Realms of Terrinoth: Play Report
On Friday I finally had the chance to play in a Genesys game. My friend Sebastian ran an adventure set into the Realms of Terrinoth for us. Since it was meant as an...
November 19, 2018
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Is Kickstarter a double edge sword?
A couple of weeks ago, as a consequence of the g+ exodus, I got into a conversation with another indie game developer. The gist of the conversation was that this person was just...
November 12, 2018
Adventurers! Event Zero
I have been given a copies of Adventurers! the game and Adventurers! Event Zero, the Supers setting for Adventurers! I think this is a great game and setting combo. The feel I have...
November 11, 2018
Raising Azazel Fudge Character Creation
Character Creation Basics I will confess that creating this NagaDemon game has meant I have read the Fudge 1995 rules in detail for the first time. Up until now I have been working...
November 8, 2018
Demonic Fudge anyone?
I will not be posting a NagaDemon post every day, this is not an RPGaDay sort of thing but as this is the first official day I thought I would kick it off...
November 1, 2018
NagaDemon 2018
I am really bad at Naga Demon (National Game Development Month), it is supposed to be for November but once I have an idea and commit to taking part I cannot resist getting...
October 30, 2018
Lazy Monday Video Post: Electric Bastionland Character Preview
One of my fondest gaming memories is the playtest of Chris McDowall’s Into The Odd. Into The Odd is a very unique game which feels a bit like OD&D, but it’s extremely streamlined...
October 29, 2018
Confessions of a terrible GM
Ok, I am probably not that bad, but sometimes I feel that way. I’ve run games that were terribly boring, extremely formulaic, and I made every mistake at least twice. I remember game...
October 25, 2018
Podcast recommendation: Grumpy Old Gamers
I have to admit I am not an avid listener to podcasts. I always found it hard to include listening to them into my daily routine. Usually I have some free time during...
October 24, 2018
I’ve got Genesys on my mind
After I decided to cancel my D&D game, one of the players immediately offered to run a “Realms of Terrinoth” game for us. “Realms of Terrinoth” is the first in the line of...
October 22, 2018
Looking at FUDGE again
So this week I read the rules for Hack-n-Slash and they are pretty close to what I have been looking for. The deficiency is in the skills system primarily and the setting. The...
October 19, 2018
Organizing my tabletop RPG library
I have a huge collection of roleplaying games. Aside from a lot of books which are scattered all over my house (we even have a bookshelf with roleplaying games in the bathroom next...
October 18, 2018
Getting Back Into The Game
Everything is not rainbows and butterflies when it comes to roleplaying games in the house of the Stargazer – far from it. If you’ve followed my blog over the years you know about...
October 15, 2018
The Great Google+ to Mewe Migration of 2018
A couple of days ago Google announced that they will shutdown Google+ in 2019. This was a shock especially to many tabletop RPG fans which have used the platform basically from day one...
October 11, 2018
First Impressions Against The Darkmaster
So I came across Against the Darkmaster this week and it peaked my interest. The game is, according to its website, vsdarkmaster.com a fan developed game derived from the original Iron Crown Enterprises...
September 27, 2018
A Missed Opportunity
A while ago I read about the new Endless Quest books by Candlewick Press. They have been written by Matt Forbeck, are set into the Forgotten Realms, and in each book you can...
September 26, 2018
Long Running Reviews
In my last post, here, I discussed serialising reviews. So in a ‘putting your money where your mouth is’ move I tried this for myself. Over on my own blog I have started...
September 22, 2018