Don’t Think Too Big!
For a while I have been struggling with a long-time dream of mine: a homebrew cyberpunk setting. I always loved the genre but I…
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Game Maker Studio
Again I am breaking one of the rules that I wrote down when I started this blog. Today I want to write about a…
An Elegant System For A More Civilized Age
Most of you probably remember the line “An elegant weapon for a more civilized age” from 1977’s Star Wars. So it’s probably no surprise…
Why there will be no 2nd Edition of WR&M
Over the last years I have thought several times about creating a 2nd Edition of Warrior, Rogue & Mage. No game is perfect and…
NaGaDeMon: WR&M Pocket Edition
Over the last few days I have continued working on the project I dubbed WR&M Pocket Edition. Initially I wanted to create something which…
NaGaDeMon: So, what am I working on?
Yesterday I wrote that it was still a bit too early to talk about my projects. Today I think it’s already time to reveal…
It’s THIS time of the year again: NaGaDeMon!!!
November is a special month for all budding game designers. It’s the NaGaDeMon, the National (or rather interNational) Game Design Month. A couple of…
My thoughts on “Chess is not an RPG”
Today I stumbled upon a blog post by John Wick about game balance, social skills, weapon lists etc. If you haven’t read it yet,…
More Thoughts on the Cypher System
Over the last few weeks I have posted several times about Numenera and praised the so-called Cypher system which powers the game. The same…
Fantasy Fridays! Ask the readers, Pathfinder RPG House Rules?
Hello readers! Sorry for another skipped week RL and all that. I’m very interested in continuing my contributions to the blog with at least…
Lazy Wednesday Video Post: Tabletop RPG Design 101
A couple of days ago, Tim Kirk posted a very interesting video blog on game design on his YouTube channel. In the about 13…
Fate Accelerated Idea: Fallout
If you have been following my blog for a while, you might have read my posts about the Fallout game I’ve been running with…
Changing Spells
On the weekend I played the “Mansions of Madness” board game for the first time. In this Fantasy Flight Games’ board game each player…
Shadowrun using Technoir? Might that work?
Yes, I am still looking for alternative ways to run a Shadowrun game. While I am still trying to find a good way to…
Fallout Fudged
A while ago I had the idea to run a campaign based on the Fallout computer game series. I was actually just replaying the…
Ask the Readers: What about this alien species?
Hello dear readers! Not writing too much on the blog these days, mainly because I’m working on my Thesis. But on those days when…
Seekers Unlimited, bringing live action role-playing and education together!
Hello all! Been away for a while… Gone but, hopefully, not forgotten! For the three of you that were wondering where I was, I…
Ask The Readers! Input on a BareBones Fantasy sci-fi hack… (First draft)
Seems like we are on a sci-fi roll here in the blog in 2013! So keeping with the theme, I’ve decided to share with Stargazer’s World…
NaGa DeMon: Another update
The progress on Galaxy Rising has been slowed down a bit in the last few days. The fact that I suffer from bad lower…
NaGa DeMon: The final days
The National Game Design Month ends in a couple of days and I fear I will not be able to fulfill one of the…