Reading Time: 1 minute Want to find tabletop games to play? Browse ten years of reviews at our Tabletop Game Review Index, or shop the GeekDad Approved Game Store! We are huge fans of tabletop games as a way for families and friends to come together and create hours of enjoyable memories. For over a… Read More
Reading Time: 8 minutes Dragon Heist Session Twelve: Intellect Devourer-ed Not sure what to do next, and with no clear way to raise the funds needed, the four adventurers slumped into the debris of the tap room in Trollskull Manor. Lif could be heard upstairs smashing more furniture; Arvene was just about to go up… Read More
A review of ‘Robin Hood: Hero of the People’ by Rodney Owen, now launched on Kickstarter. Read More
Reading Time: 2 minutes As they do every year, the folks at American Mensa hold a weekend o’ games, Mensa Mind Games, where Mensa members play, rate, and rank tabletop games submitted for that year’s competition. This year’s was held just last weekend, and the 2019 Mensa Select winners have been announced! The winners are… Read More
Reading Time: 6 minutes Sideshow Swap! Performers. Image by Rob Huddleston While most of my go-to games are nice long, drawn-out affairs, it’s of course always nice to have some quick titles to pull out at the beginning of game night, or when one group finishes before another, or when you just want to play… Read More
Reading Time: 22 minutes When I first played Campaign Trail as a prototype during its Kickstarter campaign, I immediately fell in love with it. Unfortunately, the prototype was pretty elaborate, and so I was asked to send it along to another reviewer (a not-uncommon practice). In the two years since, it’s been a game my… Read More
‘Are You Dumber Than a Box of Rocks?’ is a trivia game in which the human players compete against a pair of rocks to see who is the smartest. Read More
Reading Time: 6 minutes Here in Atlanta, Georgia, there are twelve of us who are playing in a Frostgrave campaign. Frostgrave is a skirmish wargame—low cost of entry (Core Rulebook is only $16 on Amazon), only 10 miniatures needed, a couple of D20 dice, and you’re ready to play. The game takes place in the… Read More
I’ve recently come across two perfect party games for adult get-togethers: Eyetoons and Weird Crushes: British Hunks. Read More
Reading Time: 5 minutes Here in Atlanta, Georgia, there are twelve of us who are playing in a Frostgrave campaign. Frostgrave is a skirmish wargame—low cost of entry (Core Rulebook is only $16 on Amazon), only 10 miniatures needed, a couple of D20 dice, and you’re ready to play. The game takes place in the… Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute The New York Toy Fair 2019 is in full swing* and Games Workshop has announced a number of new small boxed games, similar to the ones they released last year. The announcement also revealed the fruits of their new relationship with Funko. Full Games Workshop’s official rundown of the reveals, check… Read More
Cobra Paw is a fast-paced game in which players compete to be the first to spot the tile with the correct symbols on it. Read More
Show and Tile is a party game for three to six players aged eight and up which asks you to create pictures from colored tangram tiles. Read More
Reading Time: 7 minutes Here in Atlanta, Georgia, there are twelve of us who are playing in a Frostgrave campaign. Frostgrave is a skirmish wargame — low cost of entry (Core Rulebook is only $16 on Amazon), only 10 miniatures needed, a couple of D20 dice, and you’re ready to play. The game takes place… Read More
Reading Time: 6 minutes Dave Banks (with confetti) with a few of the GeekDads at Gen Con 2019. Today we say farewell to one of our long-time GeekDads: Dave Banks is stepping down from his role as Games Editor and game reviewer, after about a dozen years of contributing to the site. He’s seen the… Read More
Reading Time: 8 minutes Are you ready for some good old fashion robot bashing, smashing, and clashing? In A.E.G.I.S., not only do you get to battle it out with your team of robots, but you can also combine robots into stronger, faster fighting machines! What Is A.E.G.I.S.? A.E.G.I.S. is a 2-4 player tactical combat game… Read More
Reading Time: 4 minutes A couple of weeks ago, we announced our finalists for the Tabletop Game of the Year. There were a lot of great games in the group and a game, we feel, for just about everyone — because families come in all ages! Recently a handful of us got together and played… Read More
Reading Time: 6 minutes Session 81: A Strahd Act to Follow Strahd’s body exploded in a ball of mist. For a second it seemed to form the shape of an old man’s frail body, dragging itself back into the coffin. Then the mist began to sizzle and evaporate in the brilliant light of the Sun… Read More
Reading Time: 8 minutes Session 80: Die Strahd V: A Good Day to Die Strahd Strahd’s brides snarled and hissed, spitting at the heroes. In spite of the bright sunlight shining from Gimble Timbers’ sword, they rushed forward, fearlessly attacking the party. They must protect the master. Within seconds they had separated, each one focusing… Read More
Reading Time: 7 minutes You and a few others have survived a plane crash into a ravine—but can you survive until help arrives? Forage for food, build shelter or weapons, and get ready for whatever comes in the night. In “Reaping the Rewards,” I take a look at the finished product from a crowdfunding campaign. Ravine,… Read More
