Please show me your homemade GM screens!
Some time ago, the German blog System matters had a post about home-made GM screens. I really liked the idea and linked to that post on my blog and obviously a lot of...
November 5, 2009
Stargazer
I am throwing my hat into the ring!
This morning I’ve decided to throw my hat into the ring to be the community selected representative on the RPGBN Advisory Panel. If you have no idea, what I am talking about, you...
November 4, 2009
Ask The Readers: Do you keep your hobby a secret?
Roleplaying games are still a niche hobby. Most people probably know computer and video games. A lot of people enjoy board and card games but there’s only a minority of people who list...
November 3, 2009
Ad Astra RPG on Scribd
Some months ago I created a new version of my Ad Astra Primer document. The new PDF is much more printer-friendly and includes some artwork created by my fellow RPG blogger Greywulf. Since...
November 2, 2009
Lazy Friday Video Post: The D&D Song
I actually found this video posted on the Role Play Media Network. But I know not everyone of my readers is using this social network yet, so I wanted to share it here....
October 30, 2009
RPG Circus Halloween episode is out!
This time the RPG Circus hosts talk about two of my favorite topics: Horror RPGs and Mood Music in RPGs. Episode 10 also features Phil Ménard aka the ChattyDM as guest again. So,...
October 30, 2009
Surfing on the Wave
Google Wave is a cool new collaboration/communication platform/protocol by Google. When you haven’t been living under a rock for quite some time, you have probably read about it. Some gamers have recently looked...
October 29, 2009
Morality
It’s the 28th of October, so I still have a chance to take part in this month’s blog carnival hosted by Games of State. The topic this month is morality, in-game and in...
October 28, 2009
Upcoming games I am excited about (Revisited)
In August I wrote a post about the upcoming games I was excited about. Some of the games that I listed back then have been released in the meantime, so I thought and...
October 26, 2009
A social network for gamers done right!
Just a few hours ago I was surprised to find out that Berin Kinsman has withdrawn his offer to take over the RPGBN but created a social network for gamers instead. And I...
October 25, 2009
Lazy Friday Video Post: How to Play a Role Playing Game
I’ve found this video when I searched for “roleplaying” on YouTube. What I found very interesting was the notion of having a “leader” who does most of the speaking for the group. Perhaps...
October 23, 2009
Necessary Evil
The Savage Worlds game is not only known for its fast, furious and fun game play but also for the unique settings. Some of those settings may look quite ordinary on the first...
October 22, 2009
GeekDo
You probably already have heard about BoardGameGeek a website, that was founded somewhere in 2000 by Scott Alden and Derk Soldo as a resource for the board game geek community. The site not...
October 21, 2009
The RPG Bloggers Network won’t die …
… unless we let it die. The former RPGBN board members have announced today that they step down from their posts after there was some (sometimes very emotional) criticism of how the network...
October 20, 2009
Champions
Recently I started playing the MMO Champion Online. Champions Online is based on Champions, Hero Games‘ award winning superhero roleplaying game. Although I enjoy the MMO very much so far, I don’t know...
October 20, 2009
Dungeonslayers 3.5 released
Quite some time ago, Christian Kennig has updated his “”old-fashioned roleplaying game” Dungeonslayers to version 3.5. Aside from a new character sheet, the latest version of DS contains some bugfixes and minor updates....
October 19, 2009
Stargazer’s World is now on Facebook
It seems everyone has a Facebook account now. Heck, even my mom is logged into that site all day playing Farmville. 😉 So I decided to create a Facebook page for Stargazer’s World...
October 19, 2009