Quick note.
I worked with GoDaddy to get some site maintenance done over the weekend. I’m finally on PHP7, which caused me issues when I wasn’t after the new year.
Also, I now have print and PDF copies of the TFT books from Five Perilous Journeys up for sale on the GB Store. Was only PDF for a while. The link is to the bundle for all five, but you can also get them individually.
I’ve got a bit more to go before I post the 2019 in review.
Every now and then people talk. Usually on game forums. And they say things like: “Oh, yes. I like my flying dragons that eat starships and crap magical poop to be realistic.” My thoughts on that were similar to how Bill Stoddard replied when someone commented that an increase in Basic Speed granted by a magical…
Today while doing a home improvement project I had occasion to walk around the house with a dueling version of the venerable “Ten Foot Pole” from Dungeons and Dragons. Well, not too much – the pole was nine feet long. Boy was it a pain in the butt. My basement has ceilings that range from seven…
Sometimes it goes right, and sometimes it doesn’t. So, let’s talk about another show that started out one of my favorites, and then . . . faded. The re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. First, a few words about GURPS BSG. There was a short thread on it in the SJG Forums, but I’ll ignore it for a…
This two week update sees the beginning of what is going to be an extended fulfillment process for the Bestiary, and a lot of below-the-waterline stuff. The biggest thing upcoming is I’ll be at FnordCon 5 next weekend (Apr 29 to May 1), hanging out, doing panels, selling books, and running a few games. If…
When last we left our heroes, we’d just played a fey game, and since we weren’t dead or asleep for 1,000 years, we considered ourselves victors. Journeying to the forest, and headed across a ridgeline, we discover 8 orcs (that we can see) trying to lay an ambush for us. They are about 120-140′ from…