Recommendation Saturday: GURPS Cliffhanger
Let me introduce the post and give you some context. For months now, I’ve been sharing TTRPG recommendations on Saturdays, with links to books,…
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40 Years a Gamer – A Life in 100 Games
Hello friends! Welcome back. Continuing my celebration of 40 years in this hobby, today I want to move from the “proto-history” I wrote about…
More Alternatives to D&D 5th Edition
About a week ago I wrote a post about several tabletop RPGs you could check out if you want to turn your backs on…
Let’s talk about alternatives to D&D 5E
A lot of people are pretty unhappy with Wizards of the Coast at this point and are looking for other games to explore. Instead…
Why GURPS?
In my last post I revealed my renewed interest in GURPS aka the Generic Universal Roleplaying System by Steve Jackson Games. Back in the…
A Look Back on 2022 (and plans for the future)
Oh boy, where to start? When it comes to this blog, 2022 has probably been one of my most unproductive years so far. Luckily…
Survey Says!
The RPG Rule System Preference Survey Results (a non-scientific study) Twenty days ago I was having a conversation with friends over game complexity. The…
One Game To Rule Them All?
One question has divided players basically since the day when there was more than one roleplaying game on the market: which is the best…
Not excited about D&D Next? Then check out these cool alternatives…
This morning I had a conversation on Twitter about the fact that bloggers don’t really seem to be excited about D&D Next anymore and…
What happened to the Girl Genius RPG?
I think I’ve mentioned it before that I just love Phil and Kaja Foglio’s webcomic Girl Genius. I actually started reading the comics back…
Old McWhateley had a cult… Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn! – My Top 5 Lovecraftian gaming products
In keeping with the theme of Lovecraftian Week here in Stargazer’s World I want to do a series of mythos themed top five lists…
[German RPGs] 1w6 – Ein Würfel System
Recently Rob Lang of the Free RPG Blog asked me if I knew “1w6 – Ein Würfel System” (1d6 – One Die System). I…
The Fantasy Trip
D&D is not the only roleplaying game that evolved from miniature combat games. Steve Jackson’s GURPS actually is based on “The Fantasy Trip”, a…
GURPS anyone?
When you browse through the RPGBN member blogs you read a lot about D&D 4th Edition, D&D 3rd Edition, old-school D&D (and all those…
Girl Genius!
This month’s blog carnival hosted by Mad Brew Labs is about Steampunk & Klokwerks. Steampunk is (as you probably know) one of my favourite…