We finally killed Strahd!
For the last three years or so I was playing in an online Curse of Strahd game with a few friends. After having played Traveller for a while we were open for a...
December 28, 2021
Random musings
Getting Back Into The Game
It has been quite some time since I last posted on this blog. For me writing about the hobby always is easiest when I actually play in or run games. Something comes up...
July 1, 2021
WEG Star Wars: An Almost Perfect Roleplaying Game?
I think it’s not the first time that I’ve mentioned my love for West End Games’ original Star Wars Roleplaying game from 1987. It’s one of the first roleplaying games I’ve played and...
January 20, 2021
The Crux With Established Settings From Movies, Games And Novels
Who doesn’t know this? You’ve just played through a video game, watched a movie or read a novel thinking this might make great source material for a roleplaying game. In fact some of...
October 7, 2020
The Misogyny At The Core Of Our Hobby
I consider myself a tabletop roleplaying games fan. I have enjoyed playing RPGs for most of my life, I’ve run games myself for over 25 years and I have introduced quite a few...
August 26, 2020
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We interrupt this blog for… #RPGaDay2020!
Like the Spanish Inquisition in a Monty Python sketch, nobody expects a post by Sunglar! If you search for my last post, it was August 5th last year, the supposed first post in...
August 15, 2020
A Look At Old-School Essentials
Let me start by giving you some context. Even though I have enjoyed the roleplaying game hobby for almost 30 years now, I started playing at an older age than most of you....
June 4, 2020
What’s new?
Some of you might have been wondering what I’ve been up to lately. There hasn’t been that much activity at the blog and one or the other might have feared I lost interest...
May 26, 2020
More Thoughts on Racism in RPGs
As I anticipated, yesterdays article proved to be controversial, much like the social media discussion which inspired me to write it. I also want to thank you folks for commenting and keeping things...
April 30, 2020
Racism in Role-Playing Games
Recently there was a discussion on social media about whether the depiction of orcs in some (if not most) tabletop roleplaying games was racist. As with all discussions of this nature on social...
April 29, 2020
“May you live in interesting times”
Even though this is not a traditional Chinese curse as often claimed, it makes for a perfect title when you intend to sum up what’s going on right now. The current times are...
April 23, 2020
Mental Health in Roleplaying Games
Please note that this post contains mentions of mental illnesses, ableism, and suicide. When it comes to the roleplaying games community there’s no shortage of scandals and constant drama. The latest controversy is...
February 5, 2020
Thoughts On Night's Black Agents Solo-Ops
I’ve played countless tabletop roleplaying games over the years, but only a few experiences come close to what Night’s Black Agents Solo-Ops by Pelgrane Press offers. What sets NBA Solo-Ops apart is, that...
January 20, 2020
Happy New Year
The new year is now about a week old and I’m enjoying the last days of my winter vacation. I used the last weeks to relax and recuperate. Basically at the last minute...
January 8, 2020
Genesys and the End of the Year
Although I have been reading various roleplaying games during the last months, I irregularly direct my attention towards Genesys, FFG’s generic roleplaying game based on the mechanics popularized by their Star Wars RPGs....
December 18, 2019
FTL and Setting Design
As I am currently working on my own settings for use with Traveller or the Cepheus Engine, I’ve thought about faster-than-light (FTL) travel and its influence on the setting. A setting without FTL...
November 26, 2019
The Cepheus Engine As Multi-Genre RPG?
First and foremost the Cepheus Engine like the game it tries to emulate, Traveller, are science fiction roleplaying games. But instead of being limited to just sci-fi adventure stories, could Cepheus handle games...
November 18, 2019