Roleplaying in the world of Star Trek
I still remember the late 70s, early 80s when I first watched Star Trek on TV. My parents actually introduced me to the series, since they were fans themselves back then. Luckily for...
January 12, 2011
Ask The Readers
Bridging the Gap
There is a lot of animosity between the old-school and new-school gaming groups. A lot of this I think is unnecessary. I mentioned briefly in my introduction that I am more of an...
January 10, 2011
Ask the Readers: Do you know of any gaming supplements where Puerto Rico is mentioned?
This is a purely personal question, but I figure with the worldly and well read audience of this blog (flattery goes a long way, I know), you out there may know of other...
December 30, 2010
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Post Christmas Gaming Loot!
I’m currently on holiday (I love using that term, I feel so refined!) in central Florida, and despite having tickets to various parks the weather has been too cold (I blame my tropical...
December 29, 2010
The wonderful world of gaming!
I was too young to see the original Wonderful World of Disney on TV. I did catch reruns on local TV, in Spanish too, but that fact did not diminish my enthusiasm. I...
December 27, 2010
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New game, new tools!
This past weekend I began a new campaign. We reached a natural lull in the ongoing Pathfinder RPG campaign, which has run for 65 (almost) weekly sessions and decided to put the game...
December 23, 2010
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And then she said, “Wait, Professor Jones can help us with this one!”
Have you said that in a game? For the longest time that was taboo in my games, but these days I’m willing to consider it. I’m not talking about Professor Jones per se,...
December 15, 2010
Ask Your Readers: Christmas Gifts for Roleplayers
Christmas is approaching quite fast and people all around the globe are getting ready to purchase gifts for their loved ones. Roleplayers are usually no exception here and quite a few of them...
November 30, 2010
Ask the Readers: Any good supers themed questionnaire out there?
I’m a big believer in character questionnaires, I’ve even written about it before. I’m currently preparing for my upcoming superhero campaign and I’m struggling with creating a superhero themed questionnaire. I’m interested in...
November 5, 2010
The State of the Industry and SPIEL
On last Saturday I attended SPIEL, the international game and toy fair in Essen, Germany. It’s the largest consumer fair of its kind with over 150,000 people attending every year. Especially this year...
October 27, 2010
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Gaming fiction weal or woe?
Role playing games are so entrenched in their literary roots, from Beowulf to El Cantar del Mio Cid, from Howard’s Conan, to Tolkien’s Middle Earth that it is sometimes hard to separate one...
October 11, 2010
Book Club Reminder!
Just a quick reminder, after probably waiting too long, I finally made a post about starting the Stargazer’s World Book Club. I’m waiting for feedback on the possible books or games we could...
September 29, 2010
And finally, the Book Club!
Missed me yet? Anyone… Are those crickets I hear? Well I certainly missed all of you! Real life has kept me away from the blog for too long, and I figured what better...
September 23, 2010
Are mini-campaigns the solution?
Back in the day, when we were still young and had too much time on our hands, we played in long campaigns, sometimes even spanning years. But in recent years I haven’t finished...
August 30, 2010
The one RPG I wholeheartedly recommend to any gamer is …
In my case it’s Savage Worlds. Savage Worlds is a generic roleplaying game that allows you to run games in any genre, the rules are easy to learn but have a certain complexity...
August 26, 2010
Food & Games
Don’t worry; this has NOTHING to do with all the electronic cooking games out there. This is about gamers and the food they eat when they game. Junk food and role-playing games are...
August 24, 2010
So what about a Book Club?
Those of you that follow me on Twitter (and if you are interested you can find me as @sunglar, but be forewarned I do ramble on) will know that besides RPGs I work...
August 20, 2010