Make Games Not War!
Since the release of the D&D Basic Rules another war is waged in the RPG community. This time it’s not about editions but about the people who helped Wizards of the Coast to...
July 31, 2014
I’ve got Numenera on my Mind
Last Friday the Fallout campaign I was running came to an end. So we started thinking about what I could run next. For a while we thought about another Fate game, perhaps even...
July 22, 2014
A new Edition is always a good Thing, isn’t it?
Everyone is talking about the new edition of D&D right now. But as usual not everyone is happy about a new edition. But isn’t a new edition a good thing? It shows that...
July 18, 2014
One Game To Rule Them All?
One question has divided players basically since the day when there was more than one roleplaying game on the market: which is the best roleplaying game? Is the new D&D better than Pathfinder?...
July 15, 2014
Ask The Readers: Shall I Give Shadowrun 5th Edition Another Chance?
Recently I had the chance to play in a Shadowrun 3rd Edition game. We initially planned to play something else, but one of the players couldn’t make it, so we decided to play...
July 14, 2014
(Almost) Back to the roots: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition
As I’ve mentioned several times before, the first roleplaying game I’ve played was TORG but the first campaign I played in was a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition one. And believe it or...
July 7, 2014
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Fantasy Fridays! Ask the readers, Pathfinder RPG House Rules?
Hello readers! Sorry for another skipped week RL and all that. I’m very interested in continuing my contributions to the blog with at least one post a week. Let’s do this… You’ll notice...
July 4, 2014
Lazy Wednesday Video Post: Tabletop RPG Design 101
A couple of days ago, Tim Kirk posted a very interesting video blog on game design on his YouTube channel. In the about 13 minutes long video he gives great advice to anyone...
July 2, 2014
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Free RPG Day Debriefing
This past weekend, June 21st to be exact, I participated of Free RPG Day for the very first time. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time stores in Puerto...
June 24, 2014
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Sci-Fi Fridays! Part 22 – A review! What about Obsidian Portal?
You might be wondering… Did he miss a week? Yes I did! Sorry dear reader… Personal matters kept me away from the blog last week. Everything is almost back to normal now, so...
June 20, 2014
Please check out my YouTube channel
For the last few years I have uploaded video reviews, unboxing videos etc. on my YouTube channel. I even started a rather short-lived video review series in German language. Recently I thought I...
June 11, 2014
Airplanes, Mecha, Space Ships–Oh My!
In my post about Elite Dangerous a reader names Gordon pointed out that there will be a roleplaying game based on the computer game. At first this sounds like an awesome idea, but...
June 10, 2014
Sci-Fi Fridays! Wanderers of the Outlands Part XXI
Of all the Sci-Fi Fridays! posts, this is the easiest one to write, since it was written for me. As part of the preparation for my Savage Worlds sci-fi campaign, about which you’ve...
June 6, 2014
Off-Topic: Elite Dangerous
It’s not often that I write about my other, non-RPG hobbies. But there’s one computer game on my mind right now, that I just have to talk about: Elite Dangerous by Frontier Developments....
June 3, 2014
Hell froze over: I’m going to give the next D&D a chance
During the last couple of days and weeks more information about the upcoming D&D trickled in. I was actually very surprised that there will be a D&D Basic box set for a very...
June 2, 2014
Sci-Fi Fridays! Wanderers of the Outlands Part XX
Welcome back reader. Last week was the end of the materials I prepared for my Savage Worlds sci-fi campaign. This week we played our third session and I am incredibly excited about how...
May 31, 2014
Saturday Special: Fate rocks!
Yesterday evening I ran my first Fate Accelerated Edition game. Ok, it was not exactly FAE as written, but instead of FAE’s approaches we used the attributes of Fallout’s SPECIAL system as skills....
May 24, 2014
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