Tag: tabletop games

Here is the board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending May 8, 2020. Gaming News Boardgame Geek has announced the winners of the 2019 Golden Geek Awards. Wingspan took the top prize, 7 other categories. The Op this week announced the upcoming release of Talisman: Star Wars. Unfortunately, due to the […]

D&D One Shots for Remote Gaming Times are strange, there’s no doubt about it. But one thing in my life remains constant, in spite of all the chaos and disruption we’re seeing throughout the world, I still want to play Dungeons & Dragons. A lot. In fact, since the UK went into lockdown (seven weeks […]

D&D One Shots for Remote Gaming Times are strange, there’s no doubt about it. But one thing in my life remains constant, in spite of all the chaos and disruption we’re seeing throughout the world, I still want to play Dungeons & Dragons. A lot. In fact, since the UK went into lockdown (seven weeks […]

Here is the board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending May 1, 2020. Gaming News While Gen Con has not yet been delayed or canceled yet, they have updated their COVID-19 information page. They say that they are “considering health guidelines from Indiana State officials as well as […]

You have probably never really wondered what might come from a team-up of one of the biggest names in gaming with the all-time winningest player on Jeopardy, but just in case you did, wonder no more: the answer is Half Truth, a trivia party game with a unique mechanic. In “Reaping the Rewards,” I take a look […]

I’ve been playing Warhammer Underworlds since it first arrived and it’s no exaggeration to say it’s had a profound effect on my life. Most of my spare time is devoted to playing the game and running the YouTube channel and community, Agents of Sigmar. It’s my go-to game and the best Games Workshop game I’ve ever […]

Here is the board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending April 24, 2020. Gaming News The Op has announced the development of Risk: Warhammer 40K, due on shelves this fall. No word on whether you have to paint all of the game pieces, or what the Warhammer equivalent […]

Welcome to the Garden Shop. image: NOA With many of us still living under lockdown, Nintendo Switch exclusive Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become a fun and valuable way to build, create, explore, and share without leaving the relative safety of our own homes. If you are one of the many who’ve enjoyed the seemingly […]

Here is the board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending April 17, 2020. Gaming News With almost every in-person con being canceled, even now through the summer, several online alternatives are starting to pop up. One is in fact happening this weekend: Cryptozoic Con started yesterday (April 16) […]

Here is the board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending April 10, 2020. Gaming News Origins has been postponed. The con, originally scheduled for June 17-21, will now be held on October 7-11. GAMA, the organization that runs Origins, will host Origins Online during the original weekend. Details […]

Released in 2016, the original What Do You Meme? is an award-winning game where players attempt to out-humor each other by creating their own memes by pairing images with humorous captions. Unfortunately for families, the first edition was very heavy on off-color, even raunchy, humor that made it very, very not safe for game night […]

Here is the board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending April 3, 2020. Gaming News Jeremy Howard from Jambalaya Plays Games is doing a board game giveaway online. You can check out our post on it for details. While a lot of smaller Kickstarters are struggling or canceling, […]

Here is the board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending March 27, 2020. Gaming News As we all work together to figure out how to deal with the pandemic, I want to take a moment at the outset to please, please, please urge everyone to practice social isolation […]

Get ready to talk like a pirate. Image by Michael Knight Set sail on the high seas with your fleet of pirates ships as you seek to acquire more plunder than your adversaries. What Is Plunder: A Pirate’s Life? Plunder: A Pirate’s Life is a competitive game where players collect resources, build and upgrade their […]

Here is the board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending March 20, 2020. Gaming News As we all work together to figure out how to deal with the pandemic, I want to take a moment at the outset to please, please, please urge everyone to practice social isolation […]

<img data-attachment-id="354965" data-permalink="https://geekdad.com/2020/03/tabletop-gaming-at-a-distance/funkoversedistancing/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/geekdad.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/FunkoverseDistancing.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="FunkoverseDistancing" data-image-description=" Two kids playing Funkoverse board game; one using a long toy claw arm to pick up a piece. ” data-medium-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekdad.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/FunkoverseDistancing.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekdad.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/FunkoverseDistancing.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-354965″ src=”https://i2.wp.com/geekdad.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/FunkoverseDistancing.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”Playing Funkoverse with claw arm” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />Okay, this is not really how it’s supposed to be done. Photo: Jonathan H. […]