When All You Have is an Arm Lock . . . From the (backers only) Kickstarter comments came a note that bears, um, noting: Hey Douglas — what would you recommend when grappling a creature that has a paralyzing attack? Classic example is probably a Ghoul. I would think only a suicidal player would attempt…
It’s like a moth to flame with me. First there was GURPS Martial Arts: Technical Grappling. That one was my first full-length book for anyone: 35,000 words of fairly detailed subsystem that was my first attempt at taking grappling rules and put them on the same scale and mechanical basis as striking with fists or weapons….
This season was a lot like a two-parter on Cable-TV. Episodes 1-8 were amazing and fun. We decided to take aim at the global Private Military Corporation called Blue Skies. It’s the finest sort of gaming, in my opinion. Fast-moving. Involved. Proactive. We took the fight to the enemy and expended our resources (scarce and…