Tag Archives: Star Wars

Stellar Warriors Update

Stellar Warriors Update I’ve mentioned, several times, my desire to an over-the-top sci-fi game inspired by late 70s/early 80s tropes in both game design and science fiction (and by “science fiction”, I mean, the pulp space opera, movies, and TV … Continue reading

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Random WIP: Hyperspace

Honestly, this is sort of being posted because I don’t like long stretches of “No posting”, not because I genuinely think it’s likely to be of interest to anyone. (Oh, BTW, the next stage of the Battlelords walkthrough is almost … Continue reading

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How Do You Handle A Problem Like A Death Star?

So I’ve started very casually puttering on “Stellar Battles”, enough to already know that if I finish it, it will be a bit different than “OSRIC in Spaaaaace”, thought it’s still going to draw from a lot of older design … Continue reading

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Earth Delta Update!

Yes, those long awaited (by, what, two of you?) words! Earth Delta Beta 1e is now up on the main Earth Delta page. This offers a smegload of new material, mostly for Paragon tier, as compared to Beta 1c, which … Continue reading

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Some Cool Bits Of Gamer History

Go check out this comment. Articles Some Algorithm Thought You Might Like: Chi-Chian The World Of Synnibarr Cyborg Commando 2.0 MOAR CAPS Alma Mater, Sophomore Year Alma Mater Necromican, Level 7 LizardGames is a proud member of the RPG Bloggers … Continue reading

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Dear Blizzard (Dated 2004)

September 12, 2004 Dear Blizzard: I’ve been seeing previews of your new “World of Warcraft” game, and I think you’re wasting the rumored 50 million dollars you’ve put into it. It’s nothing but a clone of the market leader, Everquest, … Continue reading

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OSRIC Wars (Or: Stellar Battles. Or: Lizard Has Too Many Ideas.)

Imagine, if you will, that around 1977 or so, a certain E. Gary Gygax saw Star Wars and thought, “Wow, you could make a fortune turning this into an RPG!”. He set about a parallel project to develop a Star … Continue reading

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What Inspires My Games

Source Of Inspiration This article is written for the June RPGĀ Bloggers carnival; to see other people’s replies, you can go here. The question is “What non-game media have most inspired your games and how?”. I’ve got a couple of cheesy … Continue reading

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