The Dwarven Stronghold likes grappling
+Boric Glanduum over at The Dwarven Stronghold has reviewed Gothridge Manor #8.
He seems to like it. You might too – why don’t you pick up a copy and find out?
+Boric Glanduum over at The Dwarven Stronghold has reviewed Gothridge Manor #8.
He seems to like it. You might too – why don’t you pick up a copy and find out?
When I wrote Technical Grappling for GURPS, I had a basic design philosophy: use the same concepts as a striking roll – attack, defense, damage – to inflict a variable amount of effect on your foe. In this case, the effect is control and restraint, rather than injury. +Peter V. Dell’Orto liked the concept enough to…
This is a continuation of my comprehensive review of the Action series. The first volume, Action 1: Heroes, was 35 pages long, and revolved around creating characters, mostly via the vehicle of providing character templates and the means for fleshing them out. But it also fleshed out the concept of Wildcard skills, as well as…
A retroactive (and oft-repeated) introduction: After an actual-play hiatus where I was mostly writing and playtesting for GURPS. I was invited to play in a Pathfinder game, and after a few sessions, it was time to buy the book and learn the rules! I decided to try and read the Pathfinder rules cover-to-cover and see…
http://shaneplays.com/shane-plays-radio-and-podcast/ 1pm CST Saturday . . . so in about one minute! Well . . . I think I did OK. I was my usual chatty self, but I waited to long to get into why you actually WANT to fund and play with the Dungeon Grappling rules. For Wednesday’s podcast with James…
I tossed this up on the SJG Forums as part of a discussion on the role of the GM in gaming. So I figured I’d share here as well. There’s nothing terribly profound, I think, that hasn’t been said repeatedly over the last 40 years. WHAT IS ROLEPLAYING No game would be complete without an…
I was on the Talking Crit livestream with Erik Tenkar and “Bad Mike” last night. The overall topic was “the state of gaming and lessons learned on Kickstarter.” We covered a lot more than that. My old Firing Squad interviews, and transcripts of video streams COVID shots and the return to in-person gaming; especially the…