Free Stuff Friday: Vikings & Valkyries
Some of you probably know Mazes & Minotaurs the old-school game which is much younger than it claims and which is set into Mythica,…
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What about Kobold Quarterly, specifically the winter issue, number 16? A review…
The publishers of Kobold Quarterly, Open Design Publishing, provided us with a review copy of their latest issue, the winter edition of their excellent…
Roleplaying in the world of Star Trek
I still remember the late 70s, early 80s when I first watched Star Trek on TV. My parents actually introduced me to the series,…
Fortune Cards, my two cents…
There’s been a storm in the Twitterverse and the Blogosphere, a storm of FORTUNE! (Fate would have sounded much cooler, thanks designers at WotC…
Midgard
Recently Open Design LLC has started Midgard, their most ambitious Open Design project ever. Wolfgang Baur, Brandon Hodge and Jeff Grubb are co-authors of…
Bridging the Gap
There is a lot of animosity between the old-school and new-school gaming groups. A lot of this I think is unnecessary. I mentioned briefly…
World Building Part 4 – Campaign Setting Genre
Last week, I took a short break from this series because of travel and the holidays, but I am back this week to talk…
Wile E. Coyote at your service!
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Wile E. Coyote, genius. I am not selling anything nor am I working my way through…
[Horror] Take Your World and Break It
One of the most powerful ways to run a modern day horror campaign is to take the familiar and start blending in a little…
What about the GameMastery Plot Twist Cards? A review… (And slight ramble!)
With such a convoluted title to this post, I better make some sense out of this! What is this post? First and foremost a…
Gaming-related plans for 2011 … and a look back at 2010
Last year I posted a long list with things I wanted to do in 2010. And as expected I didn’t actually reach all the…
World Building Part 3 – Getting Started with World Tone
Last time, we talked about making sure to keep it at least a little bit “old school” when it comes to world building by…
Ask the Readers: Do you know of any gaming supplements where Puerto Rico is mentioned?
This is a purely personal question, but I figure with the worldly and well read audience of this blog (flattery goes a long way,…
Post Christmas Gaming Loot!
I’m currently on holiday (I love using that term, I feel so refined!) in central Florida, and despite having tickets to various parks the…
What about Advanced Feats: The Cavalier’s Creed? A review…
Ok let me say it outright, I love the cover! After complaining about previous covers in the Advanced Feats series, with the exception of…
The wonderful world of gaming!
I was too young to see the original Wonderful World of Disney on TV. I did catch reruns on local TV, in Spanish too,…
Happy Holidays from Stargazer’s World!
Michael asked me to write a holiday message for the blog and I was happy to oblige, in fact I was honored! This blog…
New game, new tools!
This past weekend I began a new campaign. We reached a natural lull in the ongoing Pathfinder RPG campaign, which has run for 65…
Greetings from the Philippine Gamer
Hey guys! Pointyman2000 here from Life and Times of a Philippine Gamer here reporting in as a contributor to Stargazer’s World. I’ve been gaming…
Revisiting the new D&D comic book
I hate being wrong, but not this time! Let me elaborate… I wrote a previous post about the new Dungeons & Dragons comic published…