Mutants & Masterminds 3rd edition Unboxing
Today was a pretty cool day. I swung by the postoffice after work to pick up the mail and found a box waiting for me. It was my copy of Mutants & Masterminds...
March 9, 2011
March 2011
[Dungeonslayers] Caera map created with CC3
It’s always amazing what talented people can do with tools like Campaign Cartographer 3. And undoubtedly ProFantasy’s Ralf Schemmann is no amateur when it comes to map making. He recently created this beautiful...
March 9, 2011
Here is to 1,000 more!
Yesterday Stargazer’s World had its 1,000th post. I’m pretty new to the world of blogging, having only joined the team little over a year ago, but I think many endeavors such as this...
March 8, 2011
Review: Alternity
Alternity, by Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker, is a science-fiction role-playing game released in 1998 by TSR (now Wizards of the Coast). It bills itself as “a framework for all kinds of contemporary...
March 8, 2011
Player Advice: Make your character come alive!
This post came out of a conversation I was having with Michael over IM about my nick, Sunglar. I actually came up with the name for a story I wrote in 8th grade,...
March 7, 2011
Dying Earth is back with a vengeance!
Some time ago Pelgrane Press lost the license to produce the Dying Earth RPG based on Jack Vance’s classic novels. Recently they reacquired the license and to celebrate this, the Complete Dying Earth...
March 4, 2011
All Wrapped Up: My World Building Wrap-Up Post
So, since my world building series has now wrapped up, it seems appropriate to put together a little article linking to all of the posts in this series and provide you some links...
March 4, 2011
Free Stuff Friday: Redbox Hack
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Redbox Hack Nothing is better than a free game! I discovered Redbox Hack while looking for...
March 4, 2011
World Building Part 10 – The End of the World as We Know It?
Well, all good things have to come to an end. This will be my final post in this series on World Building. I think it has been a pretty fun ride. I hope...
March 3, 2011
Crazy Campaign Chronicles: Defenders of the Earth Redux or a Very Pulpy Future!
Introductory note: As Game Master I constantly get ideas for new campaigns. I take notes and file them away on the hopes of one day retaking them. But since I don’t role-play 24/7...
March 2, 2011
Ultimate History of Dungeons & Dragons
This might have been around for a while, but I only recently discovered it. The Ultimate History of Dungeons & Dragons! I wish I could buy a poster of this and hang it...
March 2, 2011
Attributes? We need no stinking attributes! Or do we?
For the last few days I have pondered about attributes in roleplaying game. Most of them use a set of attributes that describe the basic physical and mental capabilities of a character. Basically...
March 1, 2011