Life and Times of a German blogger
Since I have been pretty quiet over the last few days I wanted to give you guys a short update on what’s new with your favorite blogger. My fight with depression is going...
August 14, 2014
2014
Q&A with Mark Reed
Yesterday I posted about Heroic Journey Publishing’s “Erinbour: Places of Power” Kickstarter. What excites me the most about the setting is two things: first it will support DwD Studios’ Barebones Fantasy, which is...
August 7, 2014
News of the World #2
In March I announced that I wanted to start an irregular column with news from all over the RPG scene. For some reason I totally forgot about this. So without further ado, here’s...
August 6, 2014
Kickstarter: Erinbour–Places of Power
Today I had a short chat with Mark Reed who’s currently running the Erinbour Kickstarter project. On its surface Erinbour is your run-of-the-mill high fantasy setting, but there’s more than meets the eye....
August 6, 2014
Numenera: One of the best Games I ever ran!
On Saturday six of my friends and I met to play Numenera. None of us had played the game before but we all were pretty excited about it. We all had high hopes...
August 5, 2014
Countdown to Numenera
Tomorrow I’ll run my first game of Numenera. In addition to being the first time I run this game it will be the first time that I run a game for such a...
August 1, 2014
Make Games Not War!
Since the release of the D&D Basic Rules another war is waged in the RPG community. This time it’s not about editions but about the people who helped Wizards of the Coast to...
July 31, 2014
I’ve got Numenera on my Mind
Last Friday the Fallout campaign I was running came to an end. So we started thinking about what I could run next. For a while we thought about another Fate game, perhaps even...
July 22, 2014
A new Edition is always a good Thing, isn’t it?
Everyone is talking about the new edition of D&D right now. But as usual not everyone is happy about a new edition. But isn’t a new edition a good thing? It shows that...
July 18, 2014
One Game To Rule Them All?
One question has divided players basically since the day when there was more than one roleplaying game on the market: which is the best roleplaying game? Is the new D&D better than Pathfinder?...
July 15, 2014
Ask The Readers: Shall I Give Shadowrun 5th Edition Another Chance?
Recently I had the chance to play in a Shadowrun 3rd Edition game. We initially planned to play something else, but one of the players couldn’t make it, so we decided to play...
July 14, 2014
(Almost) Back to the roots: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition
As I’ve mentioned several times before, the first roleplaying game I’ve played was TORG but the first campaign I played in was a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition one. And believe it or...
July 7, 2014
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Fantasy Fridays! Ask the readers, Pathfinder RPG House Rules?
Hello readers! Sorry for another skipped week RL and all that. I’m very interested in continuing my contributions to the blog with at least one post a week. Let’s do this… You’ll notice...
July 4, 2014
Lazy Wednesday Video Post: Tabletop RPG Design 101
A couple of days ago, Tim Kirk posted a very interesting video blog on game design on his YouTube channel. In the about 13 minutes long video he gives great advice to anyone...
July 2, 2014
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Free RPG Day Debriefing
This past weekend, June 21st to be exact, I participated of Free RPG Day for the very first time. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time stores in Puerto...
June 24, 2014
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Sci-Fi Fridays! Part 22 – A review! What about Obsidian Portal?
You might be wondering… Did he miss a week? Yes I did! Sorry dear reader… Personal matters kept me away from the blog last week. Everything is almost back to normal now, so...
June 20, 2014
Please check out my YouTube channel
For the last few years I have uploaded video reviews, unboxing videos etc. on my YouTube channel. I even started a rather short-lived video review series in German language. Recently I thought I...
June 11, 2014