Review – The Trousers of Time - It’s the simplistic way of explaining the multiverse theory. Whenever we make a decision we simultaneously travel down each and every path, and the universe divides like a pair of trousers with versions of us travelling down on leg each. I don’t like it… it has several huge issues. I prefer universal spaghetti. Here’s why: … Continue reading "Review – The Trousers of Time"

Merry Christmas from GeekOut UK - Yeah it's past 8am which means it's probably time to wake up! Or not, you know. You could have a lie in if you want. Whatever you're doing this year, I just wanted to say a very merry Christmas from us here at GeekOut UK. I hope you have a fantastic holiday, even if you don't celebrate Christmas. The most important thing is to have some time off, perhaps you'll spend it with your loved ones, or maybe you'll spend some time catching up with your favourite TV series. What ever you do this holiday season, have fun, be safe and enjoy some good food and drink.
Dungeon Situational – The Arcadia Spell List - Some time last year I made this, the Pandemonium spell list. Well, it sparked something, and for a while now I’ve been picking away at a project that creates sixteen new wizard subclasses, one for each of the outer planes. Today I present the polar opposite of Pandemonium, Arcadia, a plane of law in the … Continue reading "Dungeon Situational – The Arcadia Spell List"



How To Top 10 (Like What We Do) - One of the greater pleasures of working for GeekOut has been the weekly Top 10s. They’re shamelessly pandering, entirely subjective, and we did them for the consistently high views they brought in, at least to start with. It turned into one of our greatest collaborative projects, not a difficult thing in terms of a writing … Continue reading "How To Top 10 (Like What We Do)"




Christmas Saga - The last week or so in the UK has been pretty damn grim, and while I am hideously behind on my Christmas shopping, there is at least one part of the season I am ready for. World building is something of a passion, and over the last… let’s see… eight years? I have been building … Continue reading "Christmas Saga"
















Pyst – There Aren’t Enough Parody Games - I’m sure this can’t just be me. The games design industry is getting ever better at metacommentary and self reflection, we’ve developed a pretty wide array of habits and design fallbacks that we’re aware of our own foibles and the like, and it’s not like we don’t have parodies of games on YouTube, gods there … Continue reading "Pyst – There Aren’t Enough Parody Games"

Gaming Until 4AM - Have you ever been on a serious gaming holiday? You and a bunch of friends in a caravan or a rented house or something that has some combination of beds and a table that gives you space to just play some games, somewhere that isn’t home. It sounds counterproductive, what’s the point of going somewhere … Continue reading "Gaming Until 4AM"




Taking the Tarrasque Seriously - The highest challenge rating in D&D, dropped into every monster manual, the fantasy Godzilla, has become something of a joke. Everyone who’s been in the game long enough has a “Tarrasque plan” or a story of how they one-shot or would one-shot the Tarrasque, and every DM has thrown the word around as the monster … Continue reading "Taking the Tarrasque Seriously"

Oswestry Library 2020 – Shropshire DM - At the time of writing, I’m about an hour away from publishing the dates for next year’s games at Oswestry Library, currently my most dependable source of income, and at this point places are so hard fought for that I am going to be disappointing more people than I will be entertaining… which is nice… … Continue reading "Oswestry Library 2020 – Shropshire DM"


















Kickstarter Highlight – Kingdoms And Warfare - The oft-promised followup to Matt Colville’s Strongholds and Followers began it’s Kickstarter campaign on Monday, and simply put it’s a prime example of a creator with a great relationship with his fan/customer base. Strongholds and Followers gives options for players to build fortresses and bases of operations for their party complete with class-specific annexes, a … Continue reading "Kickstarter Highlight – Kingdoms And Warfare"








Review – Joker - A Spoiler Warning is in effect throughout this whole article, I want to do a deep-dive as best as I can, and it can’t be done without discussing some huge plot points. Todd Phillips’ Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a mentally ill man trying to be happy in the 1980’s at a time … Continue reading "Review – Joker"





Gloomhaven on PC - You may remember I chatted about this one, and about a year or two before that it was all over the board game social groups. In short it’s a leviathan board game in a box the size of a couple of breeze blocks, it has a foot firmly in the RPG camp in the same … Continue reading "Gloomhaven on PC"











Disenchantment Season 2 - Matt Groening’s foray into fantasy dropped its second season this week. Wow do I wish I had more to say. Usually when I review something I’ll be watching it again on the other screen while I write, but Lego Batman’s on Netflix now, so is the Between Two Ferns movie and those are two things … Continue reading "Disenchantment Season 2"






Unearthed Arcana – Class Abundance - So Wizards of the Coast are busy pouring out Unearthed Arcana articles, their playtest material articles that give us access to things like new spells, rules, magic items, races, and subclasses that allow us to make an ever more diverse cast of characters to bring to the table. And currently subclasses is the key term, … Continue reading "Unearthed Arcana – Class Abundance"







