Category Archives: Games

Whammed? I think not!

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

I originally wrote this back in 2017 but it is useful every year. One less thing to worry about in the holiday season! “I notice a number of friends believe they have failed at Whamageddon. They are wrong! Rule 3 … 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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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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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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D&D, movies and gatekeeping

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

Have you seen the Dungeons and Dragons movie? I haven’t, and probably won’t. I mean I have seen 3 Ghostbusters movies, Paranormal Activity, Missippi Burning, Star Wars, Excalibur and Tombraider at the cinema in my lifetime so I think it’s … Continue reading →

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Image from The Wizard Torn 3: an online Ars Magica convention.

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Chris Jensen Romer

Tonight I am writing about my gaming hobby so feel free to skip reading this unless you are a tabletop rpg gamer or very curious! I will be back tomorrow to normal topics (whatever they are?) Well another Image from … Continue reading →

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Review: Continuum 2016, Games Convention in Leicester

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Chris Jensen Romer

WARNING: Many links contain sound. Don’t click on them if at work. Last week was spent on my annual holiday, this time spent visiting my parents in Suffolk and from Friday to Monday at Continuum, a bi-annual games convention in … Continue reading →

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Pokémon Take Back The Night in Cheltenham?

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Chris Jensen Romer

It was about 2.30pm yesterday and a beautiful sunny  afternoon; I was walking along Cheltenham High Street when I first noticed the two elegantly dressed, seemingly normal women. They were in their 30’s I guess, and as they approached I … Continue reading →

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My Friend Fancies You – Gaming Romance

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Chris Jensen Romer

So I’m back from Peaky, the game writing weekend, after a few hours on site. I left at breakfast on the first full day, with a full refund and a lift to a train station, but still pretty dejected and … Continue reading →

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RPG Review: Mars Colony, a 2 player Tabletop RPG by Tim Koppang

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Chris Jensen Romer

Can you save Mars? A 2 player RPG that is not an investigative game, and that does politics well… So this morning I found myself with the prospect of a free evening, and in a spirit of optimism I fired … Continue reading →

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