Inside GMT Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Grumble Jones Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsAs usual, the household went up to Smudge’s parents for Christmas this year. It was a pretty good gathering, and the first time we’ve gotten to see her sister and her husband in years. Everyone is doing pretty well, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, I’m on my usual week+ vacation to see my parents. I should probably talk a little about it at some point, though it’s mostly pretty routine. Of course, part of the point is that I get some time to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had a day of Origins of WWII on Saturday. There was a certain amount of flip-flopping on attendance (Mark, sadly, couldn’t make it due to a business trip getting extended), and the weather tried to interfere with Zjonni biking through[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ron Edwards, along with his work on GNS theory, at one point defined the term ‘fantasy heartbreaker’. In many ways the term was so obvious that I needed no definition to have a pretty good idea of exactly what he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Previous chapter: Act 2 – Hermit] Had another Saturday night session after missing two weeks. I came down sick the next week, and was somewhat recovered on Sat, but Smudge had come down with it by then, and was still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over yesterday for our monthly FtF and we tried out his Republic of Rome set. It’s a 3-6 player game, but there’s a variation for 1-2, and we tried that to get a feel for the game before[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In 1990, GURPS was four years old; Third Edition was two years old. There had already been a number of great supplements. I was a committed fan. A fan without a lot of money. I was surprised, and very happy when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Previous chapter: Act 1] Well, we don’t have a standard time yet, though late Saturday evenings are looking likely. A couple weeks back, I was not feeling to well at that point, and last week, Smudge was buried in exploring[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first two versions of GURPS came in a box with four booklets. These were “Characters”, “Adventuring”, a pair of adventures (one solo, and one GM), and the “Charts and Tables” booklet. It had been in development for several years,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang over yesterday for a six-player game of Russian Civil War. We’ve played it twice before, but today was the first six-player day, and I think we were all agreed that it should do well with the extra[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…