What am I Reading at the Moment?
I am a collector of roleplaying games. While most people only buy what they intend to use I buy roleplaying games for a lot…
✦ Latest Posts
Proto-Traveller
On the Citizens of the Imperium forums I stumbled upon a thread about a very cool idea how to run Traveller. It’s called Proto-Traveller…
Kickstarter and Support for Multiple Systems
I’ve seen a disturbing trend in RPG-related Kickstarters for a while. A lot of stretch goals include support for multiple systems. There are quite…
My Gift to the WR&M Community
Recently a couple of people from the Stargazer’s World Google+ Community have started compiling new and old material for Warrior, Rogue & Mage and…
Hero Quest anyone?
In my Happy New Year post I’ve mentioned Hero Quest 2nd Edition by Robin Laws. It’s one of the games I’ve bought ages ago,…
Happy New Year!
I wish all my friends and followers a happy new year 2015! From a personal standpoint 2014 was a pretty bad year for me.…
#3x3RPGs
This is obviously a huge thing right now, so I thought I’ll join the fun. Three most recently played RPGs: Numenera D&D 5th Edition…
WR&M Pocket Edition–A few Thoughts
During this year’s NaGaDeMon I worked on two projects: rewriting Galaxy Core (I worked on it during another NaGaDeMon) into a d20-based system and…
What are RPGs? And is our hobby really dying?
I know, that’s a controversial topic and a lot of subjectivity is involved in the discussion. If you ask ten pen & paper roleplaying…
Welcome to Valheim!
On Saturday I ran the first session of my new D&D 5th Edition campaign. It’s set into my own homebrew campaign, which focuses on…
Review: Traveller Spinward Marches – Excellent Maps for Explorers and Merchants
I don’t think I need to tell you about the importance of maps in roleplaying games. Even the most crudest of maps can still…
Realism in Roleplaying Games
Realism is a subject that regularly crops up in online and offline discussions about roleplaying games. Especially people who prefer a simulationist approach to…
NaGaDeMon: WR&M Pocket Edition
Over the last few days I have continued working on the project I dubbed WR&M Pocket Edition. Initially I wanted to create something which…
Am I getting old or just lazy? – 2014 Edition
In 2009 I already wrote about my aversion of rules-heavy games. In these last 5 years I noticed that I have become even more…
Cypher System
Sometimes life is stranger than fiction. Just when I finished writing my post about generic rules systems, I stumbled upon the news that Monte…
Generic RPGs: Do we really need those?
Yes, the caption is meant to be controversial. If it works for big media, why not for me? But in all seriousness, what is…
NaGaDeMon: It’s Full Of Stars!
One thing which makes NaGaDeMon so hard for me is that I tend to read a lot of roleplaying games especially the ones I…
NaGaDeMon: So, what am I working on?
Yesterday I wrote that it was still a bit too early to talk about my projects. Today I think it’s already time to reveal…
It’s THIS time of the year again: NaGaDeMon!!!
November is a special month for all budding game designers. It’s the NaGaDeMon, the National (or rather interNational) Game Design Month. A couple of…
The Times They Are a-Changin’
This blog has existed for over 6 years now. Back in August 2008 the RPG blog community has looked quite different from today. Blogs…