Forthcoming (Part 2)
Upcoming posts include:
- Serve up the fun or don’t serve at all
- Don’t forget to check the weather
- Cabaret Chicks on Ice, the Sequel!
- Realistic, Believable, Gritty, Cinematic
If one is to discuss combat in RPGs, one might as well start with the medieval fantasy genre that still dominates the industry. For many games, hand-to-hand (or hand-to-tentacle, hand-to-claw, hand-to-mouth . . . ) combat is a central point of the game, hearkening back to the origin of fantasy RPGs in wargaming. This Violent…
The Reloading Press is an at-least-weekly feature here on Gaming Ballistic for 2016. Each week it looks at some interesting real-world cartridges and presents them with hopefully-useful information in GURPS Format. .380 ACP (9x17mm) The .380 ACP was another design by legend John Browning, and this one was to create a pistol that could use…
I think the miniatures will exceed my ability to produce them in this effort. If The Citadel at Nordvorn funds and does well, and the next two projects (call ’em Rosgarth and Forest’s End, for now) do well, I can promise a NorĂ°lond Bestiary, and figures will be a part of that project. Bookmarks, on…
I’ve seen stuff like this before, with men in full harness climbing stairs and doing some basic gymnastics. It does make me think that the DEX penalties for wearing certain types of armor, especially very, very expensive and tailored plate harness, are overstated. I wonder if, instead of a maximum DEX bonus for Medium armor…
Got a note from my buddy +Nathan Joy today extolling the virtues of GURPS Action 4. We exchanged commentary on how every time you think about improving or simplifying GURPS for various high-octane genres, you’d better check the Action series first, because there’s probably something that partially or even completely fits what you want already written for…
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Really looking forward to the last. I struggle with my own demand for realism in my gaming, when most of my gamer friends are not remotely interested.