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Alien Menace: Mission 2 – Macrophage

Wayne Oliver, CEO of Oliver Industries and he who bankrolls the Alien Menace missions, has plans for his hunters, that he’s talked about publicly. Well, not “publicly,” but within the team structure. Just so that they feel he’s got long-term plans for what he’s doing.. There are two kinds of teams. Scout/probe teams and hunter…

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GURPS Jade Regent: Kami vs Oni Smackdown Preparation

First thing that happens is that Hiro disappears (we lost a player). Second thing is Thumvar bursts into song. Cadmus determines that we can (a) see lots of spirits, (b) they’re very close to the regular world right now, and (c) they can ride-along and give us some knowledge as well as some of their…

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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…