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15Apr 20261 Dec 2025

D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Min‑Maxer Survival Kit

A Field Pamphlet for Enduring Optimisation Tyranny The Warning Signs Spreadsheet at the Table: They arrive with Excel sheets, probability…

Where Culture Meets the Tabletop, Part 1: The Music and Artistry of Sofia Isella

Tabletop gaming does not and should not sit in a vacuum. It absorbs whatever the wider culture is generating, whether…

13Apr 20264 Apr 2026

Magic Monday: 10 Cards to Enrage Your Commander Pod

Commander is a format built on big plays, splashy spells, and the unspoken agreement that everyone gets to do something…

Top 50 Games 2016 (40-31)

7 Dec 20167 Dec 2016

Following on from my previous post, here are the next ten games in this year's top 50 list. Just to reiterate, there are my top 50 of all time, as…

Top 50 Games 2016 (50-41)

Welcome to this year's top 50 games list in which I list my personal top 50 games at this point in time. My choices are not limited to games from…

Why I Like GMT’s P500 System

29 Nov 201629 Nov 2016

Preorders are nothing new. There's nothing like a big, hyped up, pre-order-tastic launch to really set a game on the course to commercial success. Hell, in the past few months…

No Rerolls Radio, Episode 5: (Sci) Fi-Curious

12 Oct 201614 Oct 2016

In this episode, Alex and Stuart boldly explore sci-fi gaming in its various forms. They begin with a brief discussion of the recent split between Games Workshop and Fantasy Flight Games before giving…

Board Games Wishlist: GMT and Others

I have quite a large collection of board games that covers a lot of different genres, both mechanically and thematically. Generally speaking, I have a title to scratch most itches. Despite…

Fantasy Flight Games and Games Workshop Go Separate Ways

Well, after a couple of months of speculation, it's been announced that Fantasy Flight Games will not retain the Games Workshop license. This means that FFG will lose access to both…

Finding Inspiration: ‘What Alec Bourbon Said’, or Why Fluff Matters

24 Aug 201623 Oct 2022

When it comes to tabletop games, flavour can be very important. Background information and stories – or fluff, as it is often known – enrich the game and give a…

RPGs

World of Darkness, Chronicles of Darkness and Christianity

16 Aug 201614 Mar 2023

Among the many changes that were implemented in the transition from the classic World of Darknessinto what is now known as the Chronicles of Darkness, one particularly interesting one was the decision…

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No Rerolls Radio, Episode 4: Worlds of Darkness, Old Versus New

Episode 4 features a discussion about White Wolf's World of Darkness games. Specifically, whether we prefer the old or the new editions. We discuss broad themes, metaplot and take a significant…

Fantasy Flight Games and Their New Approach to Manuals

I adore Fantasy Flight Games and they are the most prevalent publisher in my collection. I own too many of their games. I love Android: Netrunner, Cosmic Encounter, Twilight Imperium, Star Wars: Edge of…

RPGs

Vampire: The Masquerade Bundle at Humble Bundle

There is a fantastic Humble Bundle up just now! No, I don't mean the 2k Games one, that's just shooty-death-bang video games. Who cares about that? The bundle to which…