Ask The Readers: Gaming dry spell
I am currently going through another of my gaming dry spells. Since I have cancelled my Legend campaign a while ago, I haven’t run any RPG. At least I played tremulus once, but...
August 28, 2012
Random musings
PDFs: Who Needs ‘Em?
Some time ago I was invited to a Pathfinder game run by a friend of a friend. I wasn’t certain how things would work out; I had attempted to join a game some time...
August 21, 2012
My thoughts on the “Star Wars Edge of The Empire Beta”
This morning I stumbled upon the news that FFG has started selling the beta version of their upcoming Star Wars roleplaying game at Gen Con. Selling the beta version? Yes, that’s right. You...
August 20, 2012
Gloom
I am currently taking a break from DMing and that’s one of the reasons why my gaming group decided to try out several board and card games. One of the games I recently...
August 15, 2012
The End is Near – Adventure Background Part 1
As part of the upcoming CONcurrent I’m preparing to run a Savage Worlds sci-fi game. I wrote a little introduction for the game that I mean to share with players who have confirmed...
August 13, 2012
Battletech RPG / Blogging / Call of Cthulhu / Game Design / Humor / Interview / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / Savage Worlds / WR&M
The man behind the Stargazer! An interview with Michael Wolf…
I’ve been fortunate enough to be contributing for this blog for two and a half years now… How time flies! Through this time I have made many new friends, had the opportunity to...
August 9, 2012
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 I wanted to to celebrate the fourth anniversary of...
August 8, 2012
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 I began thinking about how I could recreate the...
August 6, 2012
Call of Cthulhu / Fluff/Inspiration / Freebies / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / Savage Worlds
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) you might have read my gushing praise for The...
August 2, 2012
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 that’s a fun thing to do and it provides...
August 1, 2012
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 months ago and I was just so envious I...
July 31, 2012
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 a certain point, the more influence a player has...
July 27, 2012
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 to grab brand new material for a variety of...
July 25, 2012
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 ENnies judges’ decision I can’t argue that the annual...
July 18, 2012
GenCon / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / Savage Worlds
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 is the brainchild of Daniel Pérez, aka Highmoon. Like...
July 9, 2012
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 miniature painter they are perfect for me. The second,...
July 6, 2012
Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / Reviews & First Looks / RPG
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 on games and gaming with the wonderful readers of...
July 3, 2012