News & Reviews May 14, 2012 • 1 min read Blood of Morpheus My good friend and former contributor to this blog, Michael Garcia of Occult Moon, has some serious medical issues and at this moment the…
News & Reviews May 8, 2012 • 1 min read “Getting Ready For College” Sale at Reality Blurs The daughter of my good friend Sean Preston of Reality Blurs is graduating from high school next week. To celebrate the event and raise…
Random musings May 7, 2012 • 3 min read RPC Germany 2012 Yesterday I attended the Role Play Convention 2012 in Cologne. I actually didn’t intend to go there at all but then I had the…
Ask The Readers May 2, 2012 • 2 min read Ask The Readers: Fancy dice? Yay or nay? A lot of players shy away from certain games because they use “fancy” dice like Fudge dice, non-standard polyhedral dice, dice with funny symbols…
News & Reviews May 1, 2012 • 3 min read Review: Doctor Who – Aliens and Creatures Back in January I wrote a review of the excellent Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space roleplaying game. Today I am having a…
Advice April 26, 2012 • 4 min read How your past influences your craft Greetings everyone! Many of you probably don’t know me. So first off, I guess some introductions are in order. My name is Vince Kingston,…
Fluff/Inspiration April 23, 2012 • 2 min read A Trek to the Stars but no Star Trek A while ago I have mused about the issues you have with SF campaigns in general and campaigns focusing on space exploration in particular.…
Freebies April 19, 2012 • 2 min read We need a RPGNow for Free RPGs! I am pretty sure you all know RPGNow (or one of the other OneBookShelf shops). It’s a great marketplace for RPG products in digital…
Kickstarter April 17, 2012 • 1 min read Mecha Combiners In September 2010 I reviewed Chris Perrin’s roleplaying game MECHA and also did an interview with him. In that interview he already mentioned that…
Fluff/Inspiration April 17, 2012 • 3 min read Crafting at the Tabletop A lot of computer roleplaying games and especially MMOs often feature crafting. In games like The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim or World of Warcraft players…
Non-RPG April 16, 2012 • 1 min read On a more personal note A couple of days ago I posted about my plans to change the pace on the blog and hinted at the reasons. Today I…
Contest April 16, 2012 • 1 min read Please vote for us in the Stuffer Shack SOTY contest! Like last year Stargazer’s World is participating in Stuffer Shack’s RPG Site of the Year contest and we are honored to be among all…
Game Design April 11, 2012 • 1 min read Tactical combat in WR&M (or any other Wyrm System game) Earlier today Christopher Brind contacted me today and let me know about a cool ruleset for tactical games he has designed for WR&M. It’s…
News & Reviews April 11, 2012 • 1 min read Savage Worlds Deluxe: Explorer’s Edition now available for preorders Recently I checked Pinnacle Entertainment’s new website and was surprised to see that the Explorer’s Edition of Savage Worlds Deluxe is already available for…
Blogging April 10, 2012 • 10 min read The MARS Project: Zombies part deux! Because no one demanded it, here is more information about the latest adventure I’ll be running, the MARS Project, a zombiepocalypse game. I wrote…
News & Reviews April 4, 2012 • 1 min read Lazy Wednesday Video Post: Legend of Grimrock I am currently enjoying my week off, spending most of the time playing video games, watching movies and trying to wind down a bit.…
Blogging April 3, 2012 • 7 min read MARS Project, a zombiepocalypse game Hello readers! Sorry for my prolonged absence. As Michael posted I’ve had my plate full. I’ve mentioned some of it before, but to recapitulate,…
FATE March 29, 2012 • 4 min read Review: Mindjammer A while ago Sarah Newton contacted me and asked me if I was interested in reviewing her debut novel “Mindjammer”. I have to admit…
News & Reviews March 27, 2012 • 2 min read The Tale of Lancaster’s Folly I usually don’t write about non-RPG stuff on my blog, but this is special, so I make an exception. “The Tale of Lancaster’s Folly”…
Fluff/Inspiration March 27, 2012 • 2 min read Starflight Yesterday I mused about roleplaying in the SF genre and in the evening I remembered some of the computer games I enjoyed tremendously in…