The Action Points Podcast
A Melbourne based podcast discussing various geeky topics such as board games, video games, comics/manga, anime, and TV.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 75 minutes
- Episodes
- 187
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2018
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 90: Bordercon 2015 Road Trip with Sye Robertson and Brendan Reith
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, […]
01:22:05 |
Tue 16 Jun 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 89: Getting Monstrous with Kim Brebach
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 Kick…
01:17:17 |
Fri 12 Jun 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 88: Virtual Fighting and BAM 7 with Daniel Chlebowczyk and Perfect Legend
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 […]
01:01:33 |
Wed 03 Jun 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 87: Incubating with Justin Halliday and Stefan Barton-Ross
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 […]
00:54:12 |
Tue 26 May 2015
Embassy Cast Episode 12 – Special Guests Grace & Rui
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 […]
01:10:17 |
Mon 25 May 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 86: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Matt Dunstan
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 communiti…
01:23:43 |
Tue 19 May 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 85: Ask Dan Anything
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 […]
01:25:08 |
Tue 12 May 2015
Embassy Cast Episode 11 – Special Guests Bruce & Jocie
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. […]
00:54:15 |
Tue 05 May 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 84: DLCs and Expansion
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 […]
01:41:50 |
Thu 30 Apr 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 83: Long Genre Silver
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 […]
01:30:44 |
Thu 16 Apr 2015
Embassy Cast Episode 10 – The Embassy Cast is BACK! Episode 10 – Mental Health, Catchup
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 […]
Sun 12 Apr 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 82: Freeplay with Dan Golding
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 […]
00:51:02 |
Wed 08 Apr 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 81: The One About Nothing
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 […]
01:10:13 |
Tue 31 Mar 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 80: Getting Nostalgic with Ken Lee (If Living Is Without You)
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 […]
01:31:52 |
Tue 24 Mar 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 79: Goblin Hunting with Ray Williams
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 […]
00:59:39 |
Tue 17 Mar 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 78: Ask Adam Anything
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 […]
01:18:45 |
Wed 11 Mar 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 77: Circling 2 Years of AP
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 […]
01:24:36 |
Tue 03 Mar 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 76: Morgan Jaffit and (the) Hand(s) of Fate
In this episode: We are joined by Morgan Jaffit of Defiant Development to talk about their latest project: Hand of Fate. In addition to discussing the game and how it […]
01:01:28 |
Wed 25 Feb 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 75: Kickstarting with the 3 Al-migos
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 […]
00:52:08 |
Tue 17 Feb 2015
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 74: Global Game Jam 2015 with Stephen Schulze and Stacey Borg
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 […]
01:18:54 |
Wed 11 Feb 2015
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