Update History

2023-10-08  Fall update!

So much for the planned quarterly update schedule, huh?

It turned out that I was much more exhausted from work and some personal issues that I had anticipated, and so I needed much, much more time to get back up again. What certainly helped was playing and GMing RPG-sessions, but that also added a little bit to the overall stress, so I wasn't exactly able to do much in terms of content updates.

This is a small update today with only one new entry for our Star Wars RPG stories (as well as some errors that needed correction), but it just wasn't possible to do more in the given time. Still, I wanted to show that things are moving, although at a much slower pace than I would have liked.

I hope you enjoy today's update and come back later for more.

2023-04-09  Happy Easter with a new update!

As I mentioned in the last news I was under high pressure from work and barely had any time for myself during the last 8 months. Fortunately, the most important work is finished, but it left me quite exhausted. That's the main reason there was such a huge delay in content and I still had to cut some unfinished stuff from today's update.

But at least there's new content today, although the majority of it is German only, due to lack of time for translations.

I uploaded a new Oneshot from our Star Wars adventures as well as the latest large Star Wars campaign that we finished in January.

There are also a couple of new links, including new link categories that I feel I have waited long enough to share.

Please enjoy this update and be sure to come back for more.

2022-12-24  Merry Christmas and Happy Life Day to you!

I hope you are doing well, are healthy and are having a good time.

The plan was to punch out another quarterly update around this time of the year, but due to several factors this was not possible. Life has been extremely stressful, both at work and in private, and although I did finish some RPG-sessions the stories are not yet ready to be published. Also the translation of the old stuff into English is taking way more time as the stories grow longer and more intense (or complicated).

I will see if I can put out an update in January, but I won't promise anything, except that I will keep making stuff and that I'll put up as much as possible.

Thank you for your patience and have a great holiday! And don't forget to hug a few Wookiees. ;)

2022-10-09  Third quarterly update for 2022

Today I put out a new update with some content:

First, there's another one-shot in the Star Wars - New Adventures section.

Second, the "Gangs of Nar Shaddaa" campaign is finally finished and the summary is available to read now.

And, finally, there's a new translation for my English-speaking visitors: "Underworld Legacy" campaign in the Star Wars adventures section is now available in English, including the introductory short story of my character Shanta Killian.

That's about it for today as I've been quite busy with other translations and the ongoing campaign that is not yet ready to be published. Please enjoy the new content and be sure to come back for the next update, hopefully around Christmas.

2022-07-07 Second quarterly update with lots of content

Today I released another bundle of updates and there is lots of stuff here this time.

First, I have another two brand new Star Wars one-shots in German to bridge the gap until one of the current campaigns ends.

Then, I had the chance to try a new RPG system that I had wanted to play for a very long time: ALIEN! So here's a review (in German) of the system.

I also got myself a copy of Dungeons&Dragons 5e core rules and had a nice session which inspired me to rework the review of D&D and also translate it into English. Plus I posted my D&D-character with the new 5e rules, both in German and English.

And another treat for my English-speaking visitors: I managed to translate not one, but two more Star Wars campaigns, "Dark Aftermath" and "Shadow Invasion", so you can enjoy them, too. Due to time restrictions, the corresponding rules supplement will be translated and made available at a later date.

So, with this whole bunch of stuff I hope you are having a relaxing summer holiday and don't forget to come back for more.

2022-04-04  First quarterly update of 2022!

So, after remaking the entire website and adding an improved English version last year I thought it would be nice to work towards somewhat regular updates on a (more or less) quarterly basis. So, this ist the first update of 2022 and I have added some new stuff:

First, there are two brand new Star Wars RPG stories (in German) available.

Then, there is a whole new section as I now have the first Earthdawn RPG story out, including some handouts.

And last, but not least, there's a treat for all English-speaking visitors: I managed to translate the section of my very first Star Wars campaign into English.

In addition, some minor mistakes were corrected here and there. I hope you enjoy this update as much as I did putting it together!

2021-12-24  Launch of the English version!

Yes, as promised I worked hard on updating the English version of the website as well, and not just that: I also expanded it, so now for the first time the English version also features a roleplaying section. Though it is not yet as large as the German version there are quite a few pages for a starter, including material of one of our early Star Wars campaigns. I will translate and add more stuff as I find the time to do so, but for now please enjoy this little Christmas present. Merry Christmas (or Happy Life Day, as it is called in Star Wars). :)

Since the new English version is now online I will shut down the old version of the website as it is no longer needed.

I also fixed a few minor mistakes in the German texts so far and optimized a few other things.

2021-09-29   Relaunch of the entire Site

It has been long time since the last update, and that was mainly because maintaining the old site had become complicated as it required constant programming and every bit of content had to be either manually fed into a database or hardcoded in HTML. Plus there was about a few hundred pages of text to be published and it would have been really cumbersome to edit them all manually.

So I decided to take one big step into the future and deploy a state-of-the-art content management system to finally make creating content more easy. The new site now runs with Contao-CMS and I can safely say that it is a very complex system with lots of possibilities and that I'm not even close to unleashing its full potential. But it has now become a lot easier for me to add content and expand the site so I am very happy to present the relaunched "Magic Realm of the Dark Sphinx".

Please note, that due to limited time there is only a German version of the site for launch with the English version coming later this year, hopefully also with a bit more content than before. Until that happens, the old site will still be available here: [removed]

Old Update History