SWN: Jumpstarting my Creativity
For the last few weeks I really struggled getting anything done. I don’t know what caused it – perhaps it’s this long, cold and dark winter – but my mental health issues have...
March 27, 2013
2013
Geeknic XI: There and back again!
I’ve blogged at length about Puerto Rico Role Players, a local group of role-playing game enthusiasts dedicated to promoting tabletop RPG games in Puerto Rico. Besides running demos a cons, something that’s become...
March 25, 2013
Ask The Readers / Fluff/Inspiration / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / Star Wars Saga Edition
Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 9 of 9)
Well here we are at the end of this weekly series! It’s been a great experience for me. For a long time I had wanted to try my hand at doing a series...
March 21, 2013
Blogging / Fluff/Inspiration / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / Star Wars Saga Edition
Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 8 of 9)
Yes you read that right! This was supposed to be the 8th installment of the weekly series of posts based on my old Star Wars Infinities campaign. Organizing the information for these posts...
March 15, 2013
Just my two cents / Mutants & Masterminds / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / Reviews & First Looks / RPG / Swords & Wizardry
What about Open Gaming Monthly? A short review…
After my review of Gygax Magazine and my bemoaning of the loss of Kobold Quarterly, I discovered another magazine that was recently released in digital form Open Gaming Monthly, a digital only magazine...
March 13, 2013
Kickstarter: Achtung! Cthulhu – Assault on the Mountains of Madness Confirmed!
On the weekend I received a press release by Modiphius that I just have to share with you guys. As I’ve said before I’m very excited about their current Kickstarter campaign. Combining WW2...
March 11, 2013
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Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 7 of 8)
Understand, all the planning for this campaign began in 2007. While Social Media existed, not all my players were avid users. One didn’t even have internet access at home. So when I decided to begin...
March 8, 2013
Blogging / Humor / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / Reviews & First Looks / RPG
What about Gygax Magazine? A review… (and a rant for good measure!)
When Gygax Magazine was announced I was thrilled. Although I am not a big super of the OSR movement (more on this later!), I understand its appeal and there are instances where I...
March 6, 2013
The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry
During the last weeks I posted about my plans for a Diaspora game using Mass Effect as a setting. I still love the idea and I have a lot of great ideas on...
March 4, 2013
Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 6 of 8)
Another Friday, another Star Wars post! I’ve been having a lot of fun writing these posts. Revisiting material I created for my campaign, revising some of it, and getting this incredible urge to...
March 1, 2013
Don’t ask what the GM can do for you
… ask what you can do for the GM. Or let it put me differently: it’s not the GM’s job alone to make sure the game is interesting and fun for everyone. Roberto’s...
February 27, 2013
Game Master Support Group
“Hello, my name is Roberto and I’m a Game Master…” Now everybody goes: “Hello Roberto!” Game Mastering is a special burden, a badge of honor to some, a constant headache for others. Despite...
February 25, 2013
Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 5 of 8)
And we are past the halfway point! This is part 5 of Friday’s mini-series based on the Star Wars Infinities campaign I ran for my players back in 2007. Hard to believe this...
February 22, 2013
Ask The Readers! Input on a BareBones Fantasy sci-fi hack… (First draft)
Seems like we are on a sci-fi roll here in the blog in 2013! So keeping with the theme, I’ve decided to share with Stargazer’s World readers a sci-fi hack I’ve been working on for the last...
February 20, 2013
My thoughts on the TableTop episode 19 “Dragon Age”
I love TableTop. It’s currently my favorite show on YouTube and I hope it will return for a second season. I’ve bought several games I’ve seen on the show and I didn’t regret...
February 20, 2013
Review: Night’s Black Agents
Pelgrane Press’ Gumshoe roleplaying games usually don’t disappoint and Kenneth Hite’s Night’s Black Agents is no exception. Night’s Black Agents combines the spy thriller genre with vampires. The players are spies that have...
February 18, 2013
Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 4 of 8)
This is part 4 of the mini-series of posts going live every Friday and based on the Star Wars Infinities campaign I ran for my players some years ago. Parts 1, 2 and...
February 15, 2013