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Image from The Wizard Torn 3: an online Ars Magica convention.
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
Review: Waiting for Another War – The Sisters of Mercy 1980 to 1985 by Trevor Ristow
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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Tagged Andrew Eldritch, book reviews, Sisters of Mercy, Trevor Ristow
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Review: Continuum 2016, Games Convention in Leicester
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
Pokémon Take Back The Night in Cheltenham?
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
Review: The New Ghostbusters Movie; or I ain’t fraid o no film!
[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
Cthulhu, Fresh Flowers & Supermarket Shopping in Bury St Edmunds
“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
Review: The Bermuda Triangle Mystery – Solved by Lawrence David Kusche
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
RPG Review: Mars Colony, a 2 player Tabletop RPG by Tim Koppang
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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Tagged 2 player rpg, Mars Colony Review, political rpg, review, RPG, rpg reviews, tabletop games, Tim C Koppang
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Boardgame Review: OGRE (Pocket Edition) by Steve Jackson Games
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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Tagged boardgame reviews, OGRE, OGRE Review, Steve Jackson Games, wargames
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Review: The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story, by Kate Summerscale
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 →