This is part four in a series about building your own arcade cabinet. Here’s parts one, two, and three. I’m afraid I’m going to cheat a bit when talking about controls. When I chose my controls, I based most of my decisions on this article from Tested.com. Really there’s not much I can do to …

You can usually count on Amazon for substantial sales of board games and card games, but they have stepped it up for International TableTop Day. There are plenty of games on sale including classics like 7 Wonders, newer games like Splendor and Five Tribes, and even indie games like The Resistance and Love Letter (including the …

Geekly Essential means that something is so good that it deserves to be discussed long after it was released. It may be 10 years old, but it is still worth your time. When I was introduced to Euro-style board games, the first game we played was Settlers of Catan.  It was eye-opening.  The step up …

An Ode to Season 4 Winter is Coming, but the pack is dispersed. the cold at the Wall is numbing, and these almost reunions are the worst. Jon fights the Wildlings, a kid shoots Ygritte in the back. Sansa’s new dress looks like raven wings, and she saves Petyr from catching flack. Arya learns to kill …

In the ramp up to the Game of Thrones Season 5 premiere on April 12, Geekly Inc is doing character-centered recaps as well as a short recap of Season 4.  Stannis Baratheon Stannis, Selyse, Davos, Melisandre, and company are having a nice night, as the fires consuming Axell Florent and several others burns bright and lights up …

International Tabletop Day this year falls on Saturday 11th April and to celebrate this event we are hosting a 24 hour live stream of tabletop gaming on the Geekly Inc Twitch channel (www.twitch.tv/geeklyinc). This will be a charity event and we are proud to announce that the proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project, which is the leading national organization …

In the ramp up to the Game of Thrones Season 5 premiere on April 12, Geekly Inc is doing character-centered recaps as well as a short recap of Season 4.  Cersei Lannister Since Jaime returned to Kings Landing one hand short, Cersei has a new hand commissioned for him; one made out of GOLD. While Qyburn …

We’ve reached the penultimate issue of Star Trek / Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive, with the final issue hitting stores today. Kirk and Taylor have decided to work together, the Klingons are pushing the apes toward war, and Scotty may have accidentally spilled the beans on how time travel works. It’s a madhouse! …

This week’s Sailor Moon Crystal begins with an extremely extended sequence trying to cheer Usagi up, even though two of her best friends have been abducted to parts unknown, and she should probably be allowed to be sad.  It starts with Chibi-Usa lending her a doll, and ends with a long arcade scene in which …

Disclaimer: the board game is massive and currently has 4 expansions. I will be giving a brief overview of how to play the game and highlight from each expansion the main differences.   “Sometimes you have to roll the hard 6”. Vipers zoom past and dodge shots from incoming Cylon raiders, trying to eliminate the …