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GURPS books are usually so good for their background material

I've always liked GURPS Roll for attack then roll defense. I just like both sides having something do roll in each attack. Not always easy to manage but I enjoy it.

22. Goblins are born quantum entangled with another goblin some where on the same plane. Occasionally they switch locations.

Some of the balance points is where the designer (or the target audience) falls into the Game, Narrative, Simulation spectrum. Lots of early games tried to be simulations. There were charts for everything and there was more worry about was it realistic and the deterministic series of events...

Nicole Lazzaro has been doing hard research on the concept of fun for around 20 years so your burden of proof is pretty high. I've listened to her talks and had private conversations with her and other people about what fun is and the funny thing is all the things you are talking about are part...

Serious fun is more about how your fun makes a difference in the world. Did you learn a new strategy? Did the game change your emotional state or your behavior? Did you make a change to the world during your fun. One of the classic examples is making a game out of a task to make it fun.

I played a few games of Stars Without Number and I'm just not fond of level systems in modern or sci-fi games. I think the original West End Star Wars or if you are feeling especially brave you can grab the 4th edition GURPS Star Wars book. (Edit: The GURPS Star Wars book is totally fan created...

It really depends on your taste in games and what you are trying to get out of them. I prefer GURPS for the more simulation aspects of play but I do enjoy storytelling so I don't always let the simulation get in the way of a good story. I've played so many different rule sets that I usually...

I hope Steve Jackson gets Rivets as well. I loved the Ogre versus Rivets in one of the OGRE books We use to play Wizards and Melee a lot as quick tactical board games, never really got into TFT as an RPG. I still enjoy GURPS a lot though.

I'm the kind of person who buys at the FLGS at the MSRP because I've seen a couple of friends' businesses close because they can't compete with online store prices. I don't have the schedule that allows me to play at my FLGS regularly but I do pay when I do have the time in my schedule for it...

Can't believe we got to page 4 without a mention of when What's New with Phil and Dixie covered this. http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20070617 As someone who played Traveller, Space Opera, and Aftermath. the difference I saw between Sci-Fi and Fantasy games were players...

What no Mystic? I was playing one of those to 4th level. But I also had a Paladin which was on the list.

Well when I run a game I try to set what a reasonable exchange of services might look like. (i.e. What does the NPC need that the players can supply [quest runs, magic items, solutions to their own diplomatic problems, and/or other services). It becomes a negotiation of who wants to pay what...

So it's clear from the Giants descriptions and SKT that the lowest storm giant is better than the highest ranked cloud giant but would giants from different types ever marry and/or produce offspring? My players were seeking an interesting solution to dealing with the ambition of a cloud giant...

I liked the vibe of Arcanum 101: New Students but it's a mix of magic and science which I would love to do with GURPS. http://www.mercedeslackey.com/books/arcanum.html Magicians was college level students and I think the SyFy show is a good reference as well as the books.

Do you let your players know the kind of game you are planning? I used to hang out on the Pyramid newsgroup and one thing that always impressed me was treating starting your game as if both the GM and the players were auditioning for each other. The GM gives a synopsis of the goals of the...

I've used the Stone Giants elites and the Cloud Giant elites and they both gave the party a new fear of giants. The party loved the description of the Stone Giant Runecarver with his spells written into his body.

Does anyone know what issue of Dungeon the AL site goes up to? It looks like I have to select TSR or Paizo to get the different publishers of the magazine. It would be nice if I could pick Dungeon and then set the issues I have available.

As per spell description you have to be able to see your allies at the start of the spell casting to exclude them from the effects. Too bad people coming around the corner later and invisible or hidden party members.

I thought The Expanse was originally a modified GURPS Transhuman Space game TL8-9 with a reactionless drive available. I would love to see the campaign notes for the game though. EDIT: I was wrong, apparently it was a D20 Modern game. One of the players just prefers GURPS.