Author Archives: Chris Jensen Romer

About Chris Jensen Romer

I am a profoundly dull, tedious and irritable individual. I have no friends apart from two equally ill mannered cats, and a lunatic kitten. I am a ghosthunter by profession, and professional cat herder. I write stuff and do TV things and play games. It's better than being real I find.

TV Review: Panthera Britannia – are there big cats in the British countryside?

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

It seems odd to us now but when I was a kid I lived through one of the coldest winters on record in the UK — December/January 1981 to 82, when blizzards swept across the country and heavy snow isolated … Continue reading →

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Review: Heavy Metal (1981) film; music, sexism and gaming culture.

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

I’m notorious for never watching TV or movies but I’m currently reading Designers & Dragons Shannon Appelcline’s wonderful history of the rpg industry and immersed in 1970s and 1980s culture. While doing so I chanced upon the cover of White … Continue reading →

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Parcel delivery woes in UK changes

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

I’m getting old: just bought my first loud three point doorbell. No ring video cams for me (the police have surveillance cameras covering our street anyway) just old fashioned bell so I can hear when the postman comes. It was … Continue reading →

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Boardgame review: Final Girl – The Haunting of Creech Manor

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

A quick post tonight: I did another play through of this solo boardgame based on 80’s horror flicks. This time it’s Poltergeist: you have moved in to Creech Manor and very quickly discover that it is horribly haunted. So you … Continue reading →

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74, 75?

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

I was just lying here basking in the sun with Hansine cat, looking at the RuneQuest rpg rules. An illustration struck me suddenly, a line drawing by Luise Perrene or Lisa Free; as familiar as William Church art, something from … Continue reading →

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The Letters of M.R. James

Posted on May 6, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

There has been a bit of a kerfuffle this week in the Jamesian community after a savage TLS review by A.S.G.Edwards of Casting the Runes: The Letters of M.R.James by Jane Mainley-Piddock utterly trashed it. My problem with the book … Continue reading →

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CJ Events at Games Expo 2023, Birmingham NEC. June 2nd to 4th.

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

Plenty of spaces in my events at Games Expo UK this year so if you enjoy role-playing games or have never tried them do come along. I will also be helping out at the Pelgrane Press stall. You can learn … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Robert Moore, UFOlogist – 1967 – 2023.

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

Today is the funeral of my friend and ASSAP Vice Chair Robert Moore: UFOlogist, folklorist, and researcher. We are thinking of his friends and family and raising a glass to his memory. A number of ASSAP friends are travelling to … Continue reading →

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The Sisters Grene

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

I wandered in to Cheltenham today to buy some jeans as my trousers are falling apart; on the way I decided to pop in to a new shop at The Brewery, just five minutes gentle stroll from my home. I … Continue reading →

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Boardgame Review: Final Girl

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

I don’t play a lot of solo boardgames: I’ve owned B17: Queen of the Skies for decades but rarely break it out, and many games I own can be played solo but I don’t bother. Boardgames for me are a … Continue reading →

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