D&D 5th Edition is much better than I anticipated
When I had a look at the first public playtest documents Wizards of the Coast released of then-called “D&D Next” I was cautiously optimistic.…
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Roleplaying and Depression
Today I want to share something from my personal life. As you’ve probably read on my blog before I am having mental health issues.…
Ask The Readers: What are you running with Fate Accelerated?
At first I want to apologize for not having posted in a while. At first I was busy with preparations for our German Free…
From the Mindscape network: An Interview with Sarah Newton
Back in 2011 I published my first interview with Sarah Newton, RPG designer and author of the SF novel Mindjammer. We talked again two…
News of the World #1
Don’t worry, I don’t want to write about the British news paper scandal here. But I thought that “News of the World” would be…
Lamentations of the Flame Princess–A few thoughts
Recently I picked up the new hardcover version of Lamentation of the Flame Princess’ Rules and Magic book. Even though I have read the…
Happy Birthday D&D!
A Sunday post, “Inconceivable!”, to quote a certain Sicilian of movie fame. I’ve put this post together for the very special occasion today, the…
Sci-Fi Fridays! Wanderers of the Outlands Part I
Welcome dear reader! As part of my renewed efforts to contribute more to the blog in 2014 I’ve decided to start a new Friday…
Good bye 2013… Hello 2014!
Year in review posts, they’ve been done before… And I’ll do one gain! 2013 was a great year for me! I finished my MA…
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
Yesterday my vacation started and so I decided to take a few days off from the blog starting today. Christmas (and my girlfriend’s birthday)…
Dust and Mirrors: A soundtrack for Night’s Black Agents
Over the last years Pelgrane Press have become one of my favorite publishers. Their games are written by my favorite game designers, the artwork…
Why I prefer rules-light games
In a comment on one of my post someone told me that I am overanalyzing things. I have to admit he’s totally right. It’s…
Ask The Readers: Shadowrun WaRPed?
Over the last few weeks I have been thinking a lot about Shadowrun. A while back my players asked me to run Shadowrun for…
Recommended Reading: The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
This morning I finished reading “The Atrocity Archive”, a short novel by author Charles Stross, which has been released in the book called “The…
Planning ahead
For quite a long time I started new campaign on a whim with an extremely short prep period. This works out well enough if…
My short struggle with Shadowrun 5th Edition
A while ago my players asked me if I could run Shadowrun for them. They love the Shadowrun world and the gameplay should be…