"World of Warcraft" is a very popular and successful MMORPG, a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game. Around 10 Million people play the game more or less regularly. And I am pretty sure a majority of these people never even heard about the type of games WoW and all the other online RPGs evolved from. It all started with a game called "Dungeons & Dragons", created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in the late 70s.
This blog focusses on these "pen & paper roleplaying games". Don’t get me wrong, I am a great fan of MMOs but there’s a whole world (or worlds) beyond Azeroth! And you only need a few rules, some dice, some sheets of paper and your imagination to experience great adventures with your friends.
Beyond Azeroth
Stargazer
Michael Wolf is a German games designer and enthusiast best known for his English language role-playing games blog, Stargazer's World, and for creating the free rules-light medieval fantasy adventure game Warrior, Rogue & Mage. He has also worked as an English translator on the German-language Dungeonslayers role-playing game and was part of its editorial team. In addition to his work on Warrior, Rogue & Mage and Dungeonslayers, he has created several self-published games and also performed layout services and published other independent role-playing games such as A Wanderer's Romance, Badass, and the Wyrm System derivative Resolute, Adventurer & Genius, all released through his imprint Stargazer Games. Professionally, he works as a video technician and information technologies specialist. Stargazer's World was started by Michael in August 2008.