The Tale of Lancaster’s Folly
I usually don’t write about non-RPG stuff on my blog, but this is special, so I make an exception. “The Tale of Lancaster’s Folly” is a story written by my good friend Vince...
March 27, 2012
Non-RPG
A change of pace
You may have noticed that recently we didn’t post as often as we used to. That has various reasons. Usually I tried to post at least once per workday and when I ran...
March 23, 2012
Ask The Readers / Blogging / Mutants & Masterminds / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG
Ask the readers: Tools of the trade, RPG book transportation!
I’m on the last leg of my current Mutants & Masterminds Dawn of a New Age campaign. It’s gone on longer than I planned and we are having a blast, I am really...
February 23, 2012
I want to be a spy, the interplanetary kind!
My recent post about TV inspiration has me musing about all the different inspirations that influenced me as a gamer. Probably many of you played the Choose Your Own Adventure books, and I...
February 21, 2012
Inspired by Television
Television programs have long inspired role-playing games; we have adapted concepts from TV into games, like arcs, episodes, etc. Books on scriptwriting have been incredibly useful for me when creating adventures. This “season”...
February 16, 2012
Taking a break
The holiday season is upon us and outside it’s already looking like the proverbial winter wonderland. Today will be my last day of work for this year and unlike last year I decided...
December 21, 2011
It’s beginning to look a look like Geekmas!
If you follow me on Twitter, are my friend in Facebook or have me in your circles in Google+ you probably know Puerto Rico Role Players had a Geekmas party this past weekend....
December 20, 2011
Ask the Stargazer: WTF Edition
Over the last few weeks I got a few really tricky questions that will force me to do some serious research in order to answer them. And I got one particular question that...
December 20, 2011
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Learning is good for you! And gaming too…
To say that role-playing games have been good for me is an understatement. Besides the countless hours of fun they’ve provided, the lasting friendships that have been forged and the way it has...
December 14, 2011
A word on comments
Today I had to delete a comment on my blog. That’s something I don’t do that often and I actually don’t like doing so. As I said in one of my articles on...
December 12, 2011
Food at the table (or other designated gaming area) what to do… Ask the readers!
I am a portly fellow, I’ll admit it. Or you may say pleasantly plumpy. Ok I am overweight. I guess it is something that affects some in the gaming community. I know there...
December 7, 2011
Lazy Friday Video post: “John Carter of Mars – Full Trailer”
Yes, I know this is quite off-topic, but damn, this movie is looking better and better everytime they throw a few new scraps at us. I loved the book and it looks like...
December 2, 2011
Puerto Rico Role Players: spreading our wings… And our horizons!
If you regularly read my posts you’ll have noticed that from time to time I talk about the Puerto Rico Role Players group. Along with writing here in the blog, that group has...
November 29, 2011
What was, what is and what will be
After a few days being sick, I finally went back to work today. I think this is a perfect opportunity to give you an update on what’s going on at Stargazer’s World at...
November 23, 2011
Long drives and Podcasts…
Podcasts and me, it’s a relatively new affair. Despite being an avid radio listener (and I listen to AM talk radio so I’m used to the crazies! Mind you AM radio is different...
October 18, 2011
Caught unaware…
I am not a closet gamer! By that I mean I do not hide my love for role-playing games. If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter you know I regularly post about...
September 6, 2011
Role-Player’s Cant
Tell me if this has even happened to you. You sit down to play for the first time with a group of gamers who’ve been at it for a while (be it a...
August 25, 2011