Category: BLOG
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Learning Stuff Categorically
Learning stuff category helps for me. Like the confusing thing for me about Knockdown and Stunning checks. Knock down and…
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GURPS Rules that can adhere to the Core System
The core system in GURPS is 3d6 roll below a score, which has modifiers. I sometimes wondered why not just…
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Warring States Pilot Episode
Characters Thanks to: Zhaoze Zhexue +Steven Donaldson Yi Qin +Filip Vukanovic “Da” Yuan +Dan Mungham Anguo Aiguo +Daniel Tallor Summary The party begins in…
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Dwarven Loadouts, Encounters, and Mass Combat Encounter
My dwarves are a bit shorter, but wider in proportions compared to humans. So they even out a bit but…
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GURPS Magic Notes: Low Tech Long Distance Comm
This is basically looking at the Long Distance Communication Options found in GURPS Magic. Avian Messengers Animal Spells create the…
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Female Armor Notes; Sword Sisters Dilemma
Female armor choices suck. after this video I had to rethink a lot of female armor even the ones found…
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GURPS Basic Set Load-Outs
If you just began with the GURPS Basic Set and you want to just build a game around just that…
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GURPS Magic Notes 02: Basic Set Spells and Options Strategy Guide
Lets see what what best practices can we come up with just the options in the Basic Set. The idea…
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GURPS Magic Notes 11: Changing the Spell Skill Threshold
With an Open ended spell skill level, GURPS Spells should not be bench marked against skills. When skills have so…
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GURPS Low Tech Notes: Galleys, Naval Encounters,
Galleys Galleys are long narrow oared boats, sometimes with sails. They were used from BCE to the 1500CE. They were…
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Sins of the Crusade E05, A Petty War
Thanks to +Il Pella , +Thunder Clonch , and +Wilton Heath for playing! We finished the battle where we left off. I kept rolling 15-16 in…
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GURPS Demo – Behind the GM’s Screen
So on Friday Night EST at around 7pm, I’m running a GURPS Demo. No story, just a bunch of Pregens…
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GURPS Notes 12: Power Inflation, Why Doctrine
GURPS is fine in a realistic game. All the realistic advantages are fairly priced, no need to apply any modification.…
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GURPS Mass Combat Notes: Logistics and Lances
Logistics have been separated in the cost of forces in GURPS mass combat. Since MC already simplified much of the…
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Roll20 Macros for GURPS
Because the character sheets will be available eventually. You can find the Demo Campaign here. Thanks to +James Austin for teaching me…
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Sins of the Crusades Episode 4.5 – Intrigues
In Episode 4.0 Tertius and Xeno were part of a “War Game” where they battled season vets and manage to…
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GURPS Notes: Assorted Notes and a Simple exercise of Attrition
GURPS Mass Combat needs practice and rehearsals for the GM to get it right and so that the players also…
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List of Preparation for Warring States Campaign
Here is a list of stuff I tend to prepare for my games. If there is any question why I…
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GURPS Mass Combat Notes: Mass Combat in Roll20
These are my notes in correction of the mass combat I ran recently. I hope to update this when new…
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GURPS Warehouse 23 23.23% Off Sale Purchases
Inspired by +Peter V. Dell’Orto post GURPS Classic Vehicles 3e – Because I plan to work on some 3d galleys and simple…
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GURPS Magic Notes 13: Using Magic Items
A review of magic Items and some notes about how it affects a setting. Rules in Review The rules for…
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GURPS Magic Notes 15: Earth Spells
I was surprised by the applications of Earth Magic. What I love about it is that its really just the…
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War Beneath Haven S02 E11 – the Mountain, end of Season 02
Season 1: 8 episodes May 17 to November Season 2: 11 episodes Feb to April 26 Summary The party began…
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HT and Simplified Running
Health GURPS Stat the health stat bugs me because fitness and conditions are separate. Why can’t it be just in…
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GURPS Magic Notes 15: Ritual Magic Basics and High Magery Game
Ritual Magic Basics Ritual Magic under B242 and GURPS Magic p.200. Basically instead of every spell a skill, you have…
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Sins of the Crusade S01 E03 – Taranto
Thanks to +Wilton Heath – Cato Vorenus an Honest Naepolitan Merchant and client of House Milessenos.+Il Pella – Xenophon Papagiannopolous, Captain of…
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GURPS Magic Notes 03: Basic Set System Mechanics Review
Bringing down the information barriers, and helping you get to play a mage or allow supernatural elements in the game.…
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Gurps talents, combat talents.
As part of the Cult of stat normalization I found talents to be indispensable and it models so many things…
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War Beneath Heaven S02 E10 – The End has Arrived
Speedy is in the infirmary. Sam was taking care of him. Jeni visits him and this happens while the team…
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Interesting Notes on GURPS Skilll and then some.
What I’ve noticed is that some skills can be bundled as part of a broader skill – exam Police Work…