Why GURPS?
In my last post I revealed my renewed interest in GURPS aka the Generic Universal Roleplaying System by Steve Jackson Games. Back in the…
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A Look Back on 2022 (and plans for the future)
Oh boy, where to start? When it comes to this blog, 2022 has probably been one of my most unproductive years so far. Luckily…
Preparing a D&D one-shot
In the last couple of years I had to cope with mental health issues, a world-wide pandemic, and other life events that seriously messed…
What’s New With The Stargazer?
It has been a while since I wrote a proper blog post and even though there’s no reason to feel bad about not posting…
Fresh Take on d20 Modern in the works
Evil Genius Productions‘ Dave Scott recently let me know that they are working on “Everyday Heroes”, which is basically a new take on WotC’s…
Excited about “Monster of the Week”
A couple of years back I had the chance to playtest tremulus by Sean Preston. Tremulus is a lovecraftian horror RPG using rules inspired…
The Alt-Right in Tabletop Gaming
I highly recommend anyone watching the latest video from YouTuber John Battle in which he looks closer at some of the more toxic elements…
World in Progress (Part 2)
About two weeks ago I posted my first attempt at a map created in Wonderdraft on Twitter. To my surprise this post created a…
World in Progress
Yesterday I picked up a copy of Wonderdraft, a really easy-to-use fantasy map creation tool, and started playing around with it. Why did I…
A Look Back on 2021
The new year is in its second week now and I thought looking back on 2021 might be a fun and perhaps even interesting…
Valda’s Spire of Secrets – A quick look
In the last days I’ve been browsing the internet with the goal of finding interesting D&D-related material. Eventually I stumbled upon Valda’s Spire of…
I have a plan!
Yesterday I asked the question whether I should give D&D 5th Edition another chance. After giving it some thought, talking to a couple of…
Should I give D&D 5th Edition another chance?
In the last few days I have been thinking long and hard about my current gaming struggles and my obvious inability to make up…
Option Paralysis and the Urge to Create Something Myself
As you may well know I own a lot of roleplaying games. At this point I can’t even say how many. My “Pen &…
Freebies: Castles & Crusades
Castles & Crusades by Troll Lord Games has been around for quite some time now. It was first released in 2004 as a simplified…
We finally killed Strahd!
For the last three years or so I was playing in an online Curse of Strahd game with a few friends. After having played…
A look at the Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022
When I first read about Mongoose Publishing releasing a rather expensive update to their Traveller 2nd Edition core rulebook I expected a cash grab.…
Upcoming Kickstarter: Into The Odd Remastered
Into the Odd by Chris McDowall has always been a game close to my heart. I helped him playtest the game back in the…
Getting Back Into The Game
It has been quite some time since I last posted on this blog. For me writing about the hobby always is easiest when I…
Tales of Xadia Playtest
The Dragon Prince is a Netflix show which took me a bit by surprise. Even though it’s obviously targeted towards teenagers, I found it…