Supers, supers everywhere!
With the release yesterday of the new superhero game ICONS from Adamant Entertainment my superhero fever has reached new heights. I’m getting my copy today after missing out on the pre-order due to...
June 2, 2010
News & Reviews
WFRP Toolkit
On May 19th Fantasy Flight Games’ WFRP Toolkit appeared on the iTunes AppStore. It’s a dice rolling application for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game which uses dice pools of custom dice for task...
June 1, 2010
New Erdenstern album in the works
If you have been following Stargazer’s World for some time now, you probably already read a few reviews of music suitable for roleplaying sessions. Aside from various soundtracks there are a few musicians...
May 31, 2010
Dungeonslayers: Fireworks!
Yesterday my Dungeonslayers supplement Feuerwerk was finally released in an English translation. Thanks a lot to the translation team, which did a great job! So, what’s Fireworks about? Fireworks contains rules for firearms,...
May 29, 2010
Skulduggery available for preorder
Robin D. Laws’ latest game “Skulduggery” is finally available for preorder at the Pelgrane Press store. If you preorder the printed version that will be released on July 1st, you will get the...
May 27, 2010
OGT Sponsorships
Jonathan Jacobs and his team of editors is currently hard working on the second volume of the Open Game Table. When Vol. 1 came out each and every contributor was provided with a...
May 25, 2010
WFRP: Their Fated Travels …
I was recently contacted by Robert James Freemantle, who turned the exploits of his Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay group into a story that you can now listen to on YouTube. I’ve embedded the first...
May 24, 2010
Freebie: Bill Coffin’s Septimus
The only game ever released by WEG under the Open D6 brand was Bill Coffin’s Septimus. Now that Bill got the full rights to this game back by Eric Gibson, WEG’s owner, he...
May 22, 2010
HERO System / Humor / Just my two cents / Mutants & Masterminds / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG
I’ve got supers on my mind…
In my years as a Game Master I’ve run a lot of campaigns, fantasy, sci-fi, modern, space opera, but no genre has proven as difficult as the superhero game. Sometimes I muse about...
May 20, 2010
Interview: Shane Hensley and Matthew Cutter
Another week, another interview – this time I had the opportunity to ask a couple of questions to Shane Hensley and Matthew Cutter from Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Stargazer: Thanks again for taking your...
May 17, 2010
Interview: Bill Coffin
Recently there was much talk about West End Games on this side of the internet and one name that cropped up regularly was Bill Coffin. Bill Coffin is a RPG industry veteran and...
May 13, 2010
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Unboxing
The day before yesterday I finally gave in and ordered the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game by Fantasy Flight Games. This time I decided to try something new: an unboxing video! Enjoy!
May 12, 2010
Check out Signs & Portents #80
I have to admit that I haven’t read Signs & Portents before, although I’ve heard it’s quite a good magazine, especially if you are into the games made by Mongoose Publishing. But issue...
May 10, 2010
Reading Recommendation: Satanic Panic by Allen Varney
Today I finally had the time to read Allen Varney’s excellent article “Days of High Adventure: Satanic Panic” that was published at The Escapist just a few days ago. It’s an in-depth look...
May 6, 2010
Ask the Readers: What do you eat at the gaming table?
Back when I started roleplaying we usually ate a lot of snacks at the game table (mostly potato chips in various flavors), drank gallons of soft drinks and coffee and in the evening...
May 5, 2010
The Dresden Files RPG now available at RPGNow!
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last few years, you probably heard about the Dresden Files Roleplaying Game which has been under development for quite a few years at...
May 4, 2010
Six Hundred!
Some time ago the 600th post has been published on Stargazer’s World. Considering that we reached the 500 posts milestone in February, this is quite an achievement! And this time I had a...
May 4, 2010