Unplugged: In a World
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Posted on June 12th, 2026 by
In a World is a card game with gameplay similar to something like Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity. The theme of this one is you have cards that present you with wacky worlds, and you must pick cards with things you would want in that world.
LEGO Animal Crossing: Tom Nook With Balloon Present
Posted on June 5th, 2026 by
Animal Crossing is one of my favorite video game series of all time (second only to Pac-Man), so I love the LEGO sets they have for it. We’ve talked about them here at GamerDad.com in the past, with a few of the smaller sets and mini-packs. They’re the only ones I can afford as LEGO sets are very expensive. Plus with my vision disability, it’s hard for me to put them together myself. Luckily there’s another mini pack that just came out that I’ll show you all today: Tom Nook with a balloon present!
Capcom amiibo
Posted on May 15th, 2026 by
I got some more amiibo figures recently. This time they are from new Capcom games. We’ve got three from Monster Hunter Stories 3, and one from Pragmata. So let’s take a look at them!
Unplugged: Faraway
Posted on May 9th, 2026 by
Releasing in 2023, the drafting card game Faraway has been gathering up award nominations and winning many of those awards. In some respects, it is a pretty simple game. The theme of the game is that players are taking a journey across a foreign land, with cards played representing places they visit and the number on the card representing how long they chose to stay. In a turn, players choose a card from their hand to play, all played cards are simultaneously revealed, and then players take turns drafting a new card to add to their hand. The lowest played card gets to pick first. Cards often display one or more symbols and/or are a specific color. Each card also presents a way to score points at the end of the game. After playing a set number of cards, the game ends. Scoring is somewhat unique. Players go through their cards and score them from last to first, so the last card they play is scored first – all by itself. The first card that was played in a player’s tableau will look at every card played after that to calculate its score. It’s a fast, fun game that is simply a deck (well, technically two decks) of cards. While scoring things can be a little tricky, it’s still simple enough to cement down after playing a single game.
Faraway (and expansion Faraway: Under Starry Skies)
Designer: Johannes Goupy, Corentin Lebrat
Publisher: Pandasaurus Games
Players: 2-6
Ages: 10+
Time: 15-30 min
(expansion review copy furnished by publisher)
Fallout Jones Sodas
Posted on May 8th, 2026 by
I don’t know much about the Fallout game series as it’s not my cup of tea. But my brothers love those games and I’ve watched them play the games in the past, so I know a little bit about them. I know they have a brand of soda in the game called “Nuka Cola” that has a bit of radiation in it, and I know they use bottle caps as currency in the games. Plus I think there’s a Fallout TV show now? Anyway, now you can try some of the sodas in the game (without the radiation I hope) thanks to Jones Sodas.
Unplugged: Unstoppable – Boardgame
Posted on May 7th, 2026 by
A recent entry in the excellent Solo Hero series by Renegade Game Studios, Unstoppable is a unique combat-focused card-crafting game set in a dystopian future. It is a combat deck-builder where the focus of the game is to damage enemies or purchase upgraded cards to defeat more enemies in the future. The “hook” here lies in how the cards are used. Cards are “created” in sleeves – each sleeve is filled with a player-side card and an enemy side-side card. When a new player card is bought, it is placed in a sleeve with an enemy back, creating a unique double-sided card. During the game, up to two upgrade cards can also be added between the two sides to make the card more powerful to use (and to fight.) Few cards are drawn. Instead, players must defeat the back side of a card to draw its front side into their hand. With four heroes (with slightly different starting hands) and three unique bosses to fight, there is a considerable amount of boardgame space to explore in a relatively small box. If this particular dystopian future isn’t your jam, there is a crowdfunding effort to bring about a sequel featuring Dungeon Crawler Carl, the protagonist (along with his cat) of a series of books set in a planet-wide survival dungeon televised for galactic viewers. There’s obviously a following for it as the campaign for the new card game, along with a new RPG in the setting, is currently pushing $10 million raised.
May the 4th be with you!
Posted on May 4th, 2026 by
Happy Star Wars Day! It being a great time to celebrate one of the most popular science fiction settings around, I thought it would be a appropriate to give a shout out to some of my favorite Star Wars branded boardgames. Two recent titles (and thus should be easy to find) are Star Wars Super Teams (what if CandyLand had actual decisions, strategy AND you could move other people) and Star Wars: Battle of Hoth (an introductory wargame, based around the invasion of the ice planet.) Super Teams would be great for younger folks, maybe 7+, while the latter is deep enough for adults to enjoy but is also playable by a gamer 10 year old.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder amiibo
Posted on May 1st, 2026 by
I recently got some amiibo based on Super Mario Bros. Wonder to coincide with the release of the Switch 2 version. So let’s take a look at them.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Alarmo
Posted on April 29th, 2026 by
Nintendo has a new downloadable ‘skin’ for their alarm clock called the Alarmo, and this one features themes and characters from Super Mario Bros. Wonder! If you want more information about the Alarmo, I wrote an article a couple of years ago about it here. So let’s check it out!
Talking Flower
Posted on April 27th, 2026 by
It’s Wonder Week here at GamerDad, where we’ll look at three things released related to Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Nintendo made a real life toy version of one of those Talking Flowers that first appeared in Wonder and later in the newest Mario Party and Tennis entries. I got one so let’s take a look at it.
