Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: ??? aka Marl Ankh-3 has had its first draft submitted to Steve Jackson Games. Given that GURPS Girl Genius is in house and with Kromm I doubt I will see feedback on this any time soon. My current version is sitting at about 26,000 words and has only two […]
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Carpe Blogiem: Dungeon Grappling Review
I want to preface this product reveiw with the following: I’ve not yet played Pathfinder or Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, but have read both and have a good understanding of the rules therein. I’ve played many games with the original Dungeons and Dragons game engine (aka “OSR” aka “Swords and Wizardry”). Additionally, I worked as […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: A Patron Reviews Patreon
Guest Post by Blake Chapman (Note: Blake is one of my Patreon patrons but he sent me this of his own accord without prompting from me. Since he doesn’t have a blog I asked if I could put this on my blog and he cleaned it up and consented. Thanks, Blake!) Christoper R. Rice recently […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: My Top Ten Most Used Pyramid Articles
Mailanka posted a “Top Ten” list of the Pyramid articles he’s used the most in his campaigns and I thought I’d do the same. Since I’m a fairly common contributor (about 28% percent of the time) I’m going to leave my own articles off the list. I’ve used the following items at least half a dozen times […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: A Call for Players
And I’m back again looking for players. For a while now my groups were steady, but life and withdrawals to do other things have hit me hard on the gaming front. I’m specifically looking for 2-3 players for my Monday night B-Team. We play every week at 1930 hours EST to 2330 hours EST. The […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: 2019 – A Year In Review
Here are how things went for me in 2019: The Good (What I did well or that went well) GURPS Realm Management (aka “SNO-51”) was written, revised, and is currently in playtest. The playtest is likely to be extended and as of this writing there have been over 1,000 emails traded back and forth between […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – December 2019
Authorial Highlights Marl Ankh-3’s first draft is done. I will still do a final once over before submission but I still have about a month of time left so there is plenty of room for that. GURPS Realm Management aka SNO-51 is in playtest. I handpicked about 21 applicants (originally 20, but Peter Dell’Orto wanted in […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Final Thoughts
And here we are, at the end of the primer. Some final thoughts on the setting in no particular order. Despite being an atheist I wanted to respect the Judeo-Christian religions as much as possible. Yes, I don’t believe, but that doesn’t mean I have to be a jerk about it in game. Each PC […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – November 2019
Authorial Highlights Marl Ankh-3 is being edited/revised and I’m currently at the 77% mark. My January deadline is well within reach as I continue working on this one. SNO-51 should be hitting playtest soon. Be on the lookout for it! It’ll be of great interest to worldbuilders I think. I didn’t write a single […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Optional Rules
The following optional rules are being used for the Chronicles campaign setting. It should be noted that as a GM, I may occasionally turn the realism level “up” or “down” to better suit the current mood of the campaign or to heighten drama. For example, in most instances the optional rules for Bleeding (p. B420) are […]
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