Four Years of Stargazing
Today, we’re not going to talk about games. Well, not directly. Michael offered me the coveted opportunity to invade his space, and post whatever…
✦ Category: Random musings
Ask The Readers: What is your favorite Cyberpunk RPG and why?
Yesterday night I resumed playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution after a long hiatus. As it is often the case with me and computer games…
Short Cthulian Bit: The Spiraling Worm
If you follow me over social media (and you can find out how to at the little bio at the end of this post)…
Ten Games I Would Take To A Desert Island
In the German roleplaying blog scene people have been posting about the ten RPGs they would take to a desert island. In my opinion…
A new avatar!
We interrupt you regular blog reading with this important message. I just got a new avatar for the blog! Michael got one a few…
Under the Influence
In his article “The GM’s Influence on Character” in Kobold Quarterly #22, famous actor Monte Cook jumps right on out there and says: Past…
Gratisrollenspieltag
All of you probably know the Free RPG Day. Even though the official Free RPG Day website claims that “consumers worldwide will be able…
Some thoughts on the ENnies nominations
Recently this year’s nominations to the ENnie Awards have been announced. I have to admit that even though I don’t usually agree with the…
CONcurrent is coming!
And just what is CONcurrent you ask? It’s an online convention parallel to the best four days in gaming taking place in Indie. CONcurrent…
More maps? Sure why not! A new Kickstarter
I have various game related addictions I need to keep in check. The first pre-painted plastic miniatures, since I have no talent as a…
Catching up with the Kobold…
Real life has really taken a chunk of my blogging time, so my posts have been infrequent at best. I love sharing my thoughts…
Mass Transit IV Unpacking!
Some time ago I wrote about a Kickstarter I was backing Mass Transit IV Maps and More. I was really excited following the project,…
Doubly Eliminating Expectations
I have played Magic: The Gathering almost as long as I have been playing RPGs. There have been a few long pauses as time,…
Dear gaming community – a follow up
I want to start by saying that I apologize for any harm I caused by my last post. The original “open letter” has been…
Dear gaming community
The following is some kind of open letter that I wrote on Google+ a while ago. In the light of recent events I decided…
Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There is a Season
Recent events have me thinking about time; time keeping in games, the effects on pacing and the meaning for players. As I turn a…
The dark side of Kickstarter
Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms have become quite popular recently. A lot of RPG publishers and designers have adopted Kickstarter and other crowdfunding services…
Running Legend
A while ago I decided to switch my fantasy campaign to a new rules system. The one that I have been using before is…
Free RPG Day is coming!
Junes is a fun month. Summer begins, it’s my birthday (feel free to send gifts!) and Free RPG Day happens on the 16th. I…
The Sunglar Report
Who is that Sunglar listed under authors in the right side column of the blog? When was the last time this purported Puerto Rican…