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
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 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
Ask The Readers / Just my two cents / Kickstarter / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Props / Random musings / RPG / Savage Worlds / Traveller
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, seeing him reach his goal and the stretch goals....
June 26, 2012
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, money, or interest have flagged, but it is always...
June 22, 2012
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 written while I was angry and frustrated, something you...
June 21, 2012
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 to repost it here. If you are interested in...
June 20, 2012
Advice / Ask The Readers / Fluff/Inspiration / Improve Your Game / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG / RPG tools
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 year older soon and I prepare to return to...
June 19, 2012
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 to raise money for their products. I have backed...
June 13, 2012