Fuck Combat!
Today I stumbled upon an interesting thread on the RPG.net forums titled “Come to think of it, fuck combat” which I want to recommend to you. The OP talks about how he perceives...
September 13, 2017
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A Look At The Exodus System by Jacob Ross
I am always on the lookout for new and exciting game systems, and so it’s not surprising that I eventually found out about Jacob Ross’ Exodus System. It was inspired by various games...
September 7, 2017
Alternatives to Lovecraft?
We all love Lovecraftian horror. Call of Cthulhu has always been a pretty popular roleplaying game. For most people it’s THE horror roleplaying game. But this popularity comes at a price. Over the...
September 6, 2017
Why I Love Kevin Crawford’s Games
If you haven’t been living under a rock you’ve at least heard of one of his games: Stars Without Number, Silent Legions, Godbound, Other Dust, just to name a few. I first heard...
September 5, 2017
Warhammer 40.000 Wrath & Glory Interview
When Ulisses recently announced that they acquired the Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying game license I was blown away. This was great news for every 40K fan and the German roleplaying scene. Ulisses is slowly...
August 30, 2017
Player-facing Rolls
Yesterday night I played the John Sinclair Abenteuerspiel for the first time. It’s a German roleplaying game based on the popular John Sinclair pulp horror novel series. In the game you play monster/ghost...
August 24, 2017
Why I am Not Excited about StarFinder
StarFinder is the new science-fantasy roleplaying game by Paizo based on their incredibly popular Pathfinder game. It was released a couple of days ago and already third-party supplements created for it dominate the...
August 22, 2017
Powered By The Apocalypse
During the last months I have repeatedly played with the idea to run a game “powered by the apocalypse”. These games are mechanically based on D. Vincent Baker’s Apocalypse World. So what makes...
August 21, 2017
There will be an Expanse RPG
A while ago, I was wondering why there was no roleplaying game based on Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham’s The Expanse book series which was recently turned into a successful TV series. What...
August 17, 2017
I might not be done with Fate after all
About a year ago, I wrote a post about how I decided Fate was not for me. I’ve struggled with the game for quite some time, loving it on the one hand and...
August 16, 2017
First Look: The Frontier by One Dwarf Army
Do you like science fiction? Guns? Action? Games like Borderlands or Destiny? The d20 System? Then The Frontier may be for you. The Frontier by One Dwarf Army is a no-frills 90-paged pen...
August 15, 2017
Crowdfunding
Since their launch, platforms like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo helped to fund projects which would never have seen the light of day otherwise. Especially in the video game industry noone was willing to take...
August 14, 2017
New Warhammer 40,000 RPG in the Works
Ulisses North America has secured the precious Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying game license. This is huge! This not only means that there will be a completely new 40K RPG available soon, but the books...
August 12, 2017
Stargazer’s World is now on Patreon
Patreon has been around for quite some time and it seems it works great for both content creators and their fans. I never have seen my blog as a way to make money,...
August 11, 2017
Recommendation: Ice Kingdoms Campaign Setting
If you are into OSR-style games and Vikings you should definitely have a look at the Ice Kingdoms Campaign Setting by Mad Martian Games. It was designed with OSRIC in mind but you...
August 11, 2017
An Anniversary, A Personal Story, and Nerd Culture
A couple of days ago this blog has had its 9th anniversary. Over the last nine years 18 authors have written more than 1800 posts about roleplaying games, board games, and other nerdy...
August 10, 2017
First Look: Pip System Corebook
I love genre-agnostic roleplaying games. Mostly because they allow me to dream of using them for my homebrew settings (which of course get never finished). But they are also a great choice if...
August 9, 2017
Some Thoughts on Fantasy AGE
I like Fantasy AGE a lot. I tremendously enjoyed the original game using the AGE system, the Dragon Age Roleplaying Game. It even was one of the inspirations for my own fantasy RPG...
August 8, 2017
Even Stranger Things Are Coming
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you probably have heard about Stranger Things, a Netflix series, which came basically out of nowhere, but thrilled its audiences. It’s also the only TV...
July 27, 2017
No love for WaRP?
In May 2012 I wrote a short blog post about the then recent release of the Wanton Roleplaying System (aka WaRP) under the OGL. Most gamers probably never heard of said system before....
July 24, 2017