‘Treasure X: Quest for Gold’ is a fun exploration, card management, and press your luck game for 2-4 players, ages five and up, and takes about 20 minutes to play. It’s currently available for purchase. Read More
What are Kickstarter Quick Picks? Kickstarter Quick Picks are short looks at projects currently on Kickstarter that are of interest to me, and by extension, many of our GeekDad readers. A Quick Pick is not an endorsement of the Kickstarter campaign, nor have I (as yet) received any product copies to review. If you like… Read More
We love books and boardgames here at GeekDad and we love this book about boardgames too! Ian Livingstone’s ‘Board Games in 100 Moves.’ Read More
Zorro is retiring, and is in search of a successor to wear the mask—will it be you? Read More
What is Block Happy? Emotions sit at the center of Block Happy, a card game for 2-5 players. Players compete to collect all the happy whilst being, frustrated, smug, flirty, curious, and overjoyed along the way. Block Happy is a beautiful looking game with hexagonal cards. It’s great for the whole family to play and is looking for… Read More
Put on your work boots and make sure your health insurance is paid up, because we’re headed to the dinosaur ranch. Feed and breed those dinos for lucrative contracts, and try not to get stepped on in the process! Read More
‘Zoowaboo’ is a kids game for 2-4 players, ages 5+, that plays in 20-30 minutes. The game mechanics include spacial estimation, timed puzzle-solving, and a little bit of push-your-luck. The designer is Carlo A. Rossi and the publisher is Pegasus Games (Pegasus Spiele). Read More
Limber up your fingers, because it’s time for ‘FlickFleet,’ a dexterity-based spaceship battle! Read More
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending October 11, 2019. Read More
GeekDad.com presents DieRolling: The Star Engine, Episode 10: ‘D&D’ Actual Play Read More
GeekDad takes a peek at XYZ Game Labs’ forthcoming knitting-themed ‘ArchRavels,’ unveiled at Gen Con 2019 and fully funded on Kickstarter. Read More
Shape-shifting wizards, elemental spells, and risky wagers abound in ‘Wizardz Bluff’! Read More
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! Read More
For anyone looking for the perfect gift for a D&D fan they can’t go wrong with Dungeon Mayhem: Battle for Baldur’s Gate. Read More
Read about the long, strange journey of ‘Spell Saga,’ and enter to win a copy for yourself! Read More
I never thought I’d be sitting in the audience watching a group of people play a role-playing game on stage. But there I was, with my daughters, at the inaugural episode of Glass Cannon Live. How I ended up there is a story nine years in the telling. Read More
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending October 4, 2019. Read More
Aegis is humanity’s last bastion against the Blight that has taken over the Forsaken Lands. Four factions struggle for dominance on the ‘Edge of Darkness’, a card-crafting game from designer John D. Clair. Read More
GeekDad.com presents DieRolling: The Star Engine, Episode 9: ‘D&D’ Actual Play Read More
‘Minecraft’ is coming to a tabletop near you. Read More
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending September 27, 2019. Read More
‘Ingenious’ is an abstract family game for 1-4 players, ages 8 and up, that plays in 30-45 minutes. It is easy to teach, simple to learn, and its colorful appearance appeals to all. Read More
Your destiny awaits! Explore a mystical medieval France, pursuing your own hidden agendas in this app-driven board game. Read More
GeekDad.com presents DieRolling: The Star Engine, Episode 8: ‘D&D’ Actual Play Read More
The Blood War between demons and devils finally wends its way into Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition and the results see players and DMs hurtling into Avernus, the first layer of Hell. Read More
‘The Grand Carnival’ is a smaller game with a surprising amount of strategic depth. Check out Paul’s review! Read More
‘Warhammer Underworlds: Beastgrave,’ season 3 of Games Workshop’s competitive deck-builder is here, and it’s the most polished version yet. Read More
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending September 20, 2019. Read More
Krakenships endeavors to bring harder-to-find races and archetypes to the mini marketplace—with hopes of launching a new line of 12 miniatures via Kickstarter. Read More
Last night was the 27th session in our online Waterdeep Dragon Heist D&D campaign and it began with half the party totally unaware of Alan’s predicament. Read More
