A look at Low Fantasy Gaming
In one of my previous posts I have confessed my new-found love in all things OSR. All those D&D simulacra available are full of cool ideas, an old-school charm, and a wonderful sense...
February 2, 2017
Legacy D&D
Some Ramblings on the OSR, RIFTS, and more
A couple of years back the OSR was a mystery to me. For me it was strange that people put so much work and effort into reviving such an old game as the...
January 14, 2017
Let’s Talk Again About RIFTS
Over the weekend I kept thinking about RIFTS and how I could run it without having to rely on the clunky Palladium system. After some googling I stumbled upon a post where someone...
January 9, 2017
Happy New Year … and I got Darkest Dungeons in my White Box
Wow. That title is a mouthful, but let’s not digress and get to the matter at hand! At first I want to wish all the readers of Stargazer’s World and all current and...
January 1, 2017
Fixing XXVc
First things first: XXVc is not necessarily a broken system. I am sure there are GMs and players who are perfectly fine with the system. But for me and my group it doesn’t...
November 10, 2016
XXVc: It’s Complicated …
I have been running TSR’s Buck Rogers XXVc for a while now and slowly the problems inherent with the system start to show. At first glace the game seems to work quite well....
November 9, 2016
Is SWN The Better Traveller?
Yes, the title is a bit clickbait-y, but this is actually a pretty good question. In my recent Traveller post I was looking at the various Traveller editions available and I gave my...
November 2, 2016
Falling in Love with White Box
I never thought I might say this, but I have fallen in love with White Box D&D or more precisely with the retro-clones inspired by what people call D&D 0e. One reason why...
October 26, 2016
Buck Rogers XXVc: A Few Thoughts
This week I will run the third session of our Buck Rogers XXVc campaign and I think it’s time to share a few thoughts. Overall things have been running smoothly with a few...
October 25, 2016
Buck Rogers XXVc: Gear Quality
Before I even knew that pen & paper RPGs existed I was a fan of computer RPGs like SSI’s Gold Box Series. My two favorite games from that series were actually the games...
October 2, 2016
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century – Character Sheet
After playing a couple of one-shots and my players yearned for a longer campaign, so I retreated into my GM cave and thought long and hard what I really wanted to run. In...
October 1, 2016
Caves of Qud
Yes, this is first and foremost a pen & paper roleplaying games blog, but sometimes I just need to sneak in a post about related topics. Today I want to talk about Caves...
September 27, 2016
More White Box Shenanigans
This Saturday we had to cancel or regular Titansgrave game, because three of the players couldn’t make it, so I pulled out White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game, and we quickly rolled up...
September 18, 2016
Through the Moongate
Yesterday evening I had the chance to run my first White Box game set into the world of the Ultima series, Britannia (or Sosaria as it was known before). Overall I have to...
September 16, 2016
Ultima & White Box
What I want to write about today is something which started as a very small side project which eventually got a bit out of hand. Or you could say it’s still in the...
September 15, 2016
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Survey Says!
The RPG Rule System Preference Survey Results (a non-scientific study) Twenty days ago I was having a conversation with friends over game complexity. The specifics of the conversation are unimportant, but the arguments...
September 2, 2016
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RPG a Day 2016: Quadruple Threat! Days 21, 22, 23 & 24
Sorry for the absence gals and guys! After all the boasting of not giving up on #RPGaDay 2016 my three day absence probably had you thinking I had done just that. What can...
August 24, 2016