25 years later… 24 years later!
The nonsensical title to this posts is actually a reference to my first ever attempt at designing a game. From that attempt I learned that designing a game is hard, a mixture of...
August 17, 2010
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Electronic Tools for Gaming – The iPhone
I’ll admit it, I was a holdover. I didn’t make the switch to an iPhone until last winter. Before that I had an ancient Palm Treo that worked perfectly well for years. I...
August 12, 2010
First Impression: Ion Guard
While some people are out carousing on a far away gaming convention currently taking place (don’t ask I won’t name names), others have to mind the shop and console themselves with picking up...
August 6, 2010
How I traveled to another world… A Stargazer’s World!
I know I’ve been a contributor to Stargazer’s World for a short time, but it already feels like home. Friends had asked me why I wasn’t blogging before and I usually answered that...
August 4, 2010
Just my two cents / Legacy D&D / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Reviews & First Looks / RPG
What about the GameMastery Guide? A review…
The Paizo GameMastery Guide is an excellent companion to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rule Book. The Core Rulebook combines all the rules you used to find in the old D&D 3.5 Player’s Handbook...
August 3, 2010
Character Death, woe or wow?
Last night I played a particularly long session of my weekly Pathfinder RPG game. During this game I killed a player character. Well that’s not quiet accurate. I wasn’t gunning out for him;...
July 29, 2010
Sci-Fi Setting, looking for some feedback…
Unlike some of my fellow writers here in Stargazer’s World I haven’t tried my hand at designing an RPG for some years now. I must admit that meeting so many great and creative...
July 28, 2010
Dungeon Master Burnout… My cure!
Some context… I read a post by Chatty DM on twitter this past Sunday about him possibly taking a D&D sabbatical and ended up briefly tweeting with Greywulf about D20 burnout and how...
July 26, 2010
Mystara, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways!
A recent post by fellow blogger and friend Daniel Pérez about his love for the Forgotten Realms got me thinking about my favorite campaign setting. The D&D Known World, better known as Mystara....
July 22, 2010
What about Creepy Creatures? A review!
Creepy Creatures is a monster book for the Pathfinder RPG by Alluria Publishing. This is the first product by Alluria I have read and I’m glad I did! I am a sucker for monster books;...
July 21, 2010
Growing the Hobby: The Horticulturist Way!
Mad Brew Labs is hosting this month’s RPG Blog Carnival and the topic is an interesting one, how to help the growth of the hobby? This is a topic I’m very interested in...
July 20, 2010
Dark Sun Light… Microlite that is!
Andrew Mordo, also known as Corvus, fellow contributor to this blog and all around nice guy put together a little gem called Dark Sun Microlite. He’s our resident Microlite expert but I’ll take...
July 19, 2010
An ICONic interview: Steve Kenson!
As part of my love for all things ICONS I recently contacted the author, Steve Kenson for an interview about the game and superhero role playing games in general. Steve was kind enough...
July 15, 2010
The stars are right… For a winner! The results of the Realms of Cthulhu Giveaway Contest
Following the post for the Realms of Cthulhu giveaway, many of our loyal readers sent in their submissions and once the contest closed we sat down to give each one good read. After...
July 13, 2010
What about SORD? A (short) review…
Some days ago I wrote about game master screens and readers correctly pointed out that even if I don’t use a traditional screen, when I use my laptop in the game the computer serves the...
July 13, 2010
What about the ICONS Character Folio? A review…
I am a confessed ICONS fan, you can see my review and various character write ups (here, here and here), so when new products came up for sale in RPGNow I was thrilled....
July 9, 2010
Other sources of inspiration for RPGs: Comics
It’s easy to list off the inspiration and influences from literature and movies on role playing games. Historically there are lists and appendixes dedicated just to this. The newly released (and excellent by...
July 6, 2010