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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Unlike some of my fellow writers here in Stargazer’s World I haven’t tried my hand at designing an RPG for some years now. I must admit that meeting so many great and creative...
White Wolf’s Exalted is one of the games that immediately piqued my interest when it came out. I’ve enjoyed several White Wolf games before and I was excited to see White Wolf’s version...
I am currently collecting ideas for a revised edition of my rules-light fantasy game Warrior, Rogue & Mage. Aside from a better presentation I want to add things I missed last time, add...
Over this past Memorial Day weekend my gaming group and I got together for a barbecue and some Dungeons & Dragons. Normally the games are at my and my fiancé’s place, but with...
Yesterday’s post about supers and my very personal ideas an advice on the genre have generated some very interesting comments, and got me thinking about other topics. My, Ask the Readers poll is...
I still have supers on my mind! All the comments and discussion on my previous post left me wondering, what character would you rather play in a supers game? And thus this poll...