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June Solstice Giveaway: The lucky winners

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June 28, 2010
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On Saturday morning I created a list of the 29 valid contest entries and then used the random number service provided by random.org to generate three random numbers. The lucky winners of the June Solstice Giveaway contest are as follows:

I already sent each winner an email and when they accept their prizes I will send out the coupon codes, so that they can get their copies from RPGNow/DriveThruRPG. In the case that anyone does NOT accept, I will randomly pick a new winner from the remaining participants.

If you are listed as winner here and if you haven’t received an email, yet, please let me know via the comments below. I’ll then make sure I resend the email!

I also want to thank everyone who entered the giveaway contest and rest assured there will be another chance to get some free stuff from us in the upcoming week. So stay tuned!

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June Solstice Giveaway contest

June 21, 2010
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To celebrate the first day of summer (or winter if you are living on the southern hemisphere) we’re giving away more RPG PDFs in collaboration with the nice guys at RPGNow/DriveThruRPG!

This time you can win the following:

  • Karma RP System Karma Roleplaying System Core Rules Book from Bards and Sages
    Control your character’s destiny in ways you never thought possible! The Karma Roleplaying System offers you a unique modular system that lets you build the character you always wanted to play. No levels or classes. No arbitrary restrictions. Create your own races. Design your own spells. Build your own magical items. All using an easy-to-follow point system.

    Everything you need is in this one book. Additional supplements expand on the information in the core book, providing storytellers and players with additional ready-made material to use and additional inspiration for their own creations.

  • Dragonshire DeluxeDRAGONSHIRE: Deluxe Edition by Fat Dragon Games
    DRAGONSHIRE: Deluxe Edition takes your fantasy game to new heights… literally. This all new village set features raised roads, user customizable signs, bridges, a bell tower and much more! Our new stacking designs for building sections make constructing your town on-the-fly during your game a snap. Hot swappable interior floorplan tiles allow you to customize your building in seconds, and rooftop adapter pieces allow you to stage miniature fights on top of buildings! As with all of our sets, these models are designed for the beginner card modeler.
  • SW Fantasy CompanionSavage Worlds Fantasy Companion by Pinnacle Entertainment
    Hundreds of items, monsters, and new spells await your dungeon delvers in this Explorer’s-size full-color Companion for Savage Worlds. Arm your dwarven warrior with all-new Edges and a legendary axe so that he can stand against terrible dragons, loathsome demons, and even the most-dreaded giant bees! The Companion series features genre material that’s ready to be added directly to your existing game or help you start a new one. Expand your options and increase your fun: get a Companion today!

You probably want to know how you can get your hands on one of these. That’s easy. Here are the rules for our “June Solstice Giveaway” contest:

  • Leave a comment under this post to enter the contest
  • Make sure you enter a working email address when you submit your entry. If I can’t get back to you, I can’t provide you with your coupon!
  • Since the prizes are coupon codes for RPGNow/DriveThruRPG, you need to register for an account there
  • The contest ends on noon of June 25th 2010 CEST (GMT +2)
  • I will then close the comments on this post and over the weekend we’ll randomly pick a winner for each of the three products
  • One person may win one prize only
  • Winners will be announced early next week

Good luck!

UPDATE: The contest is now closed. I will draw the three lucky winners later this day and announce the winners on Monday. Have a nice weekend!

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Fantasy Craft giveaway: The lucky winner!

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June 14, 2010
by Stargazer in , , ,

Thomas C This weekend Roberto and I talked about who should get the free PDF copy of Fantasy Craft. In the end we picked Thomas C. Why? We like the fact that he wants to review the game for his blog and that he plays with his kid!

I already sent him an email and when he accepts, he’ll get a second email with the coupon code he can use to get his free copy from RPGNow/DriveThruRPG.

Thomas, if you are reading this and you haven’t got an email from me yet, please let me know via the comments below. I’ll then make sure I resend the email!

I also want to thank everyone who entered the giveaway contest and rest assured there will be a few more chances to get some free stuff from us in the future. So stay tuned!

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You want to get a free copy of Fantasy Craft? Here’s your chance!

June 9, 2010
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UPDATE: Contest is now closed. I will announce the lucky winner next week!

As you probably already know we joined OneBookShelf’s Blog/Podcast Support Program recently. And if you haven’t already done so, you can still use the 20% discount, I wrote about some days ago. But there’s more!

We got provided with a couple of PDF products we can give away for FREE! And since these coupons are valid for one customer only, we decided to run a couple of contests in the coming days/weeks.

The first free product I want to give away this week is Crafty Games’ excellent fantasy game Fantasy Craft. So what is Fantasy Craft about? Let me quote from the first look post I wrote last year:

Fantasy Craft coverSo, what is Fantasy Craft anyway? It’s Crafty Games’ take on fantasy role playing using the d20 system. Instead of creating a game that is more or less compatible to D&D 3.5 (like Pathfinder), they created an almost completely different game. Combat has been streamlined (Attacks of Opportunity are gone for example), there are a lot of cool new character classes and races, they came up with a new way to create NPCs and monsters, they totally overhauled feats and the magic system relies on magic points and skills. Wow! Of course I haven’t been able to read all 400 pages of rules, yet, but I am officially impressed. More than once I thought: “That’s how D&D 4th Edition should have looked like”.

And this week we are giving away a free copy of the PDF version of that book! Here are the contest rules:

  • Tell us what you like the most about Fantasy Craft in the comments below
  • Make sure it’s five sentences or less
  • Make sure you enter a working email address when you submit your entry. If I can’t get back to you, I can’t provide you with your coupon!
  • Since the prize is a coupon code for RPGNow/DriveThruRPG, you need to register for an account there
  • The contest ends on noon of June 11th 2010 CEST (GMT +2)
  • I will then close the comments on this post and over the weekend we’ll pick a winner
  • Winners will be announced early next week.

I wish you all the best of luck!

Why isn’t Gears done yet?

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June 7, 2010
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As you probably know, I have been working on the roleplaying game project “Gears” quite a while now. In the meantime I even released an early draft to the public, which looked pretty playable, if you ignore the fact that it still laceds magic rules and talents. The problem is that I basically keep rewriting the rules from scratch.

The gist is that I don’t “feel” that the current rules are as they should be. That’s a pretty fuzzy description on what’s currently going on in my head. When I write something, design a rule, etc. I want it to have the right feel to it. Much of what I do is more by intuition than an exact science. When something I work on, doesn’t feel right, I keep rewriting it as long as I am happy with it. And alas this just doesn’t work with Gears.

While I love a lot of the concepts I added to the game, it just doesn’t work out (for me) as a whole. The core mechanic is cool, but when combined with the skill ladder and other parts of the game, it feels awkward and unwieldy. I keep changing the combat rules and damage mechanics and fiddle around with the skill lists.

While I was working on Gears I had this idea for a smaller game which uses the classic fantasy archetypes to describe the capabilities of characters: Warrior, Rogue & Mage. And to my surprise the game works great and it’s very easy to adapt to other genres. Instead on working on Gears, which makes me want to tear my hair out, I would love to put more effort in WR&M or something derived from it.

That’s pretty much the reason why Gears isn’t done yet and why I think it’s probably best when I put it officially on the backburner for now. As long as Gears looms like Damocles’ sword above me, I can’t put some serious effort into anything else.

Ok, I just needed to get this off my chest. Now let’s return to our regular program.

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What’s better than RPG PDFs? RPG PDFs with a discount!

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June 6, 2010
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DTRPG Some time ago Stargazer’s world joined One Book Shelf’s blog/podcast support program. That means we can provide you with some discount codes and freebies on a regular basis. This month we’ll start with a discount code which gives you 20% discount off all products by the following publishers which can be used on either DriveThruRPG or RPGNow (which is basically the same site, just with different a different skin):

The discount code is JunePodBlogDriveThru2010 and is good for three purchases per customer! Please note that the code can be used until 4th of July. So, act quick and get some great roleplaying products for a great price! Enjoy!

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Check out Signs & Portents #80

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May 10, 2010
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I have to admit that I haven’t read Signs & Portents before, although I’ve heard it’s quite a good magazine, especially if you are into the games made by Mongoose Publishing. But issue 80 has a special significance to the Stargazer’s World team.

That’s because this issue of the free RPG magazine features an article by our team member Roberto Micheri aka Sunglar! Congratulations, my friend!

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You can download a free PDF copy of Signs & Portents at RPGNow. Alternatively you can download all issues from 26 to 80 from the official Mongoose website.

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