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Battletech RPG / Game Design / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG

Some Thoughts on “A Time Of War”

Recently I had the chance to create a character for Catalyst Game Labs’ latest Battletech roleplaying game “A Time of War”. While the core mechanic is a pretty simple and straightforward “roll 2D6...

September 25, 2015
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Fluff/Inspiration / Humor / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Reviews & First Looks / RPG

Herding Cats, Mythos Style!

I’m rarely a player these days, and I’m not complaining. My gaming time is limited, and what I enjoy the most is being a GM, so I usually only get to be a...

September 16, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Fluff/Inspiration / Freebies / Humor / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG

Let’s do the no elves… again!

I’m doing a bit of post necromancy here; over 5 years ago I posted about Talislanta. It was a trip down memory lane, and you can read the original post for all the...

September 8, 2015
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News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / Reviews & First Looks / RPG / Traveller

Some thoughts on the Traveller Core Beta

On Friday Mongoose Publishing released the beta playtest documents for their upcoming Traveller Core Rulebook. What sets this playtest apart from others we’ve seen in the past is the fact that you have...

September 7, 2015
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Advice / Ask The Readers / D&D5e / Fluff/Inspiration / Improve Your Game / RPG / RPG tools

Carrot on a stick! Rewarding players for creating character background.

Motivating characters to create a background for their characters has always been a goal for me as a Game Master. I typically reward extra experience before the adventure begins for creating different details...

September 7, 2015
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Random musings / RPG

We need an alternative to DriveThruRPG

If you are closely following what’s happening in the RPG scene, you have probably heard about the kerfuffle about a product called “Tournament of Rape” which was sold at DriveThruRPG for a few...

September 2, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Battletech RPG / Boardgames / Other Systems / Random musings

A Time Of War

An old friend recently offered to run a Battletech RPG campaign for us. As a long-time fan of the board game and the Battletech universe I was actually overjoyed and immediately started to...

September 1, 2015
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Advice / Game Design / Random musings

Don’t Think Too Big!

For a while I have been struggling with a long-time dream of mine: a homebrew cyberpunk setting. I always loved the genre but I am not 100% happy with the cyberpunk games commercially...

August 31, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Humor / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 31

And so we come to the end of #RPGaDay2015, this has been a great month, I’ve gotten back to blogging, reconnected with a lot of people, and I’ve pondered lots of interesting bits...

August 31, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Humor / Just my two cents / Legacy D&D / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 30

The next to last post for #RPGaDay2015, I’m already sad it’s ending; hopefully we can do this again in 2016. Here’s the final Sunday post… Day 30 – Favorite RPG playing celebrity Celebrity...

August 30, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 29

And we are in the final stretch! The last Saturday post for #RPGaDay2015, I really hope everybody is having a great weekend. Let’s get down to business Day 29 – Favorite RPG website/blog...

August 29, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015 / Savage Worlds

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 28

Before everything else, a quick tropical storm Erika update: I’m ok! You can sleep better knowing I will finish my posts for #RPGaDay2015. Here in Puerto Rico we were lucky the storm was...

August 28, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Fluff/Inspiration / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 27

This post brought to you by hurricane preparedness and emergency shopping! Just kidding… Currently Puerto Rico is under tropical storm warning, and we are preparing for the arrival of tropical storm Erika. Everything...

August 27, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Fluff/Inspiration / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

Day 26 – Favorite inspiration for your game

As I write this post the end of the 26th day of August quickly approaches in Germany, but since I’ve take over the blog this month, we are running in Puerto Rico time...

August 26, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 25

Welcome back to the #RPGaDay2015 challenge series, here is another topic I had a hard time coming up with an answer. But let’s go, this one is as short and sweet as yesterday’s...

August 25, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 24

This is definitely a Monday topic for #RPGaDay2015, one of those things I rarely think of as “favorite”. Let’s try to answer it coherently… Day 24 – Favorite house rule I’m not BIG...

August 24, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Just my two cents / Mutants & Masterminds / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015 / Savage Worlds

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 23

Another Sunday #RPGaDay2015 challenge entry, Day 23! Today’s topic is one of those over which edition wars are fought in the trenches of internet message boards, perfect game! Thankfully David Chapman (The creator...

August 23, 2015
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Michael Wolf is a German games designer and enthusiast best known for creating the free rules-light medieval fantasy adventure game Warrior, Rogue & Mage. Stargazer's World was started by Michael in August 2008.

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