Discussion and reviews of Steve Jackson Games’ Pyramid Magazine
Am I bound and determined to revisit and rewrite every GURPS rule? No. But in writing Technical Grappling, I became very taken with effect rolls, in the vein of hit points and control points. The general progression of a hit roll followed by an effect roll is familiar and favored by gamers. Personally, I like…
Pyramid #3/77 – Combat is out, and I’m very excited. +Sean Punch has his typically enticing blub posted in the SJG Forums here. It has my alternate rules – playtested over the course of something like 6-12 months, for treating the Aim maneuver as a die roll. These rules work, in play, in a way that really…
This is the fourth issue that is devoted to Dungeon Fantasy. No surprise – it’s the most popular sub-line, having spawned at least 16 or 17 books, and of course, since it occupies the same turf as the most popular game today (D&D in all its flavors, be it D&D5, Pathfinder, or the various OSR…