Con Report: Rage 2015

RAGE! The Really Awesome Gaming Event that allows folks to not only check out the latest hotness on their favorite gaming tech, but also discover whats going on in the gaming world release wise. We had the opportunity to wander the half spherical halls of the Coca Cola Dome and examine the exhibits back at […]


Episode 11 – Mega Gaming

Suddenly it’s October and this month we are joined by gaming guru Kieran Reid in order to discuss his recent endevours in the founding of Megagames South Africa This episode we discuss what exactly it is that Mega Games is all about and the recent first run of the Mega Game “Watch the Skies” they ran, […]


Episode 10 – That’s no moon! 3

Welcome to September everyone! This month we are joined by our good friend Ryan “Fish” Young, who is here to chat to us about Star Wars. We start out by discussing the new wave of Tabletop X-wing ships, but the discussion certainly isn’t limited by those boundaries. Join us as we chat about all things […]


Episode 9 – The Art of Cosplay

It’s August and the year is flying by! With “Con season” over, we’ve seen some great costuming from folk, so we chatted a bit with Antoinette Henn, a local Cosplayer, about her Cosplay experiences! Grab the episode and listen to it if you want to get details on where to start, how to go about […]


Mini-Review: Cloudgate Mini PC/Media Center

The other day during our GeekFest Great Geek Challenge, you may have noticed one of our sponsors was a company called Cloudgate. “Cloudgate?” you ask, “is that some kind of newfangled security system?” No dear reader! Whilst it may be interesting to entertain some form of variably permiable cloud barrier as a security measure, this […]


Winner Results – Great Geek Challenge ICON 2015 2

Phew! ICON 2015 and what an amazing weekend it was! Jabula Recration Center was a hive of activity as all sorts of hobbies flourished! With Geeks abound we had our most entries ever at 60 this year! (although that counts the 3 numb-skulls who entered without putting their names or email addresses on the forms… guys! […]


ICON 2015 – Great Geek Challenge Form

This years ICON Great Geek Challenge form is up! You can get it right here: ICON 2015 – Great Geek Challenge Form Whats the Great Geek Challenge you ask? Well it’s a series of challenges or tasks you need to complete when you head on out to a convention or festival. Then, after you’re done, hand in […]


Winner Results – Great Geek Challenge Geekfest 2015 2

What a great day we just had at Geekfest 2015! With an astounding turnout, there were many entries into this years Great Geek Challenge for Geekfest… Many Entries and many winners! Once again, a MASSIVE Special Thanks to our supporters at the festival: Dark Carnival, Cloudgate, ASW-Designs, Plushie Heaven, Powered By Fandom, Mini Donuts, ChipnDip, Mystical Crafts, […]


Episode 8 – Breaking Conventions 1

Welcome to a chilly winter July! Grab our latest episode and listen to it as you snuggle up under a nice warm blanket, because this month it’s Convention Season in South Africa! In this episode we have a special two guests both somehow squeezing into our third chair as we chat with Stephen Friedman and […]


Great Geek Challenge – GeekFest 2015 5

This years Geekfest Great Geek Challenge form is up! You can get it right here: GEEKFEST 2015 – Great Geek Challenge Form Whats the Great Geek Challenge you ask? Well it’s a series of challenges or tasks you need to complete when you head on out to a convention or festival. Then, after you’re done, hand […]


Mini Preview: Sultan’s Library

Recently we sat down with the folks from both Release the Geek and Gameruman, as we’d got our hands on a preview copy of “Sultan’s Library”, an up and coming Kickstarter based card game that they are currently trying to fund (and over 60% of the way there!) The Folks behind the game go by the name […]


Con Report: Killcon 2015

It was Killcon this last weekend up North at Outer Limits in Pretoria. I joined in the 40K competition on Saturday before the Geek Quiz. This is how it all went down. First a bit of a preamble. Going into the tournament myself and some of the guys from Warzone did a lot of theory […]


Episode 7 – It’s time to Duel!

June is upon us and it’s time to duel! Cardgames act as many Geeks “gateway” into the realm of everything geek, so we cover three of the most popular ones to keep you in the loop! We are joined by card master Christopher Dean, who has gone so far as to travel internationally to for […]


Episode 6 – Comics Comics Comics!

May is here and with the recent comic book hype surrounding the new Avengers movie we’ve decided to give you an episode that covers the current “state” of the main comic book universes! We are joined by comic book sage Greg Nell, who has an amazing library of comic book lore at his beck and […]


Mini Review: Terra Mystica 1

At our previous International Tabletop day, one of the attendants was kind enough to bring their copy of Terra Mystica, allowing us to give it a spin! Here are my thoughts on this great game by Z-Man Games. Let’s start off by saying, there is a very steep learning curve right off the get go! […]


Episode 5 – Tabletop Wars

It’s April 1st! and the episode we have for you today is no joke! This month is Tabletop Wars, so, in this episode, we are joined by Daniel Hallinan, an all around gamer and good friend. In it we compare three different approaches to Tabletop wargaming, with each of us weighing up pros, cons and cost of […]


Con Report: Hobby X – March 2015

Hobby X! The ever cycling convention that allows folks to not only spread their existing hobbies to others, but also themselves pick up new ones! We had the opportunity to wander the half spherical halls of the Coca Cola Dome and examine the exhibits back on the 7th of March 2015, so we decided to […]


Mini Review: Lords of Waterdeep

Dungeons and Dragons! One of the most iconic and beloved game franchises of all times! Many folks have had their first gaming experience through this faithful game, and many more are experiencing it today, now in ways more than just the traditional role playing atmosphere! Enter Wizards of the Coast, Lords of Waterdeep, which is based in […]


Mini Review: Sentinels of the Multiverse

Boardgame Month here at Geek of all Trades, so we’ve broken out our box of Sentinels of the Multiverse (SotM) to give you guys a peak into what you’ll find in the game. SotM is one of the first superhero games I ever picked up and one of my favourite cooperative plays, and over the years […]


Mini Review: Dead of Winter

It’s Boardgameapalooza month here at Geek of all trades and the folks at Plaid Hat games (The folks who brought us Summoner wars and Mice & Mystics) have come out with a new series of co-operative traitor games that we think you should take a look at! The Crossroads series, which Plaid hat aims to eventually expand into […]