Colonial Gothic: Grim & Perilous RPG
If you have been following this blog for a while you might already know that I love the old Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Game from Games Workshop. It was basically the first RPG I...
March 12, 2019
Achtung! Cthulhu for 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu
A few days ago I was surprised to find emails from DriveThruRPG in my inbox with links to free copies of three new products. As it turned out Mödiphiüs had just released an...
March 12, 2019
Hell froze over: Bethesda granted Modiphius Fallout RPG license!
If you told me yesterday that Bethesda would eventually allow someone to design a Fallout pen & paper roleplaying game, I wouldn’t have believed it. For a very long time they weren’t willing...
March 6, 2019
From my blogroll: “expensive toys” by Brad J. Murray
Today I stumbled upon an excellent article written by Brad J. Murray about luxury games (like Monte Cook’s Invisible Sun) and the struggles of indie game designers. It’s definitely well worth your time....
March 6, 2019
Some thoughts on Invisible Sun
A couple of days ago Monte Cook Games finally released their roleplaying game Invisible Sun in digital form. Until then the PDF version of the game was one of the exclusive Kickstarter backer...
March 4, 2019
ZWEIHÄNDER
I have spent the past seven weeks reading the Zweihänder core rules cover to cover.At nearly 700 pages this was not a small task. The reason for this was purely for review purposes....
February 25, 2019
Freebies: Skyfarer–A Sunless Skies RPG
If you are an avid fan of PC gaming, you have probably heard of Sunless Seas and its successor Sunless Skies. Both games have a strong focus on story and exploration. In Sunless...
February 25, 2019
Huge Pathfinder Bundle for $18
A friend of mine just pointed a pretty good deal out to me. In order to celebrate Pathfinder 10th anniversary, Humble Bundle is selling $505 worth of Pathfinder stuff for mere $18. The...
February 21, 2019
Twitter Update
This is a short update to let you all know that I’ve created a new Twitter account. From now on, my old account @StargazersWorld will be exclusively for blog-related stuff, while my personal...
February 19, 2019
We have to be better than this!
Update #2: Zak has posted his statement regarding the accusations here. Update: Vivka Grey, a woman, who lived with Zak and Mandy for a while, and who also was featured in the “I...
February 11, 2019
Zweihänder Collaboration
If you had ever wanted to get into writing RPG supplements but don’t think you could write an entire book then there is an interesting project going on in the Zweihänder community. I...
February 8, 2019
Games I’m excited about: Android – Shadow of the Beanstalk
Android: Shadow of the Beanstalk is a new and upcoming setting for FFG’s Genesys Roleplaying Game. Like Realms of Terrinoth it’s based on one of FFG’s preexisting IPs. While RoT was based on...
February 4, 2019
Kickstarter: Secretum Mundi – The book of the Secret World
As I’ve mentioned before, I love the stuff Greg Saunders creates. Last year, I helped fund Esoterica, his occult-themed roleplaying game using the OpenD6 System. Today, I want to point you towards his...
January 29, 2019
Lazy Tuesday Video Post: Rules Lawyers
We all know the kind of player who constantly gets into rules discussions with the GM. These players are often called rules lawyers. But I recently stumbled upon a YouTube video by a...
January 29, 2019
Humble RPG Book Bundle: Numenera
If you always wanted to check out Monte Cook’s Numenera, but shunned the investment, now’s your chance. Monte Cook Games and Humble Bundle have teamed up to bring you a bundle containing $260...
January 24, 2019
ZWEIHÄNDER supplement round up
I have spent nearly all of January reading the ZWEIHÄNDER core book. It is nearly 700 dense pages and I am still only on page 350 or so. The current chapter I am reading...
January 22, 2019
Super-Powered Bundles of Holding
Recently two new Bundles of Holding started featuring products from 1997’s Trinity roleplaying game and 1999’s prequel Aberrant respectively. In both games you play super-powered individuals in a 22nd century setting. In Aberrant...
January 16, 2019
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