Victory! – a quick house rule for The Red Star
The 70th anniversary of the victory in the battle of Stalingrad has me thinking, amongst other things, of The Red Star and specifically brought me to ask “what does victory […]
For Starters: Three Questions
All month long, Germany’s RPG-bloggers have been discussing the topic of how to get into roleplaying games in the first place. Well, “getting into a game” can mean a lot […]
Revisiting Poseidon I – updating Blue Planet articles to the revised edition
With the revised edition of Blue Planet out for some months now, it seems about time to do what the new Player’s Guide did to the official equipment to the […]
Playing Catch-Up – or: What we have been up to
Ever wonder why we use and re-use those images a d6 prominently showing one of its sides for all of the stuff we label as ‘editorials’? The number of pips […]
Carnival^2
The German “Carnival of RPG-Blogs” turns 1 year old today. Others are eminently more apt what the carnival is all about (German only, though, – so here is the short […]
Secret Santicore
It doesn’t matter how creative you are, you will probably find yourself asking for input or presenting your unfinished work to others. We do that so people can give us […]
Tanelorn produktiv – an editorial
Some ideas are simply good. Very good. Over the last few weeks I became more active again on the Tanelorn, one of the great German fantasy forums. But besides enjoying […]
Decorations of the Red Fleet – house rules for The Red Star
Amongst other things The Red Star Campaign Setting is a military RPG. It provides copious amounts of information on aspects of the organization and structure of the Red Fleet as […]
Polished Rules, a Rant – an editorial
If someone presents me with a set of rules, which form a completely smooth, perfectly integrated, closed system…
D6 Atlas, Page 12
I think digging around in dusty archives of old games and groups has to rate as yet one more deeply satisfying perk of our hobby. It’s simply amazing what forgotten […]