Gamer Media, Parody and Negative Stereotypes
For at least the past year now, a close friend and gaming partner of mine has been trying to get me to watch The Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising. I refused because of what...
September 17, 2010
Random musings
Don’t Be A Dick
Please note that this post first appeared as a guest post on RPG Blog 2. As some of you probably know “Don’t Be A Dick” is also known as Wheaton’s Law. And even...
September 15, 2010
WR&M in the pub
Yesterday we had our monthly RPG pub meeting in the Villa Konthor in Limburg. This time I introduced our regulars to WR&M, my rules-light fantasy roleplaying game. The five players had no trouble...
September 15, 2010
Fallout: Indianapolis
Recently I wrote about my plans to run several mini-campaigns in the future. The first campaign I am now working on is an Atomic Highway campaign set into the Fallout world. I didn’t...
September 14, 2010
Return of the Gamer in Japan
This year, I have had the honor of returning to the land of fluorescent lights and panty vending machines. That is right, the Gamer in Japan is back. I, Shinobicow, have left the US, to yet again, make my Gamer way in the land of the rising Sun, Japan.
September 10, 2010
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What about the new D&D comic? A review!
Some of you may or may not know that IDW Publishing will soon begin publication of officially licensed Dungeons & Dragons comics. They recently published an issue #0 to promote the new series...
September 8, 2010
Thanks to all of you!
Yesterday the 800th post at Stargazer’s World went live. This is a great milestone and I am still amazed we were able to reach it in about 25 months. And I have to...
September 8, 2010
Signs of things to come
In the coming days there will be some great news regarding an old-fashioned roleplaying game. I can’t give you any details right now, but you won’t be disappointed! Stay tuned! And how do...
September 6, 2010
5 Reasons Why You Should Check Out Fudge
For some reason Fudge, the roleplaying game by Steffan O’Sullivan back in the nineties, is something like the unloved uncle to the popular FATE system. A lot of gamers have heard about FATE,...
September 2, 2010
Come to me my jungle friends!
Recent events in my life have me thinking about pets. Be they familiars, animal companions or summoned animals, whatever way your system of choice calls them, why do we feel the urge to...
August 31, 2010
Are mini-campaigns the solution?
Back in the day, when we were still young and had too much time on our hands, we played in long campaigns, sometimes even spanning years. But in recent years I haven’t finished...
August 30, 2010
There is no spoon … eh … OSR
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to prove that there’s no renewed interest in older editions of D&D and other games, but I want to share my thoughts on the perception of...
August 27, 2010
The one RPG I wholeheartedly recommend to any gamer is …
In my case it’s Savage Worlds. Savage Worlds is a generic roleplaying game that allows you to run games in any genre, the rules are easy to learn but have a certain complexity...
August 26, 2010
What’s in a name?
I’ll admit it, naming non-player characters and places in role playing game is HARD! If you are not careful you’ll end up with names your players will make fun of for years to...
August 26, 2010
Trying something new…
I’ve never been particularly handy. I’ll write, talk in public, and I can tell a pretty good yarn (or so I’ve been told), but I’m not great with cars or home repair. I’ll...
August 25, 2010
Food & Games
Don’t worry; this has NOTHING to do with all the electronic cooking games out there. This is about gamers and the food they eat when they game. Junk food and role-playing games are...
August 24, 2010
Why I ordered the D&D Essentials “Red Box” after all
As you all know I am not that fond of D&D 4th Edition. While I loved a lot of the changes from D&D 3.5 when I first read the new core books, I...
August 23, 2010