The Geek Allstars

BJ and Justin join Dan for a fun ride of glorious amounts of Dan-Gents and some great conversations as always. We hit on some Crowdfunding what we have been watching and playing and right smack dab in the middle of the show we talk A TON about the upcoming LOTR King's Gambit, coming soon from Restoration Games. We touch on a ton of questions everyone has had and talk about whats coming for the crowdfunding and the game itself. I think you will want to hear all about it! Thanks for BJ and Justin for coming on and a great show and thanks to you for Listening!

Dan Riddle and Ryan are back for our yearly Game of the year Show! We give our top 11 of 2025 and also give the listeners choice for 2025! IT's a fun show and thanks for being here for 15 years of game of the year shows! New computer so all the audio should finally be nearly perfect! Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan , Riddle and Ryan are back to talk about a whole lot of what we have been up to for last month. We hit a bunch of Crowdfunding, more TV and movies and of course some great games we have been playing. Enjoy the show and the multitude of Dangents! Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan Riddle and Adam give a nice recap of not only how cold it is all over the country but also all the fun we had during this year's MCGcon over MLK weekend. A ton of games played and our usual assortment of Banter. Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan, Chris and Ryan welcome in the new year of our 15th year of recording with a fun show. We hit on a bunch of games we have played, some real solid movies we have watched and some great talk about TV and of course a usual amount of Dan-Gents! Thanks for listening!

Tonight is a great fun show which we talk about a ton of great things we have been doing, some great games played, some things watched and a fun intro banter about all things  holiday and some Pizza content too. Then the real fun happens when we get into the COOKIE DRAFT! What cookies will be on our teams of 4 cookies. It's a good one for sure. I continue to work on the audio so please be patient and hope it sounds ok. Around the 2:10 mark everything seems to work itself out and it's clean sailing from then on. Thanks as always for listening and have a great, happy and safe holiday season!

Tonight Dan and Riddle have quite the fun banter convo early on about everything and nothing at all, and then we head on over to some Crowdfunding, and we follow all this up with some solid impressions of a couple of new games-- Luthier and Children of Morta: The Board Game. Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan and Riddle are Joined by Ryan and Justin to talk about what feels like 20 million dollar crowdfunding projects going on, and as always we will meander around every topic in the world such as football, Gamers for Cures (11-8-25) and plenty of other Dangents. We'll hit on what we have been playing and watching all before a REAL solid and fun Fictional President Draft! Thanks for listening!

Tonight Riddle and Ryan are back for a nice long chat all across the universe of Sports (sorta), Crowdfunding, a ton of what we have been watching and a ton of great games we have played. Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan Chris Smoley and Marty finish up this blockbuster summer with a SPOILER filled review of Fantastic Four as only we know how! A nice quick show talking about a solid movie from this summer. Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan is joined by Chris, Adam and Ryan for a nice long talk about Crowdfunding, some TV and of course what we all played saw and loved at this year's Gen Con! It's a long one b/c it's been too long since we have talked to each other! 

Tonight Dan and BJ are back for the 4th year in a row to talk about a TON of games for this year's Gen Con. We will talk about the top 11 to Try which are Demo only games which cannot be purchased and the top 11 to Buy at the con. We will naturally give a bevvy of more games just b/c we can't stop talking about games. What are you looking forward to? Thanks for Listening!

Tonight Dan, Brad, David, Ryan and Marty take on a super sized and SUPER movie in a very special SPOILER ALERT! Episode. Be warned we will SPOIL the movie but we will talk about what we thought of the movie the cast the characters the story and the director and direction of the DC movie universe going forward. Thanks for listening!

Greetings Programs! Tonight I am glad to be joined by long time friend Kevin Burkhardsmeier or "Burky" From Game Toppers LLC. He's been a good friend of mine for over 10 years and a longtime sponsor of the show. I wanted to talk about the history of Game Toppers and talk deep about what is in this Kickstarter currently going on and give everyone a peek behind the curtain. Thanks for listening!

Greetings programs! That's right tonight we have not 1, but 2! drafts for your listening pleasure. We have two takes on the adventuring party draft, one being more of a traditional party the other being more of a normal take on the party (you will have to listen to find out what that means!). We also talk about some great crowdfunding, TV and games we have played so enjoy the banter and thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan and Riddle are joined by David and Ryan from Man Vs Meeple for a fun chat about a lot of things from a nice long conversation about the new Superman Trailer to Andor chat (no spoilers) and of course some games played as well! Feel Free to join our new Discord server as well! Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan is joined by Chris and Riddle for a whole show of forgetting names of games, movies, actors and just about everything you can think of. We cover a bunch of crowdfunding, a bunch of what we have watched and of course a TON of great games! Thanks for listening

Tonight we are real excited to add two new Allstars to the stable in Ryan from MvM and Adam from Tabletop Vibes! They join Dan and Riddle as we talk about everything and nothing as always but also give an ATOM 25 recap and do the Avengers Draft! It's a great time with some Crowdfunding some TV and what we have been playing. A nice packed episode with great people! Thanks for listening!

Tonight is our always fun Game of the year show for the games of 2024! Dan Riddle and Adam count down the top 11 games of 2024 and also cover the Schmoe's choice for Listener game of the year as well! Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan is joined by Riddle and Adam Hill from Motorcity Gameworks to talk about the recent long weekend of amazing gaming MCGcon. There's a ton of games played we talk about and quite possibly one of the greatest gaming experiences we have had in years. You'll have to wait to see which game that revolved around. We cover a bunch of Crowdfunding too so sit back enjoy the ride and thanks for listening!

Happy New Year! Tonight Dan is joined by Riddle and Marty to talk about how the holidays went, what we have been watching and what we have been playing. We also do a nice thorough dive into the Superman Trailer and some thoughts on the movies coming out this year. We cover games such as River of Gold, Lord of the Rings Duel and Formage! Thanks for listening

Tonight Dan and Riddle have a whole lot of Christmas and holiday fun talking about our wild Thanksgiving stories, about how we watch a lot of Holiday movies (Yes Dan LOVES Hallmark movies) and we do a cool Christmas Rank 'em and try to guess where we would rank random movies for the rankings. We squeeze in some gaming talk as well! Thanks for listening and happy holidays from The Geek Allstars!

Tonight Dan and Chris are Joined by first timer Jeremy Baker to recap the fun of Gamers for Cures 2024. We talk a little about what we have been watching and then give you a bunch of the games we got to play at the most recent Gamers for cures charity event to benefit Turner Syndrome Society of Carolinas and US. we also give a good rundown of a great Euro Revive and gush as always about River Valley Glassworks Thanks for listening

Tonight Dan Riddle, Justin and Marty talk a bit about some Crowd funding some quick hits on what we have been watching and playing and then do one of the most asked for drafts ever. The ARCADE GAME draft. It's a blast and I think you will enjoy all the picks. Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan and Justin sit down for another "fireside chat". We get to know more about Justin and Restoration games we hit some normal crowdfunding including some GREAT information about the new Unmatched Adventures--TMNT. We also both give our designer diaries about how we designed out guest scenarios for Frosthaven. And of course some what we have been playing and watching. Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan is joined by Riddle and Waybright as we get into a whole lot of nothing as always. We touch on a nice Gen Con recap, some Crowdfunding, Some chat about the top 100 of BGG, why only Dan seems to like Big Bang, more streaming shows, and even work in a few more Games we have been playing. Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy!

Back by very popular demand is another SPOILER ALERT this time for Deadpool and Wolverine. As the title implies we do not hold back and we talk all about SPOILERS for the movie. A great cast of movie fans as always as Smoley, Chris, Marty and Dan are here to talk about the good bad and if there's any ugly to this hit about Marvel Jesus. Thanks for listening!

BJ from Board Game Gumbo is back with Dan as we give our top 11 lists of games to Try (only available to Demo) and To Buy at Gen Con 2024! Tons of great games you may or may not know will be at the con this year. Tell us what is on your list! Thanks for listening

Chris is back and he joins Dan and Riddle to talk about a WHOLE lot of things in a very Allstar episode. We of course talk about the SDJ/KDJ announcements and then hit some of what we have been watching and playing and some Crowdfunding as always. Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan, David and Riddle settle in for a nice healthy discussion of a ton of games we played some crowdfunding and petting dogs. As always a few great Dan-Gents are had for a nice complete show about nothing. Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan and Chris are joined by Justin Jacobson and Marty Connell for a fun time of movies and TV chat some what we have been playing and an amazing time doing the Perfect Album draft. Let us know what albums you think have ZERO songs to skip on them and are otherwise perfect. Thanks for listening!

Tonight Riddle is back with Chris and Dan to talk about a bunch of Crowdfunding some movies and actors some of us have never heard of, and a bunch of oldies but goodies games we have played and also a couple of new ones. And Dan gives a nice overview of the new Slay the Spire Board game. Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan gives, Chris Riddle and David the night off and let's Adam Hill and Ben Pinchback take over the show for some amazing Motor City Allstars hijinks! Some amazing KS/gamefound talk and tons of what we have been watching and playing, and maybe a game or two! Also back River Valley Glass Works! Thanks for listening.

Tonight Dan, Chris Riddle and Waybright are back as always to do our top 11 Board Games of 2023. We also have our Schmoe's choice (listeners choice) It's a fun time with a few Dang-ents as a group as always. Hope you enjoy and as always thanks for listening!

Tonight Justin and Riddle Join Dan as we go into a bunch of Crowdfunding, what we have been playing what we have been watching some news from Restoration Games and A nice overview and thoughts on Federation, a solid medium euro from Eagle-Gryphon. Thanks for listening

Tonight Dan Chris and Riddle talk about some new KS, a few things we watched, and then cover a bunch of games we played at Motor City Con in Detroit, including Marrakesh and Wonderlands War. Thanks for listening!

Happy Holidays and Merry Gas-Mas from all 4 of us this evening (Dan, Chris, Riddle and David) as we talk about some news, Hallmark movies, what else we have been watching and playing and some good recent titles to pick up for gaming over the holiday with the family! Thanks as always for listening!

Tonight Dan and Riddle have a nice long chat about many random topics, including holiday gatherings, gaming with friends and a host of meandering topics, just like youwould expect from us. We also do a bit of a game of Designer Favorite and least favorite where we take a bunch of designers and talk about which of their games are our favorites and which are our least favorites. We hope you enjoy this show about nothing on your way to wherever you are going this Thanksgiving season and thanks for listning!

Tonight Dan, Chris and Riddle are joined by Marty from RDTN to talk about some great crowdfunding, some great things we have watched, some what we have been playing and of course the draft of all drafts Songs that go to 11! Thanks for listening

Tonight Dan and Chris are Joined by Kevin "Burky" Burkhardsmeier and Justin Jacobson, as we talk about The upcoming Game Toppers Kickstarter, Return to Dark Tower Covenant and much much more! We hit on some great Spooky season traditions, some shows and movies we have watched and some games we have played! Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan and Chris are joined by Matt Riddle and Brad Smoley as we give you plenty of great Crowdfunding project to check out, a Spirited Talk about AI Art In Games, Some things we have been watching, and some games we have been playing including and Upcoming Release from Twoid Games Fall of Lumen. Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan David and BJ are joined by new allstar- Dave Beck from Paverson games to talk all things Distilled and Luthier, our thoughts about Gen Con, A ton of Kickstarters, some what we have been watching and we return to a great Draft where we draft Villains! Thanks for Listening

Tonight BJ is back again with Dan and Chris for our annual top 11 to Try and Buy at Gen Con 23. We will let you know about a TON of games you should be checking out that can only be demo'd (To try)( and the best ones we want to buy! We even give you a ton more games as bonus! Sorry about your wallet and thanks for listening!

Dan welcomes Chris Riddle and Hill back as they talk about their trip to Origins 2023 some games they got to play some great food they tried and the fun they had. We also dip into some Crowdfunding currently up. Thanks for listening!

Tonight David and Riddle fill in for Chris and join Dan for a nice long show about everything and everything TV/Movies/Kickstarter what we have been playing both tabletop and Video games AND we eventually get to the Origins Preview. It's a fun one so enjoy and thanks for listening!

SPOILER ALERT We are going to talk about the movie and NOT HOLD BACK. We will spoil A LOT of plot details, so please do not listen if you have not seen the movie. Dan and Chris are joined by a great duo of Marty from RDTN, and Brad Smoley who are always amazing guests for these movie review shows. We talk about the Guardians Trilogy and a whole lot more, but we only super Spoil Guardians 3. Thanks for listening!

As always a great time is had by all when David Waybright and Josh Mills drop by! We talk about some news, a ton of Crowdfunding including Milkman by Dice Hate Me Games, and as always some things we have been watching and some great games we have been playing. Thanks for listening!

Dan Chris and Riddle have a great conversation about pretty much everything as you might expect on this great episode 250! We hit on a bunch of Crowdfunding and talk about some things of note in the crowdfunding land, we hit on a bunch of great TV and upcoming Movies and we work in a review of Maximum Apocalypse Wasted Wilds! Thanks for listening

Tonight Dan is joined by a great cast of Justin Jacobson, Scott Morris and Matt Riddle as we talk a little bit about some Board Gaming news and a whole lot of Our thoughts on how Snap has been over the last few months for us, how it is now and where we would like to see it going, and some Questions from the listeners! Thanks for listening!

Tonight Dan and Chris are Joined by David Waybright and Brad Smoley to do one of our 15 min Power hours and a SNL Character Draft! The power hour has some movie topics, a sports topic and a painting topic. The Draft as always is a great time and I think everyone will love it and have things we have missed for sure! Thanks for listening!