During the GeekDad panel at PAX East, we made a number of recommendations for games, books and comics that we really like. A few people asked us after the panel if we’d make the list available, so here it is. While this list is not even close to exhaustive, it is a list and, therefore, has bullet points.
Board games
- Chess (Wall chess by straightupchess.com)
- Forbidden Island
- Rory’s Story Cubes
- Dixit
- Magic Labyrinth
- Castle Panic
- Pajaggle
- Heroscape
- Castle Ravenloft/Wrath of Ashardalon
- The Adventurers
Video games
- Halo
- Lego video games
- Rock Band, especially Beatles Rock Band
- Driving games (Burnout, Need For Speed, Mario Kart)
- Toy Story 3
- Wizard 101
Comics
- DC’s Batgirl
- Leave It to Chance by James Robinson
- Batman Adventures and Gotham Adventures trade paperbacks, based on the animated series.
- The New Brighton Archeological Society
- Owly
- Mouse Guard
- Marvel Adventures
- Uncle Scrooge and DuckTales books by Carl Barks
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GeekMom Robin LaFevers Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist series
