The Shiniest Stories on Stargazer’s World Last Month
September was a pretty good month for my blog. Let’s have a look back on your favorite posts from September 2009: My stance on D&D 4th Edition Some of you may remember that...
October 1, 2009
Is there still hope for Open D6?
A long time ago Eric Gibson, current owner of West End Games, announced that he plans to turn the D6 System into an open system. I believe he made that statement in his...
October 1, 2009
Robin D. Laws interview
Recently I started reading Esoterrorists and Trail of Cthulhu again, since I am planning to run a game using the GUMSHOE system. While doing some research on the system, reading playtest reports and...
September 30, 2009
THEY are out there!
I was a skeptic, a non-believer until I bought Monte Cook’s latest book “The Skeptic’s Guide To Conspiracies”. At first I was enraged to see that they sold me an obviously used book....
September 29, 2009
A Time of War – Beta release
If you are interested in the Battletech roleplaying game “A Time of War”, Catalyst Game Labs has a special offer for you. They have released the upcoming game as a beta release for...
September 28, 2009
Breaking News: Roleplaying finally possible in D&D 4th Edition
When D&D 4th Edition was released a lot of people argued that it wasn’t not D&D anymore, that it was more like a boardgame and that the rules actually hinder roleplaying. But today...
September 24, 2009
Iron Kingdoms RPG source books now available in PDF
When I first read about this, I thought “Hell, it’s about time!”. The Iron Kingdoms campaign setting is still one of my favorite setting, and it was a shame that most books haven’t...
September 24, 2009
Swords & Wizardry Reference Sheets now available at RPGNow
I am one of the people who got infected by the “old-school” bug by Michael Shorten’s Swords & Wizardry Quick Start. Today his latest product, the 29-paged “Swords & Wizardry Reference Sheets” PDF...
September 23, 2009
First Look: The SKETCH System
Imagine the following situation: it’s your weekly roleplaying session, everyone has gathered at the game table but one player. Alas this player’s character will be crucial for the next session, so you decide...
September 22, 2009
Ask The Readers: What are your thoughts on the GUMSHOE system?
Recently I have thought about running another horror campaign this fall/winter and two of the games I am currently considering are Esoterrorists and Trail of Cthulhu from Pelgrane Press. Both games are using...
September 21, 2009
Lazy Friday Video Post: 1-900-NERD-GIRL
I recently stumbled upon this video and I thought I share it with my readers! Have a nice weekend! And don’t try to call that number … 😛
September 18, 2009
Home-made GM screens @ System matters
The German RPG blog/podcast System matters has posted photos of some home-made GM screens. If you ever thought about creating your own custom GM screen instead of buying one, check out what other...
September 17, 2009
The end is nigh!
The end of the year that is. It’s mid-September now and fall is approaching fast (at least in the northern hemisphere). Perfect time to start a horror RPG campaign! So, why should you...
September 16, 2009
RPG Bloggers Network Forums are back
Some of you may have noticed that the RPG Bloggers Network forums had some technical issues yesterday. Obviously the forum has been hacked over the weekend and Graham Poole and I worked all...
September 15, 2009
Just Say Yes
Posted by Viriatha, the Bard of Valiant Saying yes to players is something we all know we should do, whether it be a hard skill challenge or finding that unique cool item in...
September 14, 2009
“Roleplaying games as a teaching tool” @ Musings of a ChattyDM
As announced some days ago, my first guest post at Philippe Ménard’s blog has gone live! Here’s a short excerpt: Some time ago, Barb, a homeschooling mom from California contacted me. She had...
September 14, 2009
Follow-up: D&D 4th Edition Firearms
In last October I created some rules for simple firearms for D&D 4th Edition that are still very popular. Some days ago the reader Perfidius posted an interesting comment that I think is...
September 14, 2009
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