Blogging March 6, 2013 • 6 min read What about Gygax Magazine? A review… (and a rant for good measure!) When Gygax Magazine was announced I was thrilled. Although I am not a big super of the OSR movement (more on this later!), I…
Random musings March 4, 2013 • 3 min read The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry During the last weeks I posted about my plans for a Diaspora game using Mass Effect as a setting. I still love the idea…
Fluff/Inspiration March 1, 2013 • 13 min read Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 6 of 8) Another Friday, another Star Wars post! I’ve been having a lot of fun writing these posts. Revisiting material I created for my campaign, revising…
Advice February 27, 2013 • 6 min read Don’t ask what the GM can do for you … ask what you can do for the GM. Or let it put me differently: it’s not the GM’s job alone to make sure…
Advice February 25, 2013 • 7 min read Game Master Support Group “Hello, my name is Roberto and I’m a Game Master…” Now everybody goes: “Hello Roberto!” Game Mastering is a special burden, a badge of…
Fluff/Inspiration February 22, 2013 • 13 min read Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 5 of 8) And we are past the halfway point! This is part 5 of Friday’s mini-series based on the Star Wars Infinities campaign I ran for…
Ask The Readers February 20, 2013 • 13 min read Ask The Readers! Input on a BareBones Fantasy sci-fi hack… (First draft) Seems like we are on a sci-fi roll here in the blog in 2013! So keeping with the theme, I’ve decided to share with Stargazer’s World…
Dragon Age February 20, 2013 • 4 min read My thoughts on the TableTop episode 19 “Dragon Age” I love TableTop. It’s currently my favorite show on YouTube and I hope it will return for a second season. I’ve bought several games…
Gumshoe System February 18, 2013 • 6 min read Review: Night’s Black Agents Pelgrane Press’ Gumshoe roleplaying games usually don’t disappoint and Kenneth Hite’s Night’s Black Agents is no exception. Night’s Black Agents combines the spy thriller…
Fluff/Inspiration February 15, 2013 • 9 min read Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 4 of 8) This is part 4 of the mini-series of posts going live every Friday and based on the Star Wars Infinities campaign I ran for…
Advice February 13, 2013 • 2 min read Preparing for the Mass Effect game (Part 1) Usually I don’t do much in the way of preparation and rely on my improvisation skills. But with the upcoming Mass Effect game I…
Kickstarter February 13, 2013 • 2 min read Kickstarter: Achtung! Cthulhu We are breaking our regular schedule for some Kickstarter news. Two days ago Chris Birch started the “Achtung! Cthulhu – The WW2 Keeper’s &…
FATE February 11, 2013 • 3 min read A Mass Effect Diaspora After a long hiatus I’ll finally be running a new roleplaying game campaign again. On the weekend I met with my group and made…
Fluff/Inspiration February 8, 2013 • 8 min read Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 3 of 8) Welcome back to part 3 of our mini-series of weekly post about my Star Wars Infinities Campaign: Episode I, The Gathering Storm. You can…
Advice February 6, 2013 • 8 min read Ask The Stargazer: What is the best Fantasy RPG? Some of you may remember the column “Ask The Stargazer” that I introduced back in 2011. I posted a couple of replies to your…
Just my two cents February 4, 2013 • 3 min read The Pathfinder Reference Document Updated (And a few other things!) If you are a Pathfinder RPG fan you might already know this because Paizo has been very good at announcing it via social media…
Fluff/Inspiration February 1, 2013 • 8 min read Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 2 of 8) Hello there and welcome back! This is the second installment of the weekly mini-series of posts about an Infinities-type Star Wars campaign I created…
Advice January 30, 2013 • 5 min read Gaming on the cheap – 2013 Edition (Part 2/2) Last time I wrote about some highly recommended free games, this time I want to focus on inexpensive commercial games. All of the games…
Boardgames January 28, 2013 • 3 min read What about the Star Wars X-Wing Miniature Game? A mini review… Seems I am on a Star Wars roll these days… Recently during a Puerto Rico Role Players geeknic I got to play the Star…
Non-RPG January 25, 2013 • 5 min read Star Wars Infinities – The Gathering Storm (Part 1 of 8) The sale of Lucasfilms to Disney, the release of the Star Wars Edge of the Empire game by Fantasy Flight Games, the new Star…