Ho. Lee. She-it. Finally, software that allows me to continue my compulsive need to cork-board everything without the wall in my room becoming a “murder board” or an “I’m really obsessed with someone wall shrine.” Seriously, about a month ago I was two steps away from being Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory, and my kid […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Tactical Maps, Anywhere, Anytime
My best friend, C., came up with this crazy awesome way for my gaming group to make full use of even my largest map (a 4ft long monstrosity). Table space is at a premium no matter where you go unless you have a entire room devoted to gaming. What’s more is that even your kitchen […]
Continue readingCasting Lots – Part I – Game Session 4
Angelique Ashur, Jonathan Valerius Baksheesh, Maynard “Alex” Hamilton, Franklin Kasseal, & Sergei Romanova June, 18th, 2001, 3:00 pm 46 Hours Since Kidnapping 3510 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60653 The PCs arrive at CPD headquarters just in time to begin interrogating the cell’s leader (who refuses to give his name). Franklin is given desk detail […]
Continue readingMelee Academy: Bar Fights and Being a Bouncer
Let me preface this post with a couple of facts about myself: I’ve done some form of security off and on for the last 15 or so years and have no formal martial arts training – just lots of experience. One of the first jobs I ever got was working in a bar where I […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Rat-Thing
Rat-Thing Rat-Things are large (about a foot and a half long from head to tail) rodent with a human faces that are twisted with hate. Despite their size they are fiendishly strong and can bit off the finger of a grown man with a single bite. Any Game System… ST: 8 HP: 10 […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Character Points, Embodied
XP. Eeps. Exp. Experience points. Character points.Whatever you call them they are the currency that drives the player economy. In GURPS these are simply called “Unspent Character Points” (no abbreviation, however adoptive exists – CP is a GURPS Martial Arts: Technical Grappling term). In games that use GURPS Power-Ups 5: Impulse Buys or Influencing Success […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Broodmother Meldein Spider
“Ollie grabbed for him, and I saw what was happening. At the same instant I understoodwhy the head of the man in the doorway was missing. The thin white cable that hadtwisted around Buddy’s leg like a silk rope was sinking into his flesh. That leg of his jeanshad been neatly cut off and was […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Spell Kits For Casters – The Gatemaker
“One man only had perished in the fire. When the last of the Hydes was buried in this place of shade and stillness, the sad urnful of ashes had come from a distant land; to which the family had repaired when the mansion burned down. No one remains to lay flowers before the granite portal, […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: The Soundtrack of Your Game
The following might not be useful for all GMs, because it relies pretty heavily on a gaming style I’ve come to call “Cinematic Chic.” Cinematic Chic is a gaming style that apes the hyperkinetic drama of action movies, fast-paced TV shows, and so on. The game play is fast, and the drama is high. I’ve […]
Continue readingGaming Ballistic: Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame
Gaming Ballistic: Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame: +Peter V. Dell’Orto discussed how much damage is required to kill in GURPS hand to hand combat the other day. In it, he notes: Yeah,… (read on for further awesomeness!)
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