Smudge Marks & Engel Werks Inside GMT Flash of Steel Playing at the World Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories Sitrep Hex and Violence Grumble Jones Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative GamerWell… where to start…? A few months ago, all four of us here became aware of a show that’s doing quite well outside it’s normal demographic: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Dave in particular has really taken to it,[…]↓ 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…
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…
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…
I usually like to write a post around the new year talking about how the holiday season went and taking a look at what I did in LiveJournal over the past year. I’m also somewhat distractable, so it’s waited until[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
GURPS books from SJG have undergone a steady case of page inflation. This is largely because they can charge more for bigger books, while the cost of printing only goes up a moderate amount. (The cost of producing the material is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
GURPS has been known for its historical supplements. GURPS Old West was a relatively early one, coming out in 1991. This rewritten edition came out nine years later in 2000. Given the amount of GURPS material that came in between,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
GURPS generally enjoys a reputation for good reference supplements. One that caught me particularly by surprise was when I borrowed a friend’s copy of GURPS High-Tech. I’m not really into guns, but I was impressed by broad-based historical info on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The early 1990s marked the last part of the expansive history of the ‘classic’ TSR. New lines were being created all over the place, and most previous lines were kept fresh and updated. TSR’s financial collapse is mostly blamed on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…