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 a ratty piece of graph paper. I’ve seen groups use Lego minifigs,chess pieces and [...] [...]
 Truism:if an email starts with "If you're having trouble viewing this email..." then you probably don't want to anyway.2 weeks ago  Wonderful calendar (with email option!) of Bay Area Science events. http://t.co/CR7Aorgy cc @fitzwillie2 weeks ago  @fitzwillie Real dads do cloth diapers. Read Daddy Dan's Guide to Diapers http://t.co/4PwaOL9M2 weeks ago  RT @dhewlett:“@fitzwillie:"A Hilarious New Web Series From Stargate’s David Hewlett" http://t.co/M13fkdZj” Thank you GeekDad!2 weeks ago  RT @dhewlett:“@fitzwillie:"A Hilarious New Web Series From Stargate’s David Hewlett" http://t.co/M13fkdZj” Thank you GeekDad!2 weeks ago @fitzwillie I wonder how many patents they have on the sorting and automated robots. Betting they did storage bins in-house,too.2 weeks ago  RT @dhewlett:“@fitzwillie:"A Hilarious New Web Series From Stargate’s David Hewlett" http://t.co/M13fkdZj” Thank you GeekDad!2 weeks ago | I’m excited to go to the NYC Toy Fair again this year and an thankful that I have more time to plan for it. Rumor is that one or two other GeekDad contributors will be there so a meet-up is hopeful. The fair is growing this year with over 1200 exhibitors and a reported 7000 never [...] [...] Christmas 2009 brought a good haul of LEGO,including another entry in the LEGO gaming range:Race 3000. Race 3000 allows you to build a LEGO Grand Prix track and to race around it with up to 4 players,overtaking,switching lanes,avoiding oil slicks and taking shortcuts. There’s even a little LEGO podium for the [...] [...] Maybe it’s my parenting instinct to try and get the best out of my writers,like I do my kids,but I’ve really enjoyed sharing their talents with a wider audience (the writers rather than the kids) Whereas I restrain myself from putting my children’s art and writing online before they can grant me permission on [...] [...] I have loved games,maps and geography for as long as I can remember. Having all of them at once is only that much sweeter. A few years ago I discovered the 10 Days in.. games from Out of the Box,but I never did buy them. They’ve been on my Amazon Wish List for [...] [...] We’ve posted about cool cake art on GeekDad before,and about cupcakes,and of course about games. But we’ve never posted about all three topics at once,until now. A graphic design and jewelry artist named Robin Dahlberg and several of her housemates made a set of one hundred of the most awesome cupcakes ever. Each [...] [...] My three-year-old daughter loves puzzles,particularly the chunky wooden puzzles with pieces shaped like parts of the picture (as opposed to jigsaw pieces,which she has more difficulty with). So it’s no surprise that one of her favorite iPhone games is a puzzle game. Whimsy Animals has sixty simple puzzles which then reveal photographs of [...] [...] One of my favourite old school games from the Commadore 64 era has found a new home in my pocket,courtesy of Tatio’s latest remake –Arkanoid for the iPhone and iPod Touch,available now from the US iTunes App Store for $4.99 and for £2.99 in the UK. For those that haven’t played it before,[...] [...] |    |
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