Maps, maps, maps! A trio of reviews… Part 1 – Flip Mats
As an avid player of D20 games maps have become an integral part of my games. On a previous post I talked about cheap battlemats and what I use for most of my...
April 8, 2010
2010
Gaming In Remote Locations: The U.S. Navy
As someone who only got into Dungeons & Dragons a year ago I found it difficult to find anyone else in Juneau Alaska who had experience playing D&D. Checking the internet was little...
April 8, 2010
Sneak peek: OPD Codex 2009 Deluxe
For quite some time I have been working on the layout of the premium version of last year’s One Page Dungeon Codex. Actually it was supposed to be out in September, but as...
April 7, 2010
My GenCon plans
This year will be the first time I attend to GenCon in Indianapolis. For quite some time, fellow RPG bloggers like Zachary from RPG Blog II and Michael from Mad Brew Labs have...
April 6, 2010
Lazy Easter Monday Video Post: Elder Sign
If you suffer from an overwhelming sense of dread brought on by the realization of your own insignificance in the universe, then you need Elder Sign. Check out this video to learn more:...
April 5, 2010
Dresden Files RPG: Preorder Is Go!
When I crawled out of bed a few minutes ago, I noticed that the Dresden Files RPG by Evil Hat Productions is finally available for preorder. People who preorder the books, get an...
April 5, 2010
Lazy Friday Video Post: PAX East 2010 Keynote
Check out this video from Wil Wheaton’s PAX East 2010 keynote: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlh7_608KUs You can watch the rest of his awesome keynote here.
April 2, 2010
Preview: Space 1889 – Red Sands
Almost exactly one year ago, Pinnacle Entertainment Group announced Space 1889: Red Sands, a Savage Worlds campaign setting based on the classic Victorian SF roleplaying game. I already own a copy of Heliograph’s...
April 1, 2010
Gears: The only constant is change!
I finally made up my mind about Gears, my roleplaying game in development. Thanks to the comments I got during the last weeks I was finally able to decide what I should focus...
March 31, 2010
Exchange of Realities
Recently fellow RPG blogger and one-time guest blogger here at Stargazer’s World Ravyn has moved her blog. She has been thinking about that step for a long time and now she’s made the...
March 31, 2010
Gaming In Remote Locations: Juneau Alaska
A little over 4 years ago I moved to Juneau Alaska. I was leaving behind Seattle Washington for a better job. I went from living in a city with a population of around...
March 30, 2010
Cheap battlemats!
For the longest time I gamed without minis or a battlemat. Despite beginning to play AD&D with 1st edition, I never had a war gaming background and for the longest time my combats...
March 30, 2010
Dresden Files RPG: Nevermore
This news is already a couple of days old, but I thought it wouldn’t hurt to post this here: Recently Evil Hat Productions has made the whole 39-paged Baltimore chapter of the upcoming...
March 29, 2010
Traveling for Inspiration
Travels, short and long, have often inspired me, both as topics for writing fiction (something I enjoy and don’t do enough of) and gaming. Over the last fourteen years I’ve traveled all across...
March 29, 2010
Apple’s new iPad and RPGs
I have to admit I am very excited about Apple’s upcoming iPad. In my opinion it closes the gap between smartphones and notebooks, could be a perfect alternative to ebook readers like the...
March 29, 2010
Why do I design games?
In the past people have asked me, why I bother to write games? There a already hundreds of roleplaying games out there and since I don’t intent to sell them and make some...
March 26, 2010
Freebie: Old-School Fantasy Character Pack
You might remember my recent review about Reality Blurs’ new old-school fantasy adventure “A Keg for Dragon”. Yesterday they released a couple of pregenerated characters that you can use for that adventure or...
March 26, 2010