Writer John Booth lives in northeast Ohio with his wife and daughter. He is the author of the book "Collect All 21! Memoirs of a Star Wars Geek – The First 30 Years."
When I played the demo version of the Tunnels & Trolls Adventures app at last year’s Gen Con, I was impressed with the way the digital update of the classic solo adventure “Naked Doom” combined a pencil-and-paper roleplaying game feel with digital story telling elements. Read More
I always look forward to visiting the Steve Jackson Games team at Gen Con. Here’s what’s new this year! Read More
If role-playing at Gen Con is your thing, you might look into putting some table time with NASCRAG on your calendar. Read More
There was a time machine in the main hall at ‘Star Wars’ Celebration. At least, it felt that way to some of us. Read More
The “Smuggler’s Trilogy” of ‘Star Wars’ radio plays came to an end at Celebration Orlando, wrapping up with ‘Smuggler’s Revenge’ – a fitting mix of drama, romantic tension, humor, and familiarity — while still exploring some new (if not canon) story ground. Read More
One of the neatest things about a Star Wars Celebration is its’ single-universe focus means pretty much everyone in attendance has one thing in common: they’ve been personally moved by some corner of the ever-expanding ‘Star Wars’ universe. Read More
The ThinkGeek team unveiled some new ‘Star Wars’ goodies at their Celebration Orlando booth at the opening of the convention. Read More
In a presentation at ‘Star Wars’ Celebration in Orlando, ‘Rogue One’ production designer Doug Chiang offered a neat look into the ideas and development of several key visual elements of the first ‘Star Wars’ standalone movie, including a fun dive into the evolution of the wonderful character of K-2SO. Read More
Limitless Adventures creates and sells PDF collections of standalone encounters, side quests, locations, and non-player characters using Wizards of the Coast’s open source 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons SRD rules. (This post is sponsored by Limitless Adventures, which provided several of its products for review. Opinions are my own.) Read More
Take a peek at prolific artist and geek dad Len Peralta’s new autobiographical comic, ‘HeelCut.’ Read More
‘Munchkin’ is ready for the holidays with their Zombie game and Christmas Lite expansion pack. Read More
Wyvren Gaming (the misspelling is intentional) successfully Kickstarted Onami back in May, and reached out to GeekDad prior to this year’s Gen Con about meeting up for a demo. The team set up shop at the convention with one of the more eye-catching smaller booths I’ve seen: Onami – which can mean “wave” in Japanese… Read More
GeekDad reviews ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Tyrants of the Underdark,’ the newest board game from the creators of ‘Lords of Waterdeep.’ Read More
Check out the teaser trailer for the upcoming documentary “Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons” Read More
Steve Jackson Games is Kickstarting ‘Dungeon Fantasy’ RPG, a standalone boxed set that will contain everything needed to play a classic fantasy role-playing game using ‘GURPS’ rules: five full-color rulebooks with new original art, cardboard figures, combat maps, and dice. Read More
Steve Jackson Games’ newest ‘Munchkin’ set brings ‘Grimm Tidings’ in a folktale-inspired edition of the card game. Read More
GeekDad test-drives MetaArcade’s digital edition of a classic ‘Tunnels & Trolls’ RPG solo adventure. Read More
Role-playing at Gen Con is always a treat: This year, GeekDad John Booth learned the 41-year-old classic ‘Tunnels & Trolls’, and Monte Cook’s ‘Cypher System’, as well as enjoying a return to ‘Dungeons & Dragons.’ Read More
Steve Jackson Games launched ‘Munchkin’ at Gen Con 2001—15 years prior to this year’s recently-concluded convention—so naturally, it’s time for a milestone celebration. Read More
In a series of essays from geek gamers, ‘The Munchkin Book: The Official Companion’ celebrates Steve Jackson Games’ popular card game. Read More
Until this past weekend, it had been 35 years since I hadn’t seen a new ‘Star Wars’ movie on or before opening day. I broke that streak on purpose with ‘The Force Awakens,’ so my college-age daughter and I could see the ‘Episode VII’ debut together. Read More
Atlas Games’ Munchkin Gloom brings together Keith Baker’s card game of doom with the puns and backstabbing of Steve Jackson’s Munchkin. Read More
I don’t get to play ‘Munchkin’ as often as I’d like to, but I’m a big fan of the writing and artwork that goes into every version and expansion of the game. And since I’d never played AEG’s ‘Smash Up,’ the opportunity to play this year’s new combination of the two–‘Smash Up Munchkin’–was one of many Gen Con 2015 treats. Read More
Pluto’s gotten plenty of attention lately, but let’s talk Mars. Read More
One of the unsung accomplishments of Wizards of the Coast is the development of this three-volume set in such a way that the books can be enjoyed and appreciated by geek families who’ve never even played ‘Dungeons & Dragons.’ Read More
I’m a longtime fan of the ‘Star Wars’ radio dramas, and attending the one-off live performance of the audio play ‘Smuggler’s Gambit’ was one of my favorite things about Star Wars Celebration VI back in 2012. Read More
Young Sherlock Holmes recently became available via Netflix “Instant Watch.” I was both excited and apprehensive because I remember really enjoying this movie, and, well, I’ve been badly burned by nostalgic revisits before. (I’m looking at you, Krull. I’m. Looking. … Read More
Having played a brief demo of WizKids’ Dungeons & Dragons – Attack Wing at this summer’s GenCon, I was really looking forward to the fall release of the Starter Set. I’ve finally had the chance to play a few sessions, and am itching for more. Read More
I’m a huge fan of the sharing of memories with fellow enthusiasts of geeky stuff. If you’ve got recollections of getting lost in a maze of twisty passages, all alike, I dig that. Or if you never got all the sand out of Kenner Luke’s hollow arm after recreating his Tatooine adventures; or if you can vividly remember the real-world setting in which you finally reached the words, “Well, I’m back,” he said. for the first time, then you’ve got a story I want to hear. Read More
Comic Book Artists: Next Generation is a short but neat documentary about The RAID (Royal Academy of Illustration & Design) Studio currently running on AT&T U-verse Buzz. Read More
Today marks release day for Exterminite: a five-issue digital comic collaboration from Geek A Week artist and podcaster Len Peralta, Broodhollow and Starslip creator Kris Straub, and Borderlands writer and Gearbox Software Chief Creative Champion Mikey Neumann. Read More
Steve Jackson Games and USAopoly announced Munchkin Adventure Time during Gen Con 2013, and the game made its debut just about a year later — and it’s [insert your favorite Adventure Time thumbs-up catchphrase here]! Read More
