Twitter and me!
I was not keen on Twitter at first. Some may say I am not big on change, but let’s just say I did not close my MySpace page until last month! I was...
July 25, 2011
Random musings
Trust issues
Over the years I have talked with a lot of roleplaying game players about rules-light games. The older I get the more I gravitate towards rules-light systems, because I feel they suit my...
July 20, 2011
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What about Kobold Quarterly #18? A review…
Ah the change of seasons, the passing of time. Maddening heat and unending rain have descended upon my tropical island paradise, but there is another sign that summer is here. The new issue...
July 19, 2011
Preparing for Starblazer Adventures
My current gaming dry spell is about to end next Tuesday evening. A few RPG pub meeting regulars have asked me to run a game for them and I offered to run a...
July 14, 2011
Digital Crits and Fumbles!
If you are a Pathfinder RPG fan like me you might already know this, but just in case you missed it, Paizo launched applications based on their Critical Hit Deck and Critical Fumble Decks for your iPad or iPhone....
July 12, 2011
You learn who your true friends are in times of hardship…
I have not posted here since July 1st, and my last post was about the planned Puerto Rico Role Players Geeknic. Was it the greatest geeknic on earth like I predicted? Well if...
July 11, 2011
RPG Blogging 101: You need to have a thick skin!
In light of recent events I thought it would be a good idea to come back to my RPG blogging advice series. Whenever you post something on the internet you risk that someone...
July 7, 2011
Oh look, the Magus… and more!
The new class for the Pathfinder RPG keeps catching me unaware. As I wrote when the play test began, I had no idea that Paizo added the open content of the recently released...
July 4, 2011
Come one, come all, to the greatest geeknic on earth!
I try (I really do) not to toot my own horn, or try to use the blog (too much) to promote another project I’m involved with, Puerto Rico Role Players. I guess there...
July 1, 2011
Fated to play FATE
During the last weeks I have felt the pull towards Evil Hat’s FATE system getting continuously stronger. I have always thought that FATE was one of the most elegant and ingenious RPG systems...
June 29, 2011
What I am working on right now
I recently had a couple of long weekends that allowed me to work on several projects. One of these projects has been Jay Steven Anyong’s BADASS which we released some time ago. Now...
June 27, 2011
Gaming Disappointments: “Perry Rhodan – Das Rollenspiel”
With the majority of games I bought over the years I was quite happy with. Of course not every game was up to my expectations but in most I didn’t feel totally disappointed....
June 22, 2011
Privateer Press announces Iron Kingdoms RPG
Yesterday Privateer Press finally announced an Iron Kingdoms Roleplaying Game. As already guessed by many fans and hinted at in an interview some time ago, it will share mechanical similarities with both the...
June 20, 2011
Gen Con here I go!
I realize it maybe a little premature to be so excited about it, Gen Con Indy is still over a month and a half away, but I feel like a kid the night...
June 17, 2011
Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / Reviews & First Looks / RPG
What about Faces of the Tarnished Souk: The Ghost Light That Dreamed, Gozutozawa? A review…
With a name that long, that title pretty much takes care of the review. It’s certainly a mouthful! This is a short book in PDF format detailing one of the many strange inhabitants...
June 16, 2011
The sword is mightier than the laser gun – or is it?
My love for everything SF started back when I was still in elementary school. For a while I had been admiring the silver hardcover books with those fancy covers that my father had...
June 15, 2011
Fun with Photofunia
On the German RPG Blog “Cthulhu’s Ruf” I read about Photofunia, a service that allows you to apply all kinds of interesting effects onto your portrait photos. Aside from being a perfect time...
June 15, 2011