Ultra-Tech Rifle: From the ground up
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Ultra-Tech Rifle: From the ground up

Over the past, in various GunDay posts, I’ve taken a look at the various Ultra-Tech weapons with a mind to both determining the feasibility of the weapons, and also checking their performance. One of the more interesting posts, to me at least, was a ground-up redesign of a service pistol. The “ideal” pistol seemed to…

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Ballistic’s Report: How to Write Adventure Modules that Don’t Suck

I backed the Kickstarter by Goodman Games promising a collection of essays entitled “How to Write Adventure Modules that Don’t Suck” out of genuine interest and curiosity in the subject matter.  In the first place, advice and considered thought on how to write adventure modules (which I’ll refer to as adventures or scenarios interchangeably in this review)…

Viking Shield Fighting in GURPS
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Viking Shield Fighting in GURPS

Yesterday I wrote about the construction and use of Viking shields: a roughly 30-36″ diameter shield (call it a medium shield) of very, very light construction (6-8 lbs), low face thickness (7-9mm at the thickest, including the up to 1mm of hide and glue covering, and maybe 2mm wood at the edge, with another 2mm…