Victory Pointers 014 - BorderCon with Joel Finch and David Harding
Release Date: 06/27/2016
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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 [email protected]. You can also follow us on Twitter as and , and on and . You can also find us on Twitter as , , , and For Victory Pointers, you can follow and . Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) and Overworld by is licensed under a . Something Small (Instrumental) by is licensed under a . Based...
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info_outlineWe 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