The Times They Are a-Changin’
This blog has existed for over 6 years now. Back in August 2008 the RPG blog community has looked quite different from today. Blogs were nothing new – even back then – but...
October 29, 2014
Random musings
My Two Cents on #Gamergate
I actually didn’t want to write about this subject on the blog. But there’s a saying that the evil ones can only prevail if the good guys do nothing. And since I consider...
October 28, 2014
I’m Back–Let’s talk about gaming!
The last two weeks were pretty relaxing. I managed to recharge my batteries, spend some quality time with my girlfriend, and played a couple of exciting new games. So without further ado, let’s...
October 27, 2014
When You Realize that You’re the Baddy
I have always been interested in history and I always found it quite intriguing to play in historic roleplaying games. So it was of course no surprise that I backed Achtung! Cthulhu which...
October 9, 2014
My thoughts on “Chess is not an RPG”
Today I stumbled upon a blog post by John Wick about game balance, social skills, weapon lists etc. If you haven’t read it yet, please check it out and come back afterwards. You’ve...
October 2, 2014
Traveller without Aliens?
I am not sure if I already wrote on the blog about it, but I have been playing Traveller for several months now. Initially my GM wanted to run a face-to-face game but...
October 2, 2014
More Thoughts on the Cypher System
Over the last few weeks I have posted several times about Numenera and praised the so-called Cypher system which powers the game. The same rules have also been used in The Strange, Monte...
October 1, 2014
Advice / Call of Cthulhu / Gumshoe System / Improve Your Game / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG
Mental Health in Roleplaying Games
Because of my personal and professional experience I know quite a lot about mental health issues. As you may well know I suffer from depression and anxiety disorder myself and since I work...
September 26, 2014
Why do we play Roleplaying Games?
If you’ve followed discussions between roleplayers, read blogs, and played in different groups over the years, you’ve probably noticed that there are various approaches to roleplaying. In some cases you might even wonder if...
September 24, 2014
How to deal with “That Guy” or do we need a Social Contract?
During the years I have been active in the RPG scene (offline and online) the topic of “social contracts” has come up from time to time. In the light of recent events I’ve...
September 19, 2014
Fuzion–Of unrealized Potential and being ahead of its Time
Back in 1998 I stumbled upon Fuzion, an universal roleplaying game which was available for free on the internet. This was – at least for me – something new and unexpected. Back in...
September 15, 2014
Life and Times of a German Blogger Part 2
Reports of my unfortunate demise are highly exaggerated. Aside from being pretty tired all the time I am actually quite fine. On Monday I returned to the office after being signed off work...
September 11, 2014
Life and Times of a German blogger
Since I have been pretty quiet over the last few days I wanted to give you guys a short update on what’s new with your favorite blogger. My fight with depression is going...
August 14, 2014
Numenera: One of the best Games I ever ran!
On Saturday six of my friends and I met to play Numenera. None of us had played the game before but we all were pretty excited about it. We all had high hopes...
August 5, 2014
Countdown to Numenera
Tomorrow I’ll run my first game of Numenera. In addition to being the first time I run this game it will be the first time that I run a game for such a...
August 1, 2014
Make Games Not War!
Since the release of the D&D Basic Rules another war is waged in the RPG community. This time it’s not about editions but about the people who helped Wizards of the Coast to...
July 31, 2014
I’ve got Numenera on my Mind
Last Friday the Fallout campaign I was running came to an end. So we started thinking about what I could run next. For a while we thought about another Fate game, perhaps even...
July 22, 2014