✦ Articles by Sunglar
After looking at two artists I discovered in the early 90s—between what I had termed the Early-Years and the Middle-Years—let’s travel back to the…
40 Years a Gamer: The Artists Who Inspired Me – Chris Achilleos
Chris Achilleos is another artist I discovered while working at Metro Comics. Two years before Mike Ploog’s trading card collection, which I mentioned in…
40 Years a Gamer: The Artists Who Inspired Me – Mike Ploog
My recent deep dives into comics led me to explore other fantasy and sword-and-sorcery books I’d either missed or forgotten about over the years.…
Mining 70s DC Comics for TTRPG Inspiration: Maps, Missing Souls, and Cosmic Conflicts
When I recently shared that image of classic DC Comics sword-and-sorcery characters as great TTRPG inspiration on my Facebook Page (see the featured image…
Comic Books That Inspire My Gaming: Visualizing the Possibility Wars with Malibu’s Torg
For someone who posts primarily about tabletop role-playing games, I certainly have been talking a lot about comics lately. Indulge me again, because this…
40 Years a Gamer: The Comic Books That Inspired My Worlds
Back in July 2010, I wrote a post right here on Stargazer’s World about how comic books were a parallel passion of mine and…
An Interview with Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky
As part of the excitement for the upcoming Puerto Rico Comic Con, which I posted about yesterday, and all the gaming goodness that is…
Gaming in Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico Comic Con 2026
There’s going to be a massive tabletop presence at the Puerto Rico Comic Con (PRCC) this year, happening from April 3rd to the 5th…
40 Years a Gamer: A Time of Change (2017 to 2026)
We’re here, on the final installment of the retrospective of my past 40 years as a gamer. It will not be the last post…
The Musical GM!
It may surprise you, or perhaps horrify you, that I am a massive fan of musical theater. I grew up listening to musicals with…
40 Years a Gamer: A Decade of Community (2007 to 2017 – Part 2)
Welcome back to Part 2. In the previous post, I focused on how my life as a gamer blossomed over this decade, expanding from…
A Shoutout to Highmoon: The Spark Behind Puerto Rico Role Players
As I’ve been looking back at my last 40 years in the tabletop hobby, especially the transition from playing at home to getting involved…
40 Years a Gamer: A Decade of Community (2007 to 2017 Part 1)
By 2007, I had been playing at Sammy’s house for about two years. We were deep into my second D&D 3.5 run, having just…
Was I REALLY in a “Bubble”? (An Addendum to the Middle Years)
After publishing my last post, I spent some time thinking about my statement that I was “gaming in a bubble.” After some reflection—and a…
40 Years a Gamer: The Middle Years (1993 to 2006)
Welcome back to my 40-year retrospective as a gamer. If the early years were defined by beautiful chaos, 1993 was the pivot. At that…
What about Proteus Sector: A Gazetteer for Stars Without Number? A review.
A new Stars Without Number (SWN) supplement dropped five days ago, and I missed it! How could I? It’s not like any important event…
40 Years a Gamer: The Early Years (1986 to 1992)
Welcome back to my 40 Years a Gamer retrospective. In the last post, I looked at the first game I played. But today, I…
The Long Road to the Far West (and Why It Was Worth It)
I just saw that Far West Redux is live on BackerKit, and it hit me with a wave of nostalgia. I was a backer of the…
The First Gaming Convention in Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico at Last!
I’ve been interested in the history of tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) in Puerto Rico for a long time. Back in 2017, I started an…
The Nostalgia Trap (and How to Escape It)
Nostalgia. We’ve been riding that wave for a while now. While I have certainly been guilty of buying into it, there is an argument…
