GB on Roleplay Rescue Podcast: All about GURPS
I joined host Che Webster on his podcast Roleplay Rescue. The entire subject was GURPS and the Dungeon Fantasy RPG.
Ep 502: Talking GURPS with Douglas Cole
I joined host Che Webster on his podcast Roleplay Rescue. The entire subject was GURPS and the Dungeon Fantasy RPG.
We started off looking for potions. Didn’t see any. Went down the stairs this time, then wandered down a slope. Kicking in a door gave us another hallway, but the other direction led to four giant scorpions. Killing them netted over 2,047 gp, and four pieces of jewelry (250 gp each, for 1,000). Continuing on,…
This is a shout-out to all 1,600 or so folks that backed and received the Dungeon Fantasy RPG. Why am I shouting? I want your war stories. As far as I can tell, Sean and SJG did a great job condensing the GURPS rules into “just what’s needed for dungeon delving.” The fact that various…
Am I bound and determined to revisit and rewrite every GURPS rule? No. But in writing Technical Grappling, I became very taken with effect rolls, in the vein of hit points and control points. The general progression of a hit roll followed by an effect roll is familiar and favored by gamers. Personally, I like…
So, way before I was expecting to get them, I received 350 copies of the print version of Character Collections 1: Experienced Adventurers by UPS from Mixam. Turns out they print from Wisconsin, so getting them to me is really fast. I’ve already packed up the early orders, and noted the inventory so that it…
Just a side-note, and a thank-you. My article, Delayed Gratification, appeared in Pyramid #3/52: Low-Tech II, this past Thursday. I received my check in the mail from Steve Jackson Games on Saturday. That’s fast, professional behavior, right there. +Steven Marsh and +Steve Jackson Games are to be commended; my understanding is this kind of alacrity is the exception,…
I am a firm believer in playtest, fight-test, and most especially blind-test, which is what I call playtesting when one hands over the product in question to a willing helper and lets them run it as they would, without the filter of working through the author. It helps me get a perspective that’s only informed by…