Kickstarter: Summerland
Greg Saunders is currently kickstarting the 2nd edition of his Summerland RPG. You might remember him from his SF roleplaying game Exilium which I wrote about on this very blog. I also had...
February 27, 2018
Other Systems
Bundle of Holding: Traveller New Era
If you are into science fiction and space opera roleplaying games the latest Bundle of Holding may be of interest to you. For about $15 you get everything you need to run a...
February 14, 2018
Pocket Gumshoe -Everything is Connected!
If you are familiar with Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency you will know the phrase “Everything is connected”. It generally highlights that everything in the universe is connected to everything else in the...
February 12, 2018
Corporation from Brutal Games
Quite by accident I ended up spending all my free time last week reading the Corporation Core Rules. This is a free PDF so you can grab what a copy if you are...
January 30, 2018
Games I am excited about: 2018 Edition
Yes, I am easily excited. There are a lot of gamers who are wary of new things, who stick to their old and well-tread ways, but I am not one of those. I...
January 16, 2018
Feature / Game Design / Interview / Kickstarter / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Reviews & First Looks / RPG / RPG tools / Starfinder
Distress Call, a Starfinder adventure on Kickstarter, an interview with the author.
A couple of weeks ago I found about a new product in Kickstarter. With the success of Starfinder there are a slew of new third-party products available. Many push the system in new...
January 15, 2018
Happy New Year
While I am still enjoying a few days off from work (and blogging) I thought it would be nice to wish you all a happy new year. I hope you had pleasant and...
January 4, 2018
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Sunglar’s Year in Review!
Hello one and all, and welcome to my look back at 2017, and a look at what may be in store for 2018. I don’t pretend to do a retrospective for the blog...
January 2, 2018
Coriolis
I have spent some of my down time over Christmas reading up on Coriolis from free league publishing. I was super impressed with Mutant:Year Zero with its beautifully simple skill resolution mechanics, the...
December 31, 2017
Game Master Emulators
I half expected Micheal to post this morning, it being Christmas eve. In our house we celebrate a Swiss Christmas today and then do a British one tomorrow as the two halves of...
December 24, 2017
Truly Collaborative
I am starting my reading up on Corolis but this is going to take a while so I thought I would give you a mini series based around GM emulators. With the discussion last...
December 16, 2017
Mutant:Year Zero
I have read just about everything that is available to get for free several times in the past couple of weeks and this looks like an awesome game and I really want to...
December 8, 2017
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition available as PDF
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition was the first roleplaying game I’ve played for an extended period of time, and it’s to this day one of my favorites. Recently there was a Warhammer Fantasy...
December 7, 2017
Fate Accelerated And Fallout
Last weekend I wanted to give Fate another chance. Even though I have given up on Fate several times before, I wasn’t happy with that decision. In theory I love what Fate Core...
December 6, 2017
A Look At Awaken
A while back Zoltan Lečei from The Games Collective, a Croatian game developer, contacted me and told me about their game Awaken which had been successfully funded by Kickstarter in 2015. Awaken is...
December 5, 2017
When is a table not a table?
Where I game has a huge impact on how I game. For example, I have a group of players that I have gamed with since the late 1970s/1980s. We have got together a...
December 2, 2017
Advice / Ask The Readers / Legacy D&D / Mutants & Masterminds / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG
Ending The Break–Or How To Deal With GM Anxiety
Back in June I decided to take a break from running roleplaying games. I have been wearing the GM’s mantle for many, many years now, and I just needed to step back from...
November 28, 2017
Conan II
I have based this look at the Conan rpg on the quick start rules and the Conan Free RPG Day 2017 version Pit of Kutallu. When Michael reviewed the full rule book the...
November 26, 2017
WEG D6 first play report
Following on from a couple of recent posts (https://www.stargazersworld.com/2017/10/28/looking-for-a-spiritual-home/ and https://www.stargazersworld.com/2017/11/10/first-impressions-of-west-end-games-d6/) I actually got to play over the weekend. We played the D6 Fantasy version and I played a thief. It was my original intention...
November 15, 2017
First Impressions of West End Games D6
I am one of those people who is an incredibly slow reader. If Mrs R is showing me an article on a webpage she is forever trying to scroll down long before I...
November 10, 2017