Wake the Sleeping Queens
On a recent blizzardy day, the kids on our floor had an impromptu playdate in the hall. Once everyone was exhausted from the obstacle course, someone brought out the card game Sleeping Queens. The kids...
View ArticleHere There Be Dragons: Looney Labs’ Seven Dragons Game
Since rumors of the Pottermore website began, my husband has been daydreaming. An off hand comment by me that I might be interested in playing a Potter MMO, has him fantasizing about all night gaming...
View ArticleOn Kids and Gaming
I spent last weekend tucked away in the New Hampshire White Mountains eating too many s’mores and sleeping in a tent with my family. We made plans for this trip back in April along with two other...
View ArticleGeekMom Talk Like a Pirate Day!: Ahoy Matey, No Parlay In These Rules
Many moons ago, before the onslaught of home ownership and parenthood, when flexible income and free time were to be had in abundance, ah good times, I’m sorry where was I? Back in the day, my...
View ArticleFall Fun With Looney Labs
What do you do on your anniversary when you suddenly find yourself with a babysitter on a week night, a few extra hours and cash in hand? Why you sit in Starbucks, drink cider and check out two new...
View ArticleThe GeekMoms Podcast #12: Pokemon, Sportsmanship and Genetics?
GeekMoms Corrina Lawson and Cathe Post join Nicole Wakelin to talk about how to catch ‘em all with your kids. It’s more than just a collectible card game that sucks the cash out of your wallet. Kids...
View ArticleGameStorm14: A GeekMom’s Diary, Day 1
Dear Diary, I am no longer a GameStorm virgin. I have lived in Vancouver, Washington pretty much my entire life, and have never made it to a GameStorm before this year. It’s kind of like living in New...
View ArticleGameStorm14: A GeekMom’s Diary, Day 2
Dear Diary, After a wonderful night of sound sleep, I hit the ground with full hit points this Saturday morning. I was signed up for a game of Fiasco this morning that I didn’t think I was going to...
View ArticleGames, Cosplay, and The Guild at PAX East
One of the cons I look forward to most is PAX East because it focuses on all kinds of games. It doesn’t matter if you favor PC, Xbox, or Wii, or board games, RPGs, and card games. If you’re ...
View ArticleFluxx Follows the Yellow Brick Road
I’m a huge fan of the 1939 MGM classic The Wizard of Oz. I’m also an avid reader of Gregory Maguire’s alternate storyline, which began with Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West...
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Xeko Makes an Updated Kickstarter Comeback
Xeko is a game that was first available as a trading card game in 2005. It is now being reintroduced as a digital game through Kickstarter.
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Kickstarter: Story Realms
I'm currently running a Storytelling class, and wish StoryRealms was finished right now! It looks exactly like the kind of game that encourages creative thinking, positive group dynamics, and fun....
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First Look: Three New Pokémon Black & White Plasma Storm Cards
The brand new Pokémon Black and White Plasma Storm cards don't hit store shelves until February, but you can get your first look at three of the new cards right now!
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3 Educational Card Games from Elemental Publishing
Toy Fair 2013 in London last month was full of card games of all types ranging from fast, fun, family ones to slow, solitary ones. Some of the best were on the Elemental Publishing stand so here’s a...
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Late to the Game: Dixit
A lot of games can be played equally well by any group of players assuming they have an understanding of the rules; Settlers of Catan would fall into this category as would Ticket to Ride and party...
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Late to the Game: DC Comics Deck-Building Game
In the playground of tabletop games, deck-building games are the kindergartners. Their cousins the collectable card games have long since established themselves and evolved into hundreds of types, but...
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Story War is Apples to Apples Storytelling For Geeks
Story War is a great party game for nerds. It combines the simple idea of Apples to Apples with the story-telling and favorite characters of Dungeons & Dragons and other nerd-tastic classic games.
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