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The adventures and life of a Specialist Nurse in Upper GI and Bariatric surgery. If you then double and triple this by having a primary school age child AND being married to another Nurse then you have double the trouble….aehm I mean fun. Hobbies are playing chess, board games and being taxi for our son!!!

Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this blog are either the product of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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  • The Castles of Burgundy

    Why this “beige” Euro still farms points like it’s 2011 Disclaimer This blog is written in a personal capacity by a nurse who spends far too much time around dice, tiles, and laminated score pads. Any strategic advice given below should not be applied to clinical decision-making, NHS service redesign, or conversations with anesthetists. No Read more

  • Galactic Cruise — Comprehensive Review, Strategy Guide & Player-Count Breakdown

    Disclaimer The following Galactic Cruise review contains no clinical advice, no NG-tube placement guidance, no pathway for biliary sepsis, and absolutely no reference to whether the patient has passed stool today.Any resemblance between booking a cruise liner and booking an NHS theatre list is purely coincidental. Unlike our elective Upper GI lists, the ships in Read more

  • GridCon 2025: Taunton Becomes the Cardboard Capital of the Universe (For 72 Glorious Hours)

    Disclaimer This blog contains scenes of mild board-game addiction, unsolicited excitement over cardboard, and casual name-dropping of board-game personalities. Viewer discretion advised, especially if you think Monopoly counts as a modern board game. It’s that time of year again — the annual migration of the cardboard-obsessed herds toward the sacred halls of the Taunton Holiday Read more

  • 1,500 Hours Later: Why I Can’t Stop Playing Civilization VI (Even Though I Should)

    Let me start with a confession: I’ve spent over 1,500 hours playing Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. That’s more than two whole months of my life leading fictional empires from the Stone Age to the Space Race. And yes — I finally won on Deity difficulty, the game’s hardest setting. These days, though, Civ VI doesn’t Read more

  • Catan: The Island That Launched a Thousand Game Nights

    If you’ve been anywhere near a board game shelf in the last two decades, you’ve probably seen the familiar red box with hexagonal tiles and the bold name Catan (formerly The Settlers of Catan). This modern classic, designed by Klaus Teuber and first released in 1995, is often credited with revolutionizing the board game industry Read more

  • Kutná Hora: The City of Silver – A Deep Dive into Gameplay, Strategy, and Variants

    Currently my favourite game and I am always happy to play/teach it. Here’s my take on it: If you’re a fan of historically rich euro-style board games with a solid economic engine, Kutná Hora: The City of Silver deserves a spot on your table. Published by Czech Games Edition and designed by Ondřej Bystroň, Petr Read more

  • Ark Nova

    When you look at my games, I have played this year one of the most games played so far for me is Ark Nova. I love Ark Nova – I am not good at it but I am usually happy to play it if it makes it to the table. Ark Nova is a game Read more

  • Through the Ages – A new story of Civilization (TtA)

    As people know I play board games as one of my hobbies. Over the years board games have come and gone, some made o very good impression on me – other not so much. Playing chess got me into board games. When still living in Germany I was part of the YMCA and we had Read more