Shrimp Cocktail Game Review

The mighty oceans are deep and vast, and can award a skipper of a shrimping boat endless bounty if they know where to look and are quick to react. The shrimp are there for the taking, but keep a steady eye on the horizon! Other shrimping boats sail these waters and mean to catch the same shrimp you are counting on. Looks like a simple and relaxing fishing trip just got serious. Roll up your sleeves and lock your eyes on the prize. There’s shrimp to win! Continue reading

Five Helpful Tips for Teaching Your Kids to Save Money

Hands down, one of the absolute best things that a parent can ever do for their child is to teach them how to be responsible with their money. The sooner your kids can learn about the importance of saving and making future plans for their income, the better off their life will be as adults. Use what you have learned based on your past experiences to educate your children so that they might avoid making the same mistakes in their future. (sponsored post) Continue reading

Say Anything Game Review

Everyone has an opinon. Heck, Father Geek wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for opinions (which, in our opinion, would be very sad). But if everyone has an opinion, is one better than another? Certainly an educated and thoughtful opinion would be of more value than a person’s opinion that is based purely on speculation and personal bias, right? Well, not always, and in this game, almost never. Continue reading

The Scout Motto for Gamers

A little over a year ago, when I had my own web site, I wrote about the games I always have with me in the car. I took an old Backgammon set we had and filled the empty space with 7 games available to play at a moments notice. As times goes on, the contents of my little gamer’s travel kit continues to change. I do my best to live by the Scout Motto which has made playing games a possibility anytime, anywhere. Continue reading

Chef Cuckoo! Game Review

It’s a fact that anyone can learn how to cook. Given enough time, patience, and training, an individual can go from ruining a bowl of cereal to creating a 7 course meal that would make Wolfgang Puck sit up and take notice. But there is an elite group who are truly talented and can take anything you put in front of them to create edible miracles. Are you up to the challenge? Continue reading

Fallen City of Karez Game Review (prepublished version)

It once was the greatest city known to man. It was said that the walls of Karez were made of gold and all those who dwelled within them were blessed with prosperity and health. But those are just stories and the city is now nothing more than ruins. By royal decree, the leaders of the greatest Guilds have been summoned and given one command: rebuild Karez. Such an opportunity promises great wealth and personal gain of power, but it’s a balancing act and a deceitful one at that. Outwardly, the Guilds must appear to be working for the greater good of the Kingdom and their King, but secretly they work to further their own goals. Only by working together can the Guilds rebuild the fallen city of Karez, but they must fight each other to rule it. Continue reading

Elephant’s Trunk Game Review

Emmet the Elephant has had enough. Too much stress at the office has finally taken its toll on the poor elephant making him a bundle of nerves and very jumpy. So jumpy, in fact, that his doctor told him he needed to go spend 2 weeks on a beach to calm his nerves. You have volunteered to help your friend, Emmet, pack and see him off for a well deserved vacation. But what Emmet and you are not aware of is that a sneaky mouse is living in those trunks, ready to spring out! Such a surprise would startle anyone, but for poor Emmet, the shock will make him toss all his clothes into the air and make a huge mess. Good thing you don’t have plans for the rest of the day. Continue reading

Wits & Wagers Party Game Review

Think you know the answer to everything? Doubtful and not even needed in this game, Mr. Smartypants! All you have to do is guess what could be the right answer! But your brain isn’t done yet! After you make a guess, you’ll be asked to review all the guesses and determine which one is the best! Maybe the right answer is there before you or maybe not. Doesn’t matter! You just need to determine which guess is the closest without going over the correct answer. That’s a lot of guessing! Smarts aren’t needed here; just really good hunches. Continue reading

Cthulhu Fluxx Game Review

Cthulhu Fluxx is the newest addition to the Fluxx family of card games from Looney Labs. This time around, the players will not only be playing for victory, but also to keep their sanity! The Elder Gods are starting to break through and it is up to the players to drive them back! Of course, sometimes the goal is to also fall deeper into madness! Cthulhu has awakened and Yog-Sothoth means to devour the world! Time to find some ancient artifacts and send those Elder Gods back to the dark and remote corners of existence! Continue reading

Getting Your Kids to Take Better Care of Their Tech Gadgets

Kids are not known for taking care of their stuff. It just comes with the territory. Kid toys get dropped, thrown, stepped on, left on the stairs, left out in the rain, splattered with food, and banged up in a countless number of ways. Most of the time it’s no big deal. If your kids breaks their toy doll or action figure, they simply do not have it anymore and must deal with the consequences. But if you’ve bought your child a laptop, smartphone, tablet, portable DVD player, or other expensive tech gadget, it’s not so cut and dry. (sponsored post) Continue reading

Diggity (Second Edition) Game Review

There’s gold in those hills! You can feel it in your bones and taste it in the air! But you have to dig for it and that is going to take work, skill, and luck. But you can’t do it alone, either. Other miners will want in on this opportunity, but the gold will go to the miner who has the best tools to extract it, not the miner who finds it. Keep a sharp eye out for the glint of riches and keep your shovel at the ready! Time to go get rich! Continue reading