Reaping the Rewards: Cats + Quilts = ‘Calico’
Round up your sewing circle—it’s time to make some quilts! Piece together colors and patterns to earn buttons and attract the attention of the friendly cats!
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Author: Jonathan H. Liu
Jonathan H. Liu is a stay-at-home dad in Portland, Oregon, who loves to read, is always up for a board game, and has a bit of a Kickstarter habit.
I can be reached at jonathan at geekdad dot com.
‘Save Yourselves!’ Is a Much-Needed Tech Detox… Or Is It?
A young couple takes a technology detox week in a remote cabin, blissfuly unaware that the world is falling apart.
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Kickstarter Tabletop Roundup: Monstrous Fun
Check out these tabletop game projects on Kickstarter!
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Reaping the Rewards: ‘Strike! The Game of Worker Rebellion’
HappyCorp is making a move on Mercury City, planning a corporate-run metropolis where every resident is an employee. The Strike Council must lead the rebellion!
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Stack Overflow: Civics for Kids
In honor of RBG, today’s stack includes books that teach kids about equality, voting, and being a good citizen.
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‘Tellstones: King’s Gambit’ Puts Your Memory to the Test
Sharpen your wits and your focus, and prepare for this “duel of minds” in ‘Tellstones’.
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Create a Colorful Lei in ‘Lucky Luau’
Collect flowers and leaves to create a lei in ‘Lucky Luau’!
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Build the Pacific Northwest in ‘Cascadia’
Expand the terrain of the Pacific Northwest and create the best habitats for wildlife in ‘Cascadia.’
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Who Will Go ‘In Too Deep’?
Infiltrate the criminal Syndicate and go undercover to foil their plot—but be careful that you don’t go ‘In Too Deep’!
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Stack Overflow: State of Mind
Today’s Stack Overflow may be a bit scrambled, a reflection of the state of my mind this past week.
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Stack Overflow: Blast from the Past
Today’s column is a big stack of nostalgia: books (mostly comics) based on television series or movies, or even old comic book series!
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Kickstarter Tabletop Roundup: Games and Accessories
Today’s roundup includes a variety of things: a couple of games, some accessories, plus an animation kit.
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‘Escape the Room: The Cursed Dollhouse’
There’s something weird going on in Old Man Garrity’s shed, and it’s time to investigate…
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Join the 2020 Tabletop Writers Diversity Initiative
The Tabletop Writers Guild is a group of people who still insist on writing about board games. This year, the guild is running a series of challenges to encourage more people to give it a shot.
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Putting Bricks Together in the LEGO Paint Party Puzzle
If your family has been putting together jigsaw puzzles lately (like so many others!), here’s one to add to your lockdown list: the LEGO Paint Party Puzzle from Chronicle Books.
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Build Your ‘Mining Colony’ on the Red Planet
Okay, maybe it’s not *the* red planet, but it is certainly *a* red planet. Either way, you’re here to build mines to support your resource-starved home planet, so you better get to work!
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘The Umbrella Academy Card Game’
Seven siblings, born under mysterious circumstances, were adopted by billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who honed their strange abilities and created the Umbrella Academy. Unfortunately, the family fell apart when they became teenagers … but now it’s time to save the world.
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Smartipresence: Build Your Own Mini Telepresence Robot
The quarantines and lockdowns this year have changed the way we interact with each other: a lot less time sitting across from each other at the same table, and a lot more time seeing each other on screens. I imagine that even after this is all over and things return to normal (fingers crossed), a […]
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Stack Overflow: 5 Comic Book Biographies
Comic books are a fascinating medium for biographies. Today’s stack includes five biographies: four are about artists, and the last is about a scientist.
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‘Mia London and the Case of the 625 Scoundrels’
Which of these 625 scoundrels is the real culprit? Mia London, kid detective, is on the case.
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Stack Overflow: Getting Crafty
Need some crafts and activities for your kids? Here’s a stack to get you started.
Continue ReadingKickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Northgard: Uncharted Lands’
Recruit warriors and scouts, and send them to explore. Protect your territories from rival clans, and be sure you have enough food for the winter!
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Building a Better ‘Fort’
Grab your friends and build the best ‘Fort’! But remember: kids you don’t play with just might wander to somebody else’s yard.
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Kickstarter Tabletop Review: ‘Lizard Wizard’
Recruit wizards, build towers, cast spells, and summon familiars in the land of Astoria!
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Get the Band Together in ‘Steven Universe: Beach-a-Palooza’
Join Steven Universe and his friends for Beach-a-Palooza! Recruit your band members, attract an audience, and don’t forget about those pesky party crashers.
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‘The Alpha’: Lead Your Pack to Dominance
Food is scarce, and the wolves are hungry. Can you lead your pack to dominance and become ‘The Alpha’?
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Stack Overflow: 10 Comic Books for Kids
If your kids are stuck at home this summer, these comics can take them on some adventures.
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Kickstarter Tabletop Roundup: Time Travel, Spooky Stories, and Mysterious Messages!
Perhaps to make up for the lack of a convention season, publishers are launching Kickstarter games at a dizzying pace, and it’s awfully hard to choose what to back.
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Dollars to Donuts’
Time to make the donuts!
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Follow 4 Tabletop Hopefuls in ‘Gamemaster’ Documentary
It seems like everyone’s making a fortune these days in tabletop games, right? The ‘Gamemaster’ documentary follows four hopeful designers through their journeys of bringing their games to market.
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