Gears / AARG
I got a message via the contact form on the blog’s About page from someone who has been working on the AARG system for…
✦ Category: Game Design
Stargazer’s World presents Gears
One of the things I always wanted to accomplish was to write a complete roleplaying game system, a set of rules of my own…
Ad Astra RPG on Scribd
Some months ago I created a new version of my Ad Astra Primer document. The new PDF is much more printer-friendly and includes some…
Follow-up: D&D 4th Edition Firearms
In last October I created some rules for simple firearms for D&D 4th Edition that are still very popular. Some days ago the reader…
House rules for Swords & Wizardry
One reasons why I picked up S&W was that it’s very easy to modify. In most modern games, making a small change on one…
Thrilling Noir Stories needs some more love
Some weeks ago I posted about “Thrilling Noir Stories”, my roleplaying game inspired by the film noir genre. The latest playtest version codenamed “Bogart”…
There’s more to OGL than d20 (Part 2)
This is the second and concluding (for now at least) episode of my series on OGL games. D&D 3rd Edition and the d20 System…
There’s more to OGL than d20 (Part 1)
A couple of years back, when Wizards of the Coast released 3rd Edition of D&D, they not only updated the famous franchise, but they…
NOIR is now “Thrilling Noir Stories”
“It was another cold and rainy night. I was sitting in my 20 square yards appartment and bureau, staring into a half-empty glass of…
Ad Astra update
This weekend I finally continued work on my Ad Astra project. Some time ago fellow blogger Greywulf provided me with his awesome SF-themed render…
Updated playtest version of NOIR
This afternoon I finally finished the layout of an updated playtest version of NOIR. The 8-paged PDF can be downloaded here. The latest version…
Please help us playtest NOIR!
Today Michael Garcia from Quick & Dirty Games and I released a playtest version of our roleplaying game NOIR. NOIR is a rules-light pulp…
Interview with Wolfgang Baur
Some days ago I managed to arrange an interview with Wolfgang Baur, Kobold-in-Chief of Kobold Quarterly. Wolfgang Baur is a RPG industry veteran and…
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…
Ad Astra: Starships using PDQ rules
When you have a look at the PDQ core rules you’ll notice that there is no section about how vehicles, space ships, etc. could…
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: 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…
Ask The Readers: Magic in PDQ?
Initially I planned to use FUDGE for the solo game with my girlfriend but in the end we decided to use Chad Underkoffler’s PDQ…