The Action Points Podcast

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 [email protected]. 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: 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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: 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 [email protected]. 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: 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 [email protected]. 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 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 [email protected]. 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: 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 [email protected]. 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 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 [email protected]. 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: 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 [email protected]. 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 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 [email protected]. 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