Who Are the Five Writers Who Made You? And five more! (Expanded Edition)
I saw this list format posted by Angus Abranson on Facebook, and I originally thought I’d be able to complete it easily. It ended…
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An Interview with Enrique Velez – A Puerto Rican Game Designer
I’m thrilled about today’s interview. I’ve known the subject almost as long as the Puerto Rico Role Players group has existed. I’m sure we…
About Me: Tabletop RPG
An admission, dear readers: I had no idea who Awkward GM Corbin was until I started writing this post. Now I’ve discovered his YouTube…
An Interview with Carbo_Creates, Puerto Rican artist and game designer
An Interview with Carbo_Creates, Puerto Rican Artist and Game Designer Happy Sunday, dear reader! We are back for another interview with a Boricua creator.…
Arcton: From Ingala to the Wastes Crowdfunding
Do you remember my interview with Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky a few weeks ago? She is officially crowdfunding the project we discussed, Arcton: From Ingala to…
40 Years a Gamer – ‘Cause we’re living in a world of thieves, shaking us down!
I’ve written about the first TTRPG books I ever got at a garage sale a couple of times here on the blog over the…
An Interview with Lala Mágica, a Sorceress with a Needle
Hello again, reader! Welcome back to my continuing series highlighting the art of incredibly talented Puerto Rican creators. This week I’m talking to Laura,…
Knights of the Celestial Canticle – The Indomitable Order: Rules for the Original Alternity Game
Let me start by saying that I blame Michael (aka the Stargazer) for this! He recently started writing about the original Alternity game here…
40 Years a Gamer: The Artists Who Inspired Me – Early Artistic Luminaries of TSR
I began playing D&D during the heyday of the artists known as the “Four Horsemen” of TSR—Elmore, Easley, Caldwell, and Parkinson—which I discussed in my previous post…
May 4th Be With Your Gaming!
It’s May 4th, Star Wars Day! “May 4th be with you” and all that. Today, I wanted to reminisce about Star Wars TTRPG gaming…
An Interview with Karla Miranda, Puerto Rican Artist
Welcome to the third entry in my ongoing series highlighting incredible Boricua creators! Today, I’m thrilled to share my interview with Karla Miranda. I…
Mayday! Mayday! Happy Traveller Day
“Mayday! Mayday! This is Free Trader Beowulf! Calling anyone! Our ship has suffered a catastrophic systems failure and is drifting in space. We are…
An Interview with Elias “Gambit” Meléndez
Today’s post is a fortuitous confluence of two topics I’ve been writing about recently: comics as TTRPG inspiration and talented Puerto Rican creators. Gambit…
An Interview with Restless Geek, a Puerto Rican Creator
A few weeks ago, I published an interview with Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky, a local Puerto Rican artist who created a TTRPG supplement for her homebrew…
70s Sword & Sorcery Comics Inspiration: Discovering Dagar the Invincible
Just when I thought I had uncovered all the hidden gems from my recent deep dive into 70s sword-and-sorcery comics, I stumbled across another…
40 Years a Gamer: The Artists Who Inspired Me – The Proto-History
After looking at two artists I discovered in the early 90s—between what I had termed the Early-Years and the Middle-Years—let’s travel back to the…
40 Years a Gamer: The Artists Who Inspired Me – Chris Achilleos
Chris Achilleos is another artist I discovered while working at Metro Comics. Two years before Mike Ploog’s trading card collection, which I mentioned in…
Mining 70s DC Comics for TTRPG Inspiration: Maps, Missing Souls, and Cosmic Conflicts
When I recently shared that image of classic DC Comics sword-and-sorcery characters as great TTRPG inspiration on my Facebook Page (see the featured image…
Comic Books That Inspire My Gaming: Visualizing the Possibility Wars with Malibu’s Torg
For someone who posts primarily about tabletop role-playing games, I certainly have been talking a lot about comics lately. Indulge me again, because this…
40 Years a Gamer: The Comic Books That Inspired My Worlds
Back in July 2010, I wrote a post right here on Stargazer’s World about how comic books were a parallel passion of mine and…