Tag Archives: Board Games
The Future of Board Games … Or Not?
What does the future of board games look like? Ten years from now, will we still be playing with silly cardboard hexagons and wooden meeples? Or will it look more like something out of science fiction?
Science Daily reported last week about an experiment predicting the future of board games by associate professor Roel Vertegaal, from […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Board Games, electronic games, Electronic Geek, Queen's University, Roel Vertegaal, video games
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Chrononauts v. 1.4 Plus The Gore Years Expansion
What would you do with your very own time machine? Go back and forth in time, collect a few artifacts, make some changes to history that will result in a better present for you … same as everyone, right? But then, what if there are several other people with time machines, zipping around and fiddling […] Continue reading
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Tagged Board Games, card games, Everything Else, Fluxx, Looney Labs, review, Time Travel
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Carcassonne 101
It wasn’t until last year that I was introduced to the Carcassonne board game. Once I had been though, I wish I’d discovered it years ago. Our family simply fell in love with the game and couldn’t stop playing it.
But although it’s a great game to play it’s a little more difficult to describe. So […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Board Games, Fantasy, maps, Strategy
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Rescue the Scientists from The Isle of Doctor Necreaux
The diabolical Doctor Necreaux is up to his old shenanigans: he captured the world’s top scientists and forced them to build a doomsday device on his secluded hideaway (a volcano, naturally). When he demanded that the world bow to him, however, a small team of specialists was sent in to plant a bomb deep in […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Board Games, card games, cooperative, Dice, sci-fi, supervillain
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Every Family Needs a Talisman
We all love board games at GeekDad, so I was excited when iguk sent over the forth edition of Talisman. As many will know this is the much awaited upgrade adds 14 3D figures, a fresh revision of the rules, and upgraded cards and board.
If you haven’t come across it before, Talisman creates a varied […] Continue reading
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Are You Ready for a Little Geek Football? (GeekDad Wayback Machine)
Imagine remixing American Football to appeal to geeks. First of all, it’d have to be something you could do while sitting down. Second, make it medieval with armored players and spiked gauntlets. Finally, set it in a fantasy land with Elves and Orcs and Dwarves! Well, imagine no further, because it’s a reality: Blood Bowl.
(I […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Blood Bowl, Board Games
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