GURPSDay! July 12 to Aug 8, 2019

Today is once again GURPSDay, and here’s the last four weeks of posts! I’m starting to get a bit more content on the actual blog front; this is always improved with more actual game play, and I hope to return to that in the near future, once the 4PJ Kickstarter winds down fully. More on that in a bit.

Scroll all the way down (the random order is, well, random). Catch up and get some repeat views and if you missed some. They’re in reverse chronological order, so if you’re up-to-date, just skim off the top!

News for Gaming Ballistic:

• The first edition of Hall of Judgment hardcover is on sale for 50% off at both the Gaming Ballistic store and Warehouse 23. Pick it up for $12.50.
• The Citadel at Nordvorn, Hall of Judgment 2nd Edition, and Fantastic Dungeon Grappling print books have arrived at Studio 2 in TN and I am working with them to get the shipping labels worked out.
  • If you ordered a physical copy of Dungeon Grappling, I’m out of those and have ordered more. I will ship you that separately when I get them, at my expense. There are 14 people in this category.
  • If you ordered a physical copy of Lost Hall of Tyr (Second Edition), Studio 2 is out of those because the USPS lost a box of 20 books. I have re-sent 40 which should arrive in 5-7 days. This may or may not impact delivery schedule. There are 11 people in this category.
  • For nearly everyone else, I expect books to start flowing out next week, and thus final completion will be Aug 19 through Aug 30. If you don’t have your stuff by September 1, contact me immediately.
• Art is complete for all four primary adventures for 4PJ and three of the four books are under review with SJG. I have final changes for Curse of the Pirate King that need to be made, mostly typos. I have the final editing pass for Vampire Hunter Belladonna in place, the book is laid out, and all art has been commissioned. Once I get the manuscripts finished (next few days) I can and will turn to the card decks (black and white) and token sheets (color) and the PDFs of each. I’ve got some stock art to purchase, but really, playing with photoshop and InDesign are fun for me, so this should go fairly quickly. The hardest part will be picking which NPCs/Monsters to make cards out of: 12 or 13 per adventure!
• I made my first substantial retail sale! Source Comics and Games in the Twin Cities bought six each of everything I had stock to deliver, and we finally worked out the Invoicing. I wanted to tie it to WooCommerce, but my plugins are borked up. So I just used PayPal and that went in flawlessly. The eCommerce end of things on my website could use some real help.

GURPSDay is in its sixth – GURPSDay started in February 2013,  a year after I started Gaming Ballistic. Things have slowed down a bit, and I’ll be considering how to revitalize this weekly activity. I’d like to see an average of 100 posts here per week – one per blog, ish – so we’ll see what we can do to get creative juiced flowing.If you just started a GURPS blog – and I know that some of you have – email me and get on the list! With the advent of the Dungeon Fantasy RPG, Powered by GURPS, there’s even more reason to write.

How? Two action items: post more, recruit more. It’s really that simple. More posters is more posts, and more interest in GURPS.

Below you can find the blog activity for the last week. There’s a whole lotta awesome GURPS going on. Read all the posts.

Not every blog posts about GURPS every week, but some are ridiculously prolific! The list is randomized, so different bloggers will be highlighted at the top of the post each week.

As always, if you’re interested in having your blog consolidated here, navigate over to The Instructions Page and drop me a line. Take special note of the RSS Settings Fix if you’re on WordPress.

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Gaming Ballistic (Douglas Cole)

• Gaming Ballistic Product Overview (8/06/19)
• GURPS: Doing it Wrong for Years (7/30/19)
• Thursday is GURPSDay! June 28 to July 19, 2019 (7/19/19)
• Thursday is GURPSDay! June 21 to July 11, 2019 (7/12/19)

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Dr. Kromm’s GURPS Livejournal (“Sean “”Dr. Kromm”” Punch”)

• Another week in the life of GURPS (8/02/19)
• Another week in the life of GURPS (7/26/19)
• Another week in the life of GURPS (7/19/19)
• Another week in the life of GURPS (7/12/19)

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Requires Concentrate (Weevis)

• Tybalt of Stonemarsh, Elator — The Proud, Nerdy Assassin (200 points) (8/01/19)
• Template: Elator (Teleportation) (7/31/19)
• Robot Hireling: Gort, Engineering Bot (35 points) (7/30/19)
• Robot Ally/Pet: Eight Ball (150 points) (7/29/19)
• Character: Gainesville Bob, Minister and Grifter (150 points) (7/28/19)
• Character: “Boom-Boom” Anacusis: Ex-Soldier, Heavy Weapons (150 points) (7/27/19)
• Character: Mahaena Papeete, Hacker-Ninja (150 points) (7/26/19)
• Character: Lady Triticale, Merchant Antiquarian (150 points) (7/25/19)
• Character: Freddy Jupiter: Hotshot Pilot, Smuggler, Dirtbag (150 points) (7/24/19)
• Character: Dr. David Bremerton, Ex-Military Medico (150 points) (7/23/19)
• Deeps of Lyrae: Campaign Roadmap (7/22/19)
• Character: Bertor Macmillan, Belter and Geologist (150 points) (7/22/19)
• Character: Archie Sparks, Boy Genius Roboticist (150 points) (7/21/19)
• Character: Princess Alba, Ruler — The witty royal troubleshooter with a soft heart (200 points) (7/20/19)
• Template: Ruler (King/Queen/Prince/Princess — Beguilement) (7/19/19)
• Template: Seer (Precognition) (7/18/19)
• Module: Survivor (For Anyone) (7/17/19)
• I Want You To Build A Space Suit That Doesn’t Like Me… Into My Skin (Module For Character Bionics) (7/16/19)
• 25 Obscure Sci-Fi Character Ideas (For the Hard-to-Please) (7/15/19)
• Time to Make Characters, People! (A List of 45 Templates Relevant to GURPS Traveller) (7/14/19)
• Table of Campaign Spaceships (7/13/19)
• How to Choose Your Maneuver in Basic Space Combat (And: One-Page Move Flowchart) (7/12/19)

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Game Geekery (“Warren “”Mook”” Wilson”)

• PCs Old and New (8/07/19) – Comparing two versions of the same GURPS characters, one very simple, the other much more complex.

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GURPS Shooting Things for Fun and Profit (Mr Fix)

• GURPS: Spraying fire cheat sheet (8/04/19)
• GURPS Shooting – TL8 headache: Assault Vest (8/04/19) – Instructional article on bypassing TL8 Assault Armor, and tips on it’s use in campaigns.

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Mailanka’s Musings (Daniel Dover)

• The Smuggler Template Revisited (8/08/19)
• Space Combat Techniques for Action Vehicular Combat (8/06/19)
• Psi-Wars: the Perils of Space (8/05/19)
• August Roadmap (8/02/19)
• Notes on Revisiting Templates: the Diplomat (7/22/19)
• Patreon Content: The Plague Creation System (7/13/19)
• The Ridiculously Huge Action Vehicular Playtest Part III – The Aftermath (7/12/19)

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DF Whiterock (dripton)

• DF Whiterock Session 59: A Submarine? (8/06/19)
• DF Whiterock Session 58: Kobold on the Bridge (7/29/19)
• DF Whiterock Session 57: Escape from the Stalactite (7/24/19)
• DF Whiterock Session 56: Spider Temple (7/16/19)

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Above the Flatline (Timothy Ponce)

• Another Mapping Tip – Rooftops (8/05/19)
• Organizing Campaign Material (7/29/19)
• 3D Modeling and Mapping the Dungeon (7/22/19)
• Music as Inspiration (7/21/19)
• Inspiring Images (7/19/19)
• Another Set Piece for the Dungeon (7/15/19)

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Ravens N’ Pennies (Christopher R. Rice)

• Gamemaster’s Guidepost: Recurring Villains and Their Care (8/08/19)
• Boil and Bubble: Radiamancy Ritual Path Magic (8/05/19)
• Melee Academy: More Psionic Martial Arts II (8/05/19)
• GURPS101: Art of the Wild VII (8/05/19)
• AEON C-Team: Season 4, Session 3 – We Got Everything You Want (8/05/19)
• Carpe Blogeim: My New Desktop (8/04/19)
• Carpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – July 2019 (8/04/19)
• Designer’s Notes: GURPS Monster Hunters: Power-Ups 1 (8/02/19)
• Gamemaster’s Guidepost: Campaign Growth Best Practices (7/30/19)
• Carpe Blogiem: GURPS Monster Hunters Power-Ups 1 is Out! (7/18/19)

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Armin’s GCA 5 Blog (Armin Sykes)

• A little bit is better than nothing (8/06/19)
• Being Fancy with Protection (7/25/19)
• Basically a bit of a plugin (7/16/19)
• A bit of reference (7/12/19)

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Refplace (Rory)

• A Fantasy Computer race (8/08/19)
• Review – GURPS Template Toolkit 2: Races (8/03/19)
• Supers Code of Behavior (8/02/19)
• Character Creation Guide, Part 2 (7/18/19)
• Character Creation Guide (7/16/19)

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MoeLane.com (Moe Lane)

• Denver Slipstick [TL4+2] (8/08/19)
• Infinity Thumbnail: Mod (Quantum 3) [GURPS 4e] (8/07/19)
• Called Shot [GURPS 4e] (8/01/19)
• Solomon Grant VIII [GURPS 4e] (7/28/19)
• Armatura Restaurada [GURPS 4e] (7/12/19)

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RogerBW’s Blog (Roger Bell-West)

• How to Throw a Cat (8/06/19)

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UbiquitousRat.net (Che Webster)

• Learning Dungeon Fantasy, Part 3 (8/04/19)
• Learning Dungeon Fantasy, Part 2 (8/03/19)
• Learning Dungeon Fantasy, Part 1 (8/02/19)
• Seeking Lower-Powered Fantasy (8/01/19)
• DFRPG or GURPS DF? (7/21/19)
• Why I Really Want To Play GURPS (7/13/19)

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One Shot Adventures (J.C. Connors)

• Lovecraftian Horror – The Strange Sunken Fate of Karl Heinrich (7/18/19)

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Generic Universal Eggplant (Enraged Eggplant)

• Monster: Shocker Lizard (8/07/19)
• Monster: Shield Guardian (8/06/19)
• Monster: Shambling Mound (8/05/19)
• Monster: Shadow Mastiff (8/04/19)
• Monster: Scorpionfolk (8/03/19)
• Monster: Satyr (8/02/19)
• Monsters: Salamanders (8/01/19)
• Monsters: Sahuagins (7/31/19)
• Monster: Razor Boar (7/30/19)
• Monster: Rust Monster (7/29/19)
• Monster: Urophion (7/28/19)
• Monster: Roper (7/27/19)
• Monster: Roc (7/26/19)
• Monster: Remorhaz (7/25/19)
• Monster: Ravid (7/24/19)
• Monster: Rast (7/23/19)
• Monster: Rakshasa (7/22/19)
• Treasure: Helms (7/21/19)
• Treasure: Loot Pile IV (7/20/19)
• Treasure: Containers and Ropes (7/20/19)
• Treasure: Figurines of Wondrous Power (7/19/19)
• Treasure: Bottles, Flasks, and Decanters (7/17/19)

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Dungeon Fantastic (Peter Dell’Orto)

• Shapeshifting Flying Pigs II: The Elric! RPG (8/08/19)
• Felltower Update for 8/4 (8/05/19)
• DFRPG Magic Items 2 in September (8/04/19)
• GURPS I Did Wrong: Man-to-Man Edition (8/02/19)
• GURPS: What I Did Wrong (7/31/19)
• Felltower Pages Updated (7/14/19)
• Dungeon Fantasy Treasures 3 Sales so far (7/12/19)

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Northport (Denis McCarthy)

• Far Away Land OSR and the Robot Hussein Test (7/18/19)

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The Blind Mapmaker (The Blind Mapmaker)

• Bite-Sized Review: Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 2 – Powered by GURPS (8/04/19)

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Dark Paths and Wandered Roads (Jason Woollard)

• Wandered Roads 55 (8/05/19) – The Heroes learn about the past of Ilsurian and try to stop the town from erupting in chaos and murder. They then uncover the masterminds behind the mayhem and engage a local crimelord. The ongoing adventures of the Heroes of Sandpoint in our Wandered Roads of Varisia GUPRS campaign.
• G:InterfaceZero 0.03 (8/01/19) – Doc John fails to get his supplies, gets tangled up with multiple mobs and makes some new friends. The most recent input from the grim streets of Seattle, 2090 style, in our GURPS: InterfaceZero cyberpunk campaign.

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Octopus Carnival (Ubiratan Pires Alberton)

• On Warhammer 40.000 (8/07/19)
• How I Accidentally Hijacked a D&D Campaign and Turned it Into GURPS (8/05/19)
• Let’s Read Hell’s Rebels Adventure 2: Conclusion (8/01/19)