Recent content by MGibster

In most games back then, you weren't expected to roll for mundane tasks like walking across the street, going for a Sunday drive, buying a cup of coffee, or anything else whose outcome was a given. You were supposed to roll the dice when something exciting was happen. Driving grandma to church...

I have a soft spot in my heart for old school miniatures from the 70s and 80s. There's just something so charming about those hand sculpted miniatures that overshadows any technical flaws or the inconvenience of working with metal. I generally prefer plastic these days. But if the entire...

While I was painting that snail, I kept wanting to paint it's teeth a metallic color for some reason. While looking at the snail last night, it dawned on me it's a xenomorph snail. I'm pretty sure someone sculpted that to resemble a xenomorph from Alien.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd0yn5gyndo.amp I loved Fawlty Towers. Scales had a good run.

Does the Gorn ever run a game or is he a forever player?

There's a new edition of GURPS coming out and I can find Cyberpunk, Shadowrun, and BattleTech on the shelves of my local game store. Obviously Star Fleet Battles is poised for a big comeback.

I didn't know GURPS had a meta currency. Although if I dig deep into the recesses of my cloudy mind, I might recall being able to spend a point in some sort of cinematic setting to have some impact on the game.

And here’s a weird one. Almost looks like a vampire snail screaming in existential dread.

I tend to use it sparingly. Sometimes it's not even a voice it's more about word choice, volume, mannerisms, emotion, or even cadence. i.e. An NPC who got stabbed in the belly might speak to the PCs through gritted teeth. I had a baron in my Greyhawk campaign I modeled off of Brian Blessed...

One of my earlier childhood crushes thanks to Lost in Space and Lassie reruns. A century is a hell of a run.

Remember way back in 1994 when MC Hammer dropped the MC from his name in favor of going by Hammer only? This was Hammer's attempt to maintain relevancy as gangsta rap dominated hip hop. But it's tough to be hard and gangsta when you had a Saturday morning cartoon and the previous year your...

I went on a slap chop spree back when I was painting my Fallout Wasteland Warfare figures. Being immensely dissatisfied with those figures, I pretty much swore off slap chop, but with this Cthulhu bust I decided I'd give it another shot. One of the reasons I swore off slap chop was because I...