A Brave New World of Custom 3D Printed Miniatures
The custom 3D printed miniature market is in its infancy, and projects like the Mounted Heroes – Customizable 3D Printed Miniatures Kickstarter are trailblazing a brave new path.
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Tag: Miniatures
‘Chainmail’ vs 5th Edition ‘D&D’ — Miniature Combat Compared
While I enjoy playing (and DMing) Dungeons & Dragons, I have an even bigger interest in the history and rules development of my favorite RPG (and so many others).
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Zombicide: Can You Survive?
Zombicide allows you and your friends to work together to achieve objectives in a customizable world filled with the undead.
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Journaling With Tweets: GameStorm Day 3
Today GeekMom Cathe and her husband get a full day of gaming without kids! She’s a little excited.
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Great Kickstarter for Kid Gamers — Fantasy Gaming Figures
The Fantasy Gaming Figures Kickstarter just started (May 6, 2013) and as I write this, it’s got just over 40 days left to raise $9500. I absolutely love the meeples-look of these figures. Made of wood and painted in colors that are sure to please most kids, I can already picture my son and his friends as they move their figures deeper into the dark dungeon, looking for treasure and fighting monsters.
Continue ReadingMyth: A Fully Cooperative Dungeon Crawl Board Game Kickstarter
It’s difficult to find a cooperative dungeon crawl adventure that doesn’t require one of the players to play against their friends as the dungeon master, crypt keeper, or overlord. I’m very excited to see that MERCS Miniatures is Kickstarting a …
Continue ReadingReaper Minis Kickstarter Offers Insane Deal
A while back, Reaper Miniatures — longtime stalwart of the tabletop gaming figures — launched a new line of figures called Bones. The thing that makes them different from your standard metal miniatures is that they’re made from plastic …
Continue ReadingSteampunk Airship Combat Makes Leviathans Epic Tabletop Gaming
Leviathans is a game of steampunk airship battles, featuring massive (and beautiful) airship models and a whole lot of world-building thematic elements. I’ve only gotten a little farther than the Quick Start rules but wanted to give you an idea …
Continue ReadingGoing Postal In A Tiny Way
There’s something about miniatures: model railway layouts, dollhouses, fairy gardens, minis for games like Warhammer or Dungeons & Dragons. Miniatures let us recreate realms of our own, places of fantasy that provide a refuge from the very real world around us. If you tend to lavish love on the littlest things, you’ll get a kick […]
Continue ReadingJust How Super Is Super Dungeon Explore?
Overview: The kingdom of Crystalia stretches across a remote island, from the heights of Dragonback Peaks to the shores of Clockwork Cove. From the farthest reaches of Crystalia … Ah, never mind. There’s a big dungeon full of monsters to …
Continue ReadingBalancing Board Games and Babies, Part II
My Pokemon mentor once said to me, “The family that games together, stays together.” He couldn’t be more correct. A few weeks ago I shared with you how my husband and I balance being parents and gamers. My husband and I …
Continue ReadingBalancing Board Games and Babies Part II
My Pokemon mentor once said to me, “The family that games together, stays together.” He couldn’t be more correct. A few weeks ago I shared with you how my husband and I balance being parents and gamers. My husband and I encourage our kids to play games as well. It doesn’t matter if it’s a […]
Continue ReadingGame Review: Star Trek Fleet Captains
One of the benefits of attending GenCon is that you can pick up copies of games before they’re scheduled to be in retail stores. I walk through the aisles very carefully, trying not to be lured in by something that I can simply buy as soon as I get home. Star Trek Fleet Captains, by […]
Continue ReadingEnter the Mega Dungeon: 65 Square Feet of Adventure (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
If you’re like me, when it comes to your pen-and-paper role-playing games, having a well-illustrated battle map on the table is pretty important. While it’s true that you can play a game of Dungeons & Dragons with some graph paper …
Continue ReadingEnter the Mega Dungeon: 65 Square Feet of Adventure
If you’re like me, when it comes to your pen-and-paper role-playing games, having a well-illustrated battle map on the table is pretty important. While it’s true that you can play a game of Dungeons & Dragons with some graph paper …
Continue ReadingRPG Battle Maps Square Off: Paper or Gaming Paper?
I’m always on the lookout for something cool to bring to the gaming table. The one thing I’m never satisfied with? My battle map. A few months back, I put the Battle Graph Dry Erase Boards to the test and …
Continue ReadingRPG Battle Maps Square Off: Battle Graph Dry Erase Boards
Running battles in combat-centric role-playing games can be as painful as stepping on a caltrop. You’re either depending on the Gamemaster to keep the entire scene in his or her head, or you’re constantly drawing and erasing the map on …
Continue ReadingGeekDad’s Star Wars Dark Times Spoilers
I enjoy Wizards of the Coast’s Star Wars miniatures game. It’s kind of like a roleplaying game with just the fights. Now, I like playing a character as much as the next person, but there’s something compelling about reducing the …
Continue ReadingDwarven Forge Hammers Out the Boredom of Plain-Jane RPG Battlemaps (GeekDad WayBack Machine)
One year ago you were reading this by Michael Harrison. If you head out to your Friendly Local Game Store and observe the tabletop gamer in his or her natural habitat, you’ll see that every gaming table is different. Some …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Unwired: Scale Model Building
“Mom, can I have a car for my birthday?” “Sure.” “Seriously?” “Yeah.” At the age of 12, a kid usually begins to learn the art of sarcasm. But for some kids (like me), the concept is initially difficult to grasp. …
Continue ReadingExclusive Jedi Academy Spoilers
The Star Wars miniatures game by Wizards of the Coast gives you fully painted plastic figures that go along with a tabletop game. You assemble a team of warriors pulled from the Star Wars universe and pit them against your …
Continue ReadingDwarven Forge Hammers Out the Boredom of Plain-Jane RPG Battlemaps
If you head out to your Friendly Local Game Store and observe the tabletop gamer in his or her natural habitat, you’ll see that every gaming table is different. Some gamemasters are hunkered behind laptops, others are peeking over their …
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