VIDEOGAMES
Blacksea Odyssey
Huge creatures lurk in the pixelated depths.
Empires of the Undergrowth
An ant-colony sim that takes some creative liberties, i.e. exploding carpenter ants.
The Last Shore
There’s a nice storybook feeling to this lonely adventure.
Poltergus – An Adventure in Reality Television
Highly self-aware point-and-click fun. Cutaway interviews with the cast.
Sociable Soccer
Spiritual successor to Sensible Soccer. More sociable.
TABLETOP GAMES
Rogue Squad
Ambitious board game involving humanity’s first encounters with aliens.
Victory and Glory: Napoleon
It’s the French Empire vs. Great Britain on both land and sea.
Arcadia Quest: Inferno
A city is sinking. Descend into the fiery depths to save it. From CoolMiniOrNot.
Lunarchitects: the euro-style boardgame of moonbase planning
You won’t actually get to build what you design, but few architects do anyway…
Ken Denmead
Ken is a husband and father from the San Francisco Bay Area, where he works as civil engineer. He became the Publisher of GeekDad in 2007, and the owner in 2010. He also wrote the NYT bestselling GeekDad series of project books for parents and kids to share.
CoolMiniOrNot is killing my wallet. Do you have any thoughts on Endure the Stars ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimlordgames/endure-the-stars/description ) vs Rogue Squad? Similar themes, both on KS, but I can only afford to back one right now.