D&D before I even knew what role-playing was!
I may go on an on about how long I’ve been playing but it’s not empty boasting, I actually played D&D before ever picking up any polyhedral dice! I don’t know how many...
March 25, 2010
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Ask the Readers: Where do you buy your RPG products?
That’s something that interested me for quite some time, where do you buy your roleplaying games, supplement, dice, battlemats etc.? Back in the day I bought everything at a small game shop in...
March 24, 2010
The worst session I’ve ever played (or Gaming with Strangers)!
The first time I ever played an RPG with a total stranger was a disaster, and it turned me off from gaming with strangers for years. Let me give you some context. By...
March 22, 2010
The Secret of my Success…
Like a mailroom clerk with dreams of greatness, of getting that corner office with a view, I too picked up a gaming book long ago and embarked on this journey we call role...
March 19, 2010
Ordo Draconis, a review…
Apparently as a result of my previous review of the Pathfinder RPG (Which many of you seem to have liked, thank you!); I received a review copy of Ordo Draconis #2. What is...
March 18, 2010
Secret dice rolls
When I remember correctly I’ve always rolled behind the GM screen when I was running a game. My first GM did the same, as did most GMs I met in my life. Recently...
March 18, 2010
Our first RPG pub meeting was a success!
Some time ago, I wrote about the plans to organize a regular, RPG-themed pub meeting. Yesterday we finally had our first meeting and it was a great success. More people than we anticipated...
March 17, 2010
Tales of the Arabian Nights
Welcome back to another boardgame review at Stargazer’s World! For my second article I have chosen my newest acquisition: Tales of the Arabian Nights by Eric Goldberg, published by Z-Man-Games. I have to...
March 15, 2010
Microlite20 Under New Ownership
On March 12th, Robin Stacey (aka Greywulf) announced that he had sold the rights to Microlite20, including microlite20.net, to Seth Drebitko. I quickly asked Robin to get me in touch with Seth, which...
March 13, 2010
Five good things I learned playing D&D 4th edition (or… How I learned not to care about diagonal movement!)
Some of you might have gotten the idea from a previous post that I don’t like Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition. Nothing could be further from the truth. I played the game for...
March 12, 2010
“Blog of a new RPGer” interview
As you probably know I love to interview interesting people from the roleplaying industry. Yesterday something really surprising happened: Gordon from “Blog of a new RPGer” asked if he could do an interview...
March 11, 2010
The Importance of Dice
Dice are a very important part of most role playing games. Without out a good set of dice you would not be able to roll up your character, let alone slay a dragon....
March 8, 2010
The A-Team: A model for RPG campaigns?
Yesterday while watching an episode of The A-Team on TV, it struck me. Wouldn’t The A-Team make a perfect model for a RPG campaign? Let’s look at the basic premise, which is summed...
March 8, 2010
The State of the Game: Puerto Rico
Hello readers, I’m going to ask your indulgence for a moment because I intend to write about something very personal, gaming in Puerto Rico. Recently I’ve become interested in the wellbeing and growth...
March 5, 2010
What about the review? Revisiting Pathfinder…
For those of you that read my previous post about the Pathfinder RPG and are scratching your heads, no my player’s characters did not go up in level SO fast that I’m ready...
March 4, 2010
Annual GM’s Day Sale at RPGNow
As every year, OneBookShelf is celebrating the GM day by having a big sale. The products of participating companies will be 25% off between March 3rd and March 8th. So what are you...
March 4, 2010