We received an early Christmas present from Esdevium Games this month in the form of a card game called Timeline, which was sent for us to review as part of the Blogger Board Game Club. Timeline is the simplest game you could imagine but it's a lot of fun! The game consists of a deck of cards depicting events in history. On one side you have … [Read More...]
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Ticket to Ride: First Journey – Blogger Board Game Club Review
I may have squealed out loud when we opened our latest Blogger Board Game Club parcel from Esdevium Games this month. That's because literally the day before it arrived we had been in our local friendly board games shop, with this game in our hand, on the verge of buying it! In the end we'd talked ourselves out of the purchase, so it seemed like … [Read More...]
Codenames – Blogger Board Game Club Review
I am really excited to be working with Playtime PR over the next 12 months as part of their Blogger Board Game Club. Every month we will be sent a board game from the vast catalogue of Esdevium Games, and after we've tried them out I'll be telling you how we got on. The whole geek family are huge board game fans, so we hope this will give you a … [Read More...]
What I listened to in September #PodcastDay
Today is International Podcast Day, a day for podcast producers and podcast listeners to come together and raise awareness of podcasting as a medium. Despite the … [Read More...]
On Flexible Working and Working Flexibly
One of the things I value the most about my employer is their approach to flexible working. I've worked for the same employer since the end of 2000, and I first … [Read More...]
Kids and the Theatre: Cats the Musical at the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent #review
Practical cats, dramatical cats Pragmatical cats, fanatical cats Oratorical cats, Delphic Oracle cats Skeptical cats, Dispeptical cats Romantical cats, … [Read More...]
About the Family
Do Kids Grow Out of Apps?
I used to pride myself on how much I knew about kids apps. With both my children having had access to iPads from an … [Read More...]
Family Fun at Geronimo 2016 #review
Bank Holiday Monday was the geekson's 6th birthday, and we'd been given press tickets to attend the Geronimo family … [Read More...]
10 Things to do in South Cheshire/North Staffordshire this Half Term
Half term is rapidly approaching, which means I'm starting to plan things to do with the kids. The joy of the geekdaddy … [Read More...]
Technology
10 Tips for Encouraging Learning Through Play Over the Summer (via Nintendo)
As part of my role as a one of their official family bloggers, Nintendo sometimes send me press releases and other … [Read More...]
Hands on with the Wacom Bamboo Spark #review
I was approached by Wacom a few weeks ago to see if I wanted to test our their Bamboo Spark digital notebook in a fun … [Read More...]
A Sneak Peak at Skylanders Imaginators #review
This week Activision announced that the next Skylanders game in their hugely successful toys-to-life game will be called … [Read More...]
