Stargazer’s World presents Gears
One of the things I always wanted to accomplish was to write a complete roleplaying game system, a set of rules of my own design. Over the last years I repeatedly made attempts...
February 9, 2010
Other Systems
Review: Wushu Open
Wushu Open is a short, free and rules-lite roleplaying game created with the Wuxia genre of fiction in mind, although it can be used in any genre. Wushu’s author Daniel Bayn also offers...
February 8, 2010
What’s on my reading list right now?
I don’t think there ever was a time during the last 20 years or so, when there wasn’t at least one roleplaying game book lying on my bedside cabinet. I actually believe it...
February 3, 2010
Chimera RPG Price Reduction
When I opened my mailbox today I noticed that The Welsh Piper has sent its January 2010 newsletter. The most important news is that the Chimera RPG is now available for the reduced...
February 1, 2010
Get a free copy of KQ#10 until January 31
I think everyone already knows about the KQ store giving away the PDF version of Kobold Quarterly #10 for free until the end of the month. This post is just meant as a...
January 28, 2010
News from the Dresden Files RPG
Yesterday’s post on the official The Dreden Files RPG website made my entire day: Evil Hat Productions Brings The World of Harry Dresden To Life With The Dresden Files Role Playing Game Silver...
January 27, 2010
Review: Alpha Omega – The Encountered Volume 1
In my “Best & Worst in Gaming 2009” posts, I picked the Alpha Omega RPG game line for “Best Production Values”. If you want your non-gamer friends get interested in the hobby just...
January 25, 2010
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Review: Tunnels & Trolls v7.5 Boxed Set
Tunnels & Trolls is almost as old as D&D (it was released in 1975 – that was the year I was born) and surprisingly enough the latest version is almost unchanged from the...
January 18, 2010
Torso Murders
Warning! This post may contain some minor spoilers for the Trail of Cthulhu introductory adventure . The Trail of Cthulhu introductory adventure which you can find in the back of the book is...
January 14, 2010
[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 had to admit that I’ve heard of it before,...
January 14, 2010
Communication is the key
I usually don’t rant on my blog and I although don’t post my thought on the industry that often either, but there’s something that got my blood boiling. Perhaps you remember the Open...
January 12, 2010
Dungeonslayers: New adventure and upcoming setting
Recently Christian Kennig released another one-page dungeon for his Dungeonslayers game: “The Queen of Blackriver” is the third adventure in the “Dungeon-2-Go” series and was written by Bob Bretz. Please note, that the...
January 11, 2010
Review: Alpha Omega Core Rulebook
For quite some time I was interested in getting Alpha Omega for myself, but for some reason I never bought it. Then a few weeks ago, I had a chat with someone from...
January 7, 2010
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Best & Worst of Gaming 2009 [Part 4]
So, this is the last part of my look back at 2009. I won’t bore you with stories from the past from now on, because we live in the future now! 😉 Thanks...
January 6, 2010
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Best & Worst of Gaming 2009 [Part 3]
If you haven’t already, you should have a look at Part 1 and Part 2 of my Best & Worst of Gaming 2009 series. Best Adventure The best adventure of 2009 was not...
January 5, 2010
Open D6 Resurrection Wiki
The official Open D6 project may be dead (or at least of uncertain status), but there are still enough dedicated fans willing to resurrect the idea. One of those fans recently created a...
January 5, 2010
Best & Worst of Gaming 2009 [Part 2]
In Part 2 of this series I have a look at public relations and RPG websites. If you’ve missed Part 1, you can check it out here. Best Public Relations Another tough pick,...
January 2, 2010