Happy Birthday Stargazersworld!
Ok, it has been a couple of days since the blog’s actual birthday, but I just noticed this today. Wow, the blog is now officially 8 (in words: eight!) years old. That’s quite...
August 8, 2016
Random musings
Monte Cook’s New Game will be Weird – With a Capital W.
Earlier today my friend and fellow blogger Roberto Micheri told me about the next Monte Cook game called Invisible Sun. While his company is still busy releasing new stuff for their various Cypher...
August 8, 2016
RPG a Day 2016: Better living through gaming! – Day 7
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! It’s and #RPGaDay 2016 post here at Stargazer’s World. Welcome back dear reader, as the first week of this year’s challenge comes to a close; let’s tackle a very interesting...
August 7, 2016
RPG a Day 2016: Giving back to the community – Day 6
We don’t usually post on Saturdays here in the blog, unless something special happens, like #RPGaDay 2016! Welcome back; let’s get to what you’re here for. August 6: What is the most amazing thing...
August 6, 2016
RPG a Day 2016 Character stories… Day 5
Welcome back dear reader. It’s Friday! And we’re on day 5 of #RPGaDay 2016. The question for today is… August 5: What story does your group of players tell about your character? Again, like...
August 5, 2016
RPG a Day 2016 Impressive, most impressive! Day 4
Allow me to quote the Dark Lord of the Sith… August 4: What is the most impressive thing that you can remember another player’s character doing in a session? There have been many impressive...
August 4, 2016
I Think I’m Done With Fate
I’m finally back from being in the hospital for over 5 weeks where they treated me for my depression and anxiety issues. Now I feel a bit better than before and hopefully I...
July 27, 2016
Of Hermits, Snakes and Near-TPKs
Recently I started a Titansgrave campaign using the Fantasy AGE rules. If you haven’t heard of Titansgrave before, I wholeheartedly recommend you to check it out. It’s a Sci-fantasy setting conceived by Wil...
May 30, 2016
Giving Savage Worlds Another Chance
Yes, it has been quite a long time since my last post. I don’t want to go into much detail here, but my mental health issues have been rearing their ugly head again....
May 11, 2016
Harassment and the Gaming Community – A few thoughts
Recently I was made aware of this article and was shocked and appalled by what I read. What the author of this post has endured is terrible and it’s a shame that all...
April 7, 2016
Why are some games so hard to understand?
Over the years I’ve encountered dozens of games which are highly popular, are supposedly easy to learn, but I just can’t wrap my head around them. One reason was probably that I grew...
March 3, 2016
Making Stuff up As We Go Along
My favorite GMing style has always been “making stuff up as we go along” which means I basically improvised from start to finish instead of doing some prep work before the game. Depending...
March 2, 2016
Taking A Break
Today I have decided to take a break when it comes to roleplaying games. Over the last few years I’ve been mostly the GM, which a few opportunities where I was actually able...
February 20, 2016
Happy New Year!
At first let me wish all my readers all the best for 2016! In addition I hope 2016 will be better than the last years. Some of you might remember that I was...
January 6, 2016
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Gamer Rewatch Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
In preparation for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, like almost everybody out there, I’ve decided to re-watch the Star Wars movies once again! The Internet is abuzz with retrospectives, new...
December 11, 2015
Is Anyone Still Playing Alternity?
TSR’s Alternity Roleplaying Game is one of my favorite games which I never actually played. It’s a generic science fiction roleplaying game which has some interesting mechanics, is somewhat related to AD&D, and...
November 18, 2015
I’ve Got The World Of Darkness On My Mind
Even though I am still running Star Trek using Where No Man Has Gone Before at the moment, I am already making plans for what to run after that. A while back I...
October 22, 2015