Sunglar’s Savage House Rules, Part 2!
Hello dear reader! This is a follow up to a previous post where I shared a Savage Worlds House Rules document I was working on. You can read the reasons why this came...
March 1, 2017
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Actual Play Report: Shadowrun Anarchy
Yesterday I ran Shadowrun Anarchy for my friends. Six of my “Stargazer’s Irregulars” showed up at 2 pm and after chatting, making jokes, and putting way too much snacks on the table we...
January 22, 2017
My Thoughts on Shadowrun: Anarchy
Shadowrun: Anarchy is the game I have been waiting for since I first played Shadowrun 1st Edition back in the 1990s. Anarchy is an alternate ruleset for 5th Edition Shadowrun which allows a...
January 17, 2017
Fixing XXVc
First things first: XXVc is not necessarily a broken system. I am sure there are GMs and players who are perfectly fine with the system. But for me and my group it doesn’t...
November 10, 2016
Traveller on CD-ROM
Even though Traveller is almost as old as D&D it never had something similar as the Old School Revolution/Revival community. I guess one of the reason is that even today the original editions...
November 1, 2016
Buck Rogers XXVc: Gear Quality
Before I even knew that pen & paper RPGs existed I was a fan of computer RPGs like SSI’s Gold Box Series. My two favorite games from that series were actually the games...
October 2, 2016
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RPG Blog Carnival: Technology in my Games
Greetings dear readers! Michael recently wrote about our efforts to revitalize the blog, and I think we’re off to a good start. He invited our readers to discuss the types of posts and...
September 20, 2016
More Prep–More Props
I am a terribly lazy GM. If possible I try not to do any prep at all and usually rely on my improvisational skills to run my games. But this had led to...
September 15, 2016
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RPG a Day 2016: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff – Day 31
To quote Morrison, “this is the end, beautiful friend; this is the end, my only friend, the end…” And that sound ominous, but don’t take it as such. This has been a joyous month,...
August 31, 2016
RPG a Day 2016: RPG Cribs – Day 30
So we come to this, day 30, the penultimate day of #RPGaDay 2016. So much fun! As I’ve said before, August has been a rollercoaster. Like last year, RPG a Day 2016 got...
August 30, 2016
RPG a Day 2016: “I find your lack of good taste disturbing” – Day 28
And here we are just three days away from the end of #RPGaDay 2016. Ok so I cheated by covering days 1, 2 and 3 in one post and then 21, 22, 23...
August 28, 2016
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RPG a Day 2016: Hobby Mix & Match – Day 26
After today there are only five days to go on this year’s #RPGaDay 2016! August has paradoxically seemed to fly by in some ways and just drag on in others. I’m writing these...
August 26, 2016
RPG a Day 2016: A Matter of Character – Day 25
Back to our regular schedule! We’re on the home stretch. As August draws to a close, #RPG a Day 2016 is near its end for this year, and I’m in the midst of...
August 25, 2016
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RPG a Day 2016: “Shall play a game?”- Day 19
Friday at last! What a week… If you’ve been following my #RPGaDay 2016 posts you’ll notice my posting times have been all over the day this week. Work and family matters have kept...
August 19, 2016
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RPG a Day 2016: Favorite Inspiration for your Game Part 2 – Day 15
Another week begins, and a new set of posts for #RPGaDay 2016 challenge. Here’s hoping everyone had a great weekend. Let’s get going with today’s topic… August 15: What types or source of inspiration...
August 15, 2016
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RPG a Day 2016: The KICK! Principle – Day 13
Saturday once more, we’re almost done with week two, and today we touch on a topic near and dear to my heart, campaigns. It’s also a topic I’ve written about before here in...
August 13, 2016
RPG a Day 2016: Parts greater than the whole – Day 9
Continuing the second week of the #RPGaDay 2016 challenge, let’s tackle today’s topic, which to me seemed very similar to the topic for day 22 last year, the perfect environment. August 9: What things...
August 9, 2016
Why are some games so hard to understand?
Over the years I’ve encountered dozens of games which are highly popular, are supposedly easy to learn, but I just can’t wrap my head around them. One reason was probably that I grew...
March 3, 2016
Making Stuff up As We Go Along
My favorite GMing style has always been “making stuff up as we go along” which means I basically improvised from start to finish instead of doing some prep work before the game. Depending...
March 2, 2016