It’s DriveThruRPG discount time again!
I think you know the drill, so I won’t bore you with long introductions. You can use the discount code DriveThruApril at checkout to get 20% off the following products at DriveThruRPG until...
May 18, 2012
Other Systems
Over The Edge RPG rules now available under the OGL
When I heard about Atlas Games releasing the rules under the OGL I was mildly interested. I have never read nor played Over The Edge and I didn’t even have a clue what...
May 16, 2012
New Fire Interview
A couple of days ago I first heard about New Fire, a pen & paper RPG project on Kickstarter. That in itself is nothing special, because raising money on Kickstarter to fund your...
May 14, 2012
Review: Doctor Who – Aliens and Creatures
Back in January I wrote a review of the excellent Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space roleplaying game. Today I am having a look at the Aliens and Creatures supplement. Like DWAITAS...
May 1, 2012
Mecha Combiners
In September 2010 I reviewed Chris Perrin’s roleplaying game MECHA and also did an interview with him. In that interview he already mentioned that he was working on some Mecha Combiner rules. If...
April 17, 2012
Tactical combat in WR&M (or any other Wyrm System game)
Earlier today Christopher Brind contacted me today and let me know about a cool ruleset for tactical games he has designed for WR&M. It’s modeled loosely after the system from the classic Games...
April 11, 2012
Savage Worlds Deluxe: Explorer’s Edition now available for preorders
Recently I checked Pinnacle Entertainment’s new website and was surprised to see that the Explorer’s Edition of Savage Worlds Deluxe is already available for preorder. In my opinion Savage Worlds Deluxe was great...
April 11, 2012
The MARS Project: Zombies part deux!
Because no one demanded it, here is more information about the latest adventure I’ll be running, the MARS Project, a zombiepocalypse game. I wrote about it last week (and tweaked the text a...
April 10, 2012
Blogging / Fluff/Inspiration / Mutants & Masterminds / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / Savage Worlds
MARS Project, a zombiepocalypse game
Hello readers! Sorry for my prolonged absence. As Michael posted I’ve had my plate full. I’ve mentioned some of it before, but to recapitulate, I’ve been at a new job since late last...
April 3, 2012
Review: Mindjammer
A while ago Sarah Newton contacted me and asked me if I was interested in reviewing her debut novel “Mindjammer”. I have to admit I was hesitant at first, because I usually don’t...
March 29, 2012
Some thoughts on roleplaying in the SF genre
While I am currently a fantasy campaign I am already thinking about what I could run next. And as so often before the idea to run a SF game crops up again. I...
March 26, 2012
The D6 System needs your love
Another roleplaying game system that should get more attention by gamers is the D6 System by now defunct games publisher West End Games. A precursor of the system that should later become the...
March 20, 2012
Ask The Readers: FUDGE Roll Call!
Recently when I was looking for an idea for a blog post, #stargazersworld regular and Fudge enthusiast Jonas “fudgebob dicepants” Susara came up with the idea of the “Fudge Roll Call”. Fudge is...
March 19, 2012
Chronicle City to publish English edition of Dungeonslayers
For some of you this might already be old news, but I thought it would still make sense to share the news here. Chronicle City, the new British games publisher set up by...
March 13, 2012
Player’s Companion for “Adventurer Conqueror King”
There’s another Kickstarter project that grabbed my attention. Autarch is currently raising money to fund an expansion to the very intriguing Adventurer Conqueror King System. I picked up the core book a while...
March 12, 2012
Advice / Freebies / GenCon / Humor / Improve Your Game / Other Systems / Props / Random musings / RPG / Savage Worlds / True20
Savage Worlds, playing The Wild Hunt (and a long winded retrospective…)
I have been intrigued by Savage Worlds ever since I first read about it. A system designed to be “fast, furious and fun”, without sacrificing the detailed character creation and the tactical aspects...
March 5, 2012
Review: The One Ring – Adventures over the Edge of the Wild
J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings” is undoubtedly one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. It was one of the major inspirations for a lot of the...
March 1, 2012