Ye Olde Map Maker
You are in dire need of a dungeon map for your next adventure but you lack the artistic abilities to draw one by hand?Then you should have a look at “Ye Olde Map...
March 4, 2009
Advice
Wars in your fantasy campaign
This is a rerun, it was originally posted on January 28th, 2009. War is a sad constant in human history. So it isn’t surprising that war is a popular feature of literature and...
March 2, 2009
Roleplaying City Map Generator
Some time ago I read about an awesome freeware city map generator for Windows. But alas the creator’s site is down for quite some time now and it’s pretty hard to find a...
February 27, 2009
So, you want to play a pulp genre game? Part 2
Last time we defined the pulp genre and I even recommended a few games worth checking out. And you probably guessed it that I already made a decision on what game I want...
February 26, 2009
My first CC3 map
Yesterday I finally sat down to create my first map in Campaign Cartographer 3. I bought the software and played a bit around, but never actually made a proper map with it. Now...
February 19, 2009
Stargazer’s RPG Stuff
Inspired by fellow RPG blogger Zachary’s post “Using Google Sites For Your Campaign” I created a Google Sites site of my own that I will fill with everything that goes beyond the scope...
February 12, 2009
Roleplaying music: Elyrion – Call of the Titans
In October I promised you a proper review of Erdenstern’s new CD “Elyrion – Call of Titans“. Their last work is not part of their usual “Into the …” line but it’s a...
February 4, 2009
Create custom fonts for free
Yesterday I stumbled upon an article on Lifehacker that could be of some interest to all GMs out there. The service YourFonts allows you to create your own TrueType font for free. Most...
February 3, 2009
So you want to be a GM?
Every now and then a mere player decides he has to rise above his fellow men and become a gamemaster. And trust me, being a GM is not as hard as it sounds....
January 30, 2009
Five tips to improve your roleplaying
In my opinion there are a lot of people who mistake roleplaying games for miniature combat games. But what makes RPGs so much fun is the roleplaying part. When you do your job...
January 26, 2009
“The pungent smell of mildew emanates from the wet dungeon walls…”
This posts’ title is a quote from the Dead Alewives’ famous “Dungeons & Dragons” sketch. When I recently listened to the sketch again this line made me think. Usually when I run a...
January 20, 2009
Roleplaying music: “Dead Space”
Dead Space is a SF-horror-themed third person shooter for the PC and several gaming consoles. I had the opportunity to play the game for a couple of hours recently and the first thing...
December 30, 2008
D&D Character Builder is now in Open Beta
DDI Non-subscribers rejoice! Wizards of the Coast has decided to make the D&D Character Builder beta version available to non-subscribers too. You can get the downloader for the latest version from here. The...
December 12, 2008
Boardgames and Roleplaying
There are quite a few boardgames or miniature skirmish games with elaborate background stories that almost beg to turned into a roleplaying game. In some cases the developers of these games came up...
December 8, 2008
Powerless player
There are situation in roleplaying game sessions when players are totally powerless because their characters are unable to act because they are incapacitated, separated from the group or in any other situation where...
November 24, 2008
Roleplaying music: Elyrion Soundtrack
Elyrion is an upcoming german steampunk fantasy roleplaying game. It will be released in the coming days, probably on SPIEL ’08 in Essen. There will also be an official soundtrack composed by Erdenstern....
October 20, 2008
Every GM needs this!
Every GM should play this when he leaves the game table to go to the bathroom or get some more soft-drinks and snacks from the fridge: You can get the original mp3 from...
October 15, 2008