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18Apr 202617 Apr 2026

Video Game Review: Hades II

Hades II opens into ritual. Where the first game hurled you into rebellion with Zagreus’s fire‑bright defiance, the sequel begins…

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…

Star Wars Rewatch, Part 5: The Clone Wars 2008 Movie

24 Sep 202521 Sep 2025

Welcome to my Star Wars Rewatch; a full chronological journey through the galaxy far, far away, from the mystic shadows of the High Republic to the fractured futures of the…

Free Speech Isn’t Freedom from Fallout: Navigating Expression and Accountability in Tabletop Gaming Clubs

23 Sep 202515 Sep 2025

Tabletop gaming clubs are microcosms of creative expression, strategy, and storytelling, but they’re also communities, stitched together by shared values and mutual respect. In such spaces, free speech is a…

Magic Monday: Changing the Game with Aura Shards

22 Sep 202523 Aug 2025

Let’s look at some game changers! I’ve got some mixed feelings about WotC’s definition of these powerful cards. They’re staples of the format, and they’re undeniably powerful, but the Game…

Card Game Review: Doomlings (Plus Hints and Tips!)

21 Sep 202521 Sep 2025

Evolve quirky traits while the universe collapses around you in Doomlings, the card game from the publisher of the same name (Doomlings LLC). This compact card game manages to be…

The Starfleet Corps of Rhetoric Engineers: A Love Letter to the Galaxy’s Most Persuasive Nerds

20 Sep 202515 Sep 2025

There’s a throwaway gag in Star Trek: Lower Decks, Vol 1: Second Contact that stopped me in my tracks: the mention of the “Starfleet Corps of Rhetoric Engineers.” It’s absurd,…

5 on Friday 19/09/25

19 Sep 202517 Sep 2025

It’s Friday, and here on No Rerolls that means it’s time for an all-new 5 on Friday. We’re going to start with 5 exciting releases for this week before moving on to…

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: Beasts of Nurgle

18 Sep 202517 Jan 2025

I loved building my Beasts of Nurgle. There were two reasons I did not use the standard models. The first was that the conversions I ended up doing fit my…

Completed: Witch Hunters Crew for Burrows & Badgers

17 Sep 202517 Sep 2025

Following on from last week's Necromancers, I've finished up some Witch Hunters for Burrows & Badgers. As with the Necromancers, these are prints from Goon Master Games. They make the…

Graphic Novel Review: Star Trek: Lower Decks, Vol 1: Second Contact

16 Sep 202515 Sep 2025

Star Trek: Lower Decks, Vol 1: Second Contact is a trade paperback which comprises the first 6 issues of the Lower Deck comic. It's written by Ryan North and illustrated…

Magic Monday: Our Club’s 2025 Colour Challenge Decks

15 Sep 202514 Sep 2025

Our club's Commander random colour challenge has arrived, and decks are due in. Here are the decks that have been submitted. They are in no particular order, and I'll offer…

Book Review: Six Steps to Salvation by P.J. Murphy

14 Sep 202531 Aug 2025

Six Steps to Salvation is a satirical novel by P.J. Murphy. It was first published in April 2025. This review is intended to be free of spoilers, but none of…

Painting and Modeling

Northern Knights August 2025 Painting Challenge: Elites

13 Sep 202512 Sep 2025

We seem to have fallen a little out of sync with our club painting challenges. The August deadline ended up being last Thursday. Oh, well! The theme was "elites". Honestly,…