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CJ Events at Games Expo 2023, Birmingham NEC. June 2nd to 4th.
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
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: 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
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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An Unexpected Kindness…
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
How I came to organise a Convention (and why you probably should too!).
Firstly, and foremost. It is all Kevin’s fault. I never set out to organise anything – organisation and me are distant acquaintances, at the best. I rarely know what day it is; I sometimes struggle to recall the year. I … Continue reading
UKGamesExpo 2013
OK, so I went to UKGamesExpo today, the board, card and rpg games convention in Birmingham, held at the NEC Hilton Metropole in Birmingham: first year in that location, ion previous years it has been held near Edgbaston as I … Continue reading
About My Hobby for Non-Gamers: An Introduction to the 5th Edition Ars Magica Roleplaying Game
OK, many of you will know I play a game called Ars Magica about medieval wizards and have written on a lot of books for the line over the last nine years or so. I really enjoy the game, but … Continue reading
D&D, movies and gatekeeping
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 →