A hierarchy tag to help with sorting the games by rules system
Dramatis Personae The Commander (Doug) – telekinetic super-soldier with a really angry dog (Yukio). The dog is a powerful ally (250-300 points) and very intelligent and very, very aggressive. Zephyr (Merlin) – Real name Murui; Shaolin Kung Fu expert and super-speedster. Eamon Finnegan (Kyle) – smooth talking gravity-master; a lawyer so good he can actually prove…
ACKS of Dissection So, I’m new to the ACKS game, in that I’ve now got a bunch of the books (Core Book, Player’s Companion, Domains at War, and one other). I’ve also developed a hellishly amusing friendship with Alex Macris, the author of ACKS and proprietor of Autarch, the company that publishes it. Why hellishly…
Preamble: Dungeon Fantasy Steve Jackson Games is conservatively being bold. They are trying a purpose-built RPG, powered by the GURPS engine, that takes the self-contained model to its logical conclusion. They are supporting a high production value release that they funded in a successful Kickstarter. This release follows what I consider a pretty successful pattern…