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Ballistic’s Report for Week Ending May 14
This week was basically three things: The Delvers to Grow Kickstarter campaign, shipping domestic packages of Character Collections that are not books-only, and dealing with a very, very irksome issue on CE Mark compliance from the lab in China. All backers Character Collections have now been processed. The Pre-Order store is now closed. I only…
DF Kickstarter Update #2: PDFs of DF files
Boom! Trust me. Here at Gaming Ballistic, we understand boom. I have up-close, personal experience with boom in GURPS. And we asked SJG “what about PDF! How can you do this without a PDF?” And they answered. Here’s the text of Phil’s announcement in the Kickstarter: I’ve already increased my pledge to cover the cost…
Armor as Dice: Keeping the Mystery
Armor as dice is a good way of simplifying and speeding some aspects of GURPS combat. It makes it pretty easy to determine if an attack penetrates armor – do the damage dice exceed the armor dice? If yes, injury occurs. If not, it doesn’t. Simple and binary. Maybe too much so. In my Alien…
Lost Hall of Tyr is 97% funded on Day 1!
Morning, Torengur! It’s just shy of 24 hours since the Lost Hall of Tyr (2nd Edition) Kickstarter campaign launched, and Lost Hall of Tyr is 97% funded! That means we’re about two pledges from funding. That’s not bad at all for the first day. As soon as we hit that level, I’ll start working with…
Realistic, Cinematic, Believable: Believabiity as Rule Zero (Part 1)
I was going to post this one today. But after 36 hours traveling and very little sleep, I realized that I had it wrong. At length. I’ll be revisiting this, most definitely. But I will say this: I was going to set up “believable” as an overall goal that people who clamor for “realism” actually…
Dungeon Fantasy RPG Companion 2
While I’m busy finishing up the fourth of four books for the Nordlond Sagas Kickstarter, Steve Jackson Games has launched more support for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG. The project funded in a few hours on the first day. But this is a “Quickstarter” which means it’s only running for a week. And though the 64-page…