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My God, It’s full of GURPS

I wrote about a logjam of GURPS that was pending, right? And Pyramid being awesome GURPSiness? Well, check out the GURPS News. Excerpts from +Sean Punch‘s update (the text in green are his words, copied from the GURPS News) , with a focus on release dates: With other GURPS material biding its time, it seems appropriate to remind…

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Parrying Unarmed Attacks – a quick noodle

There’s an interesting discussion going on over at the SJG Forums about parrying unarmed attacks with weapons. It’s interesting for a bunch of reasons. GURPS Martial Arts has a bit to say on this subject, mostly in the text box appropriately titled Harsh Realism for Unarmed Fighters. GURPS Basic Set throws down on p. B376 and…

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Apropos of Nothing: Independence Day (movie) and RPG Inspiration

I led the post from yesterday with a quote from the movie Independence Day. That naturally got me thinking about the movie, which I really think is one of the better popcorn movies out there. It’s a classic example of the explosions and victory school of film-making. There are of course so many plot holes…