Stargazer’s World 10th Anniversary
Yes, you’ve got that right, this very blog is now over 10 years old! When I started this blog in August 2008 I never would have thought that it would still be a...
August 10, 2018
Random musings
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#RPGaDay2018 Catch up! Videos for days 8 & 9
Sorry everyone… I missed a day of #RPGaDay2018! So, we’re covering two topics in one blog post. Let’s start with day 8, the question for the day was: How can we get more...
August 10, 2018
Future Plans
While Roberto is providing you with a constant stream of awesome videos tied into this year’s RPGaDay, I am musing about what kind of content I could create in the foreseeable future. I...
August 8, 2018
#RPGaDay2018 – Day 7: How can a GM make the stakes important?
Welcome to Day 7 of #RPGaDay2018. Week 2, day 2 of How… week. The question for today is: How can a GM make the stakes important? To me this is the flipside of...
August 7, 2018
#RPGaDay2018 – Day 5: Favorite recurring NPC?
Welcome back to Day 5 #RPGaDay2018. Thank you for coming around for our Sunday post. The question for today is: Favorite recurring NPC? Let me tell you a story about a non-player character…...
August 5, 2018
#RPGaDay2018 – Day 4: Most memorable NPC?
Welcome to Day 4 of #RPGaDay2018, our first Saturday post this month. Thank you for coming around on the weekend. The question for today is: Most memorable NPC? Here are my thoughts on...
August 4, 2018
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#RPGaDay2018 – Day 3: What gives a game “staying power”?
Welcome to Day 3 #RPGaDay2018, we’re here to stay! The question for today is: What gives a game “staying power”? I’m going to tackle the topic from two perspectives in the videos, the...
August 3, 2018
#RPGaDay2018 – Day 1: What do you love about RPGs?
Here we go again! By now you know the drill… I disappear from the blog for a couple of months and the come August I’m back for #RPGaDay2018 Thankfully my fellow posters keep...
August 1, 2018
Making Monsters
I have been away for the past two weeks touring Iceland. Iceland is a country with a rich mythology of trolls, elves (the hidden people), viking sagas including berserkers, sorcery and witchcraft. It...
July 30, 2018
Special Super- Duper Must Have Cover! Coming soon…
I have mixed feelings about the D&D Core Rules Gift Set announced by Wizards of the Coast. True, a gift set with the core books and a screen could be useful for a...
July 17, 2018
White Wolf: The Edginess
Currently an article is discussed all over social media which claims that White Wolf Publishing is actively marketing towards a new audience: Nazis and the alt-right. On first glance some of the points...
July 11, 2018
Adventure Writing is a funny old thing!
I have the opportunity to write some adventures for an official publication. What the publishers are after are standalone scenarios of about 8 to 10 pages in length but statted for three different...
July 10, 2018
Our Hobby Is Dying!
This is a claim we all have heard before. I am pretty sure that this notion first started just weeks after D&D was first released. For some reason people all over the world...
July 3, 2018
Games I’ve Played
Recently my friend Roberto posted on Twitter about all the games he has played over the years. Including the various D&D editions, he has played over 70 different games in his gaming career...
July 2, 2018
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
If you are active on Twitter you might have noticed that people have recently begun using the hashtag #DnDGate while posting about literally “gates in D&D” or how what their gateway into D&D...
June 22, 2018
Where is the FUDGE Fantasy?
I am rather taken with the FUDGE system. It is a long way removed from my usual mainstay of Rolemaster but reading the Ghost Ops quickstart and Early Access booklets was a real...
June 20, 2018
5th Edition Session Zero
Yesterday evening my players and I met to speak about D&D 5th Edition, the Tal’Dorei setting, and eventually create their characters. I was actually surprised how much thought the players have already put...
June 19, 2018