Category: GeekMom

I have a son who lives and breathes the Pokémon TCG, so it made sense that we check out the Pokemon Timelines book. We have a similar Star Wars title that is excellent, so I had high hopes for this one. It did not disappoint What Is Pokémon Timelines? The first thing to say is that Pokémon Timelines focuses on […]

I don’t write very many tabletop reviews these days but Bang Out of Order randomly turned up just before our summer vacation, and I’ve wanted to write about it ever since. Let’s ignore the fact that November is almost over (and that when I first wrote that sentence it said October) and rejoice in the […]

No matter you level of LEGO building experience, there seems to always be something new to learn when it comes to creating interesting and new designs in the medium. From scale to engineering, the art (and science) of designing has a never-ending depth for us to explore. The Lego Builder’s Handbook is an example of […]

Every kid wants to play games, and geeks keep that interest as they get older. Either way, most video games are prohibitively expensive, meaning kids and adults who could be enjoying their favorite pastime are missing out. To pile on, it’s expensive to give our kids their first devices, so it can be hard to […]

Waterdrop was kind enough to send me their 2024 advent calendar to check out and here are my thoughts. What is Waterdrop? Waterdrop is a water flavor enhancer that boasts being healthy, low calorie, and sugar free. The product itself is a little “pod” that you drop into a cold glass of water (regular or […]

Each year I get the absolute plum gig of compiling our annual list of must-buy toys for the holiday season. My fellow GeekParents and I test them out, write them up, and then it’s over to me to place them in… well, whatever weird order strikes my fancy at the time. This year’s guide sees […]

Towers are often represented in fantasy fiction. Whether it’s the Tower of Babel, The Two Towers, or the Dark Tower from the… erm… Dark Tower series by Stephen King, something is compelling about an unassailable edifice driving into the sky. They offer a multi-strata world, that literally has an in-built hierarchy. Alongside great novels such […]

Several years ago a fellow teacher mentioned a book titled The Saber-Tooth Curriculum as a book that every educator should read. At that time there were many discussions about helicopter parents,  lawnmower parents, tiger parenting, and so forth so I believed a saber-tooth curriculum was something along those lines. However I recently had the opportunity […]

In “Reaping the Rewards,” I take a look at the finished product from a crowdfunding campaign. Stonespine Architects was originally funded on Kickstarter in July 2023, and was delivered to backers in the spring of 2024. This review is an updated version of my original Kickstarter Tabletop Alert. The minotaur apprentices have one final project: constructing […]

Alana Joli Abbott from Outland Entertainment is here to tell us all about this new game and picture book project.

What started out as a self-contained university experiment turned into a media spectacle that captured the imagination and attention of the world, shaping our understanding of human nature and forever changing the field of psychology. There was only one problem: The story of what happened during the experiment was shared with the world by only one […]

Millennia ago, a magical race called the Aesir found a new home on a distant world. Attracted to the cold during an ice age, they hibernated for hundreds of years at a time. With each awakening, however, they saw their world changed by ever-evolving mortals, encroaching on their territory and way of life. Two civilizations […]

Here I am again, a new month and a new pile of books. After a productive October, I hope to keep up the momentum this month. Here then is my November 2024 Book Preview! The Book Club Pick Early book club in November (because we didn’t meet in October) and the pick is The Lost […]

Dungeons & Dragons is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Over a year ago,  Dungeons & Dragons: Onslaught was released in which players engaged in combat skirmishes between adventure parties set in the D&D world. It is a great game and earned our GeekDad Approved! award. Several expansions have been released. Now a new set has […]

October is a time for monsters and, in my house, that also means it’s a time for D&D. Even when our family gaming group isn’t involved in an ongoing campaign, I still like to at least convene once in October for a Halloween-themed one-shot. This year, I arrived at the gaming table with a brand […]

A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders wasn’t quite the book I expected. Most of the other books I’ve reviewed from Experiment books, have had an infographic leaning, and I’m sure the last time I was in the excellent Stanfords Map and Travel Shop, in London, I saw an infographic-style book about borders. Whatever […]

These are fourteen titles that feature different themes, from early readers to middle school, graphic novels and holiday reads are in the mix as well! Let’s start with early readers: Spiro by Anna McGregor (Author) This cute spider is hungry and would love some yummy insects in her spider’s web. However, when she thinks things […]