“End of the LIne – Post-Apocalyptic Family Survival” turns surviving the apocalypse into a family-friendly game where even the family dog helps collect food, water, and ammo.
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‘A.D.A.P.T.’ lets you fight it out to become the biggest (and weirdest) fish in the ocean. A great game for two or three people, now up on Kickstarter!
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When I started my latest ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ campaign back at the beginning of the year, my goal was to reduce the amount of time I spent preparing for each session. I’d burned out on building crazy complex combat encounters and over-plotting with hundreds of wiki articles linked together like some nutcase’s string-smothered pegboard.
I needed simplification, so I made a vow to keep it to 30 minutes of prep for every weekly session.
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From an online RPG with Vikings, to a tabletop game about building the Bomb, the new game projects on Kickstarter this week look like loads of fun!
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What happens when Mom agrees to learn Minecraft from her 10 year old son? Magic, that’s what happens. And lots of laughter.
Continue ReadingIn three days, I played maybe twenty times. We played with all ages, skill levels, and tacticians.
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As parents and geeks, we write about a wide variety of topics we hope you enjoy as much as we do. Some topics, however, are more popular than others. Here’s a list of several of our most popular GeekDad articles from 2015!
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Party games! Games that can be played by seven or more people are perfect for your New Year’s. Here’s a list, what’s yours?
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What’s the best way to entertain family, guests, and relatives of all ages throughout the holidays? Hook ’em up with multiplayer games designed to be enjoyed together.
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Today, just like most ever geek on the planet, I am counting down the days until “Star Wars:The Force Awakens” hits theaters. We have tickets for the whole family and, here it comes, my kids couldn’t care less
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Today we take a peek at our favorite video games of the year. These are the games we’ve reviewed, played, loved, and sometimes hated. The games that spoke to us and pulled us in and kept us engaged for many hours. Most of these titles are suitable for all ages, but there are a couple that you may want to reserve for the older kids or parents.
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Most, if not all, of us here at GeekDad love to play games of all sorts. Digital or physical matters little to most of us so we’re splitting the games gift guide up into two parts. Today we’re featuring the physical games, ones made of cardboard, paper, and plastic. Tomorrow will showcase our favorite video games of the year. Read on for a list of our favorite games of the year.
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If tabletop games are on your loved ones’ wish lists this year, check out our recommendations! There’s something here for everyone.
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Extra Life Game Day 2015 was a grand success, raising more than six million dollars.
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This year there is a dedicated ‘Gamer’s Edition’ of the ‘Guinness World Records’ book, with all sorts of incredible video-game feats.
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10 new gaming projects on Kickstarter this week.
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Why did I become a geek? Alas, there is no one in my immediate family who has the same predilections as I. So how did this happen?
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Extra Life is a fundraising push initiated by Sarcastic Gamer and benefitting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals throughout the country.
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In this episode, our first after a long summer vacation, we discuss those moments in role-playing games—video and tabletop—that made us stop and think. As young players, the idea of character dilemmas and a satisfying story were the stuff of gaming legend. Now that we’re all growed up, we realize that it can happen, but it takes a special group and a GM willing to let go of a little control.
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Diamonsters is a charming bluffing and deduction card game suitable for the whole family.
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What’s the most popular video game system in France?
Continue ReadingFor those weekend afternoons when your kids come to you, yet again, saying, “Mom, I’m bored,” here are a few new suggestions to give their play some direction.
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The Kickstarter for this game about the war between Alternating and Direct Current was successful earlier this year – but how is the game?
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Unless you write fanfiction or love to cosplay as someone from the Batman universe, you’ve probably not concocted your own Batman tales. Perhaps you would prefer a different origin story. Or maybe you think Batman should become one of the bad guys for once. Or you just want to solve custom crimes, chosen by you, with Batman at the helm. You can make these stories a reality with this new dice set.
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Sophie and her husband decided to play two hugely popular, yet non-geeky games—Yahtzee and Clue—both of which recently received a Firefly-themed makeover, to see if they could be won over.
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Paperback and Five Tribes are the two favorite games Rebecca Angel played at ConnectiCon this year. Check them out!
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Being a Dungeon Master is hard, but ‘Dungeons on Demand’ offer easy adventures for your RPG group.
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Ashes is a game for 2-4 players with quick set up, easy to understand game organization, and high levels of interaction. A he said/she said review.
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GenCon, held each summer in Indianapolis, Indiana, touts itself as “The Best Four Days in Gaming.” The focus isn’t on video games, but on board games, card games, role-playing games, and miniature wargames. It’s the unplugged game convention and it is a massive affair. You cannot possibly see and do it all, but having just come back from my fifth GenCon, these are five things that should definitely be on your list.
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‘Storm Hollow’ is clever in a child-appealing way, without being adult-alienating. In other words, it’s a great game for parents who enjoy roleplaying games to enjoy with their children.
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