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
Fluff/Inspiration
Writing A Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Adventure
Over the last few years I have been reading books on management and starting a business. I really enjoy reading books on these topics and I have benefited greatly from reading them. One...
August 19, 2010
Sci-Fi Setting, looking for some feedback…
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...
July 28, 2010
Salmon and D&D
Last Saturday I ran my weekly Dungeons & Dragons adventure. This weeks adventure was one I called “The Royal Sword of the Elvish Plains People” which addressed the back story of one the...
July 16, 2010
Other sources of inspiration for RPGs: Comics
It’s easy to list off the inspiration and influences from literature and movies on role playing games. Historically there are lists and appendixes dedicated just to this. The newly released (and excellent by...
July 6, 2010
Your daily dose of ICONS!
Some time ago, when I was just getting on this superhero bandwagon I wrote a post about supers, including a tool to illustrate characters called Hero Factory (Fábrica de Heroís). On that post...
June 29, 2010
Deconstructing Metaplots
I have a confession to make (another one you say)! As a Game Master I really don’t like pre-published adventures. Don’t get me wrong I know WHY they exist, and I’ve read my share and...
June 22, 2010
Every Icon(ic) superhero needs a super villain!
Let it never be said that I am a fickle fan! The superhero fever steamroller plows on unabated… Recently I tried out the ICONS RPG random generation method and wrote a post about...
June 21, 2010
Rolling up an Icon(ic) Superhero!
Ever since I began reading the ICONS RPG I’ve been itching to roll up a character. However I wanted to finish readying it before I did this. Don’t ask me why, it’s and...
June 8, 2010
BBQ and D&D
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...
June 3, 2010
WFRP: Their Fated Travels …
I was recently contacted by Robert James Freemantle, who turned the exploits of his Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay group into a story that you can now listen to on YouTube. I’ve embedded the first...
May 24, 2010
Ask the Readers: Keeping up with super current events!
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...
May 21, 2010
Pixelated wizard fight fire breathing dragon!
Well today has certainly been a day for nostalgia! I loved console games in the late 80s early 90s and some of them were of great influence in our gaming. A friend ran...
May 18, 2010
Old dog, meet new trick!
Hello all… I’ve been silent for a couple of days since I spent it from Spectrum Canine Dog Training, actually more than a couple; thirteen days to be exact. Sorry for my silence,...
May 13, 2010
When Players Are Missing In Action
There are just a couple of mottos I try to stick to when playing a roll playing game. When I am DMing, one of those mottos is: “Treat your players how you would...
May 12, 2010
Lovecraft, how do I love thee? Let me count with my tentacles… – My Top 5 Favorite Lovecraftian Stories
I’ve gushed about Lovecraft on my previous post for Stargazer’s World Lovecraftian Week. Through my love for role-playing I discovered one of the masters of the genre and have enjoyed his work and...
April 30, 2010
The Mythos Is Everywhere
When Michael announced he wanted to do a “Mythos Week”, I initially didn’t have any idea what I could contribute to such an effort. The chilling answer — that you can find the...
April 28, 2010
H.P. Lovecraft and his works
This week at Stargazer’s World is dedicated to gaming inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s works. So, who was this H.P. Lovecraft anyway? Lovecraft’s life Howard Philips Lovecraft was born August 20, 1890 in Providence,...
April 26, 2010
Cataclysm
This is a rerun, it was originally posted on August 28th, 2009. From Wikipedia: The cataclysm is the Greek expression for the Deluge, from the Greek kataklysmos, to ‘wash down’ (kluzein “wash” +...
April 19, 2010
Hacking in Cyberpunk games
As I’ve written two weeks ago I am thinking about developing a Cyberpunk game powered by my Gears system. But there’s one thing that I don’t like about most Cyberpunk games: Hacking. Usually...
April 13, 2010