Tag Archives: Glorantha

Review: Continuum 2012 Roleplaying Games Convention

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Chris Jensen Romer

OK, so I am back from Continuum, which was a marvellous experience. In fact the best weekend I have had a in a long time! For those who don’t know Continuum is a UK games convention held bi-annually in Leicester, where people play roleplaying, board, miniatures and freeform LARP games. Continue reading →

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Playtest Review: HeroQuest 2 RPG.

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Chris Jensen Romer

I’ll be back to my usual stuff soon, but I have been meaning to post this for a while. It is actually written for a RPG review site, but for the moment, here is my review of the HeroQuest2 roleplaying … Continue reading →

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RPG Review: Sartar Kingdom of Heroes for HeroQuest 2

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Chris Jensen Romer

It’s been a while since I wrote about my hobby, roleplaying games, and what follows is a brief review of a supplement for one such game, Heroquest 2. It’s a pen and paper/tabletop rpg like Dungeons and Dragons, not a … Continue reading →

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The Kraken Wakes! An interview with Fabian Kuechler.

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Chris Jensen Romer

Many readers of my blog are also gamers, and know the important role roleplaying games and boardgames play in my life. In this the first of an occasional series of interviews with people I know I am talking to Fabian Keuchler, who for many years was involved with running the fabled TENTACLES roleplaying game convention in Germany, which focussed on Glorantha, Call of Cthulhu and Chaosium games. At the time I approached Fabian for the interview he was planning the TENTACLES-successor event, named The KRAKEN – because “after all the Tentacles appear you see the Kraken”, as he says in his press release! Owing to work pressures on my part I missed the gaming scoop of breaking news of the new event, but I am delighted to now post my interview with Fabian. Continue reading →

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Heroquest 2.0 – the first mini-review?

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Chris Jensen Romer

It’s just gone one here, one hour since Heroquest officially became available! And here are my very first thoughts, pending a proper review later in the week, to be posted on rpg.net. I cheated, Jeff Richards gave me a copy of the pdf on Friday so I could get cracking on the review, and even with the weekend from hell behind me i have no had a chance to make a very brief first foray – full review to follow soon… Continue reading →

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