Fallout 4 BoardGameGeek My Figure Collection Starmen.net FangamerThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: We gather around the sharing tree to share how we indulge our consumerist popular media interests via online tools i.e. we chat about what we use online to enable our geeky hobbies. Also featuring a look at Rum & Bones, Netflix documentaries, and wandering the wasteland in Fallout 4. Links for the things we talked about: Rum & Bones Fallout 4 BoardGameGeek My Figure Collection Starmen.net Fangamer Victory Pointers 004 - Convention Pointers from PAX Aus 2015 Victory Pointers 004 - Convention Pointers from PAX Aus 2015 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:11:12 +0000 We close out the month with the last of our PAX-related podcast episodes. Join us as we share our experiences at the convention and also share tips on how to survive one of these and how to pitch to publishers at conventions.

Links for things we talked about:

Check out our previous episodes for more on PAX Aus 2015

I live-tweeted the other panels I attended at PAX

Monstrous

Rise to Power

Robots and Rockets

Entropy

Ninja Dojo Fight

El Luchador Fantastico Grande

COGZ

Fragged Empire

CatTube Famous

Burger Up

Skyward

Dreary Hamlet

Elevenses

F**k the Game

Too Many Cinderellas

Ragnaroll

Cacao

Hedron

Monster Town

NinjitZoo

No Fish!

Articulate Sex

Tempest: Shards of the Gods

Neurobota

Spy: Goonz

Dizzy Goblins

Funemployed

Glory to Rome

Pandemic Legacy

Rhino Hero

Tabletop Game Designers Australia

Boardgames Australia

Other resources for board game designers in Australia

]]> We close out the month with the last of our PAX-related podcast episodes. Join us as we share our experiences at the convention and also share tips on how to survive one of these and how to pitch to publishers at conventions.

Links for things we talked about:

Check out our previous episodes for more on PAX Aus 2015

I live-tweeted the other panels I attended at PAX

Monstrous

Rise to Power

Robots and Rockets

Entropy

Ninja Dojo Fight

El Luchador Fantastico Grande

COGZ

Fragged Empire

CatTube Famous

Burger Up

Skyward

Dreary Hamlet

Elevenses

F**k the Game

Too Many Cinderellas

Ragnaroll

Cacao

Hedron

Monster Town

NinjitZoo

No Fish!

Articulate Sex

Tempest: Shards of the Gods

Neurobota

Spy: Goonz

Dizzy Goblins

Funemployed

Glory to Rome

Pandemic Legacy

Rhino Hero

Tabletop Game Designers Australia

Boardgames Australia

Other resources for board game designers in Australia

]]> 01:15:40 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We close out the month with the last of our PAX-related podcast episodes. Join us as we share our experiences at the convention and also share tips on how to survive one of these and how to pitch to publishers at conventions. Links for things we talked about: Check out our previous episodes for more on PAX Aus 2015 I live-tweeted the other panels I attended at PAX Monstrous Rise to Power Robots and Rockets Entropy Ninja Dojo Fight El Luchador Fantastico Grande COGZ Fragged Empire CatTube Famous Burger Up Skyward Dreary Hamlet Elevenses F**k the Game Too Many Cinderellas Ragnaroll Cacao Hedron Monster Town NinjitZoo No Fish! Articulate Sex Tempest: Shards of the Gods Neurobota Spy: Goonz Dizzy Goblins Funemployed Glory to Rome Pandemic Legacy Rhino Hero Tabletop Game Designers Australia Boardgames Australia Other resources for board game designers in AustraliaThe Action Points CrewWe close out the month with the last of our PAX-related podcast episodes. Join us as we share our experiences at the convention and also share tips on how to survive one of these and how to pitch to publishers at conventions. Links for things we talked about: Check out our previous episodes for more on PAX Aus 2015 I live-tweeted the other panels I attended at PAX Monstrous Rise to Power Robots and Rockets Entropy Ninja Dojo Fight El Luchador Fantastico Grande COGZ Fragged Empire CatTube Famous Burger Up Skyward Dreary Hamlet Elevenses F**k the Game Too Many Cinderellas Ragnaroll Cacao Hedron Monster Town NinjitZoo No Fish! Articulate Sex Tempest: Shards of the Gods Neurobota Spy: Goonz Dizzy Goblins Funemployed Glory to Rome Pandemic Legacy Rhino Hero Tabletop Game Designers Australia Boardgames Australia Other resources for board game designers in Australia TAPP Episode 110b - PAXtraordinary Convention Food Wrap Up TAPP Episode 110b - PAXtraordinary Convention Food Wrap Up Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:20:04 +0000 In this episode:

We're joined by Ken Lee of the Hyper Pixelcast for a wrap-up of PAX Australia and what games and experiences delighted us at the convention. We also spend waaaaaaay too long talking about what we ate while at the convention. You've been warned.

Links for the things we talked about:

Hyper Pixelcast

PAX Australia 2015

Here's our episode where we chatted with indie video game developers, and here's one where we chatted with tabletop game creators.

Meet the Designer events at PAX Australia

Auf Teufel komm raus

Emmaline's Cookies

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Unravel

Point Blank

Game of Thrones Pinball

7 Wonders

Shepdoog

GLTCH

Tiny Titans

Knuckle Sandwich

Klang

The Incredible Journey of You and I

No Humanity

Party Golf

Marble Mountain

Rivalry

Blockpocalypse

Foam Brain Games

Objects in Space

Bramblelash

Tabletop Game Design Australia on Facebook

TGDA on Slack

Funemployed

Glory to Rome

Inflatality

MeepleCon

Agent A

Death Squared

Hacknet

]]> In this episode:

We're joined by Ken Lee of the Hyper Pixelcast for a wrap-up of PAX Australia and what games and experiences delighted us at the convention. We also spend waaaaaaay too long talking about what we ate while at the convention. You've been warned.

Links for the things we talked about:

Hyper Pixelcast

PAX Australia 2015

Here's our episode where we chatted with indie video game developers, and here's one where we chatted with tabletop game creators.

Meet the Designer events at PAX Australia

Auf Teufel komm raus

Emmaline's Cookies

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Unravel

Point Blank

Game of Thrones Pinball

7 Wonders

Shepdoog

GLTCH

Tiny Titans

Knuckle Sandwich

Klang

The Incredible Journey of You and I

No Humanity

Party Golf

Marble Mountain

Rivalry

Blockpocalypse

Foam Brain Games

Objects in Space

Bramblelash

Tabletop Game Design Australia on Facebook

TGDA on Slack

Funemployed

Glory to Rome

Inflatality

MeepleCon

Agent A

Death Squared

Hacknet

]]> 01:12:03 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We're joined by Ken Lee of the Hyper Pixelcast for a wrap-up of PAX Australia and what games and experiences delighted us at the convention. We also spend waaaaaaay too long talking about what we ate while at the convention. You've been warned. Links for the things we talked about: Hyper Pixelcast PAX Australia 2015 Here's our episode where we chatted with indie video game developers, and here's one where we chatted with tabletop game creators. Meet the Designer events at PAX Australia Auf Teufel komm raus Emmaline's Cookies Rise of the Tomb Raider Unravel Point Blank Game of Thrones Pinball 7 Wonders Shepdoog GLTCH Tiny Titans Knuckle Sandwich Klang The Incredible Journey of You and I No Humanity Party Golf Marble Mountain Rivalry Blockpocalypse Foam Brain Games Objects in Space Bramblelash Tabletop Game Design Australia on Facebook TGDA on Slack Funemployed Glory to Rome Inflatality MeepleCon Agent A Death Squared HacknetThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: We're joined by Ken Lee of the Hyper Pixelcast for a wrap-up of PAX Australia and what games and experiences delighted us at the convention. We also spend waaaaaaay too long talking about what we ate while at the convention. You've been warned. Links for the things we talked about: Hyper Pixelcast PAX Australia 2015 Here's our episode where we chatted with indie video game developers, and here's one where we chatted with tabletop game creators. Meet the Designer events at PAX Australia Auf Teufel komm raus Emmaline's Cookies Rise of the Tomb Raider Unravel Point Blank Game of Thrones Pinball 7 Wonders Shepdoog GLTCH Tiny Titans Knuckle Sandwich Klang The Incredible Journey of You and I No Humanity Party Golf Marble Mountain Rivalry Blockpocalypse Foam Brain Games Objects in Space Bramblelash Tabletop Game Design Australia on Facebook TGDA on Slack Funemployed Glory to Rome Inflatality MeepleCon Agent A Death Squared Hacknet VP Episode 003 - Indie Board Game Designers at PAX Australia 2015 VP Episode 003 - Indie Board Game Designers at PAX Australia 2015 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 08:36:17 +0000 Aaron interviewed some indie board game designers, publishers and artists while he was at PAX Australia 2015. Listen on to find out what's going on here in Australia.

Links for things we talked about:

Grail Games

Circus Flohcati (on Kickstarter now)

Medici

One Zero One

Matcha

Elevenses

Too Many Cinderellas

93 Made Games

Viewpoint

No Fish!

Skyward

Rule & Make

Rise to Power

Robots & Rockets (designed by Victory Pointers host Sye Robertson)

Entropy

Tabletop Games Design Australia (TGDA)

Game Salute

Area 1851

Nothing Personal

Poseidon's Kingdom

Skyway Robbery

The Princess Bride: A Battle of Wits, As You Wish, Miracle Pill

Cyborgs: Earth Twin I

Sweet Tooth (on Kickstarter now)

Cookie Defender

Burger Up (on Kickstarter now)

Drinking Quest

Haiku Warrior

Billionaire Banshee

QPC Games

Prettiest Princess Games

 

]]> Aaron interviewed some indie board game designers, publishers and artists while he was at PAX Australia 2015. Listen on to find out what's going on here in Australia.

Links for things we talked about:

Grail Games

Circus Flohcati (on Kickstarter now)

Medici

One Zero One

Matcha

Elevenses

Too Many Cinderellas

93 Made Games

Viewpoint

No Fish!

Skyward

Rule & Make

Rise to Power

Robots & Rockets (designed by Victory Pointers host Sye Robertson)

Entropy

Tabletop Games Design Australia (TGDA)

Game Salute

Area 1851

Nothing Personal

Poseidon's Kingdom

Skyway Robbery

The Princess Bride: A Battle of Wits, As You Wish, Miracle Pill

Cyborgs: Earth Twin I

Sweet Tooth (on Kickstarter now)

Cookie Defender

Burger Up (on Kickstarter now)

Drinking Quest

Haiku Warrior

Billionaire Banshee

QPC Games

Prettiest Princess Games

]]> 01:19:54 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)Aaron interviewed some indie board game designers, publishers and artists while he was at PAX Australia 2015. Listen on to find out what's going on here in Australia. Links for things we talked about: Grail Games Circus Flohcati (on Kickstarter now) Medici One Zero One Matcha Elevenses Too Many Cinderellas 93 Made Games Viewpoint No Fish! Skyward Rule & Make Rise to Power Robots & Rockets (designed by Victory Pointers host Sye Robertson) Entropy Tabletop Games Design Australia (TGDA) Game Salute Area 1851 Nothing Personal Poseidon's Kingdom Skyway Robbery The Princess Bride: A Battle of Wits, As You Wish, Miracle Pill Cyborgs: Earth Twin I Sweet Tooth (on Kickstarter now) Cookie Defender Burger Up (on Kickstarter now) Drinking Quest Haiku Warrior Billionaire Banshee QPC Games Prettiest Princess Games  The Action Points CrewAaron interviewed some indie board game designers, publishers and artists while he was at PAX Australia 2015. Listen on to find out what's going on here in Australia. Links for things we talked about: Grail Games Circus Flohcati (on Kickstarter now) Medici One Zero One Matcha Elevenses Too Many Cinderellas 93 Made Games Viewpoint No Fish! Skyward Rule & Make Rise to Power Robots & Rockets (designed by Victory Pointers host Sye Robertson) Entropy Tabletop Games Design Australia (TGDA) Game Salute Area 1851 Nothing Personal Poseidon's Kingdom Skyway Robbery The Princess Bride: A Battle of Wits, As You Wish, Miracle Pill Cyborgs: Earth Twin I Sweet Tooth (on Kickstarter now) Cookie Defender Burger Up (on Kickstarter now) Drinking Quest Haiku Warrior Billionaire Banshee QPC Games Prettiest Princess Games   Victory Pointers 002 - Growing Local Board Game Design Communities Victory Pointers 002 - Growing Local Board Game Design Communities Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:06:46 +0000 This was a panel that Aaron organized at PAX Australia 2015, titled "Growing Local Board Game Design Communities". Here's the panel description: "No designer is an island. You'll need people to playtest your games and help you make it the best it can be. A party of fellow brave adventurers. People who share your passion. Where do you go? Who's there to help you? The Australian board game design community is growing, and we want to share it with you. Our panel of playtest organizers and designers discuss the challenges and lessons learned from running tabletop game design communities and events. And you? You may have just found your party."

Links for things we talked about:

Panelists were:

Aaron Lim (@ehronlime) - Games Laboratory Incubator, The Action Points Podcast, this podcast right here

Ben Nelson (@concentricgames) - Concentric Games

Jason Kotzur-Yang (@endgamegames) - Brisbane Playtest Fest, End Game Games, Tablepop

Kate Raynes-Goldie (@oceanpark) - Playup Perth, Games We Play, FTI

Paul Sztajer (@pdyxs) - Unpub Mini Sydney, Board Games Australia, SeeThrough Studios, The Game Engine Podcast

Thomas Eliot (@sixpencegames) - NYC Playtest, Protospiel North East, Sixpence Games

I live-tweeted Kate's panel here.

You can find out about the effect of visual quality of prototypes on feedback here.

I've compiled some resources that we talked about on the podcast in one handy page.

 

]]> This was a panel that Aaron organized at PAX Australia 2015, titled "Growing Local Board Game Design Communities". Here's the panel description: "No designer is an island. You'll need people to playtest your games and help you make it the best it can be. A party of fellow brave adventurers. People who share your passion. Where do you go? Who's there to help you? The Australian board game design community is growing, and we want to share it with you. Our panel of playtest organizers and designers discuss the challenges and lessons learned from running tabletop game design communities and events. And you? You may have just found your party."

Links for things we talked about:

Panelists were:

Aaron Lim (@ehronlime) - Games Laboratory Incubator, The Action Points Podcast, this podcast right here

Ben Nelson (@concentricgames) - Concentric Games

Jason Kotzur-Yang (@endgamegames) - Brisbane Playtest Fest, End Game Games, Tablepop

Kate Raynes-Goldie (@oceanpark) - Playup Perth, Games We Play, FTI

Paul Sztajer (@pdyxs) - Unpub Mini Sydney, Board Games Australia, SeeThrough Studios, The Game Engine Podcast

Thomas Eliot (@sixpencegames) - NYC Playtest, Protospiel North East, Sixpence Games

I live-tweeted Kate's panel here.

You can find out about the effect of visual quality of prototypes on feedback here.

I've compiled some resources that we talked about on the podcast in one handy page.

]]> 01:03:49 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)This was a panel that Aaron organized at PAX Australia 2015, titled "Growing Local Board Game Design Communities". Here's the panel description: "No designer is an island. You'll need people to playtest your games and help you make it the best it can be. A party of fellow brave adventurers. People who share your passion. Where do you go? Who's there to help you? The Australian board game design community is growing, and we want to share it with you. Our panel of playtest organizers and designers discuss the challenges and lessons learned from running tabletop game design communities and events. And you? You may have just found your party." Links for things we talked about: Panelists were: Aaron Lim (@ehronlime) - Games Laboratory Incubator, The Action Points Podcast, this podcast right here Ben Nelson (@concentricgames) - Concentric Games Jason Kotzur-Yang (@endgamegames) - Brisbane Playtest Fest, End Game Games, Tablepop Kate Raynes-Goldie (@oceanpark) - Playup Perth, Games We Play, FTI Paul Sztajer (@pdyxs) - Unpub Mini Sydney, Board Games Australia, SeeThrough Studios, The Game Engine Podcast Thomas Eliot (@sixpencegames) - NYC Playtest, Protospiel North East, Sixpence Games I live-tweeted Kate's panel here. You can find out about the effect of visual quality of prototypes on feedback here. I've compiled some resources that we talked about on the podcast in one handy page.  The Action Points CrewThis was a panel that Aaron organized at PAX Australia 2015, titled "Growing Local Board Game Design Communities". Here's the panel description: "No designer is an island. You'll need people to playtest your games and help you make it the best it can be. A party of fellow brave adventurers. People who share your passion. Where do you go? Who's there to help you? The Australian board game design community is growing, and we want to share it with you. Our panel of playtest organizers and designers discuss the challenges and lessons learned from running tabletop game design communities and events. And you? You may have just found your party." Links for things we talked about: Panelists were: Aaron Lim (@ehronlime) - Games Laboratory Incubator, The Action Points Podcast, this podcast right here Ben Nelson (@concentricgames) - Concentric Games Jason Kotzur-Yang (@endgamegames) - Brisbane Playtest Fest, End Game Games, Tablepop Kate Raynes-Goldie (@oceanpark) - Playup Perth, Games We Play, FTI Paul Sztajer (@pdyxs) - Unpub Mini Sydney, Board Games Australia, SeeThrough Studios, The Game Engine Podcast Thomas Eliot (@sixpencegames) - NYC Playtest, Protospiel North East, Sixpence Games I live-tweeted Kate's panel here. You can find out about the effect of visual quality of prototypes on feedback here. I've compiled some resources that we talked about on the podcast in one handy page.   TAPP Episode 110a - PAXceptional Indie Video Games TAPP Episode 110a - PAXceptional Indie Video Games Wed, 04 Nov 2015 13:47:30 +0000 In this episode:

We were just at PAX Australia this weekend and spent some time chatting with some indie video game developers about the games that they were showing at PAX. It was a pretty great experience and there are plenty of great indie games to enjoy, and especially the couch multiplayer ones.

Links for the things we talked about:

PAX Australia 2015

Unravel

Klang

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Bramblelash

Enterchained

Keep Defense by Good Game Productions

Rivalry

Forts

Marble Mountain

Kieru

Party Golf (it's also on Kickstarter now)

Knuckle Sandwich

Mallow Drops

Killing Time At Lightspeed

Shepdoog (also on Kickstarter now)

]]> In this episode:

We were just at PAX Australia this weekend and spent some time chatting with some indie video game developers about the games that they were showing at PAX. It was a pretty great experience and there are plenty of great indie games to enjoy, and especially the couch multiplayer ones.

Links for the things we talked about:

PAX Australia 2015

Unravel

Klang

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Bramblelash

Enterchained

Keep Defense by Good Game Productions

Rivalry

Forts

Marble Mountain

Kieru

Party Golf (it's also on Kickstarter now)

Knuckle Sandwich

Mallow Drops

Killing Time At Lightspeed

Shepdoog (also on Kickstarter now)

]]> 41:33 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We were just at PAX Australia this weekend and spent some time chatting with some indie video game developers about the games that they were showing at PAX. It was a pretty great experience and there are plenty of great indie games to enjoy, and especially the couch multiplayer ones. Links for the things we talked about: PAX Australia 2015 Unravel Klang Crypt of the Necrodancer Bramblelash Enterchained Keep Defense by Good Game Productions Rivalry Forts Marble Mountain Kieru Party Golf (it's also on Kickstarter now) Knuckle Sandwich Mallow Drops Killing Time At Lightspeed Shepdoog (also on Kickstarter now)The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We were just at PAX Australia this weekend and spent some time chatting with some indie video game developers about the games that they were showing at PAX. It was a pretty great experience and there are plenty of great indie games to enjoy, and especially the couch multiplayer ones. Links for the things we talked about: PAX Australia 2015 Unravel Klang Crypt of the Necrodancer Bramblelash Enterchained Keep Defense by Good Game Productions Rivalry Forts Marble Mountain Kieru Party Golf (it's also on Kickstarter now) Knuckle Sandwich Mallow Drops Killing Time At Lightspeed Shepdoog (also on Kickstarter now) Victory Pointers Episode 001 - Designing Board Games in Australia Victory Pointers Episode 001 - Designing Board Games in Australia Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:27:17 +0000 Welcome to the first ever episode of the Victory Pointers podcast! In our inaugural show, we talk about what it's like to be designing board games in Australia. The panel for this episode consists of:

Aaron Lim (@ehronlime) - board game enthusiast, designer and podcaster

Kim Brebach (@secretbasegames) - board game publisher and designer

Sye Robertson (@syelon) - board game designer and graphic designer

Our plan is to have some other regular panelists joining us on and off as well, so look out for them in future episodes!

The main focus of this podcast is on creating games everywhere. We mean this in the geographical sense, since we're interested in how designers work outside the main board game industry hotbeds in the United States, Germany and France, and also the metaphorical sense of taking a holistic approach to design and inspiration.

We hope you enjoy our first episode. We're still  figuring out the best way to run this podcast and growing, but we guarantee it will be an entertaining and hopefully enlightening ride together. Please do let us know if you have any feedback.

Links for things we talked about:

Look for us at PAX Aus!

Aaron will be on two panels - "Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE" and "Growing Local Board Game Design Communities"

Kim will be on one panel - "Kick...Stop!: Before You Crowd-Fund Your Game"

Sye will be at the Rule & Make booth

Meet the Designer events on Friday and Sunday

"Getting Your Indie Tabletop Game Made" panel at PAX Aus 2015

The Action Points Podcast

Monstrous

Announcing Good Games Publishing

Robots & Rockets

Syelon Art

Australian Board Games Design in the Modern Age at Freeplay 2015

Squatter

World in Flames

7 Ages

Phil Walker-Harding

Sushi Go!

Peter Hawes

Colonial Diplomacy

Triassic Terror

Francis Drake

Glory to Rome

GMT's P500 program

Matt Dunstan

Tabletop

Scrimish on Kickstarter

Entropy on Kickstarter

Grail Games

Senyac Games

93 Made Games

Pocket Sports

Relic Runners published out of the Hippodice contest

Tabletop Game Designers Australia

Game Artisans of Canada

Taiwan Boardgame Design

Australian Tabletop Games and Media List at PAX Australia

]]> Welcome to the first ever episode of the Victory Pointers podcast! In our inaugural show, we talk about what it's like to be designing board games in Australia. The panel for this episode consists of:

Aaron Lim (@ehronlime) - board game enthusiast, designer and podcaster

Kim Brebach (@secretbasegames) - board game publisher and designer

Sye Robertson (@syelon) - board game designer and graphic designer

Our plan is to have some other regular panelists joining us on and off as well, so look out for them in future episodes!

The main focus of this podcast is on creating games everywhere. We mean this in the geographical sense, since we're interested in how designers work outside the main board game industry hotbeds in the United States, Germany and France, and also the metaphorical sense of taking a holistic approach to design and inspiration.

We hope you enjoy our first episode. We're still figuring out the best way to run this podcast and growing, but we guarantee it will be an entertaining and hopefully enlightening ride together. Please do let us know if you have any feedback.

Links for things we talked about:

Look for us at PAX Aus!

Aaron will be on two panels - "Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE" and "Growing Local Board Game Design Communities"

Kim will be on one panel - "Kick...Stop!: Before You Crowd-Fund Your Game"

Sye will be at the Rule & Make booth

Meet the Designer events on Friday and Sunday

"Getting Your Indie Tabletop Game Made" panel at PAX Aus 2015

The Action Points Podcast

Monstrous

Announcing Good Games Publishing

Robots & Rockets

Syelon Art

Australian Board Games Design in the Modern Age at Freeplay 2015

Squatter

World in Flames

7 Ages

Phil Walker-Harding

Sushi Go!

Peter Hawes

Colonial Diplomacy

Triassic Terror

Francis Drake

Glory to Rome

GMT's P500 program

Matt Dunstan

Tabletop

Scrimish on Kickstarter

Entropy on Kickstarter

Grail Games

Senyac Games

93 Made Games

Pocket Sports

Relic Runners published out of the Hippodice contest

Tabletop Game Designers Australia

Game Artisans of Canada

Taiwan Boardgame Design

Australian Tabletop Games and Media List at PAX Australia

]]> 01:01:33 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)Welcome to the first ever episode of the Victory Pointers podcast! In our inaugural show, we talk about what it's like to be designing board games in Australia. The panel for this episode consists of: Aaron Lim (@ehronlime) - board game enthusiast, designer and podcaster Kim Brebach (@secretbasegames) - board game publisher and designer Sye Robertson (@syelon) - board game designer and graphic designer Our plan is to have some other regular panelists joining us on and off as well, so look out for them in future episodes! The main focus of this podcast is on creating games everywhere. We mean this in the geographical sense, since we're interested in how designers work outside the main board game industry hotbeds in the United States, Germany and France, and also the metaphorical sense of taking a holistic approach to design and inspiration. We hope you enjoy our first episode. We're still  figuring out the best way to run this podcast and growing, but we guarantee it will be an entertaining and hopefully enlightening ride together. Please do let us know if you have any feedback. Links for things we talked about: Look for us at PAX Aus! Aaron will be on two panels - "Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE" and "Growing Local Board Game Design Communities" Kim will be on one panel - "Kick...Stop!: Before You Crowd-Fund Your Game" Sye will be at the Rule & Make booth Meet the Designer events on Friday and Sunday "Getting Your Indie Tabletop Game Made" panel at PAX Aus 2015 The Action Points Podcast Monstrous Announcing Good Games Publishing Robots & Rockets Syelon Art Australian Board Games Design in the Modern Age at Freeplay 2015 Squatter World in Flames 7 Ages Phil Walker-Harding Sushi Go! Peter Hawes Colonial Diplomacy Triassic Terror Francis Drake Glory to Rome GMT's P500 program Matt Dunstan Tabletop Scrimish on Kickstarter Entropy on Kickstarter Grail Games Senyac Games 93 Made Games Pocket Sports Relic Runners published out of the Hippodice contest Tabletop Game Designers Australia Game Artisans of Canada Taiwan Boardgame Design Australian Tabletop Games and Media List at PAX AustraliaThe Action Points CrewWelcome to the first ever episode of the Victory Pointers podcast! In our inaugural show, we talk about what it's like to be designing board games in Australia. The panel for this episode consists of: Aaron Lim (@ehronlime) - board game enthusiast, designer and podcaster Kim Brebach (@secretbasegames) - board game publisher and designer Sye Robertson (@syelon) - board game designer and graphic designer Our plan is to have some other regular panelists joining us on and off as well, so look out for them in future episodes! The main focus of this podcast is on creating games everywhere. We mean this in the geographical sense, since we're interested in how designers work outside the main board game industry hotbeds in the United States, Germany and France, and also the metaphorical sense of taking a holistic approach to design and inspiration. We hope you enjoy our first episode. We're still  figuring out the best way to run this podcast and growing, but we guarantee it will be an entertaining and hopefully enlightening ride together. Please do let us know if you have any feedback. Links for things we talked about: Look for us at PAX Aus! Aaron will be on two panels - "Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE" and "Growing Local Board Game Design Communities" Kim will be on one panel - "Kick...Stop!: Before You Crowd-Fund Your Game" Sye will be at the Rule & Make booth Meet the Designer events on Friday and Sunday "Getting Your Indie Tabletop Game Made" panel at PAX Aus 2015 The Action Points Podcast Monstrous Announcing Good Games Publishing Robots & Rockets Syelon Art Australian Board Games Design in the Modern Age at Freeplay 2015 Squatter World in Flames 7 Ages Phil Walker-Harding Sushi Go! Peter Hawes Colonial Diplomacy Triassic Terror Francis Drake Glory to Rome GMT's P500 program Matt Dunstan Tabletop Scrimish on Kickstarter Entropy on Kickstarter Grail Games Senyac Games 93 Made Games Pocket Sports Relic Runners published out of the Hippodice contest Tabletop Game Designers Australia Game Artisans of Canada Taiwan Boardgame Design Australian Tabletop Games and Media List at PAX Australia TAPP Episode 109 - Rhythm Games are Hard TAPP Episode 109 - Rhythm Games are Hard Sun, 25 Oct 2015 15:10:14 +0000 In this episode:

This is an odd one. There's a lot of puerile talk and sniggering, but hopefully we can make it through together. We talk about hard, pounding beats in various rhythm games that we love. Also, Aaron gives us his impression of The Gallerist and Level Up, Evan's been playing Guitar Hero Live, and Dan's been playing through Tales from the Borderlands.

Links for the things we talked about:

Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015:

Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre

Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre

The Gallerist

Level Up

Guitar Hero Live

Splatoon

Tales from the Borderlands

Minecraft Story Mode

Rabbit Rush (also check out our podcast with designer Kevin Chen here)

Dance Dance Revolution

Meg Jayanth to write on mobile RPG using Android: Netrunner setting

O2 Jam

The 10k Commotion

I Believe In A Thing Called Love

Rock Band

Rocksmith

Elite Beat Agents

Osu! Tatakae Ouendan

Osu

Project Mirai DX

Theatrhythm

Free!

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Get the original soundtrack here, and the metal remix here

]]> In this episode:

This is an odd one. There's a lot of puerile talk and sniggering, but hopefully we can make it through together. We talk about hard, pounding beats in various rhythm games that we love. Also, Aaron gives us his impression of The Gallerist and Level Up, Evan's been playing Guitar Hero Live, and Dan's been playing through Tales from the Borderlands.

Links for the things we talked about:

Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015:

Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre

Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre

The Gallerist

Level Up

Guitar Hero Live

Splatoon

Tales from the Borderlands

Minecraft Story Mode

Rabbit Rush (also check out our podcast with designer Kevin Chen here)

Dance Dance Revolution

Meg Jayanth to write on mobile RPG using Android: Netrunner setting

O2 Jam

The 10k Commotion

I Believe In A Thing Called Love

Rock Band

Rocksmith

Elite Beat Agents

Osu! Tatakae Ouendan

Osu

Project Mirai DX

Theatrhythm

Free!

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Get the original soundtrack here, and the metal remix here

]]> 53:22 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: This is an odd one. There's a lot of puerile talk and sniggering, but hopefully we can make it through together. We talk about hard, pounding beats in various rhythm games that we love. Also, Aaron gives us his impression of The Gallerist and Level Up, Evan's been playing Guitar Hero Live, and Dan's been playing through Tales from the Borderlands. Links for the things we talked about: Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015: Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre The Gallerist Level Up Guitar Hero Live Splatoon Tales from the Borderlands Minecraft Story Mode Rabbit Rush (also check out our podcast with designer Kevin Chen here) Dance Dance Revolution Meg Jayanth to write on mobile RPG using Android: Netrunner setting O2 Jam The 10k Commotion I Believe In A Thing Called Love Rock Band Rocksmith Elite Beat Agents Osu! Tatakae Ouendan Osu Project Mirai DX Theatrhythm Free! Crypt of the Necrodancer Get the original soundtrack here, and the metal remix hereThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: This is an odd one. There's a lot of puerile talk and sniggering, but hopefully we can make it through together. We talk about hard, pounding beats in various rhythm games that we love. Also, Aaron gives us his impression of The Gallerist and Level Up, Evan's been playing Guitar Hero Live, and Dan's been playing through Tales from the Borderlands. Links for the things we talked about: Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015: Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre The Gallerist Level Up Guitar Hero Live Splatoon Tales from the Borderlands Minecraft Story Mode Rabbit Rush (also check out our podcast with designer Kevin Chen here) Dance Dance Revolution Meg Jayanth to write on mobile RPG using Android: Netrunner setting O2 Jam The 10k Commotion I Believe In A Thing Called Love Rock Band Rocksmith Elite Beat Agents Osu! Tatakae Ouendan Osu Project Mirai DX Theatrhythm Free! Crypt of the Necrodancer Get the original soundtrack here, and the metal remix here TAPP Episode 108 - Box Farts and PAX Tabletop with Melissa Rogerson TAPP Episode 108 - Box Farts and PAX Tabletop with Melissa Rogerson Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:18:14 +0000 In this episode:

We are joined by Melissa Rogerson of PAX Aus Tabletop and Boardgames Australia to chat about running one of the biggest tabletop events of the year and box farts. We also chat a bit about what we've been up to: Melissa's been playing Qwixx, Roll for the Galaxy and Codenames. Dan goes for the big bang while trying out Exploding Kittens and Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, while Aaron checks out some Guns & Steel.

Links for the things we talked about:

Here’s a chance to win a 3-day pass to PAX Aus 2015: Just Tweet at us (@action_points) or email us (mail@theactionpointspodcast.com) with your suggestion of what your #dreamPAXPanel will be.

Games Laboratory Incubator 24 October 2015

Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015:

Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre

Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre

PAX Australia (follow @PAXAus_TT for the scoop on tabletop related events)

Check out the Meet the Designer events at PAX Australia, and the Award-Winning games.

Boardgames Australia

Qwixx

Roll for the Galaxy

Codenames

Exploding Kittens

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Guns & Steel

Taiwan Boardgames Design

Tabletop Games Design Australia

Getting Your Indie Tabletop Game Made! panel at PAX Aus 2015

Print & Play Games

Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games by Stewart Woods

]]> In this episode:

We are joined by Melissa Rogerson of PAX Aus Tabletop and Boardgames Australia to chat about running one of the biggest tabletop events of the year and box farts. We also chat a bit about what we've been up to: Melissa's been playing Qwixx, Roll for the Galaxy and Codenames. Dan goes for the big bang while trying out Exploding Kittens and Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, while Aaron checks out some Guns & Steel.

Links for the things we talked about:

Here’s a chance to win a 3-day pass to PAX Aus 2015: Just Tweet at us (@action_points) or email us (mail@theactionpointspodcast.com) with your suggestion of what your #dreamPAXPanel will be.

Games Laboratory Incubator 24 October 2015

Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015:

Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre

Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre

PAX Australia (follow @PAXAus_TT for the scoop on tabletop related events)

Check out the Meet the Designer events at PAX Australia, and the Award-Winning games.

Boardgames Australia

Qwixx

Roll for the Galaxy

Codenames

Exploding Kittens

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Guns & Steel

Taiwan Boardgames Design

Tabletop Games Design Australia

Getting Your Indie Tabletop Game Made! panel at PAX Aus 2015

Print & Play Games

Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games by Stewart Woods

]]> 01:13:50 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We are joined by Melissa Rogerson of PAX Aus Tabletop and Boardgames Australia to chat about running one of the biggest tabletop events of the year and box farts. We also chat a bit about what we've been up to: Melissa's been playing Qwixx, Roll for the Galaxy and Codenames. Dan goes for the big bang while trying out Exploding Kittens and Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, while Aaron checks out some Guns & Steel. Links for the things we talked about: Here’s a chance to win a 3-day pass to PAX Aus 2015: Just Tweet at us (@action_points) or email us (mail@theactionpointspodcast.com) with your suggestion of what your #dreamPAXPanel will be. Games Laboratory Incubator 24 October 2015 Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015: Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre PAX Australia (follow @PAXAus_TT for the scoop on tabletop related events) Check out the Meet the Designer events at PAX Australia, and the Award-Winning games. Boardgames Australia Qwixx Roll for the Galaxy Codenames Exploding Kittens Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Guns & Steel Taiwan Boardgames Design Tabletop Games Design Australia Getting Your Indie Tabletop Game Made! panel at PAX Aus 2015 Print & Play Games Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games by Stewart WoodsThe Action Points CrewIn this episode: We are joined by Melissa Rogerson of PAX Aus Tabletop and Boardgames Australia to chat about running one of the biggest tabletop events of the year and box farts. We also chat a bit about what we've been up to: Melissa's been playing Qwixx, Roll for the Galaxy and Codenames. Dan goes for the big bang while trying out Exploding Kittens and Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, while Aaron checks out some Guns & Steel. Links for the things we talked about: Here’s a chance to win a 3-day pass to PAX Aus 2015: Just Tweet at us (@action_points) or email us (mail@theactionpointspodcast.com) with your suggestion of what your #dreamPAXPanel will be. Games Laboratory Incubator 24 October 2015 Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015: Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre PAX Australia (follow @PAXAus_TT for the scoop on tabletop related events) Check out the Meet the Designer events at PAX Australia, and the Award-Winning games. Boardgames Australia Qwixx Roll for the Galaxy Codenames Exploding Kittens Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Guns & Steel Taiwan Boardgames Design Tabletop Games Design Australia Getting Your Indie Tabletop Game Made! panel at PAX Aus 2015 Print & Play Games Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games by Stewart Woods TAPP Episode 107 - Aussie Indies and Rolling Babies with Chris, Jason, Nicole, and Sanatana TAPP Episode 107 - Aussie Indies and Rolling Babies with Chris, Jason, Nicole, and Sanatana Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:31:13 +0000 In this episode:

It's a long episode as we attempt the inadvisable and have 7 people on an episode. We chat with Aussie indie game developers Chris Johnson (Expand), Jason and Nicole Stark, (Ninja Pizza Girl) and Sanatana Mishra (Assault Android Cactus). We talk about their games, dealing with both negative and positive feedback, reviews, architecture, flow, and games we love and hate.

Links for the things we talked about:

Here's a chance to win a 3-day pass to PAX Aus 2015: Just Tweet at us (@action_points) or email us (mail@theactionpointspodcast.com) with your suggestion of what your #dreamPAXPanel will be.

Games Laboratory Incubator 24 October 2015

Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015:

Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre

Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre

Assault Android Cactus (also available now on Steam) by Witch Beam

Sanatana Mishra (@SanatanaMishra)

Expand (also available now on Steam and you can get the amazing soundtrack here) by Chris Johnson and Chris Larkin

Chris Johnson (@HyperNexus)

Ninja Pizza Girl (also available now on Steam) by Disparity Games

Jason Stark (@DisparityGames)

Nicole Stark (@ColeStark) 

]]> In this episode:

It's a long episode as we attempt the inadvisable and have 7 people on an episode. We chat with Aussie indie game developers Chris Johnson (Expand), Jason and Nicole Stark, (Ninja Pizza Girl) and Sanatana Mishra (Assault Android Cactus). We talk about their games, dealing with both negative and positive feedback, reviews, architecture, flow, and games we love and hate.

Links for the things we talked about:

Here's a chance to win a 3-day pass to PAX Aus 2015: Just Tweet at us (@action_points) or email us (mail@theactionpointspodcast.com) with your suggestion of what your #dreamPAXPanel will be.

Games Laboratory Incubator 24 October 2015

Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015:

Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre

Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre

Assault Android Cactus (also available now on Steam) by Witch Beam

Sanatana Mishra (@SanatanaMishra)

Expand (also available now on Steam and you can get the amazing soundtrack here) by Chris Johnson and Chris Larkin

Chris Johnson (@HyperNexus)

Ninja Pizza Girl (also available now on Steam) by Disparity Games

Jason Stark (@DisparityGames)

Nicole Stark (@ColeStark)

]]> 01:57:20 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It's a long episode as we attempt the inadvisable and have 7 people on an episode. We chat with Aussie indie game developers Chris Johnson (Expand), Jason and Nicole Stark, (Ninja Pizza Girl) and Sanatana Mishra (Assault Android Cactus). We talk about their games, dealing with both negative and positive feedback, reviews, architecture, flow, and games we love and hate. Links for the things we talked about: Here's a chance to win a 3-day pass to PAX Aus 2015: Just Tweet at us (@action_points) or email us (mail@theactionpointspodcast.com) with your suggestion of what your #dreamPAXPanel will be. Games Laboratory Incubator 24 October 2015 Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015: Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre Assault Android Cactus (also available now on Steam) by Witch Beam Sanatana Mishra (@SanatanaMishra) Expand (also available now on Steam and you can get the amazing soundtrack here) by Chris Johnson and Chris Larkin Chris Johnson (@HyperNexus) Ninja Pizza Girl (also available now on Steam) by Disparity Games Jason Stark (@DisparityGames) Nicole Stark (@ColeStark) The Action Points CrewIn this episode: It's a long episode as we attempt the inadvisable and have 7 people on an episode. We chat with Aussie indie game developers Chris Johnson (Expand), Jason and Nicole Stark, (Ninja Pizza Girl) and Sanatana Mishra (Assault Android Cactus). We talk about their games, dealing with both negative and positive feedback, reviews, architecture, flow, and games we love and hate. Links for the things we talked about: Here's a chance to win a 3-day pass to PAX Aus 2015: Just Tweet at us (@action_points) or email us (mail@theactionpointspodcast.com) with your suggestion of what your #dreamPAXPanel will be. Games Laboratory Incubator 24 October 2015 Come check out our panels at PAX Aus 2015: Play With Us: Wits & Wagers LIVE, Friday 30 October 2015, 9 pm, Kookaburra Theatre Growing Local Board Game Design Communities, Sunday 1 November 2015, 3 pm, Dropbear Theatre Assault Android Cactus (also available now on Steam) by Witch Beam Sanatana Mishra (@SanatanaMishra) Expand (also available now on Steam and you can get the amazing soundtrack here) by Chris Johnson and Chris Larkin Chris Johnson (@HyperNexus) Ninja Pizza Girl (also available now on Steam) by Disparity Games Jason Stark (@DisparityGames) Nicole Stark (@ColeStark)  TAPP Episode 106 - Getting Excited for Nerd Christmas TAPP Episode 106 - Getting Excited for Nerd Christmas Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:02:32 +0000 In this episode:

Jackson joins us in this episode to talk about what we've been playing and watching lately and we discuss new releases we are excited about in the next couple of months. A bunch of big video game titles are being released soon and the Essen Spiel board game convention is just now under way. In round up: we discuss The Beginner's Guide, SOMA, Journey, Fear the Walking Dead, Sense8, Rick and Morty, and much more!

Links for the things we talked about:

League of Legends World Championships

Melodatron.com - Inspectre

The Beginner's Guide

Expand

Journey

Helldivers

OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood

Fear the Walking Dead

Sense8

Rick and Morty

Undertale

SOMA

Hellboy Figure

Gigantic

The Witness

504

Splotter Spellen

Neanderthal

...and then, we held hands

Bycatch

Guitar Hero Live

Rock Band 4

]]> In this episode:

Jackson joins us in this episode to talk about what we've been playing and watching lately and we discuss new releases we are excited about in the next couple of months. A bunch of big video game titles are being released soon and the Essen Spiel board game convention is just now under way. In round up: we discuss The Beginner's Guide, SOMA, Journey, Fear the Walking Dead, Sense8, Rick and Morty, and much more!

Links for the things we talked about:

League of Legends World Championships

Melodatron.com - Inspectre

The Beginner's Guide

Expand

Journey

Helldivers

OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood

Fear the Walking Dead

Sense8

Rick and Morty

Undertale

SOMA

Hellboy Figure

Gigantic

The Witness

504

Splotter Spellen

Neanderthal

...and then, we held hands

Bycatch

Guitar Hero Live

Rock Band 4

]]> 01:11:40 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Jackson joins us in this episode to talk about what we've been playing and watching lately and we discuss new releases we are excited about in the next couple of months. A bunch of big video game titles are being released soon and the Essen Spiel board game convention is just now under way. In round up: we discuss The Beginner's Guide, SOMA, Journey, Fear the Walking Dead, Sense8, Rick and Morty, and much more! Links for the things we talked about: League of Legends World Championships Melodatron.com - Inspectre The Beginner's Guide Expand Journey Helldivers OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood Fear the Walking Dead Sense8 Rick and Morty Undertale SOMA Hellboy Figure Gigantic The Witness 504 Splotter Spellen Neanderthal ...and then, we held hands Bycatch Guitar Hero Live Rock Band 4The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Jackson joins us in this episode to talk about what we've been playing and watching lately and we discuss new releases we are excited about in the next couple of months. A bunch of big video game titles are being released soon and the Essen Spiel board game convention is just now under way. In round up: we discuss The Beginner's Guide, SOMA, Journey, Fear the Walking Dead, Sense8, Rick and Morty, and much more! Links for the things we talked about: League of Legends World Championships Melodatron.com - Inspectre The Beginner's Guide Expand Journey Helldivers OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood Fear the Walking Dead Sense8 Rick and Morty Undertale SOMA Hellboy Figure Gigantic The Witness 504 Splotter Spellen Neanderthal ...and then, we held hands Bycatch Guitar Hero Live Rock Band 4 TAPP Episode 105 - They See Me Ragnarolling Through the Norse Apocalypse TAPP Episode 105 - They See Me Ragnarolling Through the Norse Apocalypse Fri, 02 Oct 2015 04:49:40 +0000 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 roundup: Evan's been playing some horror games including Layers of Fear and SOMA, and watching Gatchaman Crowds and Sammy J and Randy In Ricketts Lane, and enjoying his Motoko Kusanagi figure; I read Step Aside, Pops from the inimitable Kate Beaton and I've been playing around with Periscope; and Jason has been Helldiving and reading some Pratchett.

Links for the things we talked about:

Check out Ragnaroll on Kickstarter, ending October 20, 2015.

You can also find more from Jason at endgamegames.com and on Twitter at @endgamegames

Layers of Fear

SOMA

Gatchaman Crowds

Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane

Step Aside, Pops

The Action Points Podcast on YouTube

Codenames

Tail Feathers

We actually mixed up Star Trek: Five Year Mission and Star Trek: Frontiers

Helldivers

Cool Ghosts

Guards! Guards!

]]> 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 roundup: Evan's been playing some horror games including Layers of Fear and SOMA, and watching Gatchaman Crowds and Sammy J and Randy In Ricketts Lane, and enjoying his Motoko Kusanagi figure; I read Step Aside, Pops from the inimitable Kate Beaton and I've been playing around with Periscope; and Jason has been Helldiving and reading some Pratchett.

Links for the things we talked about:

Check out Ragnaroll on Kickstarter, ending October 20, 2015.

You can also find more from Jason at endgamegames.com and on Twitter at @endgamegames

Layers of Fear

SOMA

Gatchaman Crowds

Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane

Step Aside, Pops

The Action Points Podcast on YouTube

Codenames

Tail Feathers

We actually mixed up Star Trek: Five Year Mission and Star Trek: Frontiers

Helldivers

Cool Ghosts

Guards! Guards!

]]> 01:02:50 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 roundup: Evan's been playing some horror games including Layers of Fear and SOMA, and watching Gatchaman Crowds and Sammy J and Randy In Ricketts Lane, and enjoying his Motoko Kusanagi figure; I read Step Aside, Pops from the inimitable Kate Beaton and I've been playing around with Periscope; and Jason has been Helldiving and reading some Pratchett. Links for the things we talked about: Check out Ragnaroll on Kickstarter, ending October 20, 2015. You can also find more from Jason at endgamegames.com and on Twitter at @endgamegames Layers of Fear SOMA Gatchaman Crowds Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane Step Aside, Pops The Action Points Podcast on YouTube Codenames Tail Feathers We actually mixed up Star Trek: Five Year Mission and Star Trek: Frontiers Helldivers Cool Ghosts Guards! Guards!The Action Points CrewIn 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 roundup: Evan's been playing some horror games including Layers of Fear and SOMA, and watching Gatchaman Crowds and Sammy J and Randy In Ricketts Lane, and enjoying his Motoko Kusanagi figure; I read Step Aside, Pops from the inimitable Kate Beaton and I've been playing around with Periscope; and Jason has been Helldiving and reading some Pratchett. Links for the things we talked about: Check out Ragnaroll on Kickstarter, ending October 20, 2015. You can also find more from Jason at endgamegames.com and on Twitter at @endgamegames Layers of Fear SOMA Gatchaman Crowds Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane Step Aside, Pops The Action Points Podcast on YouTube Codenames Tail Feathers We actually mixed up Star Trek: Five Year Mission and Star Trek: Frontiers Helldivers Cool Ghosts Guards! Guards! The Action Points Podcast! Episode 104 - All The Spoilers For All The Endings The Action Points Podcast! Episode 104 - All The Spoilers For All The Endings Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:39:10 +0000 The whole gang is back together again! We talk about endings that we love and hate, and spoil many endings along the way. In roundup: Adam is sick of Sichuan food; Adam and Evan make some Super Marios; Dan grapples with an Intergalactic Nemesis; Evan gets more figures, tells an Undertale, and is unsettled by Albino Lullaby; and Aaron finishes Alex + Ada and Skullkickers.

Links for the things we talked about:

Super Mario Maker

The Intergalactic Nemesis

Undertale

Albino Lullaby: Episode 1

Alex + Ada

Skullkickers

]]> The whole gang is back together again! We talk about endings that we love and hate, and spoil many endings along the way. In roundup: Adam is sick of Sichuan food; Adam and Evan make some Super Marios; Dan grapples with an Intergalactic Nemesis; Evan gets more figures, tells an Undertale, and is unsettled by Albino Lullaby; and Aaron finishes Alex + Ada and Skullkickers.

Links for the things we talked about:

Super Mario Maker

The Intergalactic Nemesis

Undertale

Albino Lullaby: Episode 1

Alex + Ada

Skullkickers

]]> 01:26:35 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)The whole gang is back together again! We talk about endings that we love and hate, and spoil many endings along the way. In roundup: Adam is sick of Sichuan food; Adam and Evan make some Super Marios; Dan grapples with an Intergalactic Nemesis; Evan gets more figures, tells an Undertale, and is unsettled by Albino Lullaby; and Aaron finishes Alex + Ada and Skullkickers. Links for the things we talked about: Super Mario Maker The Intergalactic Nemesis Undertale Albino Lullaby: Episode 1 Alex + Ada SkullkickersThe Action Points CrewThe whole gang is back together again! We talk about endings that we love and hate, and spoil many endings along the way. In roundup: Adam is sick of Sichuan food; Adam and Evan make some Super Marios; Dan grapples with an Intergalactic Nemesis; Evan gets more figures, tells an Undertale, and is unsettled by Albino Lullaby; and Aaron finishes Alex + Ada and Skullkickers. Links for the things we talked about: Super Mario Maker The Intergalactic Nemesis Undertale Albino Lullaby: Episode 1 Alex + Ada Skullkickers The Action Points Podcast! Episode 103: Authorship Engines Are Go! The Action Points Podcast! Episode 103: Authorship Engines Are Go! Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:59:59 +0000 In this episode: Aaron is on a little trip to Sydney, so he podcrashes The Game Engine Podcast, and also get Andrew, John and Paul all over our show. While trying to explain what their podcast is about, we ended up chatting about authorship in games and other media, which we also discuss later on the show and we get into what creators we love and Evan highlights how few women were on our lists. In roundup: Dan's been playing some Fallout Shelter, Evan's been reading Aliens: Salvation and Aaron played The Dice Must Flow aka Dune: The Dice Game. We also get into some exciting news about Pokemon Go!

Links for the things we talked about:

The Game Engine Podcast (Also @andrewbittman, @gritfish, @pdyxs on Twitter dot com)

Fallout Shelter (iTunes App Store)

Fallout Shelter (Google Play)

Aliens: Salvation

The Dice Must Flow

Pokemon Go

 

]]> In this episode: Aaron is on a little trip to Sydney, so he podcrashes The Game Engine Podcast, and also get Andrew, John and Paul all over our show. While trying to explain what their podcast is about, we ended up chatting about authorship in games and other media, which we also discuss later on the show and we get into what creators we love and Evan highlights how few women were on our lists. In roundup: Dan's been playing some Fallout Shelter, Evan's been reading Aliens: Salvation and Aaron played The Dice Must Flow aka Dune: The Dice Game. We also get into some exciting news about Pokemon Go!

Links for the things we talked about:

The Game Engine Podcast (Also @andrewbittman, @gritfish, @pdyxs on Twitter dot com)

Fallout Shelter (iTunes App Store)

Fallout Shelter (Google Play)

Aliens: Salvation

The Dice Must Flow

Pokemon Go

]]> 01:15:02 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Aaron is on a little trip to Sydney, so he podcrashes The Game Engine Podcast, and also get Andrew, John and Paul all over our show. While trying to explain what their podcast is about, we ended up chatting about authorship in games and other media, which we also discuss later on the show and we get into what creators we love and Evan highlights how few women were on our lists. In roundup: Dan's been playing some Fallout Shelter, Evan's been reading Aliens: Salvation and Aaron played The Dice Must Flow aka Dune: The Dice Game. We also get into some exciting news about Pokemon Go! Links for the things we talked about: The Game Engine Podcast (Also @andrewbittman, @gritfish, @pdyxs on Twitter dot com) Fallout Shelter (iTunes App Store) Fallout Shelter (Google Play) Aliens: Salvation The Dice Must Flow Pokemon Go  The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Aaron is on a little trip to Sydney, so he podcrashes The Game Engine Podcast, and also get Andrew, John and Paul all over our show. While trying to explain what their podcast is about, we ended up chatting about authorship in games and other media, which we also discuss later on the show and we get into what creators we love and Evan highlights how few women were on our lists. In roundup: Dan's been playing some Fallout Shelter, Evan's been reading Aliens: Salvation and Aaron played The Dice Must Flow aka Dune: The Dice Game. We also get into some exciting news about Pokemon Go! Links for the things we talked about: The Game Engine Podcast (Also @andrewbittman, @gritfish, @pdyxs on Twitter dot com) Fallout Shelter (iTunes App Store) Fallout Shelter (Google Play) Aliens: Salvation The Dice Must Flow Pokemon Go   The Action Points Podcast! Episode 102: Wet Hot Sequels The Action Points Podcast! Episode 102: Wet Hot Sequels Wed, 09 Sep 2015 02:45:15 +0000 ]]> 01:19:43 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Spurred mainly by our massive enjoyment of Wet Hot American Summer and its sequel Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, we chat about […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Spurred mainly by our massive enjoyment of Wet Hot American Summer and its sequel Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, we chat about […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 101: Getting Crafty with Alan and Josh The Action Points Podcast! Episode 101: Getting Crafty with Alan and Josh Wed, 02 Sep 2015 05:30:56 +0000 ]]> 54:48 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We are joined by Alan Sutcliffe and Josh Sommerfeld, currently Kickstarting Crafted Labs, to talk about 3D printing and making things. Download link below or on iTunes, […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We are joined by Alan Sutcliffe and Josh Sommerfeld, currently Kickstarting Crafted Labs, to talk about 3D printing and making things. Download link below or on iTunes, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 100: We Can Fix It In Post The Action Points Podcast! Episode 100: We Can Fix It In Post Thu, 27 Aug 2015 02:16:08 +0000 ]]> 01:28:46 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We get a little self-indulgent as we celebrate episode 100! Also, we try to give away a bunch of games to you but aren’t great at organizing […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We get a little self-indulgent as we celebrate episode 100! Also, we try to give away a bunch of games to you but aren’t great at organizing […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 99: Rocket Sports Are Way Better Than Boring Regular Sports The Action Points Podcast! Episode 99: Rocket Sports Are Way Better Than Boring Regular Sports Wed, 19 Aug 2015 02:22:11 +0000 ]]> 57:24 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We gush about our latest multiplayer game love: Rocket League! We also talk about our experiences with other sports games and sports-like games. In the round up, […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We gush about our latest multiplayer game love: Rocket League! We also talk about our experiences with other sports games and sports-like games. In the round up, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 98: Getting CatTube Famous with Josh and Liam The Action Points Podcast! Episode 98: Getting CatTube Famous with Josh and Liam Wed, 12 Aug 2015 01:53:38 +0000 ]]> 01:03:05 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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, […]The Action Points CrewIn 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, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 97: Travels and Voyages The Action Points Podcast! Episode 97: Travels and Voyages Thu, 06 Aug 2015 10:27:41 +0000 ]]> 01:13:15 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Aaron just got back from a trip to Japan and Adam was away in the United States of America for a bit, so we talk about our […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Aaron just got back from a trip to Japan and Adam was away in the United States of America for a bit, so we talk about our […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 96: Comics and Cons with Fred Atkins The Action Points Podcast! Episode 96: Comics and Cons with Fred Atkins Tue, 21 Jul 2015 02:10:12 +0000 ]]> 01:31:45 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We chat about a whole bunch of comics and comic-related news as we are joined by Fred Atkins, from our friendly local comic shop and writer of […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We chat about a whole bunch of comics and comic-related news as we are joined by Fred Atkins, from our friendly local comic shop and writer of […] Embassy Cast Episode 13 – The Voyages of Marco Polo and Spiel 2015 Embassy Cast Episode 13 – The Voyages of Marco Polo and Spiel 2015 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 02:13:11 +0000 ]]> 01:11:10 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)It's been two and a bit months and we hope you've been well. We certainly have been aside from coughing up bits of our lungs over the winter, but you […]The Action Points CrewIt's been two and a bit months and we hope you've been well. We certainly have been aside from coughing up bits of our lungs over the winter, but you […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 95: Ask Aaron Anything The Action Points Podcast! Episode 95: Ask Aaron Anything Tue, 14 Jul 2015 02:00:39 +0000 ]]> 01:26:58 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It’s Aaron’s turn in the hot seat as we get him to answer a bunch of questions sourced from our friends and enemies. Also, Aaron reviews The […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: It’s Aaron’s turn in the hot seat as we get him to answer a bunch of questions sourced from our friends and enemies. Also, Aaron reviews The […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 94: Party Games Against Huge Manatees The Action Points Podcast! Episode 94: Party Games Against Huge Manatees Tue, 07 Jul 2015 02:00:25 +0000 ]]> 01:19:07 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We get together to play a bunch of party games and discuss them. One of the games we cover is Cards Against Humanity, which is a game […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We get together to play a bunch of party games and discuss them. One of the games we cover is Cards Against Humanity, which is a game […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 93: Squidkids Grow Up Into SplatE3ns (FIXED) The Action Points Podcast! Episode 93: Squidkids Grow Up Into SplatE3ns (FIXED) Mon, 06 Jul 2015 23:29:41 +0000 ]]> 01:16:47 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Guess who’s been playing Splatoon? It’s all of us. But mostly Evan. Evan is a squid now. We just have to accept that fact. A delicious, crunchy, […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Guess who’s been playing Splatoon? It’s all of us. But mostly Evan. Evan is a squid now. We just have to accept that fact. A delicious, crunchy, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 93: Squidkids Grow Up Into SplatE3ns The Action Points Podcast! Episode 93: Squidkids Grow Up Into SplatE3ns Fri, 03 Jul 2015 11:28:36 +0000 ]]> 01:16:47 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Guess who’s been playing Splatoon? It’s all of us. But mostly Evan. Evan is a squid now. We just have to accept that fact. A delicious, crunchy, […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Guess who’s been playing Splatoon? It’s all of us. But mostly Evan. Evan is a squid now. We just have to accept that fact. A delicious, crunchy, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 92: Pervasive Playup with Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie The Action Points Podcast! Episode 92: Pervasive Playup with Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie Tue, 23 Jun 2015 02:04:45 +0000 ]]> 55:09 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Aaron chats with Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie about pervasive games, playtesting pervasive and tabletop games, running a playtest event, and games with a socially conscious bent. I had […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Aaron chats with Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie about pervasive games, playtesting pervasive and tabletop games, running a playtest event, and games with a socially conscious bent. I had […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 91: Ale and Tall Tales with Dylan Shearer and Aaron Sparke The Action Points Podcast! Episode 91: Ale and Tall Tales with Dylan Shearer and Aaron Sparke Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:51:19 +0000 ]]> 58:04 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 90: Bordercon 2015 Road Trip with Sye Robertson and Brendan Reith The Action Points Podcast! Episode 90: Bordercon 2015 Road Trip with Sye Robertson and Brendan Reith Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:34:25 +0000 ]]> 01:22:05 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Aaron was at Bordercon over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend at the start of June. Joined by travel companions Sye and Brendan, we chat about the games, […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Aaron was at Bordercon over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend at the start of June. Joined by travel companions Sye and Brendan, we chat about the games, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 89: Getting Monstrous with Kim Brebach The Action Points Podcast! Episode 89: Getting Monstrous with Kim Brebach Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:52:04 +0000 ]]> 01:17:17 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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, […]The Action Points CrewIn 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, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 88: Virtual Fighting and BAM 7 with Daniel Chlebowczyk and Perfect Legend The Action Points Podcast! Episode 88: Virtual Fighting and BAM 7 with Daniel Chlebowczyk and Perfect Legend Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:45:30 +0000 ]]> 01:01:33 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Aaron and Evan checked out Battle Arena Melbourne 7 and had a chat with organizer Daniel Chlebowczyk and digital butt-kicker extraordinaire Perfect Legend. The lovely Kat joins […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Aaron and Evan checked out Battle Arena Melbourne 7 and had a chat with organizer Daniel Chlebowczyk and digital butt-kicker extraordinaire Perfect Legend. The lovely Kat joins […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 87: Incubating with Justin Halliday and Stefan Barton-Ross The Action Points Podcast! Episode 87: Incubating with Justin Halliday and Stefan Barton-Ross Tue, 26 May 2015 02:19:30 +0000 ]]> 54:12 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] Embassy Cast Episode 12 – Special Guests Grace & Rui Embassy Cast Episode 12 – Special Guests Grace & Rui Mon, 25 May 2015 15:08:26 +0000 ]]> 01:10:17 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)You may think "But CBE, it looks like you're just getting your friends who you board game with on your show as guests" but you'd be absolutely 100% correct because that […]The Action Points CrewYou may think "But CBE, it looks like you're just getting your friends who you board game with on your show as guests" but you'd be absolutely 100% correct because that […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 86: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Matt Dunstan The Action Points Podcast! Episode 86: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Matt Dunstan Tue, 19 May 2015 09:00:34 +0000 ]]> 01:23:43 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: I interview Matt Dunstan, designer of Relic Runners, and co-designer of Empire Engine and (Kennerspiel 2015 nominee!) Elysium. We talk about the different board game design communities […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: I interview Matt Dunstan, designer of Relic Runners, and co-designer of Empire Engine and (Kennerspiel 2015 nominee!) Elysium. We talk about the different board game design communities […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 85: Ask Dan Anything The Action Points Podcast! Episode 85: Ask Dan Anything Tue, 12 May 2015 00:08:15 +0000 ]]> 01:25:08 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It’s time for another podcast host interview! This time we quiz Dan about his not-so-secret origins, things that he loves, and his special moves. In our weekly […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: It’s time for another podcast host interview! This time we quiz Dan about his not-so-secret origins, things that he loves, and his special moves. In our weekly […] Embassy Cast Episode 11 – Special Guests Bruce & Jocie Embassy Cast Episode 11 – Special Guests Bruce & Jocie Tue, 05 May 2015 04:31:55 +0000 ]]> 54:15 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)We are all about the most important people in board gaming – the players! Wait, Sony may have something to say about that. But we really do mean it, though. […]The Action Points CrewWe are all about the most important people in board gaming – the players! Wait, Sony may have something to say about that. But we really do mean it, though. […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 84: DLCs and Expansion The Action Points Podcast! Episode 84: DLCs and Expansion Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:51:06 +0000 ]]> 01:41:50 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: This time we talk about DLCs and expansions: what’s wrong, what makes bad DLC, what makes good DLC and our favourite expasions.  We also talk about whitewashing […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: This time we talk about DLCs and expansions: what’s wrong, what makes bad DLC, what makes good DLC and our favourite expasions.  We also talk about whitewashing […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 83: Long Genre Silver The Action Points Podcast! Episode 83: Long Genre Silver Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:06:34 +0000 ]]> 01:30:44 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We chat about genres: what we love, exceptions to what we don’t usually like, and what we think we should like but can’t get into. We also […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We chat about genres: what we love, exceptions to what we don’t usually like, and what we think we should like but can’t get into. We also […] Embassy Cast Episode 10 – The Embassy Cast is BACK! Episode 10 – Mental Health, Catchup Embassy Cast Episode 10 – The Embassy Cast is BACK! Episode 10 – Mental Health, Catchup Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:53:02 +0000 ]]> false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)After a long hiatus, Episode 10 is up on Dropbox! Spoiler alert (but not really), Tim's been unwell, for lack, of better terms, but we discuss it for fifteen minutes […]The Action Points CrewAfter a long hiatus, Episode 10 is up on Dropbox! Spoiler alert (but not really), Tim's been unwell, for lack, of better terms, but we discuss it for fifteen minutes […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 82: Freeplay with Dan Golding The Action Points Podcast! Episode 82: Freeplay with Dan Golding Wed, 08 Apr 2015 00:30:30 +0000 ]]> 51:02 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We are joined by Dan Golding, director of the Freeplay Independent Games Festival as we discuss the history and role of Freeplay and how it has changed […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We are joined by Dan Golding, director of the Freeplay Independent Games Festival as we discuss the history and role of Freeplay and how it has changed […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 81: The One About Nothing The Action Points Podcast! Episode 81: The One About Nothing Tue, 31 Mar 2015 03:53:35 +0000 ]]> 01:10:13 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We get together to chat about stuff we’ve been up to and Aaron ends up commandeering the episode to gush about Top Ten, Astro City and rant […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We get together to chat about stuff we’ve been up to and Aaron ends up commandeering the episode to gush about Top Ten, Astro City and rant […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 80: Getting Nostalgic with Ken Lee (If Living Is Without You) The Action Points Podcast! Episode 80: Getting Nostalgic with Ken Lee (If Living Is Without You) Tue, 24 Mar 2015 02:00:38 +0000 ]]> 01:31:52 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We are joined by Ken Lee from the Hyper PixelCast as we discuss nostalgia in media. We also talk about what we get nostalgic about, remakes, licensed […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We are joined by Ken Lee from the Hyper PixelCast as we discuss nostalgia in media. We also talk about what we get nostalgic about, remakes, licensed […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 79: Goblin Hunting with Ray Williams The Action Points Podcast! Episode 79: Goblin Hunting with Ray Williams Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:59:38 +0000 ]]> 59:39 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 78: Ask Adam Anything The Action Points Podcast! Episode 78: Ask Adam Anything Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:22:31 +0000 ]]> 01:18:45 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It’s time for another podcast host interview! This time Adam takes the hot seat as we quiz him about anything that comes to mind: Malaysia, his TED […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: It’s time for another podcast host interview! This time Adam takes the hot seat as we quiz him about anything that comes to mind: Malaysia, his TED […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 77: Circling 2 Years of AP The Action Points Podcast! Episode 77: Circling 2 Years of AP Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:26:00 +0000 ]]> 01:24:36 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We celebrate 2 years of the podcast with a massive circlejerk, reminiscing about some favourite past episodes and generally giving ourselves pats on  the back. I’d love […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We celebrate 2 years of the podcast with a massive circlejerk, reminiscing about some favourite past episodes and generally giving ourselves pats on  the back. I’d love […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 76: Morgan Jaffit and (the) Hand(s) of Fate The Action Points Podcast! Episode 76: Morgan Jaffit and (the) Hand(s) of Fate Wed, 25 Feb 2015 02:45:54 +0000 ]]> 01:01:28 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 CrewIn 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 75: Kickstarting with the 3 Al-migos The Action Points Podcast! Episode 75: Kickstarting with the 3 Al-migos Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:56:20 +0000 ]]> 52:08 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 74: Global Game Jam 2015 with Stephen Schulze and Stacey Borg The Action Points Podcast! Episode 74: Global Game Jam 2015 with Stephen Schulze and Stacey Borg Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:43:31 +0000 ]]> 01:18:54 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Our very own Aaron and Adam participated in the Global Game Jam this year, and teamed up with Stephen Schulze and Stacey Borg to create a board […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Our very own Aaron and Adam participated in the Global Game Jam this year, and teamed up with Stephen Schulze and Stacey Borg to create a board […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 73: All Star Runner with Mitch Davies The Action Points Podcast! Episode 73: All Star Runner with Mitch Davies Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:27:07 +0000 ]]> 01:22:05 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We speak to Mitch Davies of All Star Comics, which is a fantastic comic book store (Award-winning, even) in Melbourne. We discuss All Star’s upcoming move, their […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We speak to Mitch Davies of All Star Comics, which is a fantastic comic book store (Award-winning, even) in Melbourne. We discuss All Star’s upcoming move, their […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 72: Ask Evan Anything The Action Points Podcast! Episode 72: Ask Evan Anything Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:39:14 +0000 ]]> 01:16:04 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It’s the first in a planned series of episodes where we get to know our hosts better. We also talk about some of the things we’ve enjoyed […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: It’s the first in a planned series of episodes where we get to know our hosts better. We also talk about some of the things we’ve enjoyed […] Embassy Cast Episode 09 – New Games, Ambassadorship Embassy Cast Episode 09 – New Games, Ambassadorship Tue, 27 Jan 2015 04:46:06 +0000 ]]> 01:08:56 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)Our first recording of 2015 was juuuust before a little gig we threw called TimCon as part of the Cardboard Embassy Summer of Board Games… but that's for another day. […]The Action Points CrewOur first recording of 2015 was juuuust before a little gig we threw called TimCon as part of the Cardboard Embassy Summer of Board Games… but that's for another day. […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 71: Making Games with Sye and Allen The Action Points Podcast! Episode 71: Making Games with Sye and Allen Tue, 20 Jan 2015 05:28:49 +0000 ]]> 02:01:29 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Second podcast of the year and we delve into some meaty topics. I interview Australian board game designers Allen Chang and Simon Robertson about their upcoming projects […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Second podcast of the year and we delve into some meaty topics. I interview Australian board game designers Allen Chang and Simon Robertson about their upcoming projects […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 70: Be Better At Stuff 2015 The Action Points Podcast! Episode 70: Be Better At Stuff 2015 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:31:22 +0000 ]]> 01:05:08 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It’s our first podcast of 2015! We get together to catch up on what’s been going in our time away, and look forward to what’s coming up […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: It’s our first podcast of 2015! We get together to catch up on what’s been going in our time away, and look forward to what’s coming up […] Embassy Cast Episode 08 – Special Guest Aaron, MeepleCon Embassy Cast Episode 08 – Special Guest Aaron, MeepleCon Wed, 24 Dec 2014 01:03:02 +0000 ]]> 01:02:29 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)This episode, we're joined by the auspicious Aaron from the Action Points Podcast who kindly syndicate our show on their website. Aaron's a fellow Melbournian and board game lover who […]The Action Points CrewThis episode, we're joined by the auspicious Aaron from the Action Points Podcast who kindly syndicate our show on their website. Aaron's a fellow Melbournian and board game lover who […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 69: 2014 Recap The Action Points Podcast! Episode 69: 2014 Recap Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:38:50 +0000 ]]> 01:31:51 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We get the band together again to fight for the freedom of gerbils everywhere. Or we just got together one afternoon and chatted about stuff that we […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We get the band together again to fight for the freedom of gerbils everywhere. Or we just got together one afternoon and chatted about stuff that we […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 68: Now You're Cooking with Cardboard with Tim and Rok The Action Points Podcast! Episode 68: Now You're Cooking with Cardboard with Tim and Rok Tue, 09 Dec 2014 23:07:55 +0000 ]]> 01:01:41 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 67: Feeling Blue with Alex Wynnter The Action Points Podcast! Episode 67: Feeling Blue with Alex Wynnter Thu, 04 Dec 2014 07:00:24 +0000 ]]> 01:09:12 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: I chat with Alex Wynnter of Lab Blue Room/Blue Room Board Games/House of Cards about board game design, graphic design, crowdfunding, collaborating, drawing inspiration and getting into […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: I chat with Alex Wynnter of Lab Blue Room/Blue Room Board Games/House of Cards about board game design, graphic design, crowdfunding, collaborating, drawing inspiration and getting into […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 66: Racing Dragons as eSports with Myles O'Neill The Action Points Podcast! Episode 66: Racing Dragons as eSports with Myles O'Neill Thu, 27 Nov 2014 01:29:20 +0000 ]]> 01:07:35 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 65: Shooting Kewpie Mayo Everywhere is Dangerous The Action Points Podcast! Episode 65: Shooting Kewpie Mayo Everywhere is Dangerous Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:52:12 +0000 ]]> 01:05:17 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 63c: PAX Aus 2014 Part 3 – PAXtravagant Lifestyles The Action Points Podcast! Episode 63c: PAX Aus 2014 Part 3 – PAXtravagant Lifestyles Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:37:47 +0000 ]]> 59:21 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] Embassy Cast Episode 07 – Special Guest Sally, PAX Australia Embassy Cast Episode 07 – Special Guest Sally, PAX Australia Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:37:14 +0000 ]]> 01:01:54 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewOur 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 64: Wrestlin' Crits with Al Caynes The Action Points Podcast! Episode 64: Wrestlin' Crits with Al Caynes Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:49:18 +0000 ]]> 59:28 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] Embassy Cast: Episode 06 – Spiel 2014, Out of Print Games, Five Tribes & Panamax Embassy Cast: Episode 06 – Spiel 2014, Out of Print Games, Five Tribes & Panamax Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:53:06 +0000 ]]> 01:03:22 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIt 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 63b: PAX Aus 2014 Part 2 – PAXtracurricular Activities The Action Points Podcast! Episode 63b: PAX Aus 2014 Part 2 – PAXtracurricular Activities Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:30:56 +0000 ]]> 36:21 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 & […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 & […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 63a: PAX Aus 2014 Part 1 – PAXtraterrestrial Beings The Action Points Podcast! Episode 63a: PAX Aus 2014 Part 1 – PAXtraterrestrial Beings Fri, 07 Nov 2014 07:11:43 +0000 ]]> 58:00 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 62: Couching Trigger, Hidden Drag-and-Drop The Action Points Podcast! Episode 62: Couching Trigger, Hidden Drag-and-Drop Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:33:12 +0000 ]]> 01:06:20 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 CrewIn 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 61: Screencheating Samurai Punks with Nick and Justin The Action Points Podcast! Episode 61: Screencheating Samurai Punks with Nick and Justin Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:21:00 +0000 ]]> 51:29 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We chat with indie developers Nicholas McDonnell and Justin Whitfort of Samurai Punk about their freshly-released multiplayer shooter sportsmanship simulator, Screencheat. We talk about the game, level […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We chat with indie developers Nicholas McDonnell and Justin Whitfort of Samurai Punk about their freshly-released multiplayer shooter sportsmanship simulator, Screencheat. We talk about the game, level […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 60: Picking Vowels with Sam Gallon The Action Points Podcast! Episode 60: Picking Vowels with Sam Gallon Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:28:32 +0000 ]]> 54:53 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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. […]The Action Points CrewIn 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. […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 59: Sushi Heroes and 90s Comics with Phil Walker-Harding The Action Points Podcast! Episode 59: Sushi Heroes and 90s Comics with Phil Walker-Harding Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:06:19 +0000 ]]> 55:32 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We talk to Phil Walker-Harding, designer of Sushi Go!, Pack of Heroes and many more games from Adventureland Games. We chat about his process for designing Sushi […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We talk to Phil Walker-Harding, designer of Sushi Go!, Pack of Heroes and many more games from Adventureland Games. We chat about his process for designing Sushi […] Embassy Cast: Episode 05 – Rules Embassy Cast: Episode 05 – Rules Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:58:28 +0000 ]]> 59:46 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewThis 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 58: A Rush of Rabbits to the Head with Kevin Chen The Action Points Podcast! Episode 58: A Rush of Rabbits to the Head with Kevin Chen Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:26:46 +0000 ]]> 01:18:06 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 CrewIn 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 57: Phantasmal Fears with Joe Chang The Action Points Podcast! Episode 57: Phantasmal Fears with Joe Chang Mon, 06 Oct 2014 07:23:41 +0000 ]]> 01:03:38 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 56: Smashing Hedrons with Jason Kotzur-Yang The Action Points Podcast! Episode 56: Smashing Hedrons with Jason Kotzur-Yang Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:30:33 +0000 ]]> 01:16:52 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 55: All Star Women's Comic Book Club with Cazz and Sharona The Action Points Podcast! Episode 55: All Star Women's Comic Book Club with Cazz and Sharona Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:31:07 +0000 ]]> 36:19 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Friend of the podcast Sharona attended the latest All Star Women’s Comic Book Club meetup and had a chat with one of the founders, Cazz from Nerd […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Friend of the podcast Sharona attended the latest All Star Women’s Comic Book Club meetup and had a chat with one of the founders, Cazz from Nerd […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 54: Gencon, Godzilla Games and Gamer Bling with Andre Bishop The Action Points Podcast! Episode 54: Gencon, Godzilla Games and Gamer Bling with Andre Bishop Tue, 23 Sep 2014 09:20:03 +0000 ]]> 01:04:46 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We chat with Andre Bishop of Campaign Coins and Godzilla Games at Izakaya Chuji about RPGs, board games from GenCon, gamer bling, mahjong and Japan (the entire […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We chat with Andre Bishop of Campaign Coins and Godzilla Games at Izakaya Chuji about RPGs, board games from GenCon, gamer bling, mahjong and Japan (the entire […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 53: In the Lab with James and Shayne The Action Points Podcast! Episode 53: In the Lab with James and Shayne Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:00:13 +0000 ]]> 51:32 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 52: Fighting Particular Times with Paul Sztajer The Action Points Podcast! Episode 52: Fighting Particular Times with Paul Sztajer Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:00:06 +0000 ]]> 01:04:39 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 51: Ninja Pizza Girls and Board Games with Jason and Nicole Stark The Action Points Podcast! Episode 51: Ninja Pizza Girls and Board Games with Jason and Nicole Stark Tue, 09 Sep 2014 09:00:45 +0000 ]]> 01:08:22 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] Introducing the Embassy Cast Introducing the Embassy Cast Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:05:56 +0000 ]]> full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew) Embassy Cast: Episode 04 – Minutes Embassy Cast: Episode 04 – Minutes Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:04:17 +0000 ]]> 55:29 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewWe'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 […] Embassy Cast: Episode 03 – Australian Games Embassy Cast: Episode 03 – Australian Games Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:03:09 +0000 ]]> 50:33 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewAfter 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 […] Embassy Cast: Episode 02 – Penalties Embassy Cast: Episode 02 – Penalties Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:02:16 +0000 ]]> 41:01 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewWe 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 […] Embassy Cast: Episode 01 – People's Choice Awards Embassy Cast: Episode 01 – People's Choice Awards Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:01:31 +0000 ]]> 52:16 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewListen 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 50: Turning COGZ with Wesley Lamont The Action Points Podcast! Episode 50: Turning COGZ with Wesley Lamont Tue, 02 Sep 2014 08:32:31 +0000 ]]> 01:00:48 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We chat with Perth-based game designer and man of many talents Wesley Lamont about his upcoming board game, COGZ. There’s also some talk about game jams, Kickstarter and […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We chat with Perth-based game designer and man of many talents Wesley Lamont about his upcoming board game, COGZ. There’s also some talk about game jams, Kickstarter and […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 49: Anime in Space with Michael Possingham The Action Points Podcast! Episode 49: Anime in Space with Michael Possingham Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:55:11 +0000 ]]> 01:28:19 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It’s a rambly anime-focused chat this week as Michael joins us in the fifth chair while Dan is late to the show. We talk about anime in […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: It’s a rambly anime-focused chat this week as Michael joins us in the fifth chair while Dan is late to the show. We talk about anime in […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 48a: Eduardo Baraf Lifts Off The Action Points Podcast! Episode 48a: Eduardo Baraf Lifts Off Sun, 24 Aug 2014 04:32:50 +0000 ]]> 39:18 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 48: Getting Popculture-y with Sharona The Action Points Podcast! Episode 48: Getting Popculture-y with Sharona Fri, 22 Aug 2014 06:41:26 +0000 ]]> 01:00:05 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: With Adam and Dan out of town, Aaron and Evan sit down for a chat with Sharona Lin of Popculture-y. We discuss our reaction to Marvel’s latest […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: With Adam and Dan out of town, Aaron and Evan sit down for a chat with Sharona Lin of Popculture-y. We discuss our reaction to Marvel’s latest […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 47: Allen and Alistair's Rise to Power The Action Points Podcast! Episode 47: Allen and Alistair's Rise to Power Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:04:25 +0000 ]]> 01:29:03 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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, […]The Action Points CrewIn 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, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 46a: Oz Comic Con 2014 The Action Points Podcast! Episode 46a: Oz Comic Con 2014 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:11:43 +0000 ]]> 23:49 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: In this mini-episode, Evan and Aaron give a recap of Oz Comic Con 2014 and surprisingly some of the video games they played there, including Super Smash […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: In this mini-episode, Evan and Aaron give a recap of Oz Comic Con 2014 and surprisingly some of the video games they played there, including Super Smash […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 46: What Makes a Geek The Action Points Podcast! Episode 46: What Makes a Geek Tue, 12 Aug 2014 07:18:16 +0000 ]]> 01:37:27 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 45: Fate Coins with Mark Morrison The Action Points Podcast! Episode 45: Fate Coins with Mark Morrison Tue, 05 Aug 2014 08:28:28 +0000 ]]> 47:18 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 44: Annie May Shen The Action Points Podcast! Episode 44: Annie May Shen Thu, 31 Jul 2014 07:21:31 +0000 ]]> 58:51 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 43: Shovels to Groundhogs The Action Points Podcast! Episode 43: Shovels to Groundhogs Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:52:25 +0000 ]]> 58:48 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Evan and Adam gush about Shovel Knight, we spend some time (hurrr) reviewing the latest entry into the Tom Cruise sci-fi movie oeuvre: Edge of Tomorrow, and […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Evan and Adam gush about Shovel Knight, we spend some time (hurrr) reviewing the latest entry into the Tom Cruise sci-fi movie oeuvre: Edge of Tomorrow, and […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 42: Zeerust Sci-Fi and Swimming Spies The Action Points Podcast! Episode 42: Zeerust Sci-Fi and Swimming Spies Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:30:21 +0000 ]]> 01:01:28 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Retro sci-fi! Naked swimming clubs! Rubbing anime girls! Wartime detectives! In this episode, Aaron reviews some comic books, Evan watches old anime and plays bullet hell doujin […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Retro sci-fi! Naked swimming clubs! Rubbing anime girls! Wartime detectives! In this episode, Aaron reviews some comic books, Evan watches old anime and plays bullet hell doujin […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 41: A Crooked Mile In Sheep's Clothing The Action Points Podcast! Episode 41: A Crooked Mile In Sheep's Clothing Tue, 08 Jul 2014 08:09:40 +0000 ]]> 01:07:00 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Spoiler Alert! We have some post-game discussion about Episodes 3 and 4 of The Wolf Among Us, punching Jack, and our wishlist of properties that we would […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Spoiler Alert! We have some post-game discussion about Episodes 3 and 4 of The Wolf Among Us, punching Jack, and our wishlist of properties that we would […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 40: Kickstarters and Dimension-Hopping Sociopaths The Action Points Podcast! Episode 40: Kickstarters and Dimension-Hopping Sociopaths Tue, 01 Jul 2014 08:33:37 +0000 ]]> 01:06:21 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 39: Madoka Movie Marathon The Action Points Podcast! Episode 39: Madoka Movie Marathon Thu, 26 Jun 2014 08:03:09 +0000 ]]> 01:01:03 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: WARNING: MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR ALL THINGS MADOKA. Evan had us over for a marathon of all 3 Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movies – Beginnings, Eternal and Rebellion, […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: WARNING: MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR ALL THINGS MADOKA. Evan had us over for a marathon of all 3 Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movies – Beginnings, Eternal and Rebellion, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 38: Free Comic Book Day 2014 The Action Points Podcast! Episode 38: Free Comic Book Day 2014 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:18:28 +0000 ]]> 01:07:25 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 37: Nathan Teo of Cafe Myriade The Action Points Podcast! Episode 37: Nathan Teo of Cafe Myriade Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:22:50 +0000 ]]> 49:21 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 36: Plastic Nostalgia for Mother and Misery The Action Points Podcast! Episode 36: Plastic Nostalgia for Mother and Misery Mon, 14 Apr 2014 06:14:50 +0000 ]]> 01:54:05 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 35: Consuming and Creating The Action Points Podcast! Episode 35: Consuming and Creating Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:03:39 +0000 ]]> 01:09:39 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We belatedly celebrate 1 year of podcasting and get into a discussion of the cycle of consuming and creating. There’s also a discussion of the different types […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We belatedly celebrate 1 year of podcasting and get into a discussion of the cycle of consuming and creating. There’s also a discussion of the different types […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 34: Over Locke and Key The Action Points Podcast! Episode 34: Over Locke and Key Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:47:00 +0000 ]]> 56:27 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It’s the end of an era, as we discuss the final volume and the entire run of Locke and Key. Expect lots of spoilers and feelings. Also, […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: It’s the end of an era, as we discuss the final volume and the entire run of Locke and Key. Expect lots of spoilers and feelings. Also, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 33: Casting Wolves at Unwritten Jazz Punks The Action Points Podcast! Episode 33: Casting Wolves at Unwritten Jazz Punks Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:29:09 +0000 ]]> 01:28:13 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We discuss some (very outdated) comic book movie casting news, trailers, movie adaptations of Halo, Warcraft, Magic: the Gathering and Assassin’s Creed and adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We discuss some (very outdated) comic book movie casting news, trailers, movie adaptations of Halo, Warcraft, Magic: the Gathering and Assassin’s Creed and adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 32: Madoka Covers Racy Reimaginings The Action Points Podcast! Episode 32: Madoka Covers Racy Reimaginings Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:55:24 +0000 ]]> 01:04:33 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Meteor-sized spoilers once again as Evan reviews the 3rd Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie a.k.a. End Of Madoka-lion. We also talk a bit about the dust up […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Meteor-sized spoilers once again as Evan reviews the 3rd Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie a.k.a. End Of Madoka-lion. We also talk a bit about the dust up […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 31: 2013 Recap The Action Points Podcast! Episode 31: 2013 Recap Mon, 03 Feb 2014 12:59:59 +0000 ]]> 01:58:11 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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, […]The Action Points CrewIn 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, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 30: All the Spiels The Action Points Podcast! Episode 30: All the Spiels Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:52:31 +0000 ]]> 01:15:12 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 29: Wolf Among the Small Screens The Action Points Podcast! Episode 29: Wolf Among the Small Screens Mon, 27 Jan 2014 03:19:39 +0000 ]]> 01:54:09 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: MASSIVE SPOILERS once again, as we talk about all the TV shows and anime that ended the past 2012/2013 season. We also discuss some new and returning […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: MASSIVE SPOILERS once again, as we talk about all the TV shows and anime that ended the past 2012/2013 season. We also discuss some new and returning […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 28: A Steam-y Discussion The Action Points Podcast! Episode 28: A Steam-y Discussion Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:47:49 +0000 ]]> 01:35:46 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Adam joins us as we discuss Valve’s announcements of the SteamOS, Steam Machines and the Steam Controller. Aaron also shares his enjoyment of the dubstep gun in […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Adam joins us as we discuss Valve’s announcements of the SteamOS, Steam Machines and the Steam Controller. Aaron also shares his enjoyment of the dubstep gun in […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 27: Theros Noble Magical Experience The Action Points Podcast! Episode 27: Theros Noble Magical Experience Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:37:48 +0000 ]]> 01:01:47 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 26: Reading Comics with Evan The Action Points Podcast! Episode 26: Reading Comics with Evan Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:40:29 +0000 ]]> 47:07 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Evan was over at my place so we fired up a mic and talked about some comics we read. Comics included Porcelain: A Gothic Fairytale, Cyborg 009, […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Evan was over at my place so we fired up a mic and talked about some comics we read. Comics included Porcelain: A Gothic Fairytale, Cyborg 009, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 25: The Toilet Humour Contrivance The Action Points Podcast! Episode 25: The Toilet Humour Contrivance Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:42:49 +0000 ]]> 55:00 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 CrewIn 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 The Action Points Podcast! Episode 24: Horse Master Korra Batman CCG Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:33:21 +0000 ]]> 01:23:28 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 CrewIn 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 23: Brothers A Tale of Two Sons The Action Points Podcast! Episode 23: Brothers A Tale of Two Sons Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:30:20 +0000 ]]> 01:09:46 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: MASSIVE SPOILERS as we discuss Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons in detail. (Spoiler alert: I liked it). We also talk about some of our highest rated […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: MASSIVE SPOILERS as we discuss Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons in detail. (Spoiler alert: I liked it). We also talk about some of our highest rated […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 22: Erotic Dubstep Scallop Pies The Action Points Podcast! Episode 22: Erotic Dubstep Scallop Pies Sun, 13 Oct 2013 11:10:01 +0000 ]]> 01:15:42 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 CrewIn 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 21: Everything and Manifest 2013 The Action Points Podcast! Episode 21: Everything and Manifest 2013 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:40:50 +0000 ]]> 01:35:24 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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!; […]The Action Points CrewIn 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!; […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 20: Pacific Rim and the Dice Tower Awards The Action Points Podcast! Episode 20: Pacific Rim and the Dice Tower Awards Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:10:23 +0000 ]]> 01:30:11 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We discuss the joys of Pacific Rimming. Daniel gets very upset by fake Aussie accents. We all discuss our pooping habits at length. We get our anime […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We discuss the joys of Pacific Rimming. Daniel gets very upset by fake Aussie accents. We all discuss our pooping habits at length. We get our anime […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 19: Dota 2 and Ouya The Action Points Podcast! Episode 19: Dota 2 and Ouya Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:49:14 +0000 ]]> 01:32:18 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 CrewIn 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 18: Oz Comic-Con and Man of Steel The Action Points Podcast! Episode 18: Oz Comic-Con and Man of Steel Mon, 02 Sep 2013 21:52:50 +0000 ]]> 01:40:09 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: Adam returns as a guest to offer a layman’s (read: not a comic reader) perspective on Man of Steel. The three regular geeks give their post Aus […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: Adam returns as a guest to offer a layman’s (read: not a comic reader) perspective on Man of Steel. The three regular geeks give their post Aus […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 17b: E3, Videogames and The Last of Us The Action Points Podcast! Episode 17b: E3, Videogames and The Last of Us Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:31:12 +0000 ]]> 01:39:51 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We are joined by Adam to talk about the news and upcoming games we are excited about out of E3 2013, including The Great Microsoft Backpedal with […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We are joined by Adam to talk about the news and upcoming games we are excited about out of E3 2013, including The Great Microsoft Backpedal with […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 17a: PAX AUS 2013 The Action Points Podcast! Episode 17a: PAX AUS 2013 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:18:38 +0000 ]]> 02:11:39 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 CrewIn 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 16: Origins Awards and Expansions The Action Points Podcast! Episode 16: Origins Awards and Expansions Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:37:25 +0000 ]]> 01:16:23 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 15: Long Weekend Games and Console Wars The Action Points Podcast! Episode 15: Long Weekend Games and Console Wars Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:34:04 +0000 ]]> 01:15:14 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We date ourselves pretty badly with our reactions to news coming out of E3 and recapping board games played during the last long weekend in June. Games […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We date ourselves pretty badly with our reactions to news coming out of E3 and recapping board games played during the last long weekend in June. Games […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 14: Reminiscence of Anime and Manga with Jeevan J The Action Points Podcast! Episode 14: Reminiscence of Anime and Manga with Jeevan J Wed, 03 Jul 2013 06:15:31 +0000 ]]> 01:27:08 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We have another guest! Jeevan J, friend and fellow fan of things anime and manga related joins us to talk about our biggest anime influences, J-idols, waifus, […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We have another guest! Jeevan J, friend and fellow fan of things anime and manga related joins us to talk about our biggest anime influences, J-idols, waifus, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 13: The 2012-2013 TV Season Retrospective The Action Points Podcast! Episode 13: The 2012-2013 TV Season Retrospective Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:13:42 +0000 ]]> 01:40:47 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: An extra long episode on TV – We talk about Matt Smith’s departure from Doctor Who, and look back on some TV shows that we have been […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: An extra long episode on TV – We talk about Matt Smith’s departure from Doctor Who, and look back on some TV shows that we have been […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 12: Edwin Ng and Workplay Films The Action Points Podcast! Episode 12: Edwin Ng and Workplay Films Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:29:42 +0000 ]]> 01:10:58 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 CrewIn 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 11: Cartoon Adventure Times The Action Points Podcast! Episode 11: Cartoon Adventure Times Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:51:26 +0000 ]]> 56:54 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewIn 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 10: Movies, Geek Culture and Female Armour The Action Points Podcast! Episode 10: Movies, Geek Culture and Female Armour Wed, 29 May 2013 13:32:42 +0000 ]]> 01:28:51 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewTwo 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 9: Storytelling in Boardgames The Action Points Podcast! Episode 9: Storytelling in Boardgames Wed, 29 May 2013 12:10:44 +0000 ]]> 01:19:09 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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, […]The Action Points CrewFirstly, 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, […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode 8: Free Comic Book Day and Eurogames The Action Points Podcast! Episode 8: Free Comic Book Day and Eurogames Tue, 14 May 2013 10:33:00 +0000 ]]> 01:00:33 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: It's a very special Free Comic Book Day episode! We talk about the free comic book issues that we got at All Star Comics this past May […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: It's a very special Free Comic Book Day episode! We talk about the free comic book issues that we got at All Star Comics this past May […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode Eta The Action Points Podcast! Episode Eta Thu, 09 May 2013 10:35:04 +0000 ]]> 51:56 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)In this episode: We discuss the controversy generated by the art of Dragon’s Crown and the hyper-sexualization of video game and comic book art. We even go a little bit […]The Action Points CrewIn this episode: We discuss the controversy generated by the art of Dragon’s Crown and the hyper-sexualization of video game and comic book art. We even go a little bit […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode Zeta The Action Points Podcast! Episode Zeta Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:34:53 +0000 ]]> 47:20 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)Hello  again fellow geeks! We present to you another episode of the Action Points Podcast, the pretty much weekly podcast about geeky things. Apologies for the poor audio quality, as […]The Action Points CrewHello  again fellow geeks! We present to you another episode of the Action Points Podcast, the pretty much weekly podcast about geeky things. Apologies for the poor audio quality, as […] Who are we? Whoooooo? Introducing the Action Points Podcast Cast Who are we? Whoooooo? Introducing the Action Points Podcast Cast Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:35:03 +0000 ]]> full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew) The Action Points Podcast! Episode Epsilon The Action Points Podcast! Episode Epsilon Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:35:50 +0000 ]]> 01:05:13 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)Hey all! We’re back after a long hiatus. Sorry, lots of IRL stuff got in the way and also I was just lazy (Bad Aaron). This episode was actually recorded […]The Action Points CrewHey all! We’re back after a long hiatus. Sorry, lots of IRL stuff got in the way and also I was just lazy (Bad Aaron). This episode was actually recorded […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode Delta The Action Points Podcast! Episode Delta Sun, 24 Mar 2013 06:44:05 +0000 ]]> 01:27:52 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewWe’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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode Gamma The Action Points Podcast! Episode Gamma Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:12:33 +0000 ]]> 01:23:28 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewAnother 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode Beta The Action Points Podcast! Episode Beta Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:27:31 +0000 ]]> 01:07:10 false full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 […]The Action Points CrewWelcome 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 […] The Action Points Podcast! Episode Alpha The Action Points Podcast! Episode Alpha Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:37:59 +0000 ]]> 49:13 true full theactionpointspodcast@gmail.com (The Action Points Crew)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 – […]The Action Points CrewWell, 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 – […]