Feb-Wu-ary!
Third Eye Games’ Eloy Lasanta just reminded me that February 2012 is the 2nd Annual Wu Xing Giveaway Month. So what does that mean? At first you get a free copy of Wu...
February 7, 2012
Other Systems
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Game Mastering Conundrums… Limiting player choices!
For those wondering why there was no post yesterday, the Stargazer is sick! Doesn’t seem to be anything life threatening (sorry guys we are not inheriting the blog just yet!). With our fearless...
February 7, 2012
Cubicle 7 Sale at RPGNow/DriveThruRPG
Recently Cubicle 7 has reduced the prices for a lot of their products on RPGNow/DriveThruRPG. You can get the excellent Dark Harvest: Legacy of Frankenstein (read my review here) for mere $10 for...
February 3, 2012
My points of light…
Who knew that former US President George H. W. Bush was a Game Master, and a groundbreaking pioneer at that! He spoke about points of light campaigns in 1989 almost twenty years before...
February 2, 2012
Dungeonslayers: First sneak peek at the 4th Edition
Reports that the English version of Dungeonslayers 4 is vaporware are highly exaggerated. DS 4 is alive and well and Christian Kennig has released the updated character creation as a teaser today! The...
February 1, 2012
Port Loren Travel Agency! Star Frontiers Virtual Con 2012
I am a longtime fan of Star Frontiers, I’ve written about it before, and every now I then I visit the fan sites still supporting the game. Imagine my surprise when I discovered...
January 31, 2012
They don’t sparkle, period!
I know I am late to the party, the Vampire the Masquerade 20th anniversary celebration was last year. But I did not catch the anniversary bug until this year. My relation with Vampire...
January 27, 2012
More details on my new campaign
On the weekend my girlfriend worked on the campaign world for our upcoming Shadow, Sword & Spell game. I am actually very happy with the result so far and aside from a proper...
January 23, 2012
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What about the Kobold of Winter, aka #20? A review…
“The Winter Kobold is coming!” If those were the words of House Stark, Eddard would have faced a different fate! Because the know Kobolds are powerful, dangerous creatures. Well at least that’s what...
January 20, 2012
New Year, New Game
One of my goals for 2012 was to play more often and until now things are looking good. At the end of the month I’ll start a new campaign using Rogue Games’ Shadow,...
January 19, 2012
Dinner with Gamers
Recently I sat down for dinner with friends at the Golden Place Buffet in Guaynabo. They happen to be gamers, most of them being the regular players in my campaign. There were a...
January 16, 2012
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Oldies but goodies! Some great digital game supplements for the New Year…
It’s really strange that I just classified as “oldies” some books that became available in digital format just a few short months ago. I guess it’s the nature of the digital age, the...
January 12, 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
Review: Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space
Roleplaying games based on licensed material are usually hit or miss. Either they are either utter crap or totally awesome. Luckily the game based on one of my favorite TV series is the...
January 9, 2012
Happy New Year
Even though I am still on vacation I wanted to give you a short update on what I’ve been up to lately. For the most time I have celebrated Christmas with my girlfriend’s...
January 2, 2012
Krampusnacht
Some of you may have heard about Krampus, that mythical creature that somewhat resembles the devil that accompanies St. Nicholas during the Christmas season. While Santa Claus hands out gifts to children who...
December 19, 2011
Freebies: Renaissance
Yay! I have been waiting for this since I first read about it: Renaissance is a free roleplaying system designed for historical and fantasy games in, as the authors put it, “age of...
December 6, 2011
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Unfinished business
I think as a whole we human beings are completists. We want to complete what we began; we want the whole story. We crave to know the conclusion, and when we don’t get...
December 2, 2011
Ask The Stargazer: “What is the one RPG that you have never run, but have always wanted to?”
Today’s question has been asked by a reader who calls himself Lon. And while it’s a perfect question, I am not sure how I should answer that. Let me start by saying that...
December 1, 2011
News from Promethea
Dark Harvest: Legacy of Frankenstein is undoubtedly one of the most impressive games I reviewed this year. It stands out from a lot of other games because of its unique alternate history setting...
November 29, 2011