Canned Meat
I am currently trying to fend of an unending onslaught of spam comments on this blog. When I woke up this morning there were 17 new comments to be approved and they were...
November 13, 2008
Heroes beyond thirty
Most of us have probably started playing when they were teenagers or when they entered college. We didn’t have a significant other, probably no job, a lot of free time and an overflowing...
November 7, 2008
I am back!
To quote Mark Twain, “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated”. It took me some time to think about various issues and make some decisions. I won’t get back to a...
November 6, 2008
Slowing things down…
You’ve probably noticed that my “one post per day” goal has slipped several times. I don’t know if it’s because there are a lot of things in real life that occupy my free...
October 30, 2008
Dungeoncraft: The Future of Asecia
In the last few weeks I wrote about my campaign world Asecia, its people, nations, history, magic, religion, secrets and even provided you with a short story to set the mood. Currently everything...
October 28, 2008
Is D&D 4th Edition a “reboot” of D&D
When I was reading an article on io9 about J.J. Abrams Star Trek being a “reboot” it struck me. Isn’t that the same thing we have experienced with the latest edition of D&D?...
October 27, 2008
Fear of Girls
I don’t know if you guys can laugh about gamer stereotypes. I know I can. Everytime I watch the awesome movie “The Gamers” I am literally rolling on the floor laughing. Another pretty...
October 24, 2008
CthulhuTech
CthulhuTech is a strange marriage of H.P. Lovecraft‘s Cthulhu mythos and japanese big robot anime series. CthulhuTech is also the first RPG by WildFire, a labor of love of just three people who...
October 23, 2008
Scribd gem: D&D from 1974
While browsing through Scribd, fellow blogger Dominik Dießlin from the german blog Rollenspiel Almanach has found some true gems: the complete Dungeons & Dragons White Box! D&D 1974 – Rulebook 1 Men & Magic...
October 21, 2008
The Lost Continent Illyria
Some time ago our fellow RPGBlogger Philippine Gamer has posted about a D&D 4th Edition campaign setting a member of his gaming group, R. Velasco, created: “The Lost Continent Illyria – A Renaissance...
October 21, 2008
Roleplaying music: Elyrion Soundtrack
Elyrion is an upcoming german steampunk fantasy roleplaying game. It will be released in the coming days, probably on SPIEL ’08 in Essen. There will also be an official soundtrack composed by Erdenstern....
October 20, 2008
Heroes’ Guild
The video game “Fable” featured a “Heroes’ Guild” that was a center of learning an training for Heroes for hire. In the game the player’s character entered the guild after his family was...
October 20, 2008
Some 4E myths
There’s a war going on the internet. In blogs, forums, chats etc. players all over the world are entrenched in their positions and untiringly attacking their enemies. The fight is about what edition...
October 20, 2008
Technical difficulties
I am currently having some trouble with my internet connection at home. From yesterday evening on, my ADSL and phone line are down. Stargazer’s World will return with some new posts when the...
October 17, 2008
Every GM needs this!
Every GM should play this when he leaves the game table to go to the bathroom or get some more soft-drinks and snacks from the fridge: You can get the original mp3 from...
October 15, 2008
Can Mutants & Masterminds replace d20 Modern?
In an earlier post I’ve written about the dead or undead status of d20 Modern. And so I was looking for an alternative. And at once Mutants & Masterminds comes to mind. But...
October 13, 2008
Niente mantelli!!!
Danilo Moretti, a fellow RPG blogger from Italy has asked my permission to translate some of my posts into Italian and post them onto his blogs. I accepted his request, of course, and...
October 12, 2008
