Pop Culture… Thoughts on Finding Inspiration Anywhere; RPGs from Narrative Songs (Part 2) 12 Mar 2023 Last week, I had a wee think about using narrative songs to plan and play a roleplaying game. I gave an example as well, using Riptide by Vance Joy. I…
Pop Culture… Thoughts on Finding Inspiration Anywhere; RPGs from Narrative Songs (Part 1) 5 Mar 20233 Mar 2023 It's long been my contention that the RPG is an incredibly broad tool for collaborative storytelling. There's an element of the oral tradition at play, and there's definitely a lot…
Board Games… Top 50 Games of 2022 (10-1) 31 Dec 202229 Dec 2022 The least prestigious award in tabletop gaming returns after a 2 year, pandemic-related hiatus! Woo and/or yay! Welcome to our top 50 games list for 2022, in which I list…
NoRerolls Products… New Release: Creative Inertia 19 Dec 2022 After sharing some thoughts on using Fiasco to play a Yes, Minister-themed game, I put together a playset for Fiasco. Fiasco is a favoured game of this blog, so I…
NoRerolls Products… Coming Soon: NoRerolls’ First Release on DriveThruRPG 18 Dec 202218 Dec 2022 Following on from last week's post about Yes, Minister, I have been putting together a little playset for running games of British political sitcoms like Fiasco in the style of…
Pop Culture… Yes, Minister: Review and Play Suggestions 14 Dec 2022 The British sitcom is a specific artform that is unique to our little island nation. We do comedy well in a general sense, but it's hard to beat us in…
Pop Culture… Wednesday (Netflix): Review and Play Suggestions 30 Nov 2022 This weekend I watched the new Netflix series, Wednesday. For those who haven't been aware of this series, it is a Tim Burton-led spin-off of The Addams Family which focuses…
RPGs… Throwback Thursday: Systems for a Rick & Morty RPG 20 Oct 202214 Oct 2022 Back in 2018, I had a wee think about how to best run an RPG based on the popular animated TV show, Rick and Morty. Now, since that time, Wizards…
Pop Culture… Middleditch, Schwartz and a Masterclass in Fiasco 31 May 202031 May 2020 In April, Netflix posted a series of three comedy specials from Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz. These names may be familiar to you. Middleditch is best known for his starring…
Blogging… RPGs are scary – So play Fiasco! 15 Jan 202015 Jan 2020 So, you want to get your friends into tabletop roleplay games, but they are hesitant? Easy! Tell them you are going to play Fiasco! Hear me out, I recently ran…
Blogging… Top 50 Games of 2019 (40-31) 11 Dec 20193 Dec 2022 Welcome to our top 50 games list for 2019, in which I list my personal top 50 games at this point in time. My choices are not limited to games…
5 on Friday 5 on Friday 30/08/19 30 Aug 201922 Feb 2021 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…
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