Dragoons20 Review
While I was bopping about the internet the other day, I tripped over a new Microlite20-based fantasy game called Dragoons20. Written by Randy Angle, the game document can be found at Hoppsbusch.com along...
February 19, 2010
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Sven – that boardgame guy
I am Sven and I am one of the new contributors that Stargazer took aboard. I feel that it is only appropriate, that I tell you a little about myself. Let’s start with...
February 18, 2010
Dungeonslayers: Dungeon2Go #4 released
The Dungeonslayers community is still hard working to provide fans all around the world with new one-page adventures. Recently a team of five dedicated fans has translated Christian Kennig’s “Night of the Damned”...
February 18, 2010
Youseph Tanha
Well my name is Youseph Tanha. I am a 29-year-old working as a facility manager in Juneau, Alaska. In the past I have worked in the tech industry for web hosting and Internet...
February 17, 2010
Gears: the core mechanic
I promised you more posts about my upcoming Gears roleplaying game system and this time I want to share some thoughts on the core mechanic. When I started the project I was still...
February 17, 2010
Five Hundred!
Wow! Who would have guessed that I hit the 500 posts milestone that fast. It was in November 2009 when Stargazer’s World reached it’s 400th post. I don’t think I ever had a...
February 16, 2010
Microlite Storyteller
This morning, Andrew Modro and I where talking about the old Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Quickstart rules on #rpmn. In his opinion the mechanics used in these old quickstart games are even better...
February 16, 2010
Review: CthulhuTech Damnation View
Recently I was given the opportunity to review Damnation View (RPGNow Affiliate Link), the first storybook for CthulhuTech. Some of you may remember that I reviewed the CthulhuTech core rulebook in October 2008....
February 15, 2010
Preview: Kingdom Builder by Chaotic Shiny Productions
I love all kind of random generators, especially random name generators, since I usually have a hard time coming up with cool-sounding character names. When some time ago Hannah Lipsky of Chaotic Shiny...
February 15, 2010
Public domain artwork
In my opinion the biggest hurdle for any aspiring game designer is artwork. Especially if you plan to release a game for free you usually have no budget for paying artists. One solution...
February 15, 2010
Dragon Age unboxing
This afternoon the postman brought me the Dragon Age boxed set I’ve been waiting for. I am still fighting a nasty cold, so it will probably take a few days before I can...
February 12, 2010
CthulhuTech Quickstart
Finally the guys from WildFire have released a quickstart PDF of their CthulhuTech game. I own the hardcover book for some time now, and I already wrote a review last year, but alas...
February 10, 2010
Gears / AARG
I got a message via the contact form on the blog’s About page from someone who has been working on the AARG system for the better part of the last two years. He...
February 10, 2010
Le jeu de rôle à l’ancienne
While I was busy working on my own RPG project, the Dungeonslayers community finally released the French version of the old-fashioned roleplaying game from Germany. Here’s a quote from the official site: Almost...
February 9, 2010
Stargazer’s World presents Gears
One of the things I always wanted to accomplish was to write a complete roleplaying game system, a set of rules of my own design. Over the last years I repeatedly made attempts...
February 9, 2010