With all the excitement, buzz, product support, and fandom currently being generated by George R. R. Martin’s books and absolutely fantastic characters, it should come as no surprise that some very creative fellow geeks are showing their appreciation in their own special way. Continue reading
If you have not had the opportunity to participate in a White Elephant Gift Exchange, many would consider you lucky. I have participated in many a gift exchange thanks to working for a large international corporation with employees from many different ethnic and religious backgrounds. Since the White Elephant Gift Exchange is a silly little game at its core, it stands to reason that you could improve it, which someone did. Continue reading
Taken as a whole, it is simply incredible how many creative people are bent over their keyboards and devising ways to chuck dice and get treasure using pen and paper. If we could get even half of them to focus on world peace, I doubt we’d have wars in 20 years. And while that might sound like an unobtainable goal, I think it is well in bounds to suggest that the games listed will allow me to taste the thrill of the dragon hunt once more! Continue reading
The Father Geek Boutique has some great stuff for you to purchase if you are looking for some new geek gear to strut around in. Recently, one of the Father Geek staff, Meng, and some of his friends took the time to send me some pictures of the latest geek gear available from the Father Geek Boutique. Father Geek now has models! True some of them have beards, but Father Geek isn’t picky. Continue reading
Good gravy, what rock have I been under for the last 2 years?! This video was released in 2009? And I missed it? Was I asleep that entire year or something? I blame my friends for not telling me about this. Blame and scorn them. YOU HAVE BEEN SCORNED! Continue reading
The New York based comedy troupe, The Whitest Kids U’Know, created a highly entertaining commercial spoof for a non-existent board game. I have watched it many times and for some reason or another never shared it. The video shows the worst game ever to not be created (thank goodness). Continue reading
Today’s games come in different degrees of quality. Some components are very solid and durable with rich colors and designs. Some come with pieces made out of wood, metal, or plastic. I can say without fear of provocation that the game industry simply does not make them like they used to, which is a real shame. Continue reading
Almost all dice towers have the “tower” portion which is a vertical hollow with several slanted shelves on the inside that “tumble” the dice for maximum randomness. These dice then spill out into a tray located at the bottom which catches and contains the dice. Dice tower designs range from the exceedingly functional to the insanely artistic. I thought I had seen them all, then I saw this. Continue reading
If you write a lot, you know that your words can come back to haunt you or hype you. The truth of it is, once you write something and post it to the InterWeb, many, many people get to read it. You can only hope it isn’t taken out of context or rouses nations to go to war. Continue reading
Seldom do I come across something on YouTube that I think worthy of posting on the Father Geek. I’m not stuck up, it’s just that there is so much goodness out there, I need a filter separate the “truly awesome” from the “pretty darn cool”. Otherwise, I’d be posting all day. I can’t actually get … Continue reading
I purchased the Battletech 25th Anniversary Introduction Box Set game through Amazon as soon as it was available. I have many a fond memory playing this game as a kid and wanted to relive the experience with my little geeks. I was very disappointed to find that two miniatures were … Continue reading
Hasbro is going to release a new version of their Battleship game line titled Battleship: Galaxies. My oldest little geek loves to play Battleship with me and this game looks like the next best thing. Miniature spaceships? Battles in space? Pew-pew lasers? Yes, please! With a release date in June … Continue reading
