RPG a Day 2025 Day 23: Recent
Saturday is here, and so is another post for RPG a Day, day 23 this time, the prompt Recent. What recent games have I…
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RPG a Day 2025 Day 21: Unexpected
For today’s prompt, Unexpected, I’ll welcome you with a statement you don’t expect from me: “I’ve found an adventure I want to run!” If…
Daggerheart – A First Look
Even though I think I never watched a full Critical Role session, I’d consider myself a fan. I totally adore their animated series and…
Three OSR TTRPG recommendations (and a bonus one)
I have a soft spot for the Old School Renaissance. Even though I never played original D&D or owned one of the Basic D&D…
#RPGaDay2024, The other topics… Days 25 to 30
Here it is, the last speed round of the month. It’s time to catch up on days 25 to 30. The regular daily posts…
Heroes of Adventure
While browsing on itch.io I recently stumbled upon Heroes of Adventure, a free, rules-light, OSR-adjacent tabletop roleplaying game released under the Creative Commons Attribution…
What’s holding Open Legend back?
A while back I bought a used hardcover copy of Open Legend. According to its subtitle it’s an open-source RPG which is right up…
Some thoughts on The Fantasy Trip
Back in 2022 I bought the “The Fantasy Trip” bundle on Bundle of Holding. Before that I have been aware of the system and…
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
D&D: Honor Among Thieves is the latest movie based on the fan-favorite tabletop roleplaying games. While the older movies were in the so-bad-its-good category…
My all-time favorite roleplaying game
Over the years I have played quite a few tabletop roleplaying games and I’ve read many more, but there’s one game or rather a…
Fresh Take on d20 Modern in the works
Evil Genius Productions‘ Dave Scott recently let me know that they are working on “Everyday Heroes”, which is basically a new take on WotC’s…
Valda’s Spire of Secrets – A quick look
In the last days I’ve been browsing the internet with the goal of finding interesting D&D-related material. Eventually I stumbled upon Valda’s Spire of…
We finally killed Strahd!
For the last three years or so I was playing in an online Curse of Strahd game with a few friends. After having played…
A look at the Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022
When I first read about Mongoose Publishing releasing a rather expensive update to their Traveller 2nd Edition core rulebook I expected a cash grab.…
Tales of Xadia Playtest
The Dragon Prince is a Netflix show which took me a bit by surprise. Even though it’s obviously targeted towards teenagers, I found it…
Cyberpunk 2077 – Is it Worth It?
Usually I don’t write about video games here on Stargazer’s World. But Cyberpunk 2077 is an exceptional game and I am sure it might…
A Humble Look At “THE CREW OF ENTERPRISE”
I am interrupting my summer break to share my thoughts on a new Modiphius product today. I have to admit I haven’t really followed…
A Look At Mörk Borg
For me Mörk Borg (Dark Castle) came totally out of the blue. I don’t remember where I first read about it, but I was…
A Look At Old-School Essentials
Let me start by giving you some context. Even though I have enjoyed the roleplaying game hobby for almost 30 years now, I started…
A Look At The Latest Humble RPG Book Bundle
At the time of this writing the Humble RPG Book Bundle: Cypher System and The Strange (quite the mouth-full) is available for another 33…