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
Other Systems
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
Ask The Readers / Feature / Fluff/Inspiration / Freebies / Other Systems / RPG / Stars Without Number
ZEBULON’S GUIDE TO THE FRONTIER ALIENS CONVERSION
Here is a follow up to yesterday’s post. This time around I try adapting the alien species introduced to the Star Frontier’s game in the supplement Zebulon’s Guide to the Frontier for Stars...
November 8, 2017
D20 FUTURE HEROIC ALIEN SPECIES CONVERSION
Hello readers! Here is hoping you had a fun Halloween and are enjoying November. For those that have reached out over social media, thank you. Personally, things are improving, while there is a...
November 7, 2017
Feature / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / Reviews & First Looks / RPG / Shadow of the Demon Lord
A Look At Shadow of the Demon Lord
This morning, when I thought about writing about Shadow of the Demon Lord, I was totally amazed that I haven’t actually mentioned it on the blog at all. Robert Schwalb’s Shadow of the...
November 6, 2017
Let the Quest Begin!
In my recent post (‘Looking for a Spiritual Home’) Johnkzin made loads of constructive suggestions and asked a few questions. The problem with Pathfinder and 5e for that matter is that I have...
November 2, 2017
Contagious Excitement
I have to admit that I am easily excitable. When someone comes up with a roleplaying game which tries to tread new ground, makes things a little different, or just has inspiring artwork,...
October 27, 2017
Good night to the Devil
This will be my last post on Devil’s Staircase for a while. It is not going away, quite the opposite, but I will tell you abut that later. This post is in two...
October 24, 2017
Ask The Readers / Blogging / D&D4e / D&D5e / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Reviews & First Looks / RPG / RPG tools
What about Starfinder? A review….
In early 2010 one of my first posts on this blog was a review of Pathfinder. It is only fitting that seven years and a few months later I review Paizo’s newest hit...
October 21, 2017