Wile E. Coyote at your service!
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Wile E. Coyote, genius. I am not selling anything nor am I working my way through college. Wrong cartoon? My name is Michael Garcia from all...
January 6, 2011
RPG
[Horror] Take Your World and Break It
One of the most powerful ways to run a modern day horror campaign is to take the familiar and start blending in a little bit of strange. The differences don’t have to be...
January 5, 2011
Fluff/Inspiration / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Props / Random musings / Reviews & First Looks / RPG / RPG tools
What about the GameMastery Plot Twist Cards? A review… (And slight ramble!)
With such a convoluted title to this post, I better make some sense out of this! What is this post? First and foremost a review of the GameMastery Plot Twist Cards… What are...
January 4, 2011
Gaming-related plans for 2011 … and a look back at 2010
Last year I posted a long list with things I wanted to do in 2010. And as expected I didn’t actually reach all the goals I’ve set myself. But that’s not necessary a...
January 3, 2011
World Building Part 3 – Getting Started with World Tone
Last time, we talked about making sure to keep it at least a little bit “old school” when it comes to world building by never leaving your handy notebook behind. Today, we are...
December 31, 2010
Ask the Readers: Do you know of any gaming supplements where Puerto Rico is mentioned?
This is a purely personal question, but I figure with the worldly and well read audience of this blog (flattery goes a long way, I know), you out there may know of other...
December 30, 2010
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Post Christmas Gaming Loot!
I’m currently on holiday (I love using that term, I feel so refined!) in central Florida, and despite having tickets to various parks the weather has been too cold (I blame my tropical...
December 29, 2010
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What about Advanced Feats: The Cavalier’s Creed? A review…
Ok let me say it outright, I love the cover! After complaining about previous covers in the Advanced Feats series, with the exception of The Witch’s Brew, I must say this is my...
December 28, 2010
The wonderful world of gaming!
I was too young to see the original Wonderful World of Disney on TV. I did catch reruns on local TV, in Spanish too, but that fact did not diminish my enthusiasm. I...
December 27, 2010
Happy Holidays from Stargazer’s World!
Michael asked me to write a holiday message for the blog and I was happy to oblige, in fact I was honored! This blog has become my digital home away from home that...
December 24, 2010
Advice / Ask The Readers / Fluff/Inspiration / Improve Your Game / Mutants & Masterminds / Other Systems / RPG / RPG tools
New game, new tools!
This past weekend I began a new campaign. We reached a natural lull in the ongoing Pathfinder RPG campaign, which has run for 65 (almost) weekly sessions and decided to put the game...
December 23, 2010
Revisiting the new D&D comic book
I hate being wrong, but not this time! Let me elaborate… I wrote a previous post about the new Dungeons & Dragons comic published by IDW. I was less than impressed by their...
December 22, 2010
What about In the Company of Minotaurs? A review…
“I know they accuse me of arrogance, and perhaps misanthropy, and perhaps of madness. Such accusations (for which I shall exact punishment in due time) are derisory” The House of Asterion (tranlsation), by...
December 21, 2010
World Building Part 2 – First Things First
So, you have officially decided that you are no longer satisfied with the many worlds that exist for role-playing and that you want to build your own. OK. Your world building journey begins...
December 20, 2010
The Pathfinder Role Playing Game Reference Document UPDATE!
My love for Pathfinder is well known around these parts. It is my poison of choice for fantasy gaming and the rule system I use for my homebrew campaign. Over the last few...
December 17, 2010
DriveThruRPG enters a Brave New World
Just a few days ago I posted about DriveThruRPG’s upcoming POD service. As participant in the preview program I ordered Brave New World, an alternative history superhero RPG from Pinnacle Entertainment which –...
December 16, 2010
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And then she said, “Wait, Professor Jones can help us with this one!”
Have you said that in a game? For the longest time that was taboo in my games, but these days I’m willing to consider it. I’m not talking about Professor Jones per se,...
December 15, 2010
STAR WARS license speculation
When Wizards of the Coast revealed that they won’t be renewing the STAR WARS license a lot of fans of their SW RPG and miniatures line were quite disappointed. Especially the latest edition...
December 14, 2010
The Largest RPG Download Store introduces POD
A couple of days ago I have been invited into DriveThruRPG’s Print-On-Demand preview program. Yes, you read that correctly: In the near future you will be able to order hardcopies of the PDFs...
December 13, 2010
World Building Pt.1 – Addiction and Acceptance
Let’s say that game prepping for games is an addiction. In my mind there are stages to that addiction. The first stage is getting sucked in, at this point, you are probably using prepared materials such as published adventures. From there, as the game prep addiction takes hold, you begin to make your own min-adventures, stories filled with combat using the monsters you get out of the books you buy.
December 10, 2010