Well, folks, just in case you didn’t back ‘Apocrypha’ on the first day when I recommended it, here’s one more chance. The Kickstarter campaign ends today (at 2pm Eastern) and a whole slew of things has been unlocked.
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The Doubleclicks are a GeekDad favorite: these two sisters from Portland have been making geeky music since 2011, singing about dinosaurs and ‘D&D’ and cats and the internet. Help them fund their next album, ‘President Snakes’!
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If you just can’t get enough of superheroes from movies, television, and board games, here’s one more place to get your fix: books. Of course, there are plenty of comic books to choose from, but I also have a soft spot for superhero prose. Here are a few of my recent reads featuring superpowers.
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You’ve got your lucky penny in your pocket and your siblings by your side as you sneak out to the abandoned junkyard—looking for adventure, danger, mischief, or mayhem. What will you find around that pile of rusted cars? Who knows what treasures are hidden just around the bend? Play ‘The Siblings Trouble’ and find out!
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It’s a great time to be a Marvel fan: ‘Age of Ultron’ in theaters, ‘Daredevil’ on Netflix, ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ on TV. But if that’s not enough, there’s another way to get your Marvel superhero fix: the ‘Legendary’ tabletop game.
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Here’s a brief glimpse at ‘Yamasong: March of the Hollows,’ a feature-length puppet film that’s currently in the works, executive produced by Heather Henson and Toby Froud, and directed by Sam Koji Hale.
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There are different benefits to physical books and digital books, allowing for different types of interaction. I’m delighted with paper books that play up their physicality—with flaps, pop-ups, and holes that you can see through. Today’s Stack Overflow is all about picture books with fun, interactive elements.
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Most of my Stack Overflow columns are for traditionally-published books, but today I’ve got a few of the many titles that are using Kickstarter to fund print runs.
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Next week, May 4–10, is Children’s Book Week. To celebrate, Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado are going on a month-long blog tour, interviewing kids comic authors. Today we’re honored to have their interview with Kazu Kibuishi.
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Don Moyer is at it again, with the fifth design in his Calamityware plate series.
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Today’s Bounded Enthusiasm podcast is an interview with author Steven Gould. We talk about the ‘Jumper’ series, what it’s like to be a supporting character, and the recent controversy surrounding the Hugo Awards.
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So you repaired the Jump Core and escaped the hostile alien ship—but now you’re in an asteroid field. Some aliens managed to stow away and are now sabotaging the ship’s systems, and on top of that, an asteroid has knocked the Jump Core offline. Again. Welcome to ‘The Captain Is Dead,’ Episode 2: ‘Adrift.’
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Your little town of Machi Koro is growing, and the citizens demand more than family restaurants and orchards. How about an airport and a harbor? Seafood? ‘Machi Koro: Harbor Expansion’ brings new establishments, landmarks, and some big changes to this excellent game.
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Just because you love smashing things up doesn’t mean you have to be ugly about it, right? The most recent ‘Smash Up’ set is ‘Pretty Pretty Smash Up,’ and it’s full of sparkles.
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Elissa Brent Weissman is a children’s book author—I interviewed her for the Bounded Enthusiasm podcast last fall—and she’s a proud supporter of GeekDad!
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Roy Barazani is the creator behind the Offbits, a line of open-source robots that encourages you to tinker.
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Today, the world finally gets a glimpse of the adventure card game that Mike Selinker and Rian Sand have been working on for four years: ‘Apocrypha.’
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Jeff Siadek of Gorilla Games gives us a shout-out!
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It’s getting crowded down here on the ground: not only are there carnivores trying to hunt you down, but there’s so much competition for plant food that it’s getting pretty scarce. Maybe it’s time to take to the skies, with ‘Evolution: Flight.’
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I know, it’s only the middle of the week, but our stacks are really overflowing, so it’s time for another stack of non-fiction(ish) books for kids! Not all of these are strictly non-fiction, but all of them include some educational elements.
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In 2007 (wow, has it been that long?), an unassuming Nerd Herd employee named Chuck Bartowski wound up with a supercomputer in his head, becoming the world’s newest (and perhaps most awkward) super-spy. If you were a fan of the show (and particularly of Jeffster), you’re in luck: the original television soundtrack is now available!
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In ‘Phoenix: Dawn Command,’ Keith Baker’s new card-driven role-playing game, that which kills you makes you stronger.
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The world of Hara is in danger: during the Conflux, the three primal energies that formed Hara run wild, threatening to tear it apart. You and others race to master the energies and seal the Conflux. You are the Champions of Hara.
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If you love fancy, custom dice, here’s a project you won’t want to miss: ‘Knot Dice.’
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Jay Hosler is a biology professor and graphic novelist—definitely a geek dad himself. He’s on a blog tour now, with fascinating insect facts and fun beetle art on each stop. Today he’s visiting GeekDad, with a little bit more about Ma’dog, a tiger beetle.
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PennyGems are fantastic multipurpose gaming tokens, and the new GemRack is an easy way to track their use in a game.
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This past week was spring break for my kids, so between that and GameStorm the weekend before, I’ve had not much reading time (and even less writing time). But, hey, doesn’t mean I can’t tell you about a few great reads.
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When I had my entire family out to visit Tribune, I knew one of the meals we wanted to have was a steak dinner because I’ve got a whole lot of locally-raised buffalo in my chest freezer. But with eight adults and three kids to feed, I wasn’t really sure how I’d cook that many steaks on my little 23″ charcoal grill. Twitter to the rescue!
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Last weekend I attended GameStorm, a local gaming convention here in the Portland/Vancouver area. Here’s a recap of some of the games I played and a little about the experience.
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Spring is almost here, and it’s time to build a treehouse. But not just any treehouse. The ‘Best Treehouse Ever.’ This simple card game from Green Couch Games will let you and your friends and family build treehouses with things like hot tubs, game rooms, and hot dog stands.
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