Supers, supers everywhere!
With the release yesterday of the new superhero game ICONS from Adamant Entertainment my superhero fever has reached new heights. I’m getting my copy today after missing out on the pre-order due to...
June 2, 2010
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Geeknic II: The Revenge!
Hello all! I’m in a particularly good mood writing this post, because despite all the real-life complications of recent weeks, this past weekend I took part of a gathering of geeks that reinforced...
June 1, 2010
WFRP Toolkit
On May 19th Fantasy Flight Games’ WFRP Toolkit appeared on the iTunes AppStore. It’s a dice rolling application for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game which uses dice pools of custom dice for task...
June 1, 2010
New Erdenstern album in the works
If you have been following Stargazer’s World for some time now, you probably already read a few reviews of music suitable for roleplaying sessions. Aside from various soundtracks there are a few musicians...
May 31, 2010
Dungeonslayers: Fireworks!
Yesterday my Dungeonslayers supplement Feuerwerk was finally released in an English translation. Thanks a lot to the translation team, which did a great job! So, what’s Fireworks about? Fireworks contains rules for firearms,...
May 29, 2010
Free Stuff Friday: One Monk Miniatures
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This weeks Free Stuff is: One Monk Miniatures. The only thing better then miniatures are free miniatures. This is just a...
May 28, 2010
Skulduggery available for preorder
Robin D. Laws’ latest game “Skulduggery” is finally available for preorder at the Pelgrane Press store. If you preorder the printed version that will be released on July 1st, you will get the...
May 27, 2010
Gaming enablers, giving thanks to the people that matter!
Too often we hear horror stories about games. And by this I’m not referring to the anecdotes of the terrible player who sat at your table or the really inept game master who...
May 27, 2010
Improve Your Game: Narrative Control
This post is the first of a series of posts in which I want to share some of the things I’ve used to improve my game. Those tips may not be applicable to...
May 26, 2010
OGT Sponsorships
Jonathan Jacobs and his team of editors is currently hard working on the second volume of the Open Game Table. When Vol. 1 came out each and every contributor was provided with a...
May 25, 2010
WFRP: Their Fated Travels …
I was recently contacted by Robert James Freemantle, who turned the exploits of his Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay group into a story that you can now listen to on YouTube. I’ve embedded the first...
May 24, 2010
Freebie: Bill Coffin’s Septimus
The only game ever released by WEG under the Open D6 brand was Bill Coffin’s Septimus. Now that Bill got the full rights to this game back by Eric Gibson, WEG’s owner, he...
May 22, 2010
Ask the Readers: Keeping up with super current events!
Yesterday’s post about supers and my very personal ideas an advice on the genre have generated some very interesting comments, and got me thinking about other topics. My, Ask the Readers poll is...
May 21, 2010
Ask the Readers: What flavor of superhero do you prefer?
I still have supers on my mind! All the comments and discussion on my previous post left me wondering, what character would you rather play in a supers game? And thus this poll...
May 21, 2010
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I’ve got supers on my mind…
In my years as a Game Master I’ve run a lot of campaigns, fantasy, sci-fi, modern, space opera, but no genre has proven as difficult as the superhero game. Sometimes I muse about...
May 20, 2010
Hey Wizards of the Coast! Where Are My Apps?
This is a questions that has been bugging me for almost a year now. Why have Wizards of the coast not made any Dungeons & Dragons apps for the iPhone? The way I...
May 19, 2010