Eclipse Phase (quick-start rulebook)
I have been looking at the Eclipse Phase quick-start rules this week. This is a system after my own heart. It is d100 which is my spiritual home anyway, it is visually beautiful...
August 31, 2017
Reviews & First Looks
Taking a Look at White Star
I am working on a number of projects at the moment and in an effort to make them as good as I can I am also looking at a lot of other peoples...
August 28, 2017
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#RPGaDay2017 Day 23: The layout of the book
Wednesday post for #RPGaDay2017. We’re in Europe territory now… The Final Countdown! Ok, you’re not here for the lame jokes, but for today’s question, which is: August 23: Which RPG has the most...
August 23, 2017
First Look: The Frontier by One Dwarf Army
Do you like science fiction? Guns? Action? Games like Borderlands or Destiny? The d20 System? Then The Frontier may be for you. The Frontier by One Dwarf Army is a no-frills 90-paged pen...
August 15, 2017
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#RPGaDay2017 Day 10: The reviews are in!
Ten days already! Let’s continue with #RPGaDay 2017. Today’s question is: August 10: Where do you go for RPG reviews? Well Stargazer’s World of course! What better place… The best place for RPG...
August 10, 2017
First Look: Pip System Corebook
I love genre-agnostic roleplaying games. Mostly because they allow me to dream of using them for my homebrew settings (which of course get never finished). But they are also a great choice if...
August 9, 2017
Review: Tales From The Loop
I don’t remember when I first learned about Simon Stålenhag‘s work. It might have been the article from The Verge in 2013, or a random blog post I stumbled upon while aimlessly surfing...
July 20, 2017
Review: Coriolis–The Third Horizon
It’s no secret that I enjoyed Fria Ligan’s (aka Free League) Mutant: Year Zero. This game came to me as a total surprise and when I finally got my hands on it, I...
July 17, 2017
Review: Conan – Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of (Part 3)
This is what you’ve been waiting for, the conclusion of my Conan – Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of review! Usually my reviews are not that long, but this time I decided it...
March 4, 2017
Review: Conan – Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of (Part 2)
This is part two of my review of Modiphius’ Conan – Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of. Last time we mostly focused on the character generation and the rules in general. This time...
March 3, 2017
Review: Conan – Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of (Part 1)
My first contact with Conan the Cimmerian was the 1982 movie “Conan the Barbarian”. It might not be the best movie ever and not very close to the Conan from Robert E. Howard’s...
March 2, 2017
Video Game Recommendation: Torment–Tides Of Numenera
Yesterday InXile Entertainment released Torment: Tides of Numenera, the long-awaited computer role-playing game set into Monte Cook’s Ninth World. In a way it’s also a spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment, which was based...
March 1, 2017
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What about Mindjammer for Traveller? A Review…
So, I’m jumping on the blog’s Traveller bandwagon! About three months too late… I’ve been working on this review for a while and RL just kept me from finishing it. It was fun...
February 28, 2017
First Look: Kaigaku by Jacob Ross
UPDATE: Kaigaku Premium Edition is now available in print from DriveThruRPG! A while ago Jacob Ross contacted me and asked me if I was interested in reviewing his game Kaigaku. Kaigaku is a...
February 14, 2017
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
Hidden Gem: The Unexplained
Yesterday I bought a copy of Carnivore Games’ The Unexplained, a Fudge-based game in which you play members of a group investigating paranormal phenomenon. And from what I’ve seen so far it is...
January 7, 2017
First Look: CONTACT – Tactical Alien Defense RPG
Contact is one of the few roleplaying games created in Germany who eventually were released in English language. I have to admit I totally missed the release of the English PDF on DriveThruRPG...
November 14, 2016