Runeslinger & Company Discuss the Questing Beast Survey
A few days ago, I wrote a post sharing the Questing Beast Survey on RPG Playstyles. While I shared it as an interesting attempt…
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Questing Beast’s RPG Playstyles Survey
Ben Milton—creator of the YouTube channel Questing Beast and the tabletop games Maze Rats and Knave—is currently running an RPG Playstyles Survey. I took…
RPG a Day 2026 – Day 33: After-Action Report
I meant to write this post yesterday, but then real life got in my way. A combination of illness, going to the physician to…
RPG a Day 2026 – Day 0: The Plan
Hello everyone! Welcome back to the yearly tradition of RPG a Day, this time for 2026. Quick recap for the uninitiated: RPG a Day…
A Shoutout to Highmoon: The Spark Behind Puerto Rico Role Players
As I’ve been looking back at my last 40 years in the tabletop hobby, especially the transition from playing at home to getting involved…
40 Years a Gamer: A Decade of Community (2007 to 2017 Part 1)
By 2007, I had been playing at Sammy’s house for about two years. We were deep into my second D&D 3.5 run, having just…
Was I REALLY in a “Bubble”? (An Addendum to the Middle Years)
After publishing my last post, I spent some time thinking about my statement that I was “gaming in a bubble.” After some reflection—and a…
40 Years a Gamer – A Life in 100 Games
Hello friends! Welcome back. Continuing my celebration of 40 years in this hobby, today I want to move from the “proto-history” I wrote about…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 31: Reward
So, we come to the end of RPG a Day 2025. Allow me to get a little sentimental. I’ve been participating in RPG a…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 29: Connect
RPG a Day 2025 has been a great year! For today’s prompt, Connect, I’ll talk about the connections I’ve made participating in the initiative…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 26: Nemesis
Day 26 of RPG a Day 2025 proposes Nemesis as the topic. And all I can say is: Cobra, la, la, la, la, la,…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 25: Challenge
Happy Monday! We begin the final week of RPG a Day 2025. This month has really flown by. I’m still missing one post for…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 14: Mystery
Today’s prompt for RPG a Day 2025 is Mystery, and mysteries are hard! All facetiousness aside, running a tabletop role-playing game mystery can be…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 11: Flavour
Day 11? What’s this? Yes, I know I’ve missed two days! Traveling back home after being away for a while due to work, a…
Social Media killed the Blogging Star
A couple of days ago I got an email from FeedSpot. It’s founder informed me that our blog has been selected by their panellists…
What’s new with the Stargazer?
Stargazer’s World, while it is focused mostly on tabletop roleplaying games, has also always been my personal blog which I have used to share…
Venezuela?!
While checking my blog’s stats, I noticed that the vast majority of readers in the last few days came from Venezuela, of all places.…
We need more good player advice
A lot if not the vast majority of articles, blog posts, videos about roleplaying games are focused on giving advice to game masters. From…
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry
Happy New Year everyone! While looking through my posts from the last two years or so I noticed a disturbing trend: I make a…
ChatGPT and me
I irregularly play around with ChatGPT to help me come up with ideas or just to experiment with what it can do. Recently I…