Painting and Modeling Northern Knights November 2025 Painting Challenge: Non-GW 23 Nov 202522 Nov 2025 I forgot to post this one nearer the time. The actual date that we finished it and voted was on the 13th. Oh well, I'm sharing it now! The theme…
Painting and Modeling Northern Knights October 2025 Painting Challenge: Heroes 15 Oct 202511 Oct 2025 I'm still finding the timings of our painting challenges a little... off. Still, at least we're doing them! Here's our challenge that was completed last Thursday. Some folk brought new…
Tabletop Games Drafting a Club Code of Conduct 28 Sep 202521 Sep 2025 Last week, I wrote about the challenges involved in balancing a free exchange of ideas and views, whilst maintaining a functioning, safe, and respectful gaming club. Those were the thoughts…
Learning… 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…
Card Games… 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…
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,…
Card Games… Magic Monday: Our Club’s Upcoming Commander Colour Challenge Event 11 Aug 2025 Following on from the success of our Budget Brew Commander Challenge, our local club is now running a second deck-building event. This time, it's a random colour event, where each…
Painting and Modeling Northern Knights July 2025 Painting Challenge: Mini Swap 10 Aug 20259 Aug 2025 Last month's club painting challenge was judged on Thursday. We got a fair few entries. The theme was a mini swap. People put in miniatures which were then redistributed among…
Card Games… Thinking About Our Club’s Upcoming MTG Commander Colour Challenge 6 Aug 202511 Aug 2025 Our club has a random colour contest coming up soon. Everyone will be issued a random colour and sent off to build a deck. I'll post the full rules, along…
Painting and Modeling Northern Knights June 2025 Painting Challenge: Squads 5 Jul 202530 Jun 2025 During our final club night of June, the Northern Knights voted on some painted squads. This concluded our June painting challenge! Here were the six entries: Now, in a general…
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: Chapter Creation Contest Results 26 Jun 202515 Jan 2025 So much work went into our local club's Chapter Creation contest. There were a load of really interesting miniatures painted up, and a lot of great background information. I'm surprised…
RPGs Seeking the Unplayed: The RPGs Just Out of Reach 15 Jun 202514 Jun 2025 I love my gaming group. The Northern Knights are fantastic—enthusiastic, open-minded, and always ready to roll the dice on something new. We play a diverse array of board games, dabble…
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