gdp's Comments

Stargazer's World : Savage (Worlds) Excitement!

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:33:16 +0000

Check the official Pinnacle Entertainment Group site.

Stargazer's World : Tag Team Review: Battlelords of the Twenty-Third Century

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:07:16 +0000

So it was not what you expected?

Stargazer's World : Savage (Worlds) Excitement!

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:31:05 +0000

That is really exciting news! I believed they would release the game at Gen Con, so I am positively surprised that it will be available (at least for preorder and in PDF form) on Saturday. Alas I am totally broke right now, so I'll have to wait for a couple more days before I can get mine.

Stargazer's World : Gaming Disappointments: “Perry Rhodan – Das Rollenspiel”

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:22:26 +0000

I played and run Star Wars games for quite a while and everyone involved had a blast. And from what I've seen the more recent Dresden Files RPG works out great for most people. I own a copy, and have read it, but I haven't played it yet, but I am sure you could make it work easily. Alas the Perry Rhodan game just didn't work for me. After fighting me through the rules I just lost any interest in running the game. I still love the background, but the rules are not my cup of tea. Perhaps I should try to run it using FATE.

Stargazer's World : “This Just In … From Gen Con” needs your help

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:05:26 +0000

You don\\\'t have to thank me for that, Daniel. I know how much work and money are involved when you want to cover Gen Con for your blog and podcast from first hand experience. My own finances are pretty spread thin at the moment, I can\\\'t make it to Gen Con myself this year, so the least thing I can do is support you guys, so that you can bring Gen Con to me. :)

Stargazer's World : The sword is mightier than the laser gun – or is it?

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:58:39 +0000

Not all fantasy games follow the kitchen sink approach either. Or have you ever seen someone playing Lizardmen in a Middle Earth game or elves in a Conan-based game. Not every fantasy game is that open. But I agree that most SF settings are much more specific than most fantasy worlds.

Stargazer's World : “Spanish, Spanish, Spanish saving throw, Spanish”: Role-Playing in different languages

Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:56:21 +0000

I beg to differ. It's a blog run by a German (me) who happens to post in the English language. So there have been Germans here in the first place. ;)

Stargazer's World : “Spanish, Spanish, Spanish saving throw, Spanish”: Role-Playing in different languages

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:03:58 +0000

Same here. But I don't think that English breaks immersion for anyone in my group. But the reason is probably that we have been playing together for many years now and we are just used to this special version of Denglish that we don't mind.

Stargazer's World : Stargazer Games presents … BADASS!

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:30:35 +0000

The game will be a free download and it will even be licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike. The rules are pretty rules-light and fit easily on about 28 pages right now.

By the way, we plan to release the game next week if nothing unforeseen happens.

Stargazer's World : Communication Breakdown: Language in RPGs

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 06:34:00 +0000

It's quite showing that most games/settings have some kind of "common language" or a technology/magic that overcomes language barriers. I fully agree that RPGs are games of communication and when a player character can't communicate with some NPCs or even with his mates, something goes terribly wrong.

Stargazer's World : My thoughts on PDF pricing and print + PDF bundles

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 13:48:08 +0000

I have to admit that I am quite happy with PDFs so far. The few epub versions of RPG products I've seen haven't really convinced me. Since I use an iPad I don't have an issue with viewing even graphic intensive PDFs.

Stargazer's World : Mass Effect and Ashen Stars – Could this work?

Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:47:44 +0000

Hey, that might actually work. Why haven't I thought of this?

Stargazer's World : Mass Effect and Ashen Stars – Could this work?

Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:38:07 +0000

The standard combat rules from Gumshoe suit me fine, so that's not an issue.

Stargazer's World : Castles & Crusades Unboxing

Wed, 1 Jun 2011 04:40:37 +0000

Steve Chenault, President & CEO of Chenault & Gray Publishing, Troll Lord Games, posted on the official TLG forums recently and addressed some of the issues mentioned in this post: http://www.trolllord.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8... (you have to scroll down a bit) While I totally disagree with his comments regarding PDF pricing (he seems to be totally unaware of Bits & Mortar and similar initiatives), I am glad this finally got resolved.

Stargazer's World : The Klarkash-Ton Cycle

Tue, 31 May 2011 10:41:26 +0000

I think I have to check out this hardcover collection. It sound like something I just need to have on my bookshelf. And I agree that the Chaosium books have some proofreading issues, but at least my copy of the book was of good print quality - for a book of that price at least.

Stargazer's World : Castles & Crusades Unboxing

Tue, 31 May 2011 05:00:09 +0000

What Youseph meant is that you don't get an option to download the PDF for free or low cost when you buy a print copy. Not every publishers offers this, but an increasingly number of publishers do. In my humble opinion the TLG guys would benefit from this move.

Stargazer's World : First Impressions: Caladon Falls

Mon, 30 May 2011 21:09:02 +0000

Oops, my bad.

Stargazer's World : First Impressions: Caladon Falls

Mon, 30 May 2011 20:27:59 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Tommy. But I think I was a bit unclear where I was talking about Savage Suzerain and where it was about Caladon Falls. Because I actually meant that Caladon Fall's characters should be human only. Of course you do have more options in Savage Suzerain.

Stargazer's World : Ask The Readers: What is your favorite “noir” RPG?

Wed, 25 May 2011 13:36:49 +0000

Can you tell us a bit more about what you like about Edge of Midnight? And what's the system like?

Stargazer's World : Ask The Readers: What is your favorite “noir” RPG?

Wed, 25 May 2011 13:36:11 +0000

Mage Noir? Really? I have to check it out!