Girl Genius!
This month’s blog carnival hosted by Mad Brew Labs is about Steampunk & Klokwerks. Steampunk is (as you probably know) one of my favourite…
✦ Category: Fluff/Inspiration
Ad Astra: And so it begins… (Part 2)
The first part of my first Ad Astra adventure started a bit slow but that will soon change. The adventurers, new recruits of the…
Ad Astra: And so it begins…
On last Saturday we started our Ad Astra campaign. My group consist of three players. Character #1 is a Gaian war hero and fighter…
My idea for a magipunk setting
Recently I had a chat with fellow blogger pinakidion over Twitter about my Asecia setting that I usually call “steamfantasy”. He came up with the…
Random musings
The last few days I spent some quality time with my girlfriend, played a couple of computer games I had been lying around for…
CSI: Sharn
On the German RPG blog “Limited Edition – Gedanken zum Rollenspiel” I discovered a very intersting post called “CSI: Sharn“. Sharn is one of…
Ad Astra PDQ character creation
Last weekend my group of players and I decided to give the PDQ system a try. We’ll be using it to run my “Ad…
Ad Astra Primer
Today I created an “Ad Astra Primer”, a system-less introduction to my science fiction setting. The 13-page PDF includes all of my Ad Astra…
Ad Astra: Twilight Star
Although I am still in the middle of my hiatus, I want to share some more information on my Ad Astra setting. “I want…
Ad Astra: The Psitech League
Almost as powerful as one of the major nations of the Star Ocean is the Psitech League. Without Espers interstellar travel would be impossible…
Ad Astra: The Akkathon Federation
Today I am finally returning to the world of “Ad Astra”. This time I will present to you the Akkathon Federation, a federation by…
Roleplaying in the world of “On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness”
“On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness” is an episodic adventure RPG for PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 set into a pseudo-victorian world where…
Ad Astra: The SpaceCorp Corporate State
As promised I will now share some information on the only corporate state in the Omega Centaury cluster: The SpaceCorp Corporate State (Quick Facts)…
Ad Astra: The Tovenaar Empire
Any good SF or Space Opera setting features an evil empire. The scourge of the Star Ocean is definitely the Tovenaar Empire, a expansionistic,…
Solo Game with Fudge and Horror
Some time ago I have told you about my plans to try out a solo game with my girlfriend. We pondered over the several…
Ad Astra: The Gaian Republic
Welcome to the next installment in my “Ad Astra” series. Today I provide you with some details on the Gaian Republic: The Gaian Republic…
Ad Astra: Major Factions of the Omega Centauri Cluster
Last time, you learned how thing came to pass, now I want to give you some details on one the major factions of the…
Another take on magic items
In most campaign settings magic items are made on purpose. There’s some blacksmith that forges a sword with great skill that is then infused…
Ad Astra!
For the last weeks I have been working on a science-fiction campaign setting that I call “Ad Astra!”. I have finally finished writing down…
Legend of Zork
Yesterday Activision launched “Legend of Zork“, a casual persistant adventure game based on the Zork series. Zork was actually one of the first interactive…