“Getting Ready For College” Sale at Reality Blurs
The daughter of my good friend Sean Preston of Reality Blurs is graduating from high school next week. To celebrate the event and raise some funds to help pay for college after summer,...
May 8, 2012
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RPC Germany 2012
Yesterday I attended the Role Play Convention 2012 in Cologne. I actually didn’t intend to go there at all but then I had the opportunity to join Marcus Burggraf (aka ChaoticGM) and his...
May 7, 2012
How your past influences your craft
Greetings everyone! Many of you probably don’t know me. So first off, I guess some introductions are in order. My name is Vince Kingston, and I’ve been hanging on the fringes here at...
April 26, 2012
A Trek to the Stars but no Star Trek
A while ago I have mused about the issues you have with SF campaigns in general and campaigns focusing on space exploration in particular. I have thrown some ideas around and watched several...
April 23, 2012
We need a RPGNow for Free RPGs!
I am pretty sure you all know RPGNow (or one of the other OneBookShelf shops). It’s a great marketplace for RPG products in digital format as well as POD. For the customer it’s...
April 19, 2012
Mecha Combiners
In September 2010 I reviewed Chris Perrin’s roleplaying game MECHA and also did an interview with him. In that interview he already mentioned that he was working on some Mecha Combiner rules. If...
April 17, 2012
Crafting at the Tabletop
A lot of computer roleplaying games and especially MMOs often feature crafting. In games like The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim or World of Warcraft players can craft a plethora of items from raw materials....
April 17, 2012
Please vote for us in the Stuffer Shack SOTY contest!
Like last year Stargazer’s World is participating in Stuffer Shack’s RPG Site of the Year contest and we are honored to be among all the great sites that have been nominated. The nominated...
April 16, 2012
Savage Worlds Deluxe: Explorer’s Edition now available for preorders
Recently I checked Pinnacle Entertainment’s new website and was surprised to see that the Explorer’s Edition of Savage Worlds Deluxe is already available for preorder. In my opinion Savage Worlds Deluxe was great...
April 11, 2012
The MARS Project: Zombies part deux!
Because no one demanded it, here is more information about the latest adventure I’ll be running, the MARS Project, a zombiepocalypse game. I wrote about it last week (and tweaked the text a...
April 10, 2012
Lazy Wednesday Video Post: Legend of Grimrock
I am currently enjoying my week off, spending most of the time playing video games, watching movies and trying to wind down a bit. One video I stumbled upon today is a first...
April 4, 2012
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MARS Project, a zombiepocalypse game
Hello readers! Sorry for my prolonged absence. As Michael posted I’ve had my plate full. I’ve mentioned some of it before, but to recapitulate, I’ve been at a new job since late last...
April 3, 2012
Review: Mindjammer
A while ago Sarah Newton contacted me and asked me if I was interested in reviewing her debut novel “Mindjammer”. I have to admit I was hesitant at first, because I usually don’t...
March 29, 2012
Starflight
Yesterday I mused about roleplaying in the SF genre and in the evening I remembered some of the computer games I enjoyed tremendously in my youth: the Starflight series and Star Control 2....
March 27, 2012
Some thoughts on roleplaying in the SF genre
While I am currently a fantasy campaign I am already thinking about what I could run next. And as so often before the idea to run a SF game crops up again. I...
March 26, 2012
The D6 System needs your love
Another roleplaying game system that should get more attention by gamers is the D6 System by now defunct games publisher West End Games. A precursor of the system that should later become the...
March 20, 2012
Ask The Readers: FUDGE Roll Call!
Recently when I was looking for an idea for a blog post, #stargazersworld regular and Fudge enthusiast Jonas “fudgebob dicepants” Susara came up with the idea of the “Fudge Roll Call”. Fudge is...
March 19, 2012