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Feb 18, 2025 | 
geekdad.com | Jonathan H. Liu |Mordechai Luchins |Mariana Ruiz
Deploy your worker bees, collect pollen, and build the most glorious hives!What Is Propolis? Propolis is a material made by bees, a mixture of beeswax and spit and plant substances, to fill gaps in their hives. Propolis—the primary subject of this post—is a bee-themed worker placement game for 1 to 4 players, ages 10 and up, and takes about 15–30 minutes to play.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
geekdad.com | Robin Brooks |Mordechai Luchins |Rory Bristol
I’ve read both of Marisha Pessl’s adult novels and enjoyed their mix of creepy dread and cult-media feel. Darkly is her second young adult novel and brings with it the same macabre sensibilities, marrying them to a long-dead designer of the most fabulous board games in literary history. What is Darkly by Marisha Pessl? One of the things that appeals to me about Marisha Pessl’s books is that she plays around with the novel as a format.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
geekdad.com | Ray Goldfield |Mordechai Luchins
Little Batman: Month One #2 – Morgan Evans, Writer; Jon Mikel, Artist; Ian Herring, ColoristRay: This spinoff from the offbeat animated movie is a lot of fun, but it’s also taking on some more serious plots. Bruce Wayne has been kidnapped by the Scarecrow, choosing to go willingly as a hostage rather than to expose his secret identity. And Scarecrow’s plan is to hold him captive until he gets what he wants…from Batman. Yeah.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
geekdad.com | Ray Goldfield |Mordechai Luchins
Batman: The Long Halloween – The Last Halloween #3 – Jeph Loeb, Writer; Mark Chiarello, Artist; Richard Starkings, Lettering & DesignRay: Jeph Loeb has been working with an all-star team of artists to bring this series to life and to honor Tim Sale, and the latest is an unexpected name – Mark Chiarello, a legend best known for his behind-the-scenes work. But he has a fascinating style, one that reminds me of somewhat of a cross between Sale and Frank Miller at his best.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
geekdad.com | Mordechai Luchins |Jonathan H. Liu |Rob Huddleston
Each year I get the absolute plum gig of compiling our annual list of must-buy toys for the holiday season. My fellow GeekParents and I test them out, write them up, and then it’s over to me to place them in… well, whatever weird order strikes my fancy at the time. This year’s guide sees the return of many of our favorite pop culture licenses, updated takes on some old-school favorite puzzle toys, a dash of new high-tech hotness, and lots (and lots!) of LEGO.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
geekdad.com | Ray Goldfield |Mordechai Luchins
Birds of Prey #15 – Kelly Thompson, Writer; Sami Basri, Artist; Adriano Lucas, ColoristRay: Every issue of this series has felt a little different, with the arcs shifting tone and genre dramatically. After two arcs that played on high adventure and multiversal time travel themes, this arc is a tense espionage thriller – with Cass taking the lead role as an infiltrator into a shady agency that’s been kidnapping Amazons and experimenting on them.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
geekdad.com | Rory Bristol |Mordechai Luchins |Mariana Ruiz
Let’s face it: We live in a high-stress world with little in the way of passive comforts. It’s hard to put down our stressors, much less relax. The only thing I’ve found helpful is to make my home and office as comfortable and effortless as possible. Thankfully, I’ve had the opportunity to try out the XRC5 recliner, and it fits the brief perfectly. This chair features heat, massage, comfort, and ease of assembly, making it a natural choice for those trying to reign in their stress.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
geekdad.com | Rory Bristol |Paul Benson |Mordechai Luchins
I’ve long been a fan of Heroforge for its superior ability to create a character in custom gear, poses, and even the ability to add spells, animals, and color to your miniatures. I have had some trouble over the years, however, as many items, poses, and effects can create unwanted effects. Wands held like pencils, dresses which don’t connect in the midriff, and an inability to alter shape, scale, and position freely meant that some designs just weren’t possible.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
geekdad.com | Robin Brooks |Paul Benson |Mordechai Luchins
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders wasn’t quite the book I expected. Most of the other books I’ve reviewed from Experiment books, have had an infographic leaning, and I’m sure the last time I was in the excellent Stanfords Map and Travel Shop, in London, I saw an infographic-style book about borders. Whatever that book was, it wasn’t this one! This one, by Jonn Elledge (a hint of nominative determinism there, perhaps?) is even better. What Is A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders?
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
geekdad.com | Rob Huddleston |Will James |Mordechai Luchins
Four years ago, Jeopardy host Ken Jennings and Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield teamed up to create Half Truth, a trivia game with a twist. I reviewed the game back then and gave it our GeekDad Approved seal of approval, so when the publisher reached out asking if I would take a look at the second incarnation of the game, I was excited to see what they might have done with it. Thankfully, it’s a worthy follow-up to the original. What Is Half Truth: Second Guess?
