My quest to run a Fudge game
I’ve been flirting with the Fudge RPG for quite a while now. It was in April 2009 when I wrote about my plans to run an urban fantasy/horror game for my girlfriend using...
April 19, 2011
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RPG Blogging 101: Let’s start at the beginning
So you want to start blogging about tabletop RPGs? Alas that’s easier said than done. Especially in the beginning you have to make a lot of decisions that will shape the future of...
April 18, 2011
Help playtest the High Score RPG
High Score is a roleplaying game currently in development by fellow RPG blogger Dennis Santana which has an interesting premise. Each event in the game has a certain high score the players have...
April 15, 2011
Review: Eternal Lies Suite
I love using music in roleplaying games since my first GM used the “Nightmare on Elm Street” soundtrack in a CHILL game he was running. Before that we had no background music but...
April 15, 2011
First look: Interface Zero (Savage Worlds Edition)
Savage Worlds is among my favorite roleplaying game systems and I was quite happy when I heard that Gun Metal Games was going to release their excellent Interface Zero setting for it. Interface...
April 14, 2011
RPG Blogging 101: Primer
For some time I have been pondering whether I should write a series of blog posts about my second favorite hobby: blogging about RPGs. I asked around on Twitter and the #stargazersworld IRC...
April 13, 2011
Day of Fudge
As you probably know I have a soft spot for the Fudge system. Alas I never had the opportunity to actually run a game with it, but from time to time I leaf...
April 13, 2011
Review: Dragon Warriors
Dragon Warriors is a classic British fantasy roleplaying game that has originally been released in the mid-eighties by Corgi Books. In 2008 Magnum Opus Press released Dragon Warriors in a new edition which...
April 12, 2011
Get 20% off of selected titles at DriveThruRPG this month
Like in the months before I can provide you with the coupon code for a 20% discount for selected titles at DriveThruRPG. This month’s code is DTRPGAprilPodBlog2011 and it’s valid for the following...
April 11, 2011
Someone is stealing our stuff!
I have no problems with people using the Stargazer’s World RSS feed as it is meant to be. The contents of the blog are usually licensed under CC BY-NC-SA after all. But it...
April 11, 2011
My homework for you today: try out a new game
Ok, you don’t have to do it today, but if you try out a new roleplaying game in the next six month at least, I would be very pleased. As most of you...
April 8, 2011
Minigames in roleplaying games
Recently I have started playing Sid Meier’s Pirates! again. Pirates! is a single-player, open world game set into the Caribbean during the late 16th and early to late 17th century. You play a...
April 5, 2011
A word on our Alternity April Fool’s post
On April 1st, commonly known as April Fool’s Day, we posted a fake press release claiming we had acquired the rights to Alternity from WotC to create a 2nd edition of that fine...
April 4, 2011
Review: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Player’s Guide
I haven’t been aware of the WHFRP Player’s Guide until I got a coupon code for a review copy in my email inbox. But I have to admit it was a pleasant surprise....
March 29, 2011
Lazy Friday Video Post: A Night’s Work
In the ‘90s I played a lot of Shadowrun. It has been one of my favorite games for quite a long time and even though I always struggled with the rules I have...
March 25, 2011
Crypts and Things
When it comes to the Old-School Renaissance I have some mixed feelings. On the one hand I enjoy the simple old-school charm of games like Swords & Wizardry or X-Plorers, but on the...
March 23, 2011