Elementary, dear Watson!
I love RPG and I love murder mysteries. When I am not blogging, gaming or drinking coffee, I am probably listening to a Sherlock Holmes audiobook or watch the latest CSI episode. I...
September 9, 2008
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Drinking from the firehose
The RPG Bloggers Network is awesome. It helped new or virtually unknown blogs like mine to get an instant readership almost over night and usually you get a lot of helpful comments. The...
September 9, 2008
Dungeoncraft: The World of Asecia
Last time I showed you the original map that started it all. Today I want to explain you what I’ve changed and why I have made that changes. And you’ll get more details...
September 8, 2008
Roleplaying music – Five essential soundtrack albums
In my column “Roleplaying music” I want to write about the usage of music in tabletop roleplaying. If you start using music in your gaming sessions, there are five albums you should consider...
September 5, 2008
“Savage Worlds Explorer’s Edition” Review
Savage Worlds is a multi-genre roleplaying game created by Pinnacle Entertainment. So it’s no coincidence that the Savage Worlds rules have some similarities with the classic Deadlands rules. But other than Deadlands which...
September 5, 2008
Canned Monstrosities
While checking some websites this morning I stumbled upon some great tutorials for Halloween props. These props could make excellent props for use at the gaming table especially when you run some horror...
September 4, 2008
Roleplaying music – “WoW: Taverns of Azeroth”
Recently Blizzard Entertainment has released a new game soundtrack album over Apple’s iTunes Store: “World of Warcraft: Taverns of Azeroth” composed by David Arkenstone, who has composed several great albums with Celtic music....
September 3, 2008
Superhero campaigns
Although I am no avid fan I like superhero comics, movies and computer games. I also own “Mutants & Masterminds“, the superhero RPG by Green Ronin. But I’ve never actually played in or...
September 2, 2008
EuRoSoc
When Wizards of the Coast started Gleemax I was hoping for something just like Facebook but for gamers. I don’t think I have to tell what a major disappointment this site was. So...
September 1, 2008
Dungeoncraft: The map
I am still working on my next episode of “Dungeoncraft” but I wanted to give you a small gift that should make waiting easier: the original map! It’s a photo I made with...
September 1, 2008
Five things I’ve learned about RPGs from “Mazes & Monsters”
Roleplaying is all about the treasure you get at the end (and coping with your personal problems) Level 10 is where the fun is Improving the game means leaving your comfy room and...
September 1, 2008
Horror Improved!
Running a horror campaign is very hard work. Imagine a scene where the players should be in horror, frightened, excited and then someone tells a silly joke, a mobile phone rings or your...
August 28, 2008
Dungeoncraft: “It all started with a map”
This article is the first part of an series of articles in which I want to talk about the development of a campaign setting. For quite some time I was thinking about what...
August 28, 2008
Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide – A first look
When I first opened the brand-new FR campaign guide, I was disappointed. I was hoping for new races, new classes but the book did contain almost no crunch, only fluff. Then I remembered...
August 27, 2008
Music for the adventure in your mind
I am pretty sure that a lot of GMs are using music to set the mood during their gaming sessions. I prefer epic soundtracks from computer games and/or movies. But using the music...
August 26, 2008
Tiny Adventures
Some time ago I stumbled upon “Tiny Adventures“, a Facebook application created by Wizards of the Coast. In Tiny Adentures you choose from a set of different adventurers (the iconic D&D 4E characters),...
August 26, 2008
RPG Bloggers Network
As you may have noticed, the “Stargazer’s World” blog is now part of the RPG Bloggers Network. What is this? Let me give an excerpt from the Network’s site: I’m glad you asked....
August 26, 2008