The Geek Allstars

A Podcast about Board Games Card Games,Movies, TV, and all things GEEK!

Episode 302 Gen Con Recap and much more with Riddle and Ryan 08/19/2026

Episode 302 Gen Con Recap and much more with Riddle and Ryan Tonight Dan is joined by Riddle and Ryan for our recap of our time at Gen Con AND Ryan's time at D23. We get back into some Crowdfunding, some TV movies and of course bunch of games and experiences in Indy during Gen Cin 2026. Thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/42484095

Episode 301 Top 11 to Try and top 11 To Buy at Gen Con 2026 07/23/2026

Episode 301 Top 11 to Try and top 11 To Buy at Gen Con 2026 Atradition like any other!! Dan and BJ are back for our yearly MEGA list of top games to try and buy at Gen Con 2026. IT might seem like we will only talk about 44 games total on first glance but its much much more than that. We will hit on a ton of Games, Expansions, Honorable mentions and much much more in this super sized show. BUT WAIT THERES MORE! Dan will aso check in with David Waybright and talk about what Asmodee has to offer at this show and we will also check in about some other things since we have not heard form David in a while! All Lists will be available on the website the week of Gen Con with links for easy viewing Thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/42190455

Episode 300 March Madness of "Almost" cop shows 07/09/2026

Episode 300 March Madness of "Almost" cop shows Tonight we celebrate 300 episodes and 15 years of The Geek Allstars! Dan is joined by Riddle, Chris and Marty to do a MArch Madness of Cops with an unusual sidekick bracket (Trust me it will make more sense when you hear the shows and the explanation). It's a fun bracket and a few big upsets as well! We also talk a bit about some stats of the show throughout the years. We cannot do this without you listening, and your support over these 15 years has meant everything to all of us especially me. So thanks for listening and heres to 300 more episodes!! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/42019865

Episode 299 The Boys are back in town for Origins Recap and More! 06/25/2026

Episode 299 The Boys are back in town for Origins Recap and More! Tonight Dan Riddle and Ryan are back to talk about Origins, the con that was the con that is and what it might be? A ton of Dan-Gents as always and a bunch of game chat. We hit on some TV as well but mostly just industry and Game chat. Any way you slice it tho we will talk about 100 subjects on the show as always! Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy the show! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/41800920

Episode 298 Dan Riddle and a show about nothing 05/21/2026

Episode 298 Dan Riddle and a show about nothing Tonight Dan and Riddle get down to a fun little "fireside chat" about what we've been up to including both having daughters graduating college and some trips along with some other great Dan-Gents. We also get into a few Crowdfunding campaigns some movies we have watched and some thoughts on some games. Thanks as always for listening! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/41374065

Episode 297 BJ Pinch hits and Justin returns with a King's Gambit 05/01/2026

Episode 297 BJ Pinch hits and Justin returns with a King's Gambit 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/41113790

Episode 296 Game of the year 2025 04/02/2026

Episode 296 Game of the year 2025 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/40707240

Episode 295 Snow Gold Medals Games and Movie Night! 02/26/2026

Episode 295 Snow Gold Medals Games and Movie Night! 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/40238075

Episode 294 MCGcon Wrap up 01/29/2026

Episode 294 MCGcon Wrap up 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/39919970

Episode 293 Happy New Year from Dan Chris and Ryan 01/08/2026

Episode 293 Happy New Year from Dan Chris and Ryan 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/39655950

Episode 292 Holiday Cheer with Justin Ryan and Riddle and the Cookie Draft! 12/09/2025

Episode 292 Holiday Cheer with Justin Ryan and Riddle and the Cookie Draft! 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/39334110

Episode 291 Dangents Galore, Luthier and Children of Morta 11/12/2025

Episode 291 Dangents Galore, Luthier and Children of Morta 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/39004695

Episode 290- Return to Dark Tower Expeditions and the Fictional President Draft 10/15/2025

Episode 290- Return to Dark Tower Expeditions and the Fictional President Draft 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/38587905

Episode 289 Back in the Saddle with Riddle and Ryan 09/25/2025

Episode 289 Back in the Saddle with Riddle and Ryan 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/38349745

Episode 288 SPOILER Alert Fantastic Four 09/04/2025

Episode 288 SPOILER Alert Fantastic Four 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/38081895

Episode 287 Post Gen Con 2025 08/14/2025

Episode 287 Post Gen Con 2025 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/37812950

Episode 286 Top 11 to Try and top 11 to Buy at Gen Con 2025 07/22/2025

Episode 286 Top 11 to Try and top 11 to Buy at Gen Con 2025 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/37500265

Episode 285 SPOILER ALERT! Superman 07/16/2025

Episode 285 SPOILER ALERT! Superman 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/37424000

Episode 284- Interview with Burky from Game Toppers 07/09/2025

Episode 284- Interview with Burky from Game Toppers 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/37343695

Episode 283--Justin Ryan Riddle and the Adventuring party drafts 06/11/2025

Episode 283--Justin Ryan Riddle and the Adventuring party drafts 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/36948455

Episode 282 MvM has GAS 05/15/2025

Episode 282 MvM has GAS 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/36574540

Episode 281 Dan Chris and Riddle forget names of everything 04/24/2025

Episode 281 Dan Chris and Riddle forget names of everything 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 /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/36290415

Episode 280 ATOM Recap with Riddle Ryan and Adam and the Avengers draft! 03/26/2025

Episode 280 ATOM Recap with Riddle Ryan and Adam and the Avengers draft! 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/35865265

Episode 279 Game of the year 2024! 02/27/2025

Episode 279 Game of the year 2024! 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/35453665

Episode 278 MCGcon Recap With Riddle and Adam 01/30/2025

Episode 278 MCGcon Recap With Riddle and Adam 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/35078840

Episode 277-- Happy New Year with Dan Riddle and Marty 01/08/2025

Episode 277-- Happy New Year with Dan Riddle and Marty 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 /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/34769335

Episode 276 Christmas rank em and more with Riddle 12/05/2024

Episode 276 Christmas rank em and more with Riddle 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/34297430

Episode 275 Gamers for Cures 2024 recap, Revive and River Valley Glassworks 11/13/2024

Episode 275 Gamers for Cures 2024 recap, Revive and River Valley Glassworks 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 /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/33909722

Episode 274 The Arcade Game Draft 10/17/2024

Episode 274 The Arcade Game Draft 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/33495397

Episode 273-- Frosthaven Designer diaries and Unmatched TMNT talk with Justin 09/19/2024

Episode 273-- Frosthaven Designer diaries and Unmatched TMNT talk with Justin 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! /episode/index/show/thegeekallstars/id/33118862

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