Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsIn 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…
I’ve been kind of meaning to get back into RPGs for many years. Even when I wasn’t paying attention to much else, a few important books stayed out of storage, and I bought most of the GURPS Traveller line. When[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Got the gang over for gaming yesterday. Had a full house—6 people! Went for the group’s fifth game of Advanced Civilization, which is always appreciated. I had considered taking Babylon, as I haven’t played that position yet and Patch has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over Saturday for gaming. It was his turn to pick the game du jour, and he for a game he’d gotten some years ago, and never got a chance to play: East Front Tank Leader. By John Hill,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang over for the monthly gaming meet yesterday. The arrangements went very smooth considering that we got it put together in less than a week…. Jason has just gotten his own copy of Blackbeard and was itching to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, uncertainty and schedule shuffling led to gaming this Saturday with only three of us. A little hemming and hawing led to us trying an old, little-known game Dave has on loan from his dad: The Warlord Game. The idea[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over yesterday for more gaming. After the drought of April/May, June is pretty busy. The game du jour was the new CDG Stalin’s War, which I got on preorder recently. Mark volunteered to take the Soviets (who are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…