Dungeon Fantasy – Powered by GURPS This is a small update but I wanted to express my utter joy to see Steve Jackson Games launching a Kickstarter for a new Dungeon Fantasy product line. This product will be a stand-alone box set with updated rules, classes, spells, monsters and even cardboard figures to play the […]
It’s GURPSDay once again and that means that wonderful day of the week we writers (If that’s what I can be called) coordinate to produce substance. A topic I rarely touch on but read quite a bit into is the Dungeon Fantasy line of products. I was considering writing a review of one of the books, […]
We’ve all sat at our gaming table with fictional powers we can unleash. Often times these powers are straight forward. You might be able to throw a fireball, use ice breath, use a sword, or do a barrel roll. Such systems that list a bunch of powers has been rather staple to the gaming world […]
Dark Fantasy is certainly an intriguing genre. It brings many traditional fantasy concepts together and wraps them within a lovely horror ribbon. This package is often served on a platter of “Things Mankind Was Not Meant to Know”. Gritty rule sets, unhappy endings and dismal environs are all part of the genre. If there are peasants […]
Computers are a complex idea to wrap heads around. It plays games, runs calculations, browses the web, handles email, emulates hardware, plays video and stores documents. At supermarket cashiers type away at their consoles while scanning groceries. We interface with touch screens at the gas pumps. In some restaurants waitresses send orders to the chefs in […]
Introduction the Intention World of Darkness is a dramatic horror game system. As my Wikipedia Historians tell me, it started with Vampire the Masquerade. It spawned off other systems such as Changeling the Dreaming, Werewolf the Apocalypse, Mage the Ascension and Wraith the Oblivion. Their naming convention seems to be [Subject] the [Pretty Word]. In […]
Since it’s GURPS day (#GURPSday), I decided to do a double feature on the topic of death. Death is often the decider of a failed combat in role playing space. When someone swings a lethal weapon at you you’re constantly worried about how much it’ll hurt. The brave chant, “Today is a good day to die!” […]
GURPS day (#GURPSDay) is here. It’s time to talk about the future of RPG Jutsu. It’s be a gross understatement to say I don’t enjoy writing. I spent much of my life producing documents and creative writing for various mediums. It’s always a joy to be able to express yourself. It’s an even greater joy […]
Many articles often focus on the realism of combat. They compare historical notes, relate real world tests and explode your mind with physics. Few writers touch on the cinematic reality of combat. Often we play our role playing games with characters we base on cinematic tropes without considering how ineffective they would be in true scenarios. […]
Opening Statements When we sit down to game we have our rule books next to us. We refer to them when situations arise unexpectedly. We sometimes argue what’s valid and what is the correct numbers we should use in scenarios. The individual who stands next to a rule to validate a point is a Rules […]