Let’s Talk Again About RIFTS
Over the weekend I kept thinking about RIFTS and how I could run it without having to rely on the clunky Palladium system. After…
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Let’s Talk about RIFTS
RIFTS is probably one of the first RPGs I played back in the day. I still remember the demise of my first RIFTS character,…
Hidden Gem: The Unexplained
Yesterday I bought a copy of Carnivore Games’ The Unexplained, a Fudge-based game in which you play members of a group investigating paranormal phenomenon.…
A Look at the Cepheus Engine
My current series of Traveller-related posts would not be complete without having a look at the Cepheus Engine SRD. Many people have called “Traveller…
Some Thoughts on Mongoose Traveller
In one of my recent posts I was looking into the various Traveller editions out there. But there were two editions which I left…
Fixing XXVc
First things first: XXVc is not necessarily a broken system. I am sure there are GMs and players who are perfectly fine with the…
XXVc: It’s Complicated …
I have been running TSR’s Buck Rogers XXVc for a while now and slowly the problems inherent with the system start to show. At…
Traveller: OTU, MTU, or something completely different?
When running Traveller you basically have these options: You can run a game set into the Official Traveller Universe (OTU), which is the so-called…
Is SWN The Better Traveller?
Yes, the title is a bit clickbait-y, but this is actually a pretty good question. In my recent Traveller post I was looking at…
Traveller Troubles
Recently my interest in all things Traveller got a huge boost since we finally managed to get a long-planned Traveller campaign off the starting…
Falling in Love with White Box
I never thought I might say this, but I have fallen in love with White Box D&D or more precisely with the retro-clones inspired…
Buck Rogers XXVc: A Few Thoughts
This week I will run the third session of our Buck Rogers XXVc campaign and I think it’s time to share a few thoughts.…
Out of a game, a campaign!
This past Sunday, Puerto Rico Role Players held its 20th Geeknic. The name of this latest edition was: Make Geeknics Great Again! (No relation…
Caves of Qud
Yes, this is first and foremost a pen & paper roleplaying games blog, but sometimes I just need to sneak in a post about…
How I Stopped Worrying And Just Played The Game …
Sometimes being me sucks. If there’s something I am really good at then it’s worrying. I can worry about the most minor things all…
RPG Blog Carnival: Technology in my Games
Greetings dear readers! Michael recently wrote about our efforts to revitalize the blog, and I think we’re off to a good start. He invited…
More White Box Shenanigans
This Saturday we had to cancel or regular Titansgrave game, because three of the players couldn’t make it, so I pulled out White Box:…
Sunglar’s Savage House Rules!
I first became interested in Savage Worlds when I read a reference to it in a message board. Can’t remember which one now, but…
More Prep–More Props
I am a terribly lazy GM. If possible I try not to do any prep at all and usually rely on my improvisational skills…
Let’s make Stargazer’s World Great Again!
Let me assure you that this blog is in no way affiliated to any US presidential campaign. But making things great again is just…