Minigames in roleplaying games
Recently I have started playing Sid Meier’s Pirates! again. Pirates! is a single-player, open world game set into the Caribbean during the late 16th and early to late 17th century. You play a...
April 5, 2011
Random musings
D&D4e / Fluff/Inspiration / Just my two cents / Legacy D&D / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / Reviews & First Looks / RPG
Inner Sea World Guide: First impressions …
This past Saturday I went down to my FLGS and got my hands on the new Pathfinder RPG campaign setting, the Inner Sea World Guide. Any casual reader of my posts will know...
April 4, 2011
A word on our Alternity April Fool’s post
On April 1st, commonly known as April Fool’s Day, we posted a fake press release claiming we had acquired the rights to Alternity from WotC to create a 2nd edition of that fine...
April 4, 2011
A font by any other name…
I don’t know about you, but I love collecting them. Ever since I got my first word processor I cherished the possibility of changing the font depending on the purpose of the document...
March 31, 2011
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Ask the readers: Filing off the serial numbers
If you follow me on twitter (@sunglar) or read my recent posts about Breaking the D20 Paradigm you may know I am struggling to find a system for a future sci-fi game (pun...
March 28, 2011
Adult themes in RPGs
WARNING – While this is NOT a post about Porn the RPG (imagine the stats for that game) or a review about the Book of Erotic Fantasy, it will deal with complex issues,...
March 24, 2011
Crypts and Things
When it comes to the Old-School Renaissance I have some mixed feelings. On the one hand I enjoy the simple old-school charm of games like Swords & Wizardry or X-Plorers, but on the...
March 23, 2011
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Breaking the d20 Paradigm
“Dear d20 System, we’ve had a good run you and me… No, no relax, this is NOT that conversation. I am not breaking up with you! I just think we should see other...
March 22, 2011
Wizards of the Coast, please reconsider your PDF policy!
In April 2009 Wizards of the Coast stopped all sales of PDFs. The reasons are still not 100% clear but there was always some talk about piracy. Almost two years later there are...
March 17, 2011
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Stars Without Number POD Unboxing!
When I first discovered RPG e-books they changed my life! Well that may be a bit of hyperbole, but they definitely changed my gaming experience. Gaming supplements on PDF opened the door to...
March 16, 2011
Bachelor Party RPG!
“Rick Gassko is settling down… But before he walks down the aisle with Debbie he’s having on last fling. Accompanied by his friends, some dice, the Necronomicon and his favorite game designer and...
March 14, 2011
Alternity memories…
The recent post by HyenaSpotz about the Alternity RPG really struck home! I was a big fan of the game when it came out and his terrific review of the game brought back...
March 10, 2011
[Dungeonslayers] Caera map created with CC3
It’s always amazing what talented people can do with tools like Campaign Cartographer 3. And undoubtedly ProFantasy’s Ralf Schemmann is no amateur when it comes to map making. He recently created this beautiful...
March 9, 2011
Here is to 1,000 more!
Yesterday Stargazer’s World had its 1,000th post. I’m pretty new to the world of blogging, having only joined the team little over a year ago, but I think many endeavors such as this...
March 8, 2011
Player Advice: Make your character come alive!
This post came out of a conversation I was having with Michael over IM about my nick, Sunglar. I actually came up with the name for a story I wrote in 8th grade,...
March 7, 2011
Dying Earth is back with a vengeance!
Some time ago Pelgrane Press lost the license to produce the Dying Earth RPG based on Jack Vance’s classic novels. Recently they reacquired the license and to celebrate this, the Complete Dying Earth...
March 4, 2011
Crazy Campaign Chronicles: Defenders of the Earth Redux or a Very Pulpy Future!
Introductory note: As Game Master I constantly get ideas for new campaigns. I take notes and file them away on the hopes of one day retaking them. But since I don’t role-play 24/7...
March 2, 2011