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Author: Ryan Hiller

Ryan Hiller is the technology director and a teacher in a small school district. He's also a volunteer firefighter, husband and the father of a couple of aspiring geeks- great improvements over himself.
Starship traveling through the Drift

The Drift: GeekDad Exclusive Look at ‘Starfinder.’ Watch Your Mouth, Kid, or You’ll Find Yourself Floating Home!

May 24, 2017January 1, 2018Ryan Hiller2

Check out this exclusive reveal on the “Drift,” Paizo’s ‘Starfinder Roleplaying Game’s’ answer to faster-than-light travel.

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Starfinder Featured

Retrieve ‘Starfinder RPG.’ Priority One. All Other Priorities Rescinded.

May 20, 2017January 1, 2018Ryan Hiller2

Releasing in August at GenCon, the ‘Starfinder Roleplaying Game’ is an intriguing new science-fantasy offering from Paizo, the makers of the ‘Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.’

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Pathfinder CRPG

‘Pathfinder: Kingmaker’ Tame the Stolen Lands and Build Your Kingdom in This New Computer RPG

May 18, 2017January 1, 2018Ryan Hiller2

Pathfinder the computer-based role playing game! Yesterday Owlcat Games announced their partnership with Paizo to create Pathfinder: Kingmaker an isometric party-based computer RPG

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Bestiary 6 Cover Depicting Mephistophleles

‘Pathfinder’s Bestiary 6’, Prepare to Sell Your Soul

May 12, 2017January 1, 2018Ryan Hiller

Just released, ‘Pathfinder’s Bestiary 6’ contains some of the biggest-bads ever created. Whether your characters are selling their souls to Mephistopheles or facing off with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, your players and their characters are in for some surprises in this excellent edition to the ‘Pathfinder Role Playing Game.’

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PaizoCon 2017: Tickets on Sale. Come Slay Some Beasts in Seattle!

May 5, 2017January 1, 2018Ryan Hiller3

There’s still time to be the hero at PaizoCon 2017! Tickets are on sale for this four-day gaming convention in Seattle, Washington, taking place May 26–29.

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Reaper Bones Pile of Miniatures

GeekDad Paints… Piles of Bones, Literally

April 28, 2017April 13, 2020Ryan Hiller6

Follow me as I attempt to paint all of my Reaper Bones and learn some new painting techniques as I go.

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One Page Dungeon Contest Logo

Cram a Whole Dungeon on a Single Page, Enter the One Page Dungeon Competition

April 25, 2017January 2, 2018Ryan Hiller

‘One Page Dungeon’ contest entries are due by May 1st, 2017. Get your dungeon-building minions to work on a submission, or just jump on over to DungeonContest.com to check out all the fabulous dungeons!

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200 Word RPG Challenge

Demonstrate Your Design Skills, Take the 200 Word RPG Challenge

April 19, 2017January 2, 2018Ryan Hiller

The 2017 200 Word RPG Challenge is live through April 23rd, 2017, and is a great way to showcase your game design chops. Condensing a complete, playable game down to just 200 words takes excellent design and communication skills.

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The Ugandan Village Boardgame Convention

‘RoboRally’ in Uganda! Support This Gaming Convention in Koro

April 17, 2017Ryan Hiller

Chrysalis and some entrepreneurial kids from Uganda are at it again! This time they’re looking to raise just over $500 to host The Ugandan Village Boardgame Convention.

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Turn Your Table Top Into an Interactive Display with the Touchjet Pond

April 3, 2017January 2, 2018Ryan Hiller3

The Touchjet Pond interactive Android based projector can totally transform your gaming table.

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Getting Your RPG Fix With Play-by-Post Gaming

February 7, 2017April 22, 2018Ryan Hiller12

Utilizing threaded forums for text-based posts, and a place to share images and maps, Play-by-post gaming is an excellent way to get a daily dose of role-playing games without committing large blocks of time.

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Monster Manual Banner Roll20

With the ‘D&D Monster Manual,’ ‘Roll20’ Is Now a Menagerie of Horrific Beasts

February 2, 2017January 2, 2018Ryan Hiller6

‘Roll20’ has just become more awesome by including the ‘D&D 5e Monster Manual,’ including beautiful artwork, the monster lore, as well as their stats.

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Acquisitions Incorporated the Special

‘Acquisitions Incorporated: The Holiday Special’

January 7, 2017January 2, 2018Ryan Hiller1

The Acquisitions Inc. team regulars all got together during the holidays to give us another three hours of their ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ roleplaying shenanigans, available for viewing on Amazon.

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Curse of the Crimson Throne Hardcover

‘Pathfinder’s ‘Curse of the Crimson Throne’ Hardcover: Can You Beat the Curse?

January 6, 2017January 2, 2018Ryan Hiller

All six modules of the original AP are included in this massive hardcover compilation, with additions such as new illustrations, new characters, new location maps, and new encounters.

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Gaming Doubloons

Cheap Gaming Coins, Arrrg!

December 28, 2016January 5, 2018Ryan Hiller

Metal pirate doubloon replicas are a cheap way to get some excellent gaming coins.

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Gold Dragon Eye Pendent

DIY Project and Gift Idea: Dragon Eye Jewelry

December 14, 2016January 5, 2018Ryan Hiller

Looking for a custom gift you can get done in time for the holidays? Try making some do-it-yourself dragon eye pendants!

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‘Forts’: My Most Anticipated Game From PAX Now in Private Beta

November 16, 2016January 5, 2018Ryan Hiller

‘Forts’, my most anticipated game from PAX West, is currently in a four-week private beta for Windows PC running from November 12, 2016, through December 9, 2016. Registrations are still open.

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Shy Knives Cover Ralph Horsley

Interview with Sam Sykes Author of ‘Pathfinder Tales Shy Knives’

November 15, 2016January 5, 2018Ryan Hiller

‘Shy Knives,’ the latest ‘Pathfinder Tales’ novel as been set free into the wild and is available right now for you enjoyment. Shaia “Shy” Ratani is an excellent depiction of a morally-ambiguous rogue tasked with solving a nobleman’s murder. Like any good adventure, Shy quickly gets involved in something much larger.

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3D Core Rulebook Cover

‘Pathfinder Core Rulebook’ Cover Brought to Life in Stunning 3D

October 22, 2016January 5, 2018Ryan Hiller1

Character artist Rafael Malavassi has translated the cover of the ‘Pathfinder Core Rulebook’ in stunning 3D as a tribute to his favorite artist, Wayne Reynolds.

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Playbook Essentials

Kickstarter Alert: ‘Pathfinder’ ‘Playbook Essentials’ for Android

October 19, 2016January 5, 2018Ryan Hiller1

Trapdoor Technologies is running a Kickstarter to bring the best of ‘Playbook for Pathfinder’ to the Android platform. The ‘Playbook Essentials’ for Android Kickstarter focuses on the Library Module and character sheets.

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Pathfinder Pocket Edition

‘Pathfinder’ Miniaturized Into Pocket Editions

October 18, 2016January 10, 2018Ryan Hiller4

Paizo has released pocket editions of the ‘Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook,’ and the ‘Bestiary,’ and they actually do fit in a pocket.

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Various Scroll and Codex options.

Kickstarter Last Days: Scroll and Codex Gaming Accessory

October 17, 2016January 10, 2018Ryan Hiller

Elderwood Academy is wrapping up another phenomenally successful Kickstarter, this time for Scroll and Codex, “A bespoke, leather-bound scroll case that transforms into a dice tower with a scroll that unrolls into a rolling tray.”

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Form 2 Printer Printing

Experience 3D Printing at Its Finest with the Form 2

October 4, 2016January 10, 2018Ryan Hiller3

The Form 2 SLA 3D printer was a breeze to use and produced amazingly detailed prints with ease.

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Tetris Blitz on the iPhone

Using Games to Reduce the Effects of PTSD

September 26, 2016January 10, 2018Ryan Hiller

Playing ‘Tetris’ and similar highly engaging visual-spatial games can reduce the effects of PTSD and flashbacks.

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Kickstarter Alert: ‘Invisible Sun’ RPG

September 14, 2016March 19, 2018Ryan Hiller

The ‘Invisible Sun’ roleplaying game Kickstarter is yet another innovative offering from Monte Cook Games. Fully funded and smashing through stretch goals, the Kickstarter is almost over, running through Friday.

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Acquisitions Incorporated PAX West 2016

Acquisitions Inc at PAX West 2016: The Making of Cloud Castle

September 8, 2016March 19, 2018Ryan Hiller3

PAX Wests’s 2016 ‘Acquisitions Incorporated’ live ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ game was superb! GeekDad got a chance to interview Mat Smith, the creator of the awesome terrain used in the game.

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Acquisitions Incorporated the Series

Get Ready for ‘Acquisitions Incorporated the Series’ Finale at PAX West

August 30, 2016March 19, 2018Ryan Hiller

The exciting first season of ‘Acquisitions Incorporated the Series’ is set to wrap up this Sunday September 4th at PAX West’s annual live show.

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The Megabot Mk. II.

Megabots Update: Shipping a Weaponized Mech Is Hard

August 19, 2016March 19, 2018Ryan Hiller

So whatever happened to the Megabot versus Kuratas duel of mechs?

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Demogorgon Miniature

Get Your Very Own Demogorgon, as Seen on ‘Stranger Things’

August 18, 2016January 2, 2018Ryan Hiller5

Mirliton miniatures is selling the Demogorgon miniature as seen on ‘Stranger Things.’

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Playbook Title Screen

Streamline Your Game Nights With ‘Playbook for Pathfinder’

August 6, 2016March 19, 2018Ryan Hiller8

‘Playbook for the Pathfinder Role Playing Game’ by Trapdoor Technologies is an iPad app that “integrates all of the components of running the popular RPG into a single application.”

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