Last week I’ve been playing the new Defiance MMO from Trion Worlds. It’s set into the same setting as the TV show of the same name. While it’s not really a post-apocalyptic setting,...
Evil Hat’s Fate Core and Fate Accelerated Edition are now available for purchase from RPGNow/DriveThruRPG using a “pay-what-you-want” model. The recommended prices for Fate Core and Fate Accelerated are $5 or $2.50 respectively,...
Dark Harvest: The Legacy of Frankenstein is one of the most impressive games I’ve reviewed in the last years. Dark Harvest is a horror roleplaying game set in an alternative early 20th century....
For the last couple of days I have been thinking a lot about Fate Accelerated Edition. Fate has always been a game I was quite excited about, but it’s definitely not what you...
Odyssey is the latest book in Engine Publishing’s series of GM advice books. Engine Publishing was founded in 2009 by the people behind the exceptional RPG blog Gnome Stew. What sets them apart...
It’s no secret that I have enjoyed playing Call of Cthulhu for many years now. Even though the rules are a bit dated and somewhat clunky, Call of Cthulhu feels like an old...
Over the last few years I have had quite a few ideas for campaigns that develop around a pretty strong twist early in the campaign. Think of twists like in the Matrix. The...
As one of the backers of Fate Core, I got the final electronic copy of both Fate Core and Fate Accelerated Edition a couple of days ago. Fate Core is a massive tome...
I don’t that often rely on adventures written by others, usually I try to come up with my own stuff. But once in a while, especially when I am not feeling particular creative...
In the first post on this blog I actually said that I won’t be writing about computer games here. Today I want to make an exception from this rule. I have been an...
Being the game master, dungeon master, referee, storyteller, or whatever you may call that special position can be a lot of fun. But it also carries with it a certain amount of pressure,...
Recently I noticed a discussion on Google+ about whether gamers prefer PDFs or printed books. This subject crops up from time to time and I noticed that with the greater availability of tablet...
The first roleplaying game I ever bought was the German translation of Marc Miller’s Traveller. I have been a huge fan of science fiction even long before I knew what roleplaying games were....
Reports of the unfortunate and sudden demise of Stargazer’s World are highly exaggerated. Even though I haven’t posted in the last few weeks doesn’t mean I plan to shut down the blog for...
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...
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...
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...
