PDFs: Who Needs ‘Em?
Some time ago I was invited to a Pathfinder game run by a friend of a friend. I wasn’t certain how things would work out; I had attempted to join a game some time...
August 21, 2012
The End is Near – Adventure Background Part II
These are the characters I used for the CONcurrent Savage Worlds game The End is Near. I meant to post it BEFORE the games (yes games, I ran in online for CONcurrent and...
August 20, 2012
My thoughts on the “Star Wars Edge of The Empire Beta”
This morning I stumbled upon the news that FFG has started selling the beta version of their upcoming Star Wars roleplaying game at Gen Con. Selling the beta version? Yes, that’s right. You...
August 20, 2012
Gloom
I am currently taking a break from DMing and that’s one of the reasons why my gaming group decided to try out several board and card games. One of the games I recently...
August 15, 2012
Mindjammer finds a new home
Some of you might have wondered why all Mindjammer products vanished from sites like DriveThruRPG recently and why Sarah Newton’s novel had been rereleased on the Amazon Kindle store. The short answer is...
August 13, 2012
The End is Near – Adventure Background Part 1
As part of the upcoming CONcurrent I’m preparing to run a Savage Worlds sci-fi game. I wrote a little introduction for the game that I mean to share with players who have confirmed...
August 13, 2012
What about Monsters of Sin 4: Lust? A review…
I recently reviewed the first three installments of the Monster of Sin series from Kobold Press, formerly Open Design Games. (I like the change; the friends at Open Design are so tied to...
August 10, 2012
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The man behind the Stargazer! An interview with Michael Wolf…
I’ve been fortunate enough to be contributing for this blog for two and a half years now… How time flies! Through this time I have made many new friends, had the opportunity to...
August 9, 2012
Four Years of Stargazing
Today, we’re not going to talk about games. Well, not directly. Michael offered me the coveted opportunity to invade his space, and post whatever I wanted to to celebrate the fourth anniversary of...
August 8, 2012
Freebies: Five By Five
Today I stumbled upon Jeff Moore’s blog Dreams and Dragons and (re)discovered his awesome rules-light RPG Five By Five. I think I have downloaded and leafed through it a while ago, but I...
August 7, 2012
Prices are melting at DriveThruRPG!
It’s so damn hot that even the prices are melting at DriveThruRPG. The following products are 20% off until September 10th: Tailslap Issue 1 [Unicorn Rampant] Claw/Claw/Bite Issue 18 [Unicorn Rampant] Second World...
August 6, 2012
Ask The Readers: What is your favorite Cyberpunk RPG and why?
Yesterday night I resumed playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution after a long hiatus. As it is often the case with me and computer games I began thinking about how I could recreate the...
August 6, 2012
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Short Cthulian Bit: The Spiraling Worm
If you follow me over social media (and you can find out how to at the little bio at the end of this post) you might have read my gushing praise for The...
August 2, 2012
Ten Games I Would Take To A Desert Island
In the German roleplaying blog scene people have been posting about the ten RPGs they would take to a desert island. In my opinion that’s a fun thing to do and it provides...
August 1, 2012
What about Monsters of Sin: Avarice, Envy & Gluttony? A review…
The Seven Deadly Sins have a strange allure in modern society. They figure prominently not just in the religious tradition from whence they came but in popular culture. From comics, where they are...
August 1, 2012
A new avatar!
We interrupt you regular blog reading with this important message. I just got a new avatar for the blog! Michael got one a few months ago and I was just so envious I...
July 31, 2012
Under the Influence
In his article “The GM’s Influence on Character” in Kobold Quarterly #22, famous actor Monte Cook jumps right on out there and says: Past a certain point, the more influence a player has...
July 27, 2012
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