Long Silence!
It is a long time since I have posted anything here or even commented for that matter. I have not abandoned Stargazer’s World, I have just been exceptionally busy. Several weeks ago I...
June 18, 2018
RPG
The Long Way To Tal’Dorei
Repeatedly I have praised D&D 5th Edition as my favorite edition of the venerable fantasy RPG, but I’ve actually not played it that often nor would I consider myself part of the D&D...
June 6, 2018
New D&D 5E Campaign Settings are Just Around the Corner
The site comicbook.com were the first to break the news. Obviously they spoke with Nathan Stewart, the Brand Director and Executive Producer of Dungeons & Dragons, at a recent event where he hinted...
June 5, 2018
Kickstarter: Nothing Stays Forgotten
Recently Kendel Ventonda contacted me and let me know about the “Nothing Stays Forgotten” Kickstarter project. The roleplaying game has already been released in German under the name “Die Vergessenen Chronicles” a while...
May 23, 2018
Excited about D&D again!
I made the mistake of looking closer into Matthew Mercer’s Critical Role videos. If you haven’t been living under a rock you probably have heard about Critical Role already. In this series of...
May 18, 2018
Destiny As A Tabletop RPG?
Since it was first announced I was intrigued by the universe portrayed in the Destiny video games. It’s set into the future long after the golden age of humanity. This golden age started...
May 14, 2018
Most Excellent 7th Sea Adventures
I heard there is is to be a third Bill & Ted movie this week so I just had to use the ‘Most Excellent’ phrase 🙂 I have been quiet for nearly a...
May 10, 2018
Cypher System / D&D5e / FFG's Star Wars / Fluff/Inspiration / Genesys / Numenera / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / Shadowrun
What Am I Playing Right Now?
Since my GM hiatus started back in June 2017, I used the opportunity to play in as many games as possible. For a very long time I was basically the go-to GM for...
May 9, 2018
World of Dungeons: Turbo–Breakers
Wow. That’s a mouthful. The long name is especially funny when you realize that the rules of the roleplaying game with that name is just 4 pages long. And the last page consists...
May 7, 2018
Blogs vs. Social Media–From a RPG Blogger’s Perspective
Since I started this blog almost 10 years ago, a lot of fellow RPG bloggers have stopped blogging or moved their activities from their blog to social media. I am quite active on...
April 17, 2018
Reading Up On 7th Sea 2nd Edition
I noticed after my last post that despite being a fan of 7th Sea I had never gotten around to reading the new edition of books. Michael gets to list his “Currently Reading”...
April 12, 2018
Looking after the pennys
I kind of suspect that most GMs harbour some kind of desire, however small, to make a living from gaming. After all if you look at the success of the Forgotten Realms haven’t...
April 9, 2018
What’s New with the Stargazer?
I have to start with an apology. A couple of weeks back I promised to post more often, but unfortunately life had other plans. As the saying goes: the best-laid plans of mice...
April 5, 2018
Ghost Ops QS & One Page Solo
This is a sort of double play test as I was using the One Page Solo Engine that I talked about last time, specifically the Fudge version I wrote in Javascript, to play...
April 3, 2018
First Look Ghost Ops RPG
Ghost Ops RPG by FeralGamersInc is available as a free quick start document. You get an overview of the fudge system, five pregen characters (called Operators) , and overview of the combat system,...
March 31, 2018
Blast from the past?
Not long ago I stumbled upon this old post of Unified Rolemaster Playtest. Obviously I am interested in people opinions of Rolemaster as a house ruled version of Rolemaster is my system of...
March 12, 2018