German Roleplaying Games
Repeatedly people have asked me to write an article about German roleplaying games. I have to admit I avoided to write this post for a long time, mainly because I don’t feel that...
May 22, 2012
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Co-Op Gamers
A couple of days ago my girlfriend and I have started a new blog focused on cooperative PC and console games. If you are interested in these kind of games, why not check...
May 19, 2012
It’s DriveThruRPG discount time again!
I think you know the drill, so I won’t bore you with long introductions. You can use the discount code DriveThruApril at checkout to get 20% off the following products at DriveThruRPG until...
May 18, 2012
Over The Edge RPG rules now available under the OGL
When I heard about Atlas Games releasing the rules under the OGL I was mildly interested. I have never read nor played Over The Edge and I didn’t even have a clue what...
May 16, 2012
New Fire Interview
A couple of days ago I first heard about New Fire, a pen & paper RPG project on Kickstarter. That in itself is nothing special, because raising money on Kickstarter to fund your...
May 14, 2012
Blood of Morpheus
My good friend and former contributor to this blog, Michael Garcia of Occult Moon, has some serious medical issues and at this moment the medical bills are becoming a real problem. In order...
May 14, 2012
“Getting Ready For College” Sale at Reality Blurs
The daughter of my good friend Sean Preston of Reality Blurs is graduating from high school next week. To celebrate the event and raise some funds to help pay for college after summer,...
May 8, 2012
RPC Germany 2012
Yesterday I attended the Role Play Convention 2012 in Cologne. I actually didn’t intend to go there at all but then I had the opportunity to join Marcus Burggraf (aka ChaoticGM) and his...
May 7, 2012
Ask The Readers: Fancy dice? Yay or nay?
A lot of players shy away from certain games because they use “fancy” dice like Fudge dice, non-standard polyhedral dice, dice with funny symbols instead of regular numbers or something like that. In...
May 2, 2012
Review: Doctor Who – Aliens and Creatures
Back in January I wrote a review of the excellent Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space roleplaying game. Today I am having a look at the Aliens and Creatures supplement. Like DWAITAS...
May 1, 2012
A Trek to the Stars but no Star Trek
A while ago I have mused about the issues you have with SF campaigns in general and campaigns focusing on space exploration in particular. I have thrown some ideas around and watched several...
April 23, 2012
We need a RPGNow for Free RPGs!
I am pretty sure you all know RPGNow (or one of the other OneBookShelf shops). It’s a great marketplace for RPG products in digital format as well as POD. For the customer it’s...
April 19, 2012
Mecha Combiners
In September 2010 I reviewed Chris Perrin’s roleplaying game MECHA and also did an interview with him. In that interview he already mentioned that he was working on some Mecha Combiner rules. If...
April 17, 2012
Crafting at the Tabletop
A lot of computer roleplaying games and especially MMOs often feature crafting. In games like The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim or World of Warcraft players can craft a plethora of items from raw materials....
April 17, 2012
On a more personal note
A couple of days ago I posted about my plans to change the pace on the blog and hinted at the reasons. Today I thought some of you might be interested in an...
April 16, 2012
Please vote for us in the Stuffer Shack SOTY contest!
Like last year Stargazer’s World is participating in Stuffer Shack’s RPG Site of the Year contest and we are honored to be among all the great sites that have been nominated. The nominated...
April 16, 2012
Tactical combat in WR&M (or any other Wyrm System game)
Earlier today Christopher Brind contacted me today and let me know about a cool ruleset for tactical games he has designed for WR&M. It’s modeled loosely after the system from the classic Games...
April 11, 2012