Airship Pirates Interview
Today we have a chat with “Captain” Robert Brown of Abney Park and Peter Cakebread and Ken Walton of Cakebread & Walton. They agreed…
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More Google+ Hangout musings
Yesterday I had my second game over Google+ Hangout (check out my post about my first game there) and again, everyone had a blast.…
Ask the Readers: What’s your favorite Call of Cthulhu adventure?
On Saturday I have started making plans for New Year’s Eve. Like in the years before a few friends will come over, we will…
Almost as good as the real deal: playing RPGs over Google+ Hangout
Yesterday I joined Chris McDowall and a group of three players I didn’t know before that in a game of “Into the Odd” over…
PDF version of Airship Pirates is now available on RPGNow/DriveThruRPG
Today the PDF version of Abney Park’s Airship Pirates has been released on DriveThruRPG/RPGNow! The PDF will set you back $24.99. As far as…
My edition of D&D
Recently it was announced that Monte Cook is working for WotC again. And of course the rumors that they are already working on D&D…
Review: Abney Park’s Airship Pirates
Over the last few weeks you probably noticed a common theme to a lot of my posts on Stargazer’s World. Since I have heard…
First impressions: Abney Park’s Airship Pirates
A couple of days ago I found a mysterious package in mailbox. I opened it and found a copy of Abney park’s Airship Pirates…
[Freebies] FU: the Free, Universal Roleplaying Game
Recently I discovered FU, the free, universal roleplaying game by Nathan Russel. At the core of FU are Descriptors. Descriptors are adjectives or short…
Teaching new games to an old group …
I think a lot of GMs love to try new stuff: new games, new rules, new campaigns. But more often than not players are…
Starblazer Adventures: First session
On Saturday I finally ran my first Starblazer Adventures session. As I’ve detailed in a couple of posts here on the blog we used…
Lazy Friday Video Post: Aurora
A couple of days ago Ken Walton, one of the creators of the upcoming “Abney Park’s Airship Pirates”, posted a link to this short…
New Airship Pirates downloads
There’s now new Airship Pirates material available at the Cakebread & Walton website: deck plans of the Pirate Ship Cordelia, as well as maps…
Victorian & Steampunk Name Generator
I am terrible when it comes to coming up names for my characters. So whenever possible I make use of random name generators. As…
Review: Legends of Anglerre
It’s hardly a secret that I have a soft spot for the FATE system. I think over the last months I have acquired and…
Review: City Builder Generator Pack
I love random generators of all kinds. Especially when it comes to coming up with names for NPCs or creating all the small details…
Call of Cthulhu Anniversary Edition
When Chaosium announced the 30th anniversary edition of Call of Cthulhu I wasn’t actually that thrilled. Sure it looked nice enough, but I already…
Freebies: Who Watches the Watch Fires (AGE System)
I am truly amazed how much third-party support Green Ronin’s AGE system has been getting lately. There are of course numerous fan supplements, adventures…
Review: The World’s Greatest Screen
Recently I was looking for another customizable GM screen. While I was quite happy with the “Savage Worlds Customizable GM Screen” for a while,…
Every RPG should have its own soundtrack!
On the weekend I started playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which is actually a prequel to the original Deus Ex that was released over…