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FYI, this space will change without warning for a while, until I figure this stuff out. I’ll likely be stealing shamelessly from Dungeon Fantastic, ’cause it’s awesome.
FYI, this space will change without warning for a while, until I figure this stuff out. I’ll likely be stealing shamelessly from Dungeon Fantastic, ’cause it’s awesome.
I was invited to play Radskyrta (Red Shirt, in old English) in a GURPS Banestorm campaign using Fantasy Grounds. I was interviewing +Doug Davison and a few times we mentioned the GURPS included ruleset. Overall impressions after five hours of play: The graphics are impressive. The player side of the interface handles things well enough. It takes…
There’s an interesting discussion over on the forums about using the Slip maneuver – a retreat in the forward direction – to maneuver around your foe. +Sean Punch provided some feedback on how this should be treated, and how when looking at a system using discrete one-second turns, sometimes judgement must be exercised to ensure sanity….
People on the SJG Forums still reference the work I did a while ago on bullet statistics conversion from real-world data. The fact is, the equations for weapon penetration did not change form 3e to 4e, and where there are some real issues with scaling weapons, the derivation of penetration is the same, and (more…
This is an article-by-article review of Pyramid #3/57: Gunplay. While I don’t usually do this, the subject matter of this issue is just what this blog ordered, and even if one of my own articles is in it, I really think every article, and nearly every word, of this issue is worth reading. So, a…
Funding Status The Four Perilous Journeys Kickstarter campaign is about to enter its home stretch. The campaign ends this Saturday at 10pm Central time. We’ve done quite well: we’re sitting at just shy (like a single All the Things pledge) of $30,000 with over 350 folks following but not pledged. We’re also nearly averaging $60…
It’s been more than two years since I got the contract. But it’s out! I can’t think of a better GURPS Day present, of course. I’ll be doing a lot of Technical Grappling related posts in the coming days, and I hope that you guys all enjoy the book. *** So, now that I’ve regained…