Fun and games - toys and kits for nerds

Why aren't there cool messages in real life like in every role-playing game when you've improved your skills?

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As fans of the indomitable Gauls, we don’t usually credit the Romans with much martial skill. And in fact, much of their knowledge originally came ...

"Te invoco a profundus inferni!"Oh, what good times those used to be! Instead of staring at the smartphone or sitting in front of the TV, we sat t...

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The basilisk that lies in wait for Harry in the Chamber of Secrets is one of the most terrifying creatures in the magical world. A single glance ki...

Let's get one thing right out of the way… Yes, nerds can actually play sports. Just because we don't like running after a ball with 21 other player...

The pandemic is over, but we were able to learn a few things from it that are still relevant in our current everyday lives. For example, we now kno...

Even a great warrior like the Dragonborn needs some rest from time to time. Ideally, this includes a good drink, good food, good company – and an e...

Secret Santa, Secret Santa, Julklapp – the more or less anonymous distribution of gifts in the run-up to Christmas has many names and is probably f...

Without a doubt, physics is one of the most interesting sciences in the world. But one major downside is the fact that, in order to get to see the ...

In many video games and collector card games, you need Mana for everything magic. Since Mana is your spiritual energy, i.e. the resource of your ma...

Become the director of your very own Jurassic Park! Since real dinosaurs are extinct and their bones are both extremely rare and illegal to own in ...

If only the platform sign for platform 9 ¾ was visible at King's Cross station in London, nothing would stand in the way of your journey to Hogwart...

Mimics are mean: Before you even realise what’s happening, these malicious monsters are already using their goo to keep you in place and render you...

Gather round, all ye weary adventurers! Stretch your tired legs at the campfire and listen while we present the ultimate innovation in alchemy: the...

The Marvel universe includes so many different characters that there is sure to be someone for everyone who finds them particularly fascinating. Th...

There are many games for which dice are essential. In a Pen & Paper, however, they decide more than just victory or defeat – it is a matter of life...

When the enthusiastic darts player Paul Alford came to Sweden and got to know the Swedish axe forging art at Gränsfors Bruk, he quickly realised th...

Experts are still debating whether the fearsome T-Rex was an active predator or rather a scavenger. We know better. Of course, it simply ate everyt...

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Fidget toys have always been trendy and are sometimes looked down upon. But not only are they actually able to lower the perceived stress level, th...

The invention of the telescope was quite the groundbreaker in human history. Actually invented by the Dutch optician Hans Lipperhey in 1608, it was...

When you stand at an ordinary bus stop on an ordinary day, an ordinary bus will come. Although, this changes when an odd forest spirit turns up! Wi...

What would you say if we told you that you can harness the powers of physics to slow down time and switch off gravity? And that you can make a ball...

Everybody knows Cluedo. This legend of a board game turns regular players into master investigators stepping into the footsteps of Hercule Poirot a...

For Henry Cavill, what many gamers dream of has come true: he was allowed to slip into the skin of one of his favourite characters and make him rea...

The D20 – i.e. the 20-sided die – is a symbol for roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons, but also other game genres such as tabletops. Not s...

In a giant open-world roleplaying video game, it’s easy to get lost among hordes of enemies, quests and other distractions. And when dragons start ...

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If anyone knows about sleeping, it’s the Grand Old Cthulhu, who has been slumbering in R’lyeh for aeons, waiting to finally bring the world under h...

On their quest to find a way to turn cheap materials into gold, alchemists created a highly complex, but sadly completely unscientific, secret doct...

Four pizza-gobbling, weapon-wielding turtles taught the art of Ninjitsu by a rat mutant in the sewers of New York? What sounds like a joke actually...

With Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker aka Episode 9, the end of an era is upon us. An era that has accompanied most of us throughout our entire lives. ...

One of the best things about summer is the fact that you dry pretty quickly if you manage to get wet. Which means it's gonna be just fine to launch...