Category Archives: Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life

Stuff you won’t be interested in reading.

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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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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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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The One About How CJ came to LARP… Part One: The late 1970s/ early 1980’s

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Chris Jensen Romer

A brief discussion of the UK rpg scene 1979 to 1985 and the prehistory of LARP in the USA and UK. Continue reading →

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The 12 Games of Christmas — Board Games are not ALL Terrible!

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Chris Jensen Romer

First, Merry Christmas! Secondly, we have all been there. A family Christmas turns toxic when someone suggest playing a board game, and Aunty drags Monopoly out of the cupboard. Now Monopoly can be a lot of fun I guess – … Continue reading →

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An Unexpected Kindness…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Chris Jensen Romer

A few of you may know that I write a lot for the books for the Ars Magica 5th edition roleplaying game published by Atlas Games, and that I am something of an enthusiast for the game, originating and often … Continue reading →

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The Day I Met Myself: or how I survived my death-omen doppleganger.

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Chris Jensen Romer

It was an overcast day, and I was walking through Bury St Edmunds with my best friend, Hugh. After lunch sometime, killing time before our scheduled afternoon classes. I don’t know the date or even the year — and Hugh … Continue reading →

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