Roleplaying music: Elyrion – Call of the Titans
In October I promised you a proper review of Erdenstern’s new CD “Elyrion – Call of Titans“. Their last work is not part of…
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Create custom fonts for free
Yesterday I stumbled upon an article on Lifehacker that could be of some interest to all GMs out there. The service YourFonts allows you…
Dungeoncraft: New Races for Asecia
The last time I wrote about Asecia I planned to use the FATE rules and I decided against non-human races. But in the end…
RPG Anthology, blog comments and Creative Commons
With the upcoming RPG Blog Anthology some discussion about copyright and other legal issues on the RPG Bloggers Network was inevitable. Perhaps you already…
Creative Commons
I’ve finally decided to release my blog’s content under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons…
A quick review of the D&D Character Builder
This morning I downloaded the D&D Character Builder Demo version. Within a few minutes I had created a sample character and I was surprised…
So you want to be a GM?
Every now and then a mere player decides he has to rise above his fellow men and become a gamemaster. And trust me, being…
Stargazer’s World can now be followed on Twitter. Following the current trend to integrate Twitter with one’s blog I’ve added some plugins to my…
Freebie: HARP Lite
A friend of mine is an avid fan of ICE’s classic roleplaying game Rolemaster. I still have some very fond memories of our Rolemaster…
RPG Blog Anthology
When I was sitting in front of my computer this morning, drinking a cup of hot coffee, one email by Jonathan Jacobs grabbed my…
Five tips to improve your roleplaying
In my opinion there are a lot of people who mistake roleplaying games for miniature combat games. But what makes RPGs so much fun…
A look back on 100 posts!
Behold the 101st post on Stargazer’s World. When I started that blog in August 2008 I had great plans and much greater hopes but…
Dead Alewives – Dungeons & Dragons
The Dead Alewives were a comedy troupe from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although the troupe stopped performing in the late 1990’s they will always be recognized…
“The pungent smell of mildew emanates from the wet dungeon walls…”
This posts’ title is a quote from the Dead Alewives’ famous “Dungeons & Dragons” sketch. When I recently listened to the sketch again this…
Five favourite RPGs that I never played
I have quite a few roleplaying books including dozens of rulebooks, a plethora of sourcebooks, campaigns and even a few adventures. There are some…
Dungeoncraft: Ad Astra #2
In my last Dungeoncraft post I promised some details on the history of the “Ad Astra!” universe. My initial idea was to present my…
Doctor Who RPG – Could this really work?
Some time ago I heard that Cubicle 7 Entertainment is working on a new Doctor Who RPG. Since I am a great fan of…
Dungeoncraft: Ad Astra!
Although Asecia is still on hiatus, my Dungeoncraft column is back. And this time we venture into the great void aka outer space. I…
Goals for 2009
I wish all my readers a (belated) happy new year 2009! Currently it’s pretty cold outside (around -9°C) and I am still fighting with…
Roleplaying music: “Dead Space”
Dead Space is a SF-horror-themed third person shooter for the PC and several gaming consoles. I had the opportunity to play the game for…