Ad Astra: And so it begins… (Part 2)
The first part of my first Ad Astra adventure started a bit slow but that will soon change. The adventurers, new recruits of the…
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Dungeons & Dragons Online goes free to play
Ok, in my first post I told everyone that this blog is about pen & paper RPGs and not MMORPGs or even LARP. But…
Earthdawn Third Edition
After FASA closed its doors, I lost track of what has happened to the Earthdawn franchise. So I was pretty surprised that the current…
Which fantasy writer am I?
Today when I was bored, I took the “Which fantasy writer are you?” quiz on HelloQuizzy.com and the result was: Ursula K Le Guin…
Ad Astra: And so it begins…
On last Saturday we started our Ad Astra campaign. My group consist of three players. Character #1 is a Gaian war hero and fighter…
My idea for a magipunk setting
Recently I had a chat with fellow blogger pinakidion over Twitter about my Asecia setting that I usually call “steamfantasy”. He came up with the…
When the World of Darkness died …
A couple of years back I played in a lot of World of Darkness games. Everything started with “Vampire – The Masquerade”. The game…
What happened to the Doctor Who RPG?
Some time ago Cubicle 7 Entertainment relaunched their website and while their other product lines (SLA Industries, Victoriana, Starblazer Adventures and Qin) make their…
Ad Astra character sheet
Yesterday we finally started my Ad Astra campaign. In order to make things easier for my players and me, I created a couple of…
Mercator-style maps in Photoshop
At Cartographer’s Guild I discovered a tutorial that shows you step-by-step how to create an antique-looking world map for your fantasy campaign. Yesterday I…
Fire & Ice
I recently read about the fantasy movie “Fire & Ice” and watched the trailer. From the looks of it, it was a TV movie…
Review: Into the Grey
The German band Erdenstern is known for their “Fantastic music for the adventure in your mind”. Their albums were mainly created with the use…
Random musings
The last few days I spent some quality time with my girlfriend, played a couple of computer games I had been lying around for…
Stargazer’s Irregulars forums
You probably remember when QuestingDM and I created an “Unofficial RPG Bloggers Network” behind the back of the powers-that-be. I still had that forum…
Chat with ICE on RPGBomb (get HARP for free until 9pm EST today)
The social network for RPG fans, RPGBomb, hosted a chat with the guys from Iron Crown Enterprises a couple of hours ago. Alas I got…
Bill Coffin’s Septimus will be WEG’s first big release under the OpenD6 banner!
West End Games and Bill Coffin’s Septimus are not dead after all! Recently Eric Gibson, current owner of West End Games, announced that the…
Review: Questers of the Middle Realms
Questers of the Middle Realms is a tongue-in-cheek fantasy roleplaying game by Silver Branch Games. Questers uses the PDQ rules by Chad Underkoffler’s Atomic…
CSI: Sharn
On the German RPG blog “Limited Edition – Gedanken zum Rollenspiel” I discovered a very intersting post called “CSI: Sharn“. Sharn is one of…
Ad Astra: Starships using PDQ rules
When you have a look at the PDQ core rules you’ll notice that there is no section about how vehicles, space ships, etc. could…
Another sale at RPGNow
I regularly check RPGNow for interesting new freebies and/or sales. Today I noticed that White Wolf is celebrating Alexandertide, honoring their writer Alan Alexander by…