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Ask The Readers: What’s your favorite genre?
We all know that the game that started it all in 1974 was firmly set into the fantasy genre and without doubt tolkienesque fantasy is still the favorite genre for most roleplayers. But...
Fearsome Floors
After your great welcome, I am really eager to get my first article out of the door. Therefore I have decided to give you a short review of one of my favorite light...
What about Pathfinder? A review…
The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game has been out for a while, since August 2009, and it’s made me a happy gamer so far! So if you want the short of it there you have...
Three more blogs you should be reading
In January I recommended three blogs you should be reading. Although that post didn’t get as many attention as I hoped, I still think it’s a good thing to point out interesting blogs...
Organizing a regulars’ table
Some time ago I was asked by an old friend if I would like to participate in a regulars’ table focused on the RPG hobby. He already had decided on a location and...
Poll: Should “Stargazer’s World” cover non-RPG topics as well?
I recently made sure that the RPG Bloggers Network only gets the RPG-related posts by creating a special RPG-only RSS feed. This change had become necessary because I wanted our new team member...
Gears: Skills
This time I want to talk about skills in Gears. In my last post about Gears I explained how the core mechanic works. Usually you roll 3d6 (add some modifiers) and compare the...
Castlemolds Review
Ever since I started playing Dungeons & Dragons fourth edition early last year I have read all I can about the game to try and make the gaming experience as fun and enjoyable...
Weekend Doubleshot Review
So far in my exploration of microlite gaming, I have stuck with games that have taken a single particular approach — taking an existing game and attempting to condense the rules while still...
Dragoons20 Review
While I was bopping about the internet the other day, I tripped over a new Microlite20-based fantasy game called Dragoons20. Written by Randy Angle, the game document can be found at Hoppsbusch.com along...
Gears: the core mechanic
I promised you more posts about my upcoming Gears roleplaying game system and this time I want to share some thoughts on the core mechanic. When I started the project I was still...
Five Hundred!
Wow! Who would have guessed that I hit the 500 posts milestone that fast. It was in November 2009 when Stargazer’s World reached it’s 400th post. I don’t think I ever had a...
Review: CthulhuTech Damnation View
Recently I was given the opportunity to review Damnation View (RPGNow Affiliate Link), the first storybook for CthulhuTech. Some of you may remember that I reviewed the CthulhuTech core rulebook in October 2008....
Preview: Kingdom Builder by Chaotic Shiny Productions
I love all kind of random generators, especially random name generators, since I usually have a hard time coming up with cool-sounding character names. When some time ago Hannah Lipsky of Chaotic Shiny...
Dragon Age unboxing
This afternoon the postman brought me the Dragon Age boxed set I’ve been waiting for. I am still fighting a nasty cold, so it will probably take a few days before I can...
CthulhuTech Quickstart
Finally the guys from WildFire have released a quickstart PDF of their CthulhuTech game. I own the hardcover book for some time now, and I already wrote a review last year, but alas...
Le jeu de rôle à l’ancienne
While I was busy working on my own RPG project, the Dungeonslayers community finally released the French version of the old-fashioned roleplaying game from Germany. Here’s a quote from the official site: Almost...