Card Games… Magic Monday: Our Club’s 2026 Typal Challenge Decks 9 Feb 20269 Feb 2026 Our club's Commander typal challenge has arrived, and decks are due in. Here are the decks that have been submitted thus far. I'm expecting a few late entries, and I'll…
Painting and Modeling Northern Knights January 2026 Painting Challenge: Open Contest 7 Feb 20267 Feb 2026 January's painting challenge was pretty open; just paint something. After a slightly disappointing turnout for the previous challenge, I was delighted to see a whole bunch of miniatures submitted this…
Card Games… Magic Monday: Our Next Club Event; The Commander Typal Challenge 12 Jan 202612 Jan 2026 2 Magic Mondays posts in one day? Must be something special! Following the success of our club's recent Colour Challenge event, our club is moving into its next deck‑building adventure.…
Card Games… Magic Monday: Results of Our Club’s 2025 Commander Colours Challenge 22 Dec 202520 Dec 2025 The last quarter of this year saw our club running a Commander colours challenge. I started writing about the event back in early August when I knew it was coming…
Painting and Modeling Northern Knights December 2025 Painting Challenge: Paint Anything! 20 Dec 202519 Dec 2025 December's painting challenge was pretty open; just paint something. I actually haven't painted in a little while, so I grabbed one of my most recent minis and packed it up…
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…
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