Some thoughts on roleplaying in the SF genre
While I am currently a fantasy campaign I am already thinking about what I could run next. And as so often before the idea…
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A change of pace
You may have noticed that recently we didn’t post as often as we used to. That has various reasons. Usually I tried to post…
The D6 System needs your love
Another roleplaying game system that should get more attention by gamers is the D6 System by now defunct games publisher West End Games. A…
Ask The Readers: FUDGE Roll Call!
Recently when I was looking for an idea for a blog post, #stargazersworld regular and Fudge enthusiast Jonas “fudgebob dicepants” Susara came up with…
Chronicle City to publish English edition of Dungeonslayers
For some of you this might already be old news, but I thought it would still make sense to share the news here. Chronicle…
Player’s Companion for “Adventurer Conqueror King”
There’s another Kickstarter project that grabbed my attention. Autarch is currently raising money to fund an expansion to the very intriguing Adventurer Conqueror King…
Illustrating Legend
Some time ago we reported about Rule of Cool Gaming’s Legend RPG. In the meantime over 20,000 copies have been downloaded, which is quite…
When Irish Dice Are Rollin’: March discounts at DriveThruRPG
Haha! Who comes up with these funny coupon codes? Like in the months before we can share a 20% discount code with you that’s…
Review: DMDJ
I often use music in my roleplaying games to help set the tone. As one of my players said recently: “The worst in these…
Ask The Readers: Share your favorite roleplaying quotes with us!
Back in the day, when we still played in the basement of a friend’s house we kept a list of memorable quotes. One of…
Do we need those “What is a roleplaying game” sections?
I don’t remember ever seeing a boardgame, videogame, book, movie DVD or any other entertainment product to first explain me what it is. But…
Why D&D Next is important to all of us
I don’t play any recent edition of D&D right now and I am pretty skeptical about the upcoming next edition. You could come to…
Ask The Readers: Do RPGs necessarily need a unified core mechanic?
Back in the early days of roleplaying games there were often different roll mechanics for the various aspects of the game. In some games…
GM’s Day Sale at DriveThruRPG
From now until March 7th, you can get 25% off thousands of titles at DriveThruRPG. If you wanted to spend a couple of dollars…
Review: The One Ring – Adventures over the Edge of the Wild
J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings” is undoubtedly one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. It was one…
We submitted our blog to the 2012 SOTY award and so should you!
Stuffer Shack is running it’s annually RPG Site of the Year Award contest again. Until end of march you can submit your blog (as…
Why Fudge needs a new edition
I’m assuming you guys already know what Fudge is. If not I recommend you check out the official Fudge site or my previous Fudge…
Freebies: The Microlite20 RPG Collection 2012
Microlite20 is a rules-light version of the d20 System, that is quite popular among the authors of this blog. Recently someone pointed out the…
Review: Ruined Empires
Ruined Empires is an 43-paged adventure for Abney Park’s Airship Pirates (read my review here) written by the games’ authors Peter Cakebread and Ken…
Lazy Friday Video Post: “Age of Oppression” Skyrim cover
I think I mentioned before that the soundtrack to the highly successful computer and video game “The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim” works perfectly as background…