Vaede Mecum of Magic released for free
Today West End Games has released Vaede Mecum of Magic (aka d6 Magic) for free. It’s a supplement for d6 Fantasy and d6 Adventure that expands on the Magic system presented in those...
March 26, 2009
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Dungeoncraft Links
I am currently working on transferring all of my saved bookmarks to delicious and tagging them properly. While doing so I stumbled upon two of links that could be interesting to you if...
March 25, 2009
Another Space 1889 in the works!
Recently I wrote about a new version of Space 1889 being worked on by the German publisher Uhrwerk Verlag. But this is not the only updated version of Space 1889 that is being...
March 25, 2009
Sexy Cyborg from another dimension
See what happens when geek dreams come true… 😉 Via: Geeks Are Sexy
March 24, 2009
Guest blogger wanted!
I am currently looking for a guest blogger who is interested in wrinting a one-shot post or perhaps even a series of posts for Stargazer’s World. As guest blogger you are free to...
March 23, 2009
Get your copy of OGT now!
The Open Game Table is finally available from Amazon and Lulu for just $22.95! It will also be available from Indie Press Revolutions soon. The 140-page book is as Jonathan Jacobs, editor in chief, put it, “a true...
March 23, 2009
Roleplaying music: Into the Grey
Erdenstern has recently announced the release of their sixth album of their “Into the …” series. This time they venture into the worlds of SF and Cyberpunk with “Into the Grey”. Here’s an...
March 22, 2009
“Game over, man”
That’s probably one of the most well known quotes from the movie Aliens, one of my personal favorite SF movies. The sequel of the SF-horror-classic “Alien” featured a group of colonial marines who...
March 20, 2009
And I thought D&D 4th Edition cosmology was less complicated than this…
Today’s Penny Arcade comic is about the cosmology of D&D 4th Edition and if you ask me this version is much more accessible and less confusing than the cosmology we had before. But...
March 20, 2009
Internet killed the Table Top Star
Allen Varney has written an interesting article about how the internet affects our roleplaying hobby. Here’s an excerpt from his post: There are bright spots, but overall, this portends decrepitude. The entire tabletop...
March 20, 2009
Why is there no Harry Potter RPG?
Harry Potter has been a great success. Author Joanne K. Rowling created a series of books that has rekindled the love for books in many children and even a lot of adults. Each Harry...
March 20, 2009
Avenger or Bard? What class should I play?
For our D&D 4th Edition game on Saturday we decided to create new characters using classes from the PHB2. My girlfriend was pretty unhappy with the Warlord she played before and I wanted...
March 20, 2009
BRP, GORE and RQ
A what and a what and a what? BRP is the Basic Roleplaying game I wrote about yesterday, RQ is RuneQuest (one of the games which used an early version of BRP and...
March 19, 2009
What’s New With Phil & Dixie
Do you remember that great comic from the Dragon Magazine by Phil Folglio? Yes, I am talking about “What’s New With Phil & Dixie“! Recently I noticed that they are making the old...
March 19, 2009
Basic Roleplaying
If you ever played Call of Cthulhu or RuneQuest you know Basic Roleplaying, the Chaosium Roleplaying System. Recently Chaosium released a generic BRP book that is meant to be a generic roleplaying game...
March 18, 2009
Gender bender – or why I don’t like when men try to play women in roleplaying games
In MMOs the majority of female characters is played by male players. That’s a fact. And once in a while a while a male roleplayer decides it’s a good idea to play a...
March 18, 2009
Quick reminder: OPEN GAME TABLE available for preorder at amazon.com
I just wanted to remind everyone that the upcoming “OPEN GAME TABLE: The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs, Volume 1” is now available at amazon.com for preorder. The 140-pages book will also be available...
March 18, 2009