D&D Plushies – The Return of Plush
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Posted on October 7th, 2023 by
Last winter, I was sent some Dungeons and Dragons figurines http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2021/12/04/dd-plushies-cuddly-deadly/ from Wizkids with one key component: they weren’t plastic miniatures, they were stuffed “animals.” A year later and the stuffed line of toys/collectibles (Phunny Plush by Kid Robot) continues, expanding into the Pathfinder and Critical Role brands.
Mario Oreos
Posted on September 29th, 2023 by
A couple of years ago, Oreo made some cookies with Pokémon characters on them! And now they’re back but with Mario characters. So let’s take a look at them!
900 MAX HX (Headphones)
Posted on September 28th, 2023 by
I was recently offered a RIG 900 MAX HX (yes, all caps) headphone to try out, and so I did. It is a somewhat high-end headset for use with an Xbox or PC. It comes with a boom mic, USB or Bluetooth connections, and a spiffy charging dock. I found the headset extremely comfortable, easy to use, and sounded great but it was a bit frustrating to use switching between sources. On comfort alone, it beats out all the other headsets I’ve had over the past few years.
Unplugged: Number Drop
Posted on September 19th, 2023 by
In the past few years, the boardgame world has seen a huge number of Roll and Write games where dice are rolled (or cards drawn) and then players simultaneously use the results to check off boxes or fill in a paper handout to score points. Number Drop has players filling in a sheet of paper Tetris-style with the pieces made of numbers. Place numbers adjacent to each other in sets or sequences to score points. The game ends and scores are tallied when one player “overflows” their game board.
Number Drop
Publisher: AEG
Ages: 10+
Players: 1-6
Time: 20 minutes
(Review copy provided by publisher)
Pyra and Mythra amiibo
Posted on September 8th, 2023 by
I got the latest batch of Smash amiibo recently. This time it’s of Pyra and Mythra from the Xenoblade series. Let’s take a look at them!
Pizza Pixel Podcast Episode 18: Favorite Transformers
Posted on August 25th, 2023 by
When I was a kid back in the 80s, there were a couple of years when I was really into the Transformers toy line and cartoon. Many years later when my brother Ben was a kid, he got into Transformers as well. So I thought it would be fun for us to talk about them in this episode of the Pizza Pixel Podcast! Please click on the link and give it a listen if you can!
Unplugged: XCrawl Classics RPG
Posted on August 10th, 2023 by
In the early heydays of role playing games it was all about surviving near impossible odds to acquire loot and fame. Over time, RPGs started getting kinder, more gentle sort of story based game. Enter Dungeon Crawl Classics… around a decade ago Goodman Games put together a mix of rules that greatly streamlined (then current) 3rd edition Dungeons and Dragons and mixed it with old school fast and deadly gameplay. One of the lines spawned from that mix became XCrawl, Adventures in the Xtreme Dungeon League – a game based around surviving a lethal maze of monsters and traps in order to cash and fame in the fantasy equivalent of Pay-per-View. Goodman games is in the final Kickstarter hours of a reboot of that classic series, complete with a set of follow-up modules.
Nintendo and Nekter Juice Bar Team Up!
Posted on July 14th, 2023 by
This Summer, Nintendo and Nekter Juice Bar are teaming up to bring us some flavors inspired by popular Switch games. Last year Nintendo did the same thing with Cold Stone Creamery, which made me sad because they had a Kirby flavor but there isn’t a Cold Stone Creamery near me! But for some reason, there are TONS of Nekter Juice Bars around so I got to try all three flavors here! So let’s take a look at them!
Cary’s Best Games of 2023 SO FAR Awards Show!
Posted on July 7th, 2023 by
Around this time of year, I like to make a list of my best games SO FAR, because usually the AAA titles are released later in the year during the holiday season, and the titles that came out earlier tend to be forgotten. So here’s when those games get their due. Keep in mind that this is my list only and no other outside opinions contributed. And if a game isn’t on this list, it either just didn’t appeal to me as much or I haven’t had a chance to play it yet. Ok with that out of the way, let’s begin!
Pac-Man Goes For Takeout
Posted on June 23rd, 2023 by
A couple of Christmases ago I got a set of Pac-Man figures where he and the ghost monsters are surrounded by brunch related fruit items. Well this past year they did something similar, except these figures have Pac-Man enjoying Asian types of cuisine. I got these for Christmas last year so I thought I’d show them to you.
