Hooked On Geek

This has been a big geek week, find out what we mean by that as we open the show discussing the week that was and keep listening for our review of one of the latest Knizia games, Aristocracy (7:58). …

After recounting some Twitter drama we discuss a Kickstarter, Lovelace & Babbage (2:55). We also discuss the game Firenze, by Gugong and Hansa Teutonica designer, Andreas Steding (10:38). This slight…

We begin with some fun Halloween shenanigans and then launch into a discussion of War of The Worlds: The New Wave (13:45). After that we discuss Exit: The Game - The House of Riddles (26:38). Stephan…

It's been a little rough around here.  Gaming has taken a backseat as Stephanie has been sick, but what we have found ourselves doing, is geeking out about Halloween Horror and we spend this episode …

After discussing why we missed releasing an episode last Monday Greg discusses RinCon, a game convention located in Tucson, Arizona (10:16) which leads Stephanie and Greg to discussing the different …

An experiment. Yet again.

This week we recap Greg's time at The Dice Tower Retreat, review Tapestry by Stonemaier Games (14:48) and include another one of Stephanie's book segments (27:56). Enjoy!

After catching up we discuss some games we have been playing lately, including Muse (7:37), Pharaoh's Gulo Gulo (10:31), and Lockup: A Roll Player Tale (15:05). We then transition into our Top 5 Tiny…

Join the lonely ghost host on her birthday while she talks about her favorite 11 books of all time. 

Stephanie begins this episode looking ahead at a unreleased game that has caught her attention, but why? After that discussion, we spend some time discussing some of the games we have been playing re…

Sure Gen Con is barely behind us and sure we didn't technically go to Gen Con, but that hasn't stopped us from playing many Gen Con releases early over the last few months and we choose to spotlight …

Hooked on Geek listeners have been treated to many reviews of Gen Con releases over the last few months and we start the show recapping a lot of those titles among other topics. We continue with our …

Right away Greg finds himself recommending a podcast as part of the top of the show banter, then a Tandem Gaming session is discussed (2:44) as well as a few games currently on Kickstarter, On The Ro…

Today is the day! Not just new Hooked on Geek episode day, but the day the Spiel Des Jahres is announced! The German game of the year, the biggest award in tabletop gaming! We recorded this not knowi…

Stephanie launches into upfront shenanigans, we then jump into a discussion of the latest Shards of Infinity expansion, Shadow of Salvation (4:07) which will be available at Gen Con, but Greg played …

Stephanie and Greg spend the first roughly 30 minutes discussing the previous week and what games have been getting to the table recently including a few Dice Tower Con highlights, including Point Sa…

We jump right in this week after just a couple of minutes of what has been going on in our lives with our first impressions of Tricky Tides (2:45), as well as our review of Pipeline (7:22). We then j…

"Tune in" to hear us discuss Escape Room: The Game - Jumanji (6:16), Century: A New World (15:24) and Gunkimono (23:14). This week we also end with another book segment (30:15). Enjoy!