CheckPoint Gaming

CheckPoint Gaming

With CheckPoint Gaming, we go over how to go about playing a variety of different games. But instead of doing a broad overview of how to play the game, we do a deep dive into the rules themselves. We go about achieving this by consolidating the rules and organizing the information into a manner where it is easy for new players to understand the rules as well as giving experienced gamers of a particular game a single source for them to review said information instead of having to comb over a variety of different rule books to find a given piece of information.

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April 22, 2025 4 mins

With this episode, it goes over gabata. It originates from Ethiopia with a board design that consists of a three-by-six grid, it sees movement be conducted in a snake-like pattern around the board, and the game’s objective is to clear the opponent’s side of the board. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


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Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

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With this episode, it goes over bao, it is one of the more complicated versions of mancala, and it is known as the king of mancala. It originates from East Africa with a board design that consists of a four-by-eight grid, it uses sixty-four pieces, it sees never-ending moves, and the game’s objective is to either empty out the opponent’s front row or prevent them from performing a legal move. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.

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March 25, 2025 13 mins

With this episode, it goes over oware and it is one of the simpler versions of mancala. It originates from West Africa with a board design that consists of a two-by-six grid, it uses forty-eight pieces, and the game’s objective is to clear the player’s side of the board before their opponent does. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


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Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

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March 11, 2025 40 mins

With a Stadium: A Sport Odyssey, it is a tabletop trading card game version of gridiron football set in a post-apocalyptic world where each player, known as a coach, does what they can to score points and to take control of the spacecraft that is known as Stadium.


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Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

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With this episode, we'll be looking at the single-player version of the game. This includes playing against one or two AI players. When playing against a single AI player, it'll always be against the Smuggler Player. But if playing with two AI players, it'll include the Smugger Player and the Bounty Hunter Player. So with that said, we hope you enjoy and as always, happy gaming.


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February 18, 2025 54 mins

With this episode, we'll be looking at the game mechanics for Star Wars: Outer Rim. With these mechanics, we go over that of the base game alongside that ofUnfinished Business. So we go over things such as how to engage in movement, market actions, combat, and bounty collection. On top of this, withUnfinished Business, we discuss how to deal with the Core Worlds endcaps. So with that said, we hope you enjoy and as always, hap...

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With this episode, it is the initial episode of our three-part series pertaining to that of Star Wars: Outer Rim. This includes the base game as well as its expansion Unfinished Business.  This episode will also go over the game's introduction as well as how to go about setting up for the game. So with that said, we hope you enjoy and as always, happy gaming.


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With this episode, we'll be going over the game Kolowis Awithlaknannai which is a game connected with the Zuni people of New Mexico. We'll be looking at things such as setup, piece movement, and game objective. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


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Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


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January 28, 2025 7 mins

With this episode, we'll be going over the game Konane which is a game that is found from the Hawaiian Islands. We'll be looking at things such as setup, piece movement, game objective, as well as a bit of history of the game. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


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Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


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January 21, 2025 9 mins

With this episode, we'll be going over the game Fanorona which is a Madagascar version of Alquerque. It goes over things such as setup, piece movement, and game objective. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


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Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


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January 14, 2025 7 mins

With this episode, we'll be going over the game Alquerque which is seen as the predecessor of checkers which has its roots with the Arabs and Al-Andalus. And since this game has a connection with the territory that would later become Spain, it allowed the Spaniards to help spread the game as they engaged in the Age of Exploration. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


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January 7, 2025 10 mins

With this episode, we'll be going over variants to the game checkers. With these variants, they primary consist of differing sized boards, different number of checkers used during play, and different setup. But with that said, we touch upon two other variants as well. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


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Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


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December 31, 2024 18 mins

With this episode, we'll be going over tournament rules when it comes to that of checkers. It goes over tournament protocol, procedures, and regulations. If you listened to our series on chess, then this episode will sound very familiar to that of the chess tournament episode. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


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Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

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December 24, 2024 9 mins

With this episode, we'll be going over the game of checkers, particularly that of American Checkers. We'll be looking at things such as setup, piece movement, game objective. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


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Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


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December 17, 2024 12 mins

With this episode, it goes over the point system we developed for wrestling pay-per-views. Initially, we were using this for personal get togethers with friends, but we decided to share it with you, our audience so that you can get in with fun as well. So with that said, we hope you enjoy this series and we look forward to you returning to learn about the variants of chess that we cover in this series.


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With this episode, it goes over how to player the game with six players. Instead of it being one-on-one where its every player for themselves, the players are to be divided into two teams of three players each. On each team, one of these players are to be the commander while the other two players are to be standard players found in the game. And though each player scores Victory Points individually, when End Game is triggered, the ...

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With this episode, it focuses upon the solo and two-player versions of Dune: Imperium. So it goes over how to player the game if someone wants to do so by themselves or with one other person. So with that said, we hope you enjoy this series and we look forward to you returning to learn about the variants of chess that we cover in this series.


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Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

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With this episode, it goes over the additional information for the game that we pulled from the rulebooks. We will also provide the FAQ for the game so that people can engage in cross-referencing when needed. So with that said, we hope you enjoy this series and we look forward to you returning to learn about the variants of chess that we cover in this series.

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With this episode, it goes over the solo, two-player, and six-player versions of Dune: Imperium. So instead of playing with three to five players, which is recommended, one, two, and six players are able to engage in gameplay although with some needed variants. With the one- and two-player versions of the game, the House Hagal cards are to be used to take-on the role of the absent player(s). With the six-player version, the players...

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November 12, 2024 23 mins

With this episode, it goes over the expansions for that of Dune: Imperium. It goes over Rise of Ix, Immortality, and CHOAM Module. It also touches upon how to use these expansions in both the base game and Uprising. So with that said, we hope you enjoy this series and we look forward to you returning to learn about the variants of chess that we cover in this series.


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