Real World Gadget, Gaming Possibilities
I recently got a little gadget I was looking forward to, the Google Chromecast. It’s a handy little widget that allows you to stream video and images via WiFi from your computer, Android...
November 26, 2013
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Hero System Bundle
Yesterday I picked up the latest Bundle of Holding containing 6 Hero System products, namely Champions Complete, The Hero System Equipment Guide, the Hero System Resource Kit, Fantasy Hero, Pulp Hero, and Star...
November 13, 2013
Ask the Readers: What do you like about this blog?
Stargazer’s World is now over five years old and our team has written way over thousand blog posts to date. In the last few years we’ve covered several different game systems, posted dozens...
October 23, 2013
Fudging Battletech
While I am preparing the XCOM game I have been writing about, I am already thinking about other one-shots/mini-campaigns I could run in the future. One of the games I wanted to run...
October 22, 2013
Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental
I am currently working on a UFO conspiracy RPG one-shot inspired by TV series like X-Files and Dark Skies and computer games like the XCOM series (including The Bureau). One of the premises...
October 22, 2013
IRC anyone?
Internet Relay Chat is a protocol for text-based messaging harking back to the early days of the internet. Nowadays it’s mostly forgotten. But interestingly enough the RPG scene is quite active on IRC....
October 15, 2013
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Ask the Readers: What about this alien species?
Hello dear readers! Not writing too much on the blog these days, mainly because I’m working on my Thesis. But on those days when the writing is done and I’m not ready to...
September 30, 2013
My evil brain
My evil brain is messing with me again. For a while several campaign ideas have been on my mind, but for some reason I’m unable to turn these loose threads into something coherent....
September 25, 2013
Ask The Readers: What is your ”Go To” roleplaying game?
A lot of gamers have that one favorite roleplaying game they always return to, or that they use for every application they can come up with. For some people it’s a generic system...
September 23, 2013
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Same game, new tools!
About two years and a half ago (can’t believe I’ve been blogging here for that long) I wrote a post about the then new game I was playing, Mutants & Masterminds, and I...
August 27, 2013
Ask The Readers: Can games built around a huge twist work?
Over the last few years I have had quite a few ideas for campaigns that develop around a pretty strong twist early in the campaign. Think of twists like in the Matrix. The...
May 27, 2013
The pressure of being GM
Being the game master, dungeon master, referee, storyteller, or whatever you may call that special position can be a lot of fun. But it also carries with it a certain amount of pressure,...
May 8, 2013
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Wanderers of the Outlands, a sci-fi setting!
Almost two years ago I wrote my first post about a sci-fi setting I had in mind. I plan ahead for my campaign so I knew I wanted to run some sci-fi and...
April 5, 2013
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Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 9 of 9)
Well here we are at the end of this weekly series! It’s been a great experience for me. For a long time I had wanted to try my hand at doing a series...
March 21, 2013
Game Master Support Group
“Hello, my name is Roberto and I’m a Game Master…” Now everybody goes: “Hello Roberto!” Game Mastering is a special burden, a badge of honor to some, a constant headache for others. Despite...
February 25, 2013
Ask The Readers! Input on a BareBones Fantasy sci-fi hack… (First draft)
Seems like we are on a sci-fi roll here in the blog in 2013! So keeping with the theme, I’ve decided to share with Stargazer’s World readers a sci-fi hack I’ve been working on for the last...
February 20, 2013
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How about a trio of reviews? Books from Kobold Press!
I haven’t done one of these in a while! Between work and classes I’ve been away from the blog and not been as effective at getting to review some books provided to the...
January 21, 2013