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Tag: Forbidden Island

Tabletop Games Super Sale on Amazon Today Only!

December 4, 2015Ken Denmead

This may be the biggest set of deals we’ve seen on Amazon this holiday season so far, at least for fans of GeekDad’s gaming content. ‘Magic the Gathering,’ ‘Ticket to Ride,’ ‘Tokaido,’ ‘Five Tribes,’ and more!

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Game of the Week: ‘Forbidden Island’

November 6, 2015May 20, 2020Admin

In Forbidden Island you work as a group to collect four treasures and escape the island before it sinks.

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It’s No Mirage — Forbidden Desert Is Finally Here!

July 16, 2013November 23, 2017Dave Banks4

Forbidden Desert releases this week. The game, a follow-up to the critical hit Forbidden Island is fun to play and very challenging, too. Can you search a lost city in the desert to find pieces of a legendary plane, before a storm buries you and the city? Or will the scorching sun take you first?

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The GeekDads Podcast #135: They Parent So You Don't Have To

June 5, 2013December 16, 2017Ken Denmead

Ken, Matt, and Jonathan catch up on geeky news, including Forbidden Desert, and the Game of Thrones Red Wedding. Enjoy!

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Watch the TableTop Gang Play Forbidden Island … If You Dare

May 30, 2013Dave Banks

Wil and friends get together to play the awesome cooperative risk management game Forbidden Island on this week’s episode of Geek & Sundry’s TableTop.

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Explore the Forbidden Island on Your iPad

November 20, 2011Jonathan H. Liu

Forbidden Island is a wonderful, easy-to-learn cooperative board game designed by Matt Leacock, the guy behind Pandemic (also fantastic). The game was a Mensa Select Game in 2010 and was nominated for the Spiel des Jahres earlier this year. The …

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Best Board Games 2010

The Best Board Games of 2010

January 1, 2011July 16, 2018Jonathan H. Liu

I don’t know about you, but 2010 was a great year for board games. Although it hasn’t always been easy getting people over for game night (much of my core group of gamers is currently in college), I’ve gotten to try out a whole lot of different games this year and so have several of other GeekDad contributors.

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