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D&D4e / Feature / Freebies / Humor / Just my two cents / Legacy D&D / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings

Kobold adoptions going on right now! Free Kobold Quarterly #11…

Kobolds! Some of those little humanoids, that went from being the pesky scaled doglike bane of 1st level PCs to dragon blooded opponents of the modern adventurer, so renowned that they have a...

February 1, 2011
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Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / Reviews & First Looks / RPG

What about The Ruins Perilous? A review…

Rite Publishing has recently unveiled a new Patronage Project, The Ruins Perilous for the Pathfinder RPG. I received the first two rooms for review and here are my thoughts. The model they are...

January 31, 2011
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Advice / Game Design / Random musings / RPG

World Building Part 7 – Inside your NPC’s Heads

One of the ways to flesh out and develop your world is to look at it through the eyes of the people living there.  If you are playing your world as you build...

January 28, 2011
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News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Reviews & First Looks / RPG

Ultimate Combat playtest for the Pathfinder RPG

Rejoice Pathfinder fans! A new playtest had been given unto us to try out, this time around for the upcoming Ultimate Combat book. It’s an 18 page preview of three new alternate classes...

January 27, 2011
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Advice / Fluff/Inspiration / Humor / Improve Your Game / Random musings / RPG

Making NPCs come alive!

After bashing NPCs on a previous post I think this time around I’ll show them some love. I won’t claim the advice I’m going to give is wholly original. It’s the collected wisdom...

January 26, 2011
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Gumshoe System / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Reviews & First Looks / RPG

Review: The Book of Unremitting Horror

As a GM I love the horror genre. I think I have some talent for setting up a creepy atmosphere on the gaming table and I love confronting my players with unsettling mysteries....

January 25, 2011
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Advice / Fluff/Inspiration / Humor / Improve Your Game / Mutants & Masterminds / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG

Letting go of that NPC

Attention: Slight rambling ahead, with a point to make about RPGs somewhere in there, you have been warned! I recently finished reading the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson (that’s the girl with the...

January 24, 2011
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D&D4e / Dragon Age / Feature / Game Design / Interview / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / RPG

From the Kobold’s Lair

Recently I have posted about Open Design’s latest patronage project: Midgard! And while pondering if I should become patron myself, the plan to do an interview with the three designers formed in my...

January 24, 2011
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Advice / Game Design

World Building Part 6 – Get Smart, Get Sneaky

There is something my mama always used to tell me, “There is nothing new under the sun.”  It has been said before, but I will say it again.  Steal EVERYTHING.  I don’t mean...

January 21, 2011
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D&D4e / News & Reviews / Reviews & First Looks / RPG

Review: Courts of the Shadow Fey

This time around, I will be bringing you my review of Wolfgang Baur’s Courts of the Shadow Fey, an adventure for 4e D&D designed for characters ranging from levels 12-15.  The adventure spans...

January 21, 2011
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Advice / FATE / Legacy D&D / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG

Bridging the Gap part II

Back again with another tip on using something from a newer game in an older one. One of the biggest problems in most games has to be how the party got together and how...

January 20, 2011
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Review: Gamma World

I have been doing some extensive coverage of Gamma World this week on my blog, providing various thoughts on the game, and now it is time for, dum, dum, dum… my final review. ...

January 19, 2011
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Fluff/Inspiration / Game Design / Other Systems / RPG

Sandbox in Space

Last week I posted about my plans to run a Star Trek game sometime in the future. Focus of the campaign will be the adventures of the USS Daedalus (the first ship of...

January 18, 2011
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Ask The Readers / Feature / Random musings / RPG

Ask The Readers: Fighting Gamer ADD

Currently I am having a bad case of gamer ADD again. I start a gaming project, scrap it, think about running a game using system A, then I switch to system B while...

January 18, 2011
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D&D4e / Guest Post / Reviews & First Looks / RPG

Review: Amethyst Foundations

Over the past few weeks, on my blog, The Dump Stat, I have been taking a look at the Campaign Setting, Amethyst: Foundations, a new supplement produced by Dias Ex Machina and Goodman Games.  Now, that...

January 17, 2011
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Feature / Freebies / News & Reviews / Other Systems / RA&G / RPG / WR&M

Resolute, Adventurer & Genius has been released!

Blue Hex and Stargazer Games are proud to announce the release of Resolute, Adventurer & Genius, a roleplaying game of pulp action and adventure written by Andrew Modro and Jason Cabral, with visual...

January 17, 2011
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Advice / Game Design / Improve Your Game / RPG

World Building Part 5 – Macro meets Micro

I want to advise going against both using micro and macro world building alone and actually combine both of these techniques into a happy middle ground.

January 14, 2011
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Michael Wolf is a German games designer and enthusiast best known for creating the free rules-light medieval fantasy adventure game Warrior, Rogue & Mage. Stargazer's World was started by Michael in August 2008.

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