More White Box Shenanigans
This Saturday we had to cancel or regular Titansgrave game, because three of the players couldn’t make it, so I pulled out White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game, and we quickly rolled up...
September 18, 2016
Stargazer
Through the Moongate
Yesterday evening I had the chance to run my first White Box game set into the world of the Ultima series, Britannia (or Sosaria as it was known before). Overall I have to...
September 16, 2016
More Prep–More Props
I am a terribly lazy GM. If possible I try not to do any prep at all and usually rely on my improvisational skills to run my games. But this had led to...
September 15, 2016
Ultima & White Box
What I want to write about today is something which started as a very small side project which eventually got a bit out of hand. Or you could say it’s still in the...
September 15, 2016
Voting Enabled!
I just enabled a simple like/dislike voting system, which allows you – the readers – to like/dislike posts. It’s nothing too fancy, but it allows me to track which posts are approved by...
September 14, 2016
Destiny Space
Most of the roleplaying games I write about are from the English-speaking part of the world. But sometimes there are German-language roleplaying games which really stand out, so I want to talk about...
September 14, 2016
Let’s make Stargazer’s World Great Again!
Let me assure you that this blog is in no way affiliated to any US presidential campaign. But making things great again is just en vogue at the moment, so I decided to...
September 13, 2016
Some Thoughts on FFG’S Star Wars RPG
Yesterday I wrote about West End Games’ venerable Star Wars The Roleplaying Game, today I want to muse about the current incarnation of Star Wars in roleplaying form. Recently I finally had the...
September 13, 2016
Why WEG’s Star Wars The Roleplaying Game 1st Edition is my favorite d6 System game
Ok, I think I things got a bit out of hand with this title, but that’s basically what I want to write about today. Let’s get some things out of the way first:...
September 12, 2016
Warhammer RPG End Times
Today while browsing RPG.net I stumbled upon this thread. Obviously Fantasy Flight Games has removed their Warhammer RPG products (both 40K and Fantasy) from DriveThruRPG. It seems FFG didn’t renew their roleplaying game...
September 8, 2016
A Grim And Perilous Adventure
For a while I have been looking for the “perfect” system, a roleplaying game which better suits my needs and my current preferences. As I quickly found out, this is akin to the...
September 7, 2016
More Thoughts on Finding the “Perfect” RPG
At first I want to thank everyone who commented on my last post on this topic – either here or on Google+ and Facebook. Thank you guys! I have been thinking a lot...
August 19, 2016
Why is there no “The Expanse” RPG?
“The Expanse” is an exciting and rather new sci-fi TV series on SyFy. The second season has been confirmed a while ago and I am extremely excited about it. The series is based...
August 18, 2016
Finding the “perfect” RPG vs. Writing it Myself
There are days when I feel torn apart between finding a RPG I feel truly comfortable with and writing it myself. And most of the time both goals are equally far away. For...
August 17, 2016
Musings about Combat in RPGs
One thing I noticed while reading RPG rules (and even while writing them myself) is that combat rules often make up the majority of rules. Even in rules lite games, combat rules are...
August 17, 2016
Why D&D is Good For You (In Real Life)
I recently stumbled upon the following video and I think it’s worth sharing. If you have any friends, coworkers, or relatives who look down on RPGs perhaps you should let them watch this...
August 15, 2016
How Crunchy do you like your RPGs?
My friend and fellow RPG blogger Roberto Micheri has created a survey to answer the question if the recent trend is really leaning towards lighter rules systems. That’s a question I have been...
August 15, 2016