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
Greg in Japan
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
World Building Part 4 – Campaign Setting Genre
Last week, I took a short break from this series because of travel and the holidays, but I am back this week to talk about the genre that your game world is going...
January 7, 2011
World Building Part 3 – Getting Started with World Tone
Last time, we talked about making sure to keep it at least a little bit “old school” when it comes to world building by never leaving your handy notebook behind. Today, we are...
December 31, 2010
World Building Part 2 – First Things First
So, you have officially decided that you are no longer satisfied with the many worlds that exist for role-playing and that you want to build your own. OK. Your world building journey begins...
December 20, 2010
World Building Pt.1 – Addiction and Acceptance
Let’s say that game prepping for games is an addiction. In my mind there are stages to that addiction. The first stage is getting sucked in, at this point, you are probably using prepared materials such as published adventures. From there, as the game prep addiction takes hold, you begin to make your own min-adventures, stories filled with combat using the monsters you get out of the books you buy.
December 10, 2010
Return of the Gamer in Japan
This year, I have had the honor of returning to the land of fluorescent lights and panty vending machines. That is right, the Gamer in Japan is back. I, Shinobicow, have left the US, to yet again, make my Gamer way in the land of the rising Sun, Japan.
September 10, 2010
A Gamer in Japan Pt 2 – Location, Location, Location
In my last post in this series, I talked about who you will probably be spending a lot of your time gaming with in Japan; this time, I’ll talk about the where. I...
July 15, 2009
A Gamer In Japan Part 1: The Group
So, this is the first in my series on “A Gamer in Japan.” This week, I will be focusing on who you’ll actually be gaming with if you bring your hobby with you...
June 25, 2009
Pleased to Meet you! I’m Shinobicow
Hey Everyone! It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is Shinobicow from http://thedumpstat.blogspot.com . I’ll be doing a guest column or two for Stargazer’s World and I wanted to properly introduce myself to everyone.
June 17, 2009