Happy Birthday D&D!
A Sunday post, “Inconceivable!”, to quote a certain Sicilian of movie fame. I’ve put this post together for the very special occasion today, the 40th anniversary of the publication of Dungeons & Dragons....
January 26, 2014
Legacy D&D
Designers & Dragons: Sneak Peek released
When I first encountered roleplaying games in the early 1990s, the hobby was already about 20 years old. The first games I’ve played were Games Workshop’s Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition, West End...
December 9, 2013
Geeknic XI: There and back again!
I’ve blogged at length about Puerto Rico Role Players, a local group of role-playing game enthusiasts dedicated to promoting tabletop RPG games in Puerto Rico. Besides running demos a cons, something that’s become...
March 25, 2013
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Ask The Stargazer: What is the best Fantasy RPG?
Some of you may remember the column “Ask The Stargazer” that I introduced back in 2011. I posted a couple of replies to your questions since then, but for various reasons the column...
February 6, 2013
The Known Author… An Interview with Bruce Heard!
Bruce Heard is a name I will forever associate with classic D&D content, but for the uninitiated I have just one word, Mystara! Of course it wasn’t always called Mystara, once upon a...
December 14, 2012
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The Kobold, the Quarterly and the Contest!
Fall is upon us (well those of us living in the northern hemisphere at least)! It’s the time of harvest, leaves fall, the weather turns colder, and apparently Kobolds come out of their...
November 14, 2012
Lazy Friday Video Post: D&D Adventure Coach
You need help with your D&D game? Then hire the Adventure Coach! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i5Yw4ZoDO0 Enjoy!
June 15, 2012
My thoughts on the D&D Next playtest rules
Yesterday the D&D Next playtest package has been made available – at least for the lucky few who were able to download them. It seems WotC’s bad luck streak when it comes to...
May 25, 2012
Player’s Companion for “Adventurer Conqueror King”
There’s another Kickstarter project that grabbed my attention. Autarch is currently raising money to fund an expansion to the very intriguing Adventurer Conqueror King System. I picked up the core book a while...
March 12, 2012
Illustrating Legend
Some time ago we reported about Rule of Cool Gaming’s Legend RPG. In the meantime over 20,000 copies have been downloaded, which is quite an achievement. And since all the proceeds from the...
March 12, 2012
Why D&D Next is important to all of us
I don’t play any recent edition of D&D right now and I am pretty skeptical about the upcoming next edition. You could come to believe I couldn’t care less about what Wizards of...
March 6, 2012
Into The Odd
I think I have talked about Chris McDowall’s Into the Odd on Stargazer’s World already. It’s a very cool fantasy game with horror and sci-fi elements that is reminiscent of OD&D. But instead...
February 22, 2012
Adventurer Conqueror King
This morning I stumbled upon “Adventurer Conqueror King” on RPGNow. It’s a roleplaying game based on OD&D and using the OGL that has a focus on what I would call the “endgame”. The...
February 17, 2012
Our thoughts on D&D 5th Edition
I have to admit that I was totally oblivious to WotC’s big announcement (which was first published by the NY Times) until my team member Youseph told me about it. But I don’t...
January 11, 2012
New Year’s Gaming Resolutions
Before talking about the plans for 2012 let’s have a look back at the last year. Back in January 2011 I set one goal for 2011: play more. And while I discovered Google+...
January 10, 2012
First Look: Carcosa
I don’t remember when I first heard about Carcosa. I think someone mentioned it on Twitter or I discovered a link to some preview somewhere. But I was immediately intrigued. Carcosa is a...
December 16, 2011
Dark Dungeons – The Animated Film
As a roleplayer you surely know the Jack Chick tract “Dark Dungeons” and if you don’t you definitely need to check it out. It still baffles me that there are people out there...
November 1, 2011