Kickstarter Alert | The Tome of Ideas Could Jumpstart Your RPG Campaign
Wouldn't it be nice if you had a book that could jumpstart your gaming sessions and get you headed down the road toward RPG rapture?
View ArticleKickstarter Alert | Help Tell the Untold Story of D&D
In a previous post, we heard about the filmmakers behind Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary, which just debuted an except from their documentary at Gen Con. As a result of the screening, I'm told,...
View ArticleGeekDad Approved | Playing at the World Is a Must Read for Gaming Geeks
There aren't many comprehensive and in-depth books that chart the vast and complex history of tabletop role-playing and simulation games. Weighing in at a colossal 720 pages, and more than five years...
View ArticleGo Villain With the Book of Vile Darkness
Add a little evil to your next D&D campaign with the help of the Book of Vile Darkness, a resource packed with ideas for nefarious NPCs and PCs. One of the most enjoyable roleplaying experiences I...
View ArticleObama vs. Romney D&D Smack-Down at NYC Gallery
Art can be political. Politics can affect art. Certainly the art world can feel like a game, and politics can feel like a role-playing game. But there are very few opportunities where art, politics and...
View ArticleGame on! | Obama vs. Romney D&D Smack-Down Update: Obama Wins!
ere at GeekDad, we're not ones to put much credence in hocus-pocus, dice-rolling, or other methods to prognosticate the future. But as we reported here last week, an artist at the Allegra LaViola...
View ArticleKid Uses D&D to Advance Science
Here at GeekDad, these sorts of stories make our hearts sing. Boy (in this case, then 12), chats with Dad (a scientist) about one of Dad's scientific conundrums. To solve the problem, the kid draws on...
View ArticleWeekly Rewind | Kid Uses D&D to Advance Science
Here at GeekDad, these sorts of stories make our hearts sing. Boy (in this case, 12 year old), chats with Dad (a scientist) about one of Dad's scientific conundrums. To solve the problem, the kid draws...
View ArticleGeekDad Gaming Hangout: Episode 1
GeekDads Erik Wecks, James Kelly, Dave Banks, and Michael Harrison, along with game designer Daniel Solis, work to save Christmas... I mean Yuletide Solstice Midwinter Holiday ... from the Krampus in...
View ArticleWebcomics We Love | Dork Tower Friday
Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower website: www.dorktower.com.
View ArticleTop 10 D&D Modules I Found in Storage This Weekend #1
First part in a walk through the classic D&D campaigns we enjoyed in our youth.
View ArticleGeekDad Exclusive! | New Digital Archive Resurrects Classic Dungeons &...
In this GeekDad exclusive, Wizards of the Coast, the makers of D&D, is announcing today the launch of dndclassics.com, a site selling hundreds of decades-old hard-to-find and out-of-print Dungeons...
View ArticleLet's Celebrate! | A New TSR to Launch Gygax Magazine Saturday
Jayson Elliot has formed a company with a name that will tweak the nostalgia bones of many a gamer: TSR. And the first product publisher and creative director Elliot and his team are launching isn't a...
View ArticlePuzzle me this! | Prescription Drug or Classic D&D Monster? Take the Quiz
The names of the most fearsome monsters from classic Dungeons & Dragons can sound an awful lot like prescription drugs used to treat foot fungus or gastroesophageal reflux disease.
View ArticleGame on! | Original D&D “White Box” To Be Reprinted
Fans of the history of Dungeons & Dragons can get their dice off when a new edition of the long out-of-print, 1974 D&D rule set, known as the "White Box," is reprinted this November.
View ArticleGeekDad Approved | GeekDad Giveaway of Unearthed Arcana D&D Tome Reprint
Now comes another D&D blast from the past: Unearthed Arcana. Wizards announced a few days ago the re-release of this 1985 tome, with a special cover and gilded pages. Thanks to the generosity of...
View ArticleCongratulations to Our D&D Reprint Unearthed Arcana Winners!
Thanks to all the loyal GeekDad readers who entered our giveaway of Unearthed Arcana, an ancient (well, OK, from 1985) Dungeons & Dragons tome now reprinted by Wizards of the Coast with a cool...
View ArticleGame on! | Dungeons & Dragons, According To My Nephew
"This is Dungeons and Dragons," Jack said. "Well, the new verison." Give kids some open-ended toys and stuff to play with, and they make up their own game.
View ArticleGeekDad Approved | Parlez-Vous Geek? Two GeekDads Featured on French TV Doc
Last year, GeekDad editor Ken Denmead and GeekDad contributor Ethan Gilsdorf were approached by French filmmakers to be interviewed for a comprehensive documentary about the history of geek culture, La...
View ArticleGeekDad Approved | Thank You, Wizards of the Coast!
My youngest son was the only one of the four minion accompanying me to PAX East this weekend. I was there for the Geek Parenting panel on Sunday. My son was there in search of a Dungeons & Dragons...
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