Dungeon Grappling: Deal of the Day 9/24
Dungeon grappling is going to be 70% off tomorrow for the drive-thru RPG deal of the day. If you’ve been on the fence, tomorrow is going to be a great day to pick up the pdf version of that title.
Joined +Erik Tenkar, +Peter V. Dell’Orto., +Tim Shorts , and +Chris Maler for some Swords and Wizardry Mad Overlord action. First thing is we pick up Bello the homeless Dwarf. He’s been tying his shoes for a while, we decide. We put him in front so he can detect the wheelchair-ramp slope of 5%. We set up a marching order, get…
Thursday is GURPS-Day, and running up to next week’s Melee Academy topic on disarming, my friends and I are passing back and forth videos of violence. This led to a discussion of movie violence vs. real-world violence, and the differences between the two. The discussion came up for GURPS, largely because it has the depth…
Today we did something quite different, and Christopher let me know (I think he let everyone know) ahead of time. The game would involve everyone acting like one of the characters was dreaming about the entire superhero thing, just like that episode of Buffy. That, by the way, very nearly ruined BtVS for me. It…
Dramatis Personae The Commander (Doug) – telekinetic super-soldier with a really angry dog (Yukio). The dog is a powerful ally (250-300 points) and very intelligent and very, very aggressive. The Rat Queen (Emily) – brick with super-perception; made of actual rats Zephyr (Merlin) – Real name Murui; Shaolin Kung Fu expert and super-speedster. Eamon Finnegan…
Over on the GURPS Pyramid Forum, I was asked: Out of curiousity (and I don’t mean to pry or be untoward) can you explain at least in general what manner of expenses, challenges, and hoops and such are there in doing such an interview? How does the process work? Quickly, here’s how I do these…
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 series…