Category Archives: Reviews and Past Events

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: The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story, by Kate Summerscale

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Chris Jensen Romer

Sometimes you should not review a book: it is a job for someone else. It was the morning of my mother’s funeral; late September 2020, bright sunlight and sudden darkness; an angry wind shouting at me as my housemates gathered … Continue reading →

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Review: Waiting for Another War – The Sisters of Mercy 1980 to 1985 by Trevor Ristow

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Chris Jensen Romer

So I read Waiting for Another War the history of the Sisters of Mercy (till 1985) by Trevor Ristow. It is a really good readable book with a limited market (probably people who bought The Reptile House ep) and charts … 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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Review: The New Ghostbusters Movie; or I ain’t fraid o no film!

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Chris Jensen Romer

  [tl:dr: great film go see it] It all started with a moving candlestick flying across a room; that was how I got involved with the girly ghosthunter, who is now a parapsychologist with a Ph.D in apparitional experience. And … Continue reading →

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Cthulhu, Fresh Flowers & Supermarket Shopping in Bury St Edmunds

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Chris Jensen Romer

“West of Arkham the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut. There are dark narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, and where thin brooklets trickle without ever having caught the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Bermuda Triangle Mystery – Solved by Lawrence David Kusche

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Chris Jensen Romer

Book titles tend to be prone to hyperbole, but this 1975 book, one of my favourite books, does exactly what it says on the cover. It simply explains the Bermuda Triangle phenomena, and also teaches a few lessons in critical … 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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Boardgame Review: OGRE (Pocket Edition) by Steve Jackson Games

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Chris Jensen Romer

A 2 player game about a giant robot mega-tank (the OGRE) as it ploughs towards through the defenders killing everything in the way… Back in my school days in Bury St Edmunds, there was a little boat enthusiasts shop called … Continue reading →

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