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…
✦ Category: RPG
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…
Plans for New Year’s Eve
Christmas is over and it’s time to make plans for New Year’s Eve. This year we are not having a big party (if I…
Alpha Omega review @ Gnome Stew
A few minutes ago I noticed a new post at Gnome Stew that at once grabbed my attention. It was the review of an…
Retro review: Traveller
I have to admit I own a lot of different roleplaying games. Some I haven’t even completely read, some I haven’t even tried out…
My thoughts on the RPGBloggers Network
Stargazer’s World has been a member of the RPGBloggers Network for quite some time now. And since the last weeks of the year are…
A Colder War
While looking for some inspiration for a Call of Cthulhu adventure I stumbled upon Charles Stross’ short story “A Colder War“. The story is…
D&D Character Builder is now in Open Beta
DDI Non-subscribers rejoice! Wizards of the Coast has decided to make the D&D Character Builder beta version available to non-subscribers too. You can get…
Game Geeks Video Podcast
Recently I stumbled upon the Game Geek video podcasts by Kurt Wiegel. In each episode Kurt reviews another roleplaying game or supplement. Until know…
Scribd gem: Dragon Fist
1999 Wizards of the Coast released a free wuxia-inspired roleplaying game called “Dragon Fist” created by Chris Pramas. The rules have a strong AD&D…
D&D 4th Edition: Miniature Combat
This weekend when we played D&D fourth edition we used miniatures and a Chessex battlemat during the combat scenes. And I have to admit…
Boardgames and Roleplaying
There are quite a few boardgames or miniature skirmish games with elaborate background stories that almost beg to turned into a roleplaying game. In…
Google Friend Connect
This morning I added a Google Friend Connect gadget to the site. I had to fiddle around with the theme a bit, but in…
FATE review
“Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment” or FATE for short is a free roleplaying game by Fred Hicks and Rob Donoghue. In many ways FATE…
Some site updates
I’ve made a few tweaks to the site today. From now on the permalinks to pages and posts are much prettier than before. To…
Dungeonslayers
Recently I stumbled upon a new rules-light roleplaying game called “Dungeonslayers”. Dungeonslayers consists of 12 pages of rules and is meant as a fun…
Powerless player
There are situation in roleplaying game sessions when players are totally powerless because their characters are unable to act because they are incapacitated, separated…
Edition Wars in levels
Today I want to point out an excellent article by fellow blogger Zachary the First. In his post “On the 4e Edition Wars, Blogging,…
Monotheistic religions in roleplaying
Usually most roleplaying game backgrounds feature polytheistic religions like the classic D&D pantheon. You have several gods that are responsible for certain domains like…
Dungeoncraft: Asecia reboot
During the last few months I have been working on a campaign setting called “Asecia”. The development of this world has been documented in…