Improve Your Game: Narrative Control
This post is the first of a series of posts in which I want to share some of the things I’ve used to improve my game. Those tips may not be applicable to...
May 26, 2010
Random musings
Ask the Readers: Keeping up with super current events!
Yesterday’s post about supers and my very personal ideas an advice on the genre have generated some very interesting comments, and got me thinking about other topics. My, Ask the Readers poll is...
May 21, 2010
Ask the Readers: What flavor of superhero do you prefer?
I still have supers on my mind! All the comments and discussion on my previous post left me wondering, what character would you rather play in a supers game? And thus this poll...
May 21, 2010
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I’ve got supers on my mind…
In my years as a Game Master I’ve run a lot of campaigns, fantasy, sci-fi, modern, space opera, but no genre has proven as difficult as the superhero game. Sometimes I muse about...
May 20, 2010
Hey Wizards of the Coast! Where Are My Apps?
This is a questions that has been bugging me for almost a year now. Why have Wizards of the coast not made any Dungeons & Dragons apps for the iPhone? The way I...
May 19, 2010
Pixelated wizard fight fire breathing dragon!
Well today has certainly been a day for nostalgia! I loved console games in the late 80s early 90s and some of them were of great influence in our gaming. A friend ran...
May 18, 2010
Campaign Inspiration
Growing up I was never interested in fantasy books. I could not stand them. To this day I still find them difficult to read. In my minds eye I know what a dragon...
May 14, 2010
Old dog, meet new trick!
Hello all… I’ve been silent for a couple of days since I spent it from Spectrum Canine Dog Training, actually more than a couple; thirteen days to be exact. Sorry for my silence,...
May 13, 2010
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Unboxing
The day before yesterday I finally gave in and ordered the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game by Fantasy Flight Games. This time I decided to try something new: an unboxing video! Enjoy!
May 12, 2010
My deepest condolences
Today Virginia Nibbelink, wife of fellow RPG blogger Steve Nibbelink and mother of three kids, lost her fight against cancer. My deepest condolences go to Steve and all of his family. I wish...
May 12, 2010
Check out Signs & Portents #80
I have to admit that I haven’t read Signs & Portents before, although I’ve heard it’s quite a good magazine, especially if you are into the games made by Mongoose Publishing. But issue...
May 10, 2010
Ask The Readers: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition anyone?
When the first details about the 3rd edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay were leaked to the internet I wasn’t that happy. Action and ability cards? Custom dice? Dice pool system? This was not...
May 10, 2010
Reading Recommendation: Satanic Panic by Allen Varney
Today I finally had the time to read Allen Varney’s excellent article “Days of High Adventure: Satanic Panic” that was published at The Escapist just a few days ago. It’s an in-depth look...
May 6, 2010
Ask the Readers: What do you eat at the gaming table?
Back when I started roleplaying we usually ate a lot of snacks at the game table (mostly potato chips in various flavors), drank gallons of soft drinks and coffee and in the evening...
May 5, 2010
Six Hundred!
Some time ago the 600th post has been published on Stargazer’s World. Considering that we reached the 500 posts milestone in February, this is quite an achievement! And this time I had a...
May 4, 2010
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TrollsZine Issue 2
Issue 2 of TrollsZine, the new Tunnels & Trolls magazine has been recently released on Lulu. The free magazine is available at Lulu and this issue not only features a full-color cover but...
May 3, 2010
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Lovecraftian Week: Roundup post
Last week we brought you several post on gaming inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. But all good things have to come to an end, and so the “Lovecraftian Week” concluded with...
May 3, 2010